On 23 Apr 2007, at 09:36, Joe Bauman wrote:
I can't speak for the other media, but the Deseret News would have had some coverage if I had realized the date of Astronomy Day. I'm sure Patrick mentioned it to me but I spaced on it.
Actually I met with Ann about Astronomy Day PR but when we realized the planetarium was already contacting media I suggested we not confuse things by duplicating the planetarium's efforts. So, as far as I know the only official PR the club did was Ann and I being on KCPW, Ann speaking with Sheena at the Tribune and Boyd McNeil and I speaking with the Tooele paper (where, BTW, they ran a nice picture of me in front of the Refractor House and the picture caption saying it was a picture of Boyd... <grin>). For the record, early Saturday evening while folks were setting up I counted 20 scopes at SPOC (17 portables and the three in the observatories). I guess I should have done a later count once everyone was there but, hey, I was having too much fun in the Refractor House. Also for the record, my tooth is back (you had to be there)... :) pw