I'm not bitter. I'm just disgusted by the hostile response our club officer have to a simple request and obviously I'm not the only one. Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Erik Hansen <zaurak@digis.net> wrote:
No shortage of bitter old men that I can detect
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On Sep 22, 2015, at 12:07 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
Joe's response is just an opportunity to take a cheap shot at me. That is ALL it is. He is still bitter at my endorsing Joan for President of SLAS and our political differences. He has turned into a bitter old man.
SLAS as an organization supports many school star parties including one in Tooele tonight. I was there. I supported it. I didn't see Joe there. I think his concern with public outreach is phoney.
I fully recognize that my relationship with Joe is in the toilet. There is no pathway back. That is the basis of Joe's rant.
If there is a way to delete a thread, this might be a good one to delete. On Sep 21, 2015 11:49 PM, "Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy" < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Patrick, you don't seem to grasp the situation. Just to reiterate, here is what Matt politely asked concerning a star party at a school in Herriman, Salt Lake County: "The school where I work would like to host a star party on 27 September 2015 from 5:45 pm to 9:45 pm. Their interest is in the lunar eclipse, solar observations, and other astronomical phenomena. I, unfortunately, will not be able to participate. Please let me know if any of you would be willing to help the school out, especially if you have a telescope that you would be willing to use. Please email me for further details at astromatt1 at yahoo.com.
Please note, he was not asking SLAS to do anything. He wanted to know "if any of you would be willing to help the school out" during the lunar eclipse. Also note that totality starts at 8:11 p.m. our time -- exactly within the time that Matt asked for help. The earlier period falls within the "solar observations" for which Matt asked help.
Then read Siegfried's reply to Matt: "The Salt Lake Astronomical Society already has its own eclipse watch scheduled and we need to decline your invitation. We invite you to join us at the Bangerter Crossing Harmons store located at 13800 South Bangerter Highway." When did Matt request SLAS as an organization do anything at all? I'd like the representative of the group who took it upon himself to slap down the question to explain that one. Seems pretty self-centered to assume that
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