Four Corners Stargazers Test Message

[Charles L Hakes]

Greetings Stargazers,

This is just a test message to verify that the Google Group that was set up several years ago still works. If you receive this email, but are no longer interested in participating, please let me know.

Several local enthusiasts would like to plan a meeting in the next couple of weeks to schedule some activities for this summer. If you are interested, or have thoughts on the subject, please let us all know.

regards,
Charlie

[Steve Schacht]

Hi Charlie,

The Google Group still works! :-) I'm not currently in the Durango area, but I would like to suggest that the FCSG keep the Durango Discovery Museum in mind when planning events. They're always looking for collaborative educational opportunities, and I think you've worked with them before. You can contact them here...

http://www.durangodiscovery.org/contact

Happy star gazing,

-Steve

[Luckydollar]

Charlie,
I would love to have some local stargazing activities and would be happy to help set something up.
J. T. Coyne

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[Lew McCool]

Charles, et al,

As you may know, I'm in the Dolores area and working rather odd hours at
Mesa Verde. Still, please keep me on the list. I'll try to join astro
activities whenever I can. Thanks for firing up the group.

Lew

[William Rottenberg]

i got it. so, it worked for me.

thanks

will

[grth...@hotmail.com]

Sounds great!

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone

[Tim Williams]

Charlie,

My e-mail system is already overloaded with council-related stuff. I don't
think I'll add stargazing emails to it. So please remove my name.

Thanks!

Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles L Hakes" <hak...@gobrainstorm.net>
To: <Four-Corner...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 5:53 AM
Subject: [Four-Corners-Stargazers] Four Corners Stargazers Test Message

[jbaum...@imagecounts.com]

Charles:

I received your test message and I am still here and still very much
into astronomy. Please keep me on the list for meetings and I will try
to attend.

Jim Baumgardt

[BYG]

Hi Charlie
Leave our email address on the list even though we don't tend to participate; you never know when we'll find time to start :-) Yvonna and Bob Graham

Also, some friends just moved to Durango and he wants to know about Stargazers. Please add his name to the list. His name is Den Loy, and here's his address:

debd...@gmail.com

[StarMan]

Charlie

Please keep me on this list. Also please let me know how I can access events schedules from this group.

Wayne Rice at Design+Arts, Cortez

[Ian Dodd]

Thanks for the add.  I look forward to learning about the Four Corners area astronomy community, even from a distance, as my wife and I consider where the next chapter of life will take us.

[John Buting]

Hello--My name is John Buting and I am one of the instigators trying to revive this group. I am a longtime serious amateur with several big telescopes--including a 20" Dob--who is interested in finding some company for stargazing events. I am new to Durango--7 mos--but not to the SW, as I've lived in NM, AZ and CO for the past 15 yrs. I lived in Ridgway for most of the past 6 yrs and am still a member of the Black Canyon Astronomical Society, a small but very active club that does a lot of public outreach at Black Canyon NP and other venues in the Ridgway/ Montrose area.

 

Charlie Hakes recently revived the Google Group here and scheduled an organizational meeting for tonight at Ft. Lewis. No one showed up but me. He indicated he sent out a reminder notice yesterday, but I did NOT receive that, and am wondering if maybe no one else did either? In any event, I'm posting this to see and gauge further interest. I've already done 4 programs for Durango Nature Studies that have been very successful and well-attended--25-30 guests, including one this past Monday. I am hoping to get some help at the next event on June 8, and anyone who'd like to attend is welcome. Charlie and I also discussed the possibility of holding an event in Mancos the weekend of June 29 as we've had a couple, of requests from the library and state park there. Other possible outings would be Chimney Rock, Mesa Verde and some additional very nice locales I've discovered within 30 minutes of Durango.

 

Have attempted to attach a few pics of my 20" in the hope of picqing interest. Hope to hear back from some of you...

 

John Buting

jgb_...@yahoo.com

970-389-8105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday, May 3, 2013 6:53:54 AM UTC-6, Charles Hakes wrote:

[Ian Dodd]

John & Charlie,

Just an FYI on the Google group.  I subscribe to the daily digest version of the group.  I did not receive Charlie's reminder about the meeting.  And I only received your introduction (quoted below) this morning, some 36 hours after you posted it.  Hmmm. . .what's going on Google?

BTW, that's a beauty of a Dob you're sportin' there!

I'm just gazing from afar in Calif. as we consider our native CO for retirement in a few years, though I'll be rolling through Durango next weekend on my way to Silverton.

Ian