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Originally Posted by fbk
Hi all, first post here..
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I wrote to a local astronomy club assuming they would welcome potential new members and hoping for the opportunity to see some bigger scopes for myself, but I never got a reply.
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From my experience with astronomy clubs the lack of reply is almost certainly due to administrative incompetence. I've never known a club that didn't welcome new members and visitors with open arms (expect perhaps the old BAA which had an entrance exam). It's been nearly 30 years since I was in Perth but the ASWA was a very friendly and active group in those days. My wife and I went to the Dryandra astro camp without a scope and were able to spend the night looking through a range of scopes. The thing with voluntary clubs is that things don't always work well; contact details aren't updated, mail isn't checked, some people are lax or become lax, they go on holidays and no one fills in, all sorts of thing could happen. I suggest you simply turn up to a meeting and see what happens. I'd be surprised if it isn't positive.