MAS Happenings – December 3 2024

by | Dec 3, 2024 | MAS Happenings

Happenings this Week

* MAS Monthly Meeting
* Special Notice – MAS Elections
* December BSIG Presentation
* Planets in the Park

December Monthly Meeting
BOARD ELECTIONS

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Thursday, December 5

The December MAS Monthly Meeting will be a business meeting where the membership elects a new President, Secretary, and Board Member at Large. Business meetings require 10% of the total membership of the club to have a quorum. Please plan on attending either in person or online. We have a wonderful speaker this month as well.

Featured Speaker: Dr. Vanessa Bailey (NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Topic: Roman Space Telescope & Exoplanets Exploration

Click the button below for more Information on joining this meeting and voting online.

December Monthly Meeting

***** SPECIAL NOTICE *****
***** Quorum Needed!! *****

MAS Elections Meeting
Thursday, December 5th

The December MAS Monthly Meeting will be a business meeting where the membership elects a new President, Secretary, and Board Member at Large #1. In addition there will be a BYLAWS Amendment on the ballot to be approved. The amendment will request approval to change the Bylaws quorum requirements for all MAS Business meetings, including Election meetings, from the current 10% to “50 members or 10%, whichever is less.” The quorum remains at 10% until this ballot measure passes. Click the button below for more information about the amendment.

Business meetings require 10% of the total membership of the club to have a quorum. Currently that is about 75 members. Although this includes both in-person and online participants, we continue to struggle getting the requisite number of members attending to meet the quorum.

Please spread the word and encourage your fellow members to join us at the December meeting, either in-person or online. This is an important meeting.  More information will be provided in the coming weeks.

Bylaws Amendment Information
Candidate Summaries

BSIG Winter Zoom Presentation

Saturday, December 7 – 1:00 PM

Featured Speaker: Claire Weaverling, MAS Member and Observer Extraordinaire

Topic: Globular Clusters: Why They Are So Cool!

The MAS invites you to the Beginners Special Interest Group virtual presentation using Zoom.

For more information about the December presentation and how to join the Zoom meeting click the button below.

BSIG December Presentation
Friday, December 6 – 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Pershing Field Park, 3523 W 48th Street

* FAMILY FRIENDLY, ALL AGES *
>>>On Facebook: Planets in the Park<<<

Three Planets and six Moons! Visible thru a telescope from the city. Only mildly affected by light pollution.

Arrive on time if you want to see Venus before it sets. 6:00 PM.

MAS members:  we need one or two telescopes, please. This is a sweet little neighborhood star party. Jupiter is at opposition later this same night!

Clear or Cloudy
Cancelled if snowing or stormy
DRESS WARMLY!!!!! The clearer the sky, the colder the star party!

For more information click the button below.

Planets in the Park

Observatory Training

There are no more trainings for 2024.

Get Involved, Become a Member, Volunteer!

https://www.mnastro.org/about/beginners/
https://www.mnastro.org/membership/benefits/

MAS Store

Find MAS Logo apparel and items at the MAS Store by clicking the button below.

MAS Store

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Thank you  -Dave Falkner, MAS Secretary
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