PROPOSED AGENDA 

1. Minutes of the August meeting.

2. Treasure's report.

3. Old Business.

4. Review of our by-laws and election of officers. 
We need to begin to give this matter serious consideration !!! 

5. Further evaluation of our resources, our mission, etc.. OPTIONS ??? 

6. TAAA star parties.

7. Evaluation of the sky brightness/darkness measuring device. We still need to work out the "bugs" and
to schedule another session at TIMPA (perhaps only with "experienced" users first). It seems as if there
is a problem with "neophytes" but we really do not know how reliable the meter is in the hands of
"experienced" users. 

Also, should be build a few more "prototypes" ???  
Finally, what about the problem nagging of calibration. Etc., etc., etc.....

8. Future excellence in outdoor lighting awards. 
The next award is scheduled to be given to the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) on Tuesday, October
7th at Noon. 

Also, we need a follow-up with the U.S. Border Patrol. 

9. Follow-up regarding hardware stores: Home Depot, Lowes, and Ace. 
Field reports regarding ACE, Glarebuster. Follow-up news regarding the availability of new fixtures.

10. Creating a telephone "tree" for SA-IDA. 

11. Any new bad lighting complaints. Follow-up on previous ones.

12. Walgreens on St. Mary's Rd. at Silverbell ??? Should we contact the national office ??? 
Survey of Tucson Walgreens Stores.

13. Special Arizona license plates - - - progress ???

14. Report from IDA: Tucson and the Pima County lighting legislation, Arizona State legislation, reports from
Flagstaff and Phoenix area chapters, the current status of Billboards in Tucson/Pima County, 
and lots of other new news !!!!! 

15. Media publicity for SA-IDA. The possibility of an hour-long radio show. 
Also, other radio and TV shows, Newspapers, TAAA, etc...... 

16. Website improvements.

17. Glare buster shields from GE. Also, the Bob Goff fund for light pollution. 

18. The SA-IDA DVD.

19. Consider contacting TRICO regarding bad outdoor lighting in the Three Points area. 

20. Deseert Museum: Saturday evenings: follow-up from September 6th and plans for September 13th 

21. Next year's student science fair - - - It is now time to make plans to notify the schools for the next
school year !!! 

We need to send out an E-mail announcement and a poster or a flyer ...... SOON !!!!! 

22. Plans for a few winter field trip meetings. 

23. Follow-up on the high school community service dark sky projects.

This is a long agenda, but those items which we do not finish this month will be kept on "hold" for future
meetings (not forgotten) !!!!!