At Tuesday's SLAS meeting, there was some preliminary discussion of what to do with the current working capital in SLAS's budget. One suggestion was to continue the current building program by planning a new facility - a robotic telescope at a remote location in central or southern Utah. My own feeling is that the current program should be fully completed first and that a dedicated capital replacement fund should be established. First, the SPOC three observatories should not be considered separately from a dedicated reserve fund for major repairs. Like any building, there will be future unanticipated major repairs. A scope drive could go out; a roof could be damaged in a high-wind storm. We should have a dedicated reserve to meet those unanticipated expenses. Second, there may be one major completion expense. The lawn around the front of the new refractor building has been compacted to mud-brick. Looks like it may need to be replaced. Like making an addition to your house, the last thing that usually needs to be done is to replace the lawn that the tradespersons used to get on and off the property. Just some randomn thoughts. Every body have a good long-weekend. Clear and dark skies - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com