CANOPUS 99/10 - Notice of Meeting

Notice of Meeting

The October 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 13^th of October, 1999 at 20:00.

Topic:

2000 a Space Oddity

by Tom Budge

Future Meetings

    November 10^th            The Leonids                            One of the T’s
    December 11^th            Year End Star Party                 At Tom’s Farm
    January 12^th                  METSOC 1999                       Trevor Gould
    February 9^th                 Computers in Astronomy           Chris²

Dark Sky Viewing

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

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

Haartebeeshoek

Set aside Saturday the 23^rd 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.

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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