Called to order 7:02 pm

• Minutes approved
• Treasurers Report (Rick Young). 4 new members joined in the last month. 17 Registered.
• Newsletter. Spoke with Bill Manley of BAS, and we'll try to have a joint newsletter for the 2 groups.
• Astronomy Day (April 21) was clouded out, unfortunately.
• Star Parties.
  • May 11 F. Burton Smith Regional Park - star party
  • May 12 is Star Party at Harmony
  • May 13 through 20th Texas Star Party
  • May 19 is International Sidewalk Astronomy Night home.earthlink.net/~sidewalkastronomynight brought to you by Sidewalk Astronomers
• SAS News: New elections. Don Schumacher is President, Kerri Salvadore is VP, Zoe Bentler is Treas, and Kristie Llera is Secretary. Only got $50 operating budget from the school, although their request was much larger
• Update on FIT 32" telescope
• Don Schumacher reports on Gliese 581 system which contains earth-mass star in habitable zone, and some other interesting developments..
• Old Business:
  • Astronomical League. It would cost us $95/yr to join all members to Ast League.
• New Business:
• Rick Young shares images he took on his trip to Lowell Observatory and Meteor Crater.

Adjourned at 7:45 pm

(M. Wood)