A nice ezine publication by the IAU that may be of interest to the club's mission: Journal of Communicating Astronomy to the Public http://www.capjournal.org/ For SLAS scheduling, note the keystone IAU event next year is the "100 Hours of Astronomy" event between April 2 to April 5 - typically a pretty cloudy season in Utah. http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/ The IAU IY2009 website http://www.astronomy2009.org/ - Kurt

From posts on CN P.S. - On a cloudy night, the inspirational IY2009 video trailer with expensive production values on the IY2009 homepage is worth a view.