Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society

Help Wanted!

     Got a little time on your hands?  The SVAS could use your help. SVAS President Liam McDaid has not only succeeded in keeping the boat afloat during difficult times, he’s also working on getting the SVAS revved up for the upcoming year. The board is poised to bring a fresh round of new and renewed programs and services to its members. The Messier Group is being reformed and revamped as an expanded forum, the observatory dome has been repaired for our viewing pleasure and the First Light Team has already started helping those who need it.

     Great things are happening and they’re happening because a few people stepped up to help out. Imagine what the SVAS would be like if quite a few more people stepped up. We need you to do just that. All of these programs are member-driven. They are for and created by SVAS members. This is a hands-on amateur astronomy club, we learn by doing. Sometimes, in order to do, we have to work to get something- a repaired dome, for example. There is much more to do up at HGO to get it in shape to truly enjoy it. Hopefully, the repairs will be made before Star-B-Q. The Star-B-Q committee will also need help to make this a really fun event for everyone. We need help with Community Star Parties and Astronomy Day. The Astro-Challenge Group (formerly the Messier Group) and the First Light Team (which helps newbies and other people who have a problem with their scopes) could use more member support.

We could use some technical help, newsletter help, financial planning help, Astronomy Boot Camp planning help, Resources (the stuff we sell to raise funds) help. You name it- we could use your help with it!

 As our President said when he ran for that office, the SVAS is only as good as its members make it. So let’s make this a great year and get involved! It’s fun and the people are cool (ok, Forrest is questionable).

Here’s some contact info to get you started, if you don’t see anything you’re interested in, just tell us what you’d like to do:

Observatory Director          Perry Preston Porter                perryprestonporter@yahoo.com

Community Star Parties

First Light Team

Astro-Challenge Group        Tom Silver                               tandbsilver@aol.com

                                           Forrest Lockhart                      forrest.lockhart@sbcglobal.net

Star-B-Q                              Molly Gallagher                        mollyg2006@yahoo.com

Membership                        Ross Gorman                            rossgorman@aol.com

                                           Tom Silver                                tandbsilver@aol.com

Resources                           Ross Gorman                            rossgorman@aol.com

                                           Walt Heiges                             weheiges@aol.com

Outreach/Astro. Day          Lynda Hall                                 lyndahall@surewest.net

Newsletter

First Light

Financial Planning w/ Ross and Kirk

Astronomy Boot Camp

Everything else                  Anybody on the board

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