On Behalf Of Bill Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:12 PM
To: Memphis Astronomical Society
Subject: [MemphisAstro:121] Observing Session for Memphis Soaring Society

You may remember that we offered an observing session to the Memphis Soaring
Society in April, but didn't hear back from them. I got a call from Robert
Williams, a former MAS member, this evening asking about a session. He
apparently inadvertently deleted the e-mail I had sent him about the earlier
one we offered. Anyway, they would like to have us do an observing session
for them on Sunday night, May 25, the night before Memorial Day. They are
having a three-day soaring meet/contest, and this would be the finale. They
are having a cookout that evening-- you can bring whatever meat you want to
grill and they will supply the potatoes and other fixings.

The Soaring Society is made up of people who fly sailplanes (gliders).
They have a field at Cherry Valley, Arkansas, about 9 miles north of Wynne
(45 miles from the I-40 bridge). They have RV facilities and a clubhouse
with showers. You can view their website at
http://www.memphis-soaring.org/index.cfm.

He said there would be between 25 and 40 people who would be participating
and likely to stay for the observing session that evening. If we can get
enough of our members to go we could do pretty much what we do at Village
Creek, including an indoor session with slides first.

If you would like to do this, please respond to the MAS Google group and to
me. My e-mail address is wwils...@comcast.net.