OCA Board Meeting

January 18, 2004

AGENDA

PRELIMINARY MATTERS

• Installation of new Board Members
• Approval of minutes of previous Board meeting
• Financial Summary
• Set date for next meeting - 3/7 and 3/28 appear to be on the least busy weekends in March.

CONSENT CALENDAR

• [None]

MEMBER PRESENTATIONS:

AstroImage 2004 Conference (Dave Kodama)

G. Bruce Blair Award/WAA (Tim Hogle)

OLD BUSINESS

• Anza Planning Task Force

o       Membership of the Task Force

o       Status/timetable 

• Anza road maintenance/gravel - status?
• Anza Broadband - Implementation of payment schedule, controlling access, proposed rules for use of the service.

• Better lock for observing area of OCA Observatory
• Observatory roof.
• Security for broadband network at Anza
• Explore the Stars - we still need a new coordinator, or at least someone to assist Richard Cranston.

NEW BUSINESS

• Trustee duties/obligations.
• EOA - a stairway is needed for the outside door to the control room at Anza House and a skirt is needed for the base of the MOCAT Observatory (estimated cost: $250.00 total).

¬∑        Plan for inventorying surplus items/items in storage for sale or otherwise getting them in use or disposing of them.

¬∑        Liability/indemnity issues between the club and individual members.

¬∑        CCD issues on the Kuhn (requested purchase of telecompressor, training and control of equipment use).

UPDATES NOT REQUIRING ACTION

• Status on website management (Russ Sipe is now Website Editor, Dave Pace is helping on the technical side)
• Clark Refractor update
• Painting of Anza House
• Mice/rat eradication in Anza House
• Star Member training is ongoing, and keeping up with demand.
• Star Member manual - still under revision.
• Update on Kuhn Telescope - CCD camera has been repaired, per John Hoot.
• Awards plans/program update
• Tessmann update