August 8th	Meteorite Expedition             and Eclipse Experiences	Trevor Gould Miscellaney of Speakers
September 12th	Optical Devices	Tony Voorvelt ( prov. )

Public viewing nights are on the Friday nearest First Quarter, and are held at the Old Republic Observatory, 18a Gill Street, Observatory, Johannesburg. Starting time around 19:30.

Please note that the Public viewing nights are held subject to suitable weather conditions.

We are once again holding the A.G.M. on a Saturday to encourage members to attend and enjoy a bring ’n braai as soon as the Society business is finished ( hopefully no more than an hour ). We will also be opening the "Mars Bar" and the Domes and hope some of you will bring your ’scopes along as the time of the year ( if not the light pollution ) lends itself to fairly clear viewing.

The meeting starts 18:00, and the society reports and election of the new committee should take no longer than an hour - we should be braaing and socialising shortly thereafter.

Please give some thought to which persons you would like to elect to committee for the 2001/2 period and make sure that they themselves are willing to serve before you nominate them.

Jo'burg Centre Outings for 2001

Your Committee is making arrangements for several outings during the year. Amongst these are some old favourites as well as a couple of new ones which should prove interesting.

Nylsvlei - we have a booking for the weekend of the 14^th - 16^th September for 30 people.

You may contact Ed Finlay on 083-449-1103 if you wish to book a place on this outing.

Boyden - We are busy attempting to negotiate a suitable weekend with Martie Hoffman.

Haartebeeshoek - Saturday 21st of July at 16:00. ( Just be by the main gate from about 15:45 ).

A visit to the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve.

Tswaing Crater - still trying to set up a day visit under the guidance of Prof. Reimold

Other ASSA Centres (e.g. the Pretoria Centre) - and try to see if we can organise some joint ventures.

 
Telescope Making Classes

Would you like to make your own telescope?…or finish off a partially finished one? Well your opportunity has arrived (once again). Join the Telescope Making Class being held under the guidance of Brian, Evan and Chris. Contact Brian on 803-8291 if you are interested.

Eclipse Experiences

For those of you fortunate enough to have experienced the June 21^st Total Eclipse, bring along your memories ( and photos ) to the monthly meeting of the 8^th August and share them with those of us who had to make do with a partial eclipse.