SLAS members should have received an email from me yesterday with a URL to get directly to the version on the SLAS web site with the roster. However, here's a URL, available to all, to a version without the roster: http://utahastro.info/slas/nova/jf2007/NOVAJF2007.PDF As far as I know there is no rule which says the roster must be included in the newsletter. The practice of publishing the roster has roots in the (in)famous SLAS coup of '79 when members had to take the then board to court to get access to the roster. (Inside jokes: Next time you see Siegfried, walk up to him, point your finger in the air and say "Your honor, may I say something?" and see how he responds. It's also fun to approach any of the members from back then and softly imitate the sound of a dove: "Couuup, Couuup...") But now that the roster is freely available to all current SLAS members on the SLAS web site there probably is little need to publish it in the newsletter. Perhaps this could be brought up at the January SLAS board and general meetings? Patrick On 29 Dec 2006, at 11:46, bsi@xmission.com wrote:
I am all for the public being able to read the Nova online, but I would like the SLAS Roster to be removed from the public version and stuck behind the membership barrier. Just on general principle, I hate to advertise the list of people who will probably not be home on meeting nights, along with their address and phone numbers. Jo