Category: Meetings

 

     

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Vancouver Centre

Annual General Meeting Agenda – December 11, 2008, 7:30 pm

H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium

 

 

1)      Pre-Meeting Business

a.      Additions to Agenda

b.      Acceptance of Agenda

 

2)      Meeting called to Order

 

3)      Minutes of the 2007 AGM                      – Jason Rickerby       

        Note: The 2006 minutes were not available at the last AGM and will be summarized here. 

 

4)      President’s Report                                 – Pomponia Martinez

      VC Volunteer of the Year Award

 

5)      Secretary’s Report                                 – Jason Rickerby

 

6)      Treasurer’s Report                                 – Bruce MacDonald

 

7)      Legacy Fund Report                               – Ron Jerome

 

8)      National Representative’s Report        – Doug Montgomery

 

9)      Director of Telescopes’ Report            – Bob Parry

 

10)  AOMO Report                                         – Wayne Lyons

 

11)  CGRT Report                                          – Craig Breckenridge

 

12)  Election of New Council                        – Karl Miller

 

 

13)  Meeting Adjourned

 

 

Notes:

 

Copies of reports will be posted on the RASC Vancouver website:

rasc-vancouver.com

This is the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Vancouver monthly meeting.

Craig Breckenridge and members of the world’s premier Observatory design team at Empire Dynamic Structures took a trip to see the facility currently hailed as the largest optical telescope in the world. This marvel of engineering is soon to be eclipsed by the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope which is currently being designed by this local company located in Port Coquitlam. Facets of the LBT’s design seldom seen by outsiders will be presented in all their glory with commentary by our resident expert designer.

We meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, downstairs in the auditorium of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Free Admission, Open to the public

Astro-coffee and astro-cookies will be served at the Southam Observatory after the meeting.

Bob Parry , Director of Telescopes on the RASC Council, will be setting up and talking about the new telescopes available to members in the loaner program.

Speaker to be announced.

We meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, downstairs in the auditorium of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

This year’s speaker is Guinness Book of Record holder Dr. Rosaly M.C. Lopes from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her talk: “Mapping the Lakes and Rivers on Saturn’s Moon Titan” will show us just how similar the Earth is to the largest moon in the solar system.

Dr. Lopes is a Principal Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lead Scientist for Geophysics and Planetary Geosciences. Her major research interests are in planetary and terrestrial geology and volcanology. Continue reading “Sept. 13: THE 2008 PAUL SYKES LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY – "Mapping the Lakes and Rivers on Saturn’s Moon Titan"”

Time: 7:30 PM
Location: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, downstairs auditorium
Topic: “Come along for a trip down memory lane as we review the Great Moments in Planetary Exploration.  Our path will go from Mercury to Pluto and beyond.”
Speaker: Aaron Clevenson

Aaron Clevenson is an Astronomy Professor at Lonestar College in Houston, Texas in the US, Observation Chairman, and past president of the North houston Astronomy Club.

Free Admission, Open to the public

Astro-coffee and astro-cookies will be served
at the Southam Observatory after the meeting.