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The board meeting will be on Wednesday March 6th at Anser Charter School in Garden City at 7:00pm. The Idaho Star Party meeting will be at the same location starting at 6:30pm.
The general meeting will the 8th at Anser Charter School at 7:00pm. Professor Brian Jackson will be our guest speaker. There will also be the Astronomy 101 meeting at 6:00pm. 
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Robert Van Vugt
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Star PartiesThe first star party will be held on the 1st at the Dedication Point location.
The second star party will be on the 8th at Dedication Point. Watch for go/ no go messages on facebook and BAS1 Click here for maps 
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President's Letter
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The BAS board will meet on Wednesday, March 6th at 7 p.m. at Anser Charter School 202 E. 42nd. St.Garden City. We will continue to discuss the multitude of activities we have planned for the year. Prior to this meeting we will hold the first organizing meeting for the 2019 Idaho Star Party™ starting at 6:30 p.m. All BAS members are welcome to join us. Our next membership meeting will be on Friday, March 8th this month member and BSU Assistant Professor Brian Jackson will be presenting a talk on current research in astronomy. Prior to the general meeting we will hold the second series in our series of “Beginning with the Basics” classes for our members. This month, Dr. Jackson will be presenting Astronomy before Galileo. Speaking of our Beginning classes we had 35 members in attendance last month if wish to attend the class runs from 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. at Anser Charter School. We had a star party at the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge in Nampa where club members came and set-up some telescopes both inside and outside and discussed the club with the attendees at the star party. The staff at Deer Flat informs me there were over 260 people in attendance even though the sky was cloudy. Thanks to all of the volunteers who came out and made this event possible and you can visit KIVI Channel 6 On Your Side story and video following this link here. Volunteering for other events will come from our Education Liaison and we have a few coming up. We have a guest speaker for ISP, Dr. Jessie Christiansen, she is Deputy Science Lead at the NASA Exoplanet Archive and Research Scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute Our planning for ISP continues and updates and camping information will be provided soon. Membership dues for 2019 are officially past due if you are renewing. If you do not renew by the 15th of March, the Secretary has informed me to remind all that she will begin dropping non-renewals by that date. The dues remain $25/family for the year. You may now pay via Credit Card at the meetings, the cost for the credit card use increases the dues to $26/family. Make sure you keep receiving all of the benefits that come with being a member. Clear skies until next month David Olsen, President BAS |
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