Called to order 8:10 p.m.

1. Report that Florida Tech Provost approved By-Law (BAS) example
   1. BIll Manley (of BAS) volunteers to help get incorporated, etc.
2. Secretary’s report, minutes of March meeting (approved)
3. By-Laws status
4. Committee reports
   1. Need new Newsletter Editor(s). Peter Scheuter & Tom Callahan will do it!
5. Old Business
   1. Discuss incorporation at a Board Meeting - will present at next meeting
   2. Insurance
   3. Establish treasury
   4. Moonlight Stroll at Erna Nixon park, over 400 people showed up (Gary of BAS)
6. New Business
   1. Newsletter (see above)
   2. Future Plans
   3. UCF Telescope discussion. 27" F16 Tinsley telescope. Mark Howard of BCC would like to have it, and work with BAS/MAS to refurbish it. Discussion of what might be required to move and refurbish. Discussion of using Bull Creek dome. Decision to take a recon mission to check out the telescope.
   4. Isaac reports that he was contacted by a guy who's interested in taking Bull Creek off our hands.
   5. Peter asks if we could use Malabar test site.
   6. Gary: Astronomy Day May 6 at BCC. 11 am to 11 pm. Planetarium Shows, big-screen movies, solar observing during the day, and stars and galaxies at night.
7. Calendar: Apr 22 Harmony (Day and Night viewing). Rick Young (rvyoung@aol.com; 242-7108) will be Harmony Star Party Contact. Proceedure: Need to call David Gilbert and coordinate. Harmony folks like us to come out, but they like us to come as a group.
8. Demonstration of Sky at Night magazine software (Dan)
9. Demonstration of Filter spectrometer (Peter)
   

Adjourned at 9:07pm

(M. Wood)