Is the free admission going to be for teachers only, or could it be extended to anyone wishing to start an astronomy club at a school? I've got folks in mind like Bruce Grim who was instrumental in starting the astronomy club at Stansbury Park school although he is not a teacher. Patrick Grahn Family wrote:
I apologize if this is inappropriate for the group, but after tonights SLAS meeting, I realized I should have posted this here. At ALCON, we have a Dr. Lou Mayo coming in from Maryland to give a talk on how teachers and amateur astronomers can create good working after-school astronomy clubs. Dr. Mayo is with NASA, and I am going to append his bio, and an abstract of his talk here. All teachers will be admitted free to this talk, because we all recognize that this is the sort of outreach and program which we want to have happen, and that teachers are the (underpaid) key. His talk will be at 1:15 on Friday afternoon, at the Olpin Union building (where the entire conference is). It will run until approximately 3:00, although I think he will stay and discuss it for as long as anyone wants. He is really enthusiastic. Please let any teachers that you may have done star parties with, or that you have any e-mail addresses for, know about this. Again, teachers will be admitted to this talk/workshop for free.t