PROPOSED AGENDA - SEPTEMBER 2002 SA-IDA MEETING 1. Minutes of the August meeting 2. Treasure's report 3. Old Business 4. Next year's science fair +++ Cooperating with Project Astro +++ Notifying the schools +++ Prizes +++ Obtaining "official status" from Jack Johnson Regarding Project Astro, they are having a meeting to train their staff. The Fall Workshop is scheduled on October 11- 12, 2002, (Friday/Saturday). Location not known. For details Contact Connie Walker, 318-8360. Address at NOAO: 950 N. Cherry. 5. Special Arizona license plates - - - update. Consider alternatives such as an IDA/SA-IDA/Arizona bumper sticker (or even a front license plate) etc......... 6. Harvest Moon Celebration on Saturday, September 21st: SA-IDA booth/table, etc.. Volunteers needed to help. Perhaps we should bring a small telescope and/or binoculars. The event will be at the Ironwood Picnic Area in Tucson Mt. Park from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Contact person: Wendy Burroughs at 877-6122 (Pima county Parks). 7 How to handle complaints of bad lighting 8. Plans for the October meeting, either a "field-trip" meeting or another regular meeting 9. Status of the sky brightness/darkness measuring device 10. The possibility of a large public meeting/lecture here in Tucson 11. 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 new news !!!!! 12. Another "Excellence in Outdoor Lighting" Award - - - Any suggestions ??? 13. Media publicity for SA-IDA. The possibility of an hour-long radio show. Also, other radio and TV shows, Newspapers, TAAA, etc...... 14. Creating a telephone "tree" for SA-IDA 15. Website improvements 16. Glare buster shields from GE. Also, the Bob Goff fund for light pollution. (Any more news from the Three Points area ???) 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) !!!!!