Notice of Meeting

The September meeting of the Johannesburg Centre of the Astronomical Society will be held in the Sir Herbert Baker Library, 18a Gill Street, Observatory, on Wednesday the 8th of September, 1999 at 20:00.

Topic:

Bird migration & navigation

by Wolf Lange

Future Meetings

   October 13th                T.B.A.           Good speakers
   November 10th              T.B.A.             ( as always )

Dark Sky Viewing

            On the Saturday nearest New Moon at Tom Budge's Farm in the Magaliesberg.

                        11th September         6th November          Year End Star Party
                           9th October                                              11th December

Haartebeeshoek

Set aside Saturday the 23rd of October for a group visit to the Haartebeeshoek Radio Telescope Facility.  Remember that there will be a small charge levied for this privilege ( R5 ), and please give your name to Constant so that the number of visitors can be communicated to the Haartebeeshoek admin people beforehand.

Annual Subscription Fees

At the AGM, some of changes to the structure of the annual subscription fees were introduced and passed by a majority vote. The joining fee has remained unchanged at R50-00, But the annual subscription fee has been raised to R100-00. However, to offset this increase in fee, we have introduced a family membership fee of R125-00. With a family membership, the main difference is that although all family members receive full rights as members of the Centre, only one copy of the monthly magazine, Canopus, will be posted to the family address. Also, family membership is restricted to a couple and their dependants. The Annual Subscription form has been included with this issue of Canopus, and we would like to urge members to pay their subs as early as possible to enable your committee to plan the projects for the year ahead.

Please post your subscription fee, or deposit/transfer it directly into the Society's bank account at NEDBANK.   The Account information is as follows:-

Bank                    NEDBANK

Branch Name:       Park Plaza
              Code:      19 21 42 44
Account Type:      Current Account
              Number: 1921 013761
              Name:     ASSA Johannesburg Centre

 Please remember to write your name on the deposit slip or to include your name as a reference on a direct transfer. Then fax the details to the Chairman to let him know that you have paid via direct deposit or transfer so that you will be kept on the Canopus mailing list.
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