RAS Board Meeting May 17, 2010 President Jim Browder called the meeting to order at 7:03pm. Attendees (8): Jim Browder, President David Medici, Vice President Jim Blowers, Treasurer Chris McCann, Secretary John Barnett, Observatory Director Gary Cowardin Betty Wilson Ken Wilson   Secretary’s report given by Chris McCann February’s board meeting minutes were distributed, discussed, [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 728th Consecutive Meeting May 11, 2010 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka room. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 31 in attendance at the meeting. Please check the link to our RAS blog: http://richastro.org/index.php/category/blog/ Share table: There were several items for sale, including a telescope, a few eyepieces [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 727th Consecutive Meeting April 13, 2010 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka room. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 38 in attendance at the meeting. Please check the link to our RAS blog: http://richastro.org/index.php/category/blog/ Share table: There were several items for sale, including a telescope, a few eyepieces [...]

RAS Board Meeting February 15, 2010 President Jim Browder called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Attendees: Jim Browder, President Gary Cowardin, Vice President Jim Blowers, Treasurer Chris McCann, Secretary John Barnett, Observatory Director Bill Jeffries Jeff Pike Prashant Reddy Tim Streagle David Medici Betty Wilson Ken Wilson   Secretary’s report November’s board meeting minutes [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 726th Consecutive Meeting March 9, 2010 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka room. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 29 in attendance at the meeting. Please check the link to our RAS blog: http://richastro.org/index.php/category/blog/ Share table: Several articles about the Moon and about the recent Mars approach, were [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 725th Consecutive Meeting February 9, 2010 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 25 in attendance at the meeting.  Please check the link to our RAS blog: http://richastro.org/index.php/category/blog/ Share table: Several magazines and articles were available for reading. Several eyepieces were also there for examining and [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 724th Consecutive Meeting January 12, 2010 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order, in the IMAX Planetarium. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 43 in attendance at the meeting. The RAS blog and newsletter have been updated.  There is a link to the blog on the RAS webpage. http://richastro.org/index.php/category/blog/ Share table: Terry [...]

Attendees: Jim Browder, President Gary Cowardin, Vice President Jim Blowers, Treasurer Chris McCann, Secretary John Barnett, Observatory Director Preston Kirby Bill Jeffries Jeff Pike Prashant Reddy Tim Streagle David Medici Betty Wilson Ken Wilson   Secretary’s report August’s Board meeting was distributed and accepted with no changes. Treasurer’s report given by Jim Blowers. Balance Summary: [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 722nd Consecutive Meeting November 10, 2009 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order, in the Eureka Room. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 31 in attendance at the meeting. Share table: Several members have things to share. Jim Blowers had an Orion catalog to offer, and also information on a journey to [...]

Richmond Astronomical Society 721th Consecutive Meeting October 13, 2009 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order, in the Eureka Room. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 36 in attendance at the meeting. This will be a very special meeting! Share table: John brought some books for anyone interested in having them.  He also brought a [...]