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Originally Posted by Blue Skies
Hmm, you've got me trying to work out who you are, now, since I was one of the organisers of the first two Swan Star Parties and did a lot with the MAS and now a lot with ASWA.
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I'm Simon, fairly tall, used to have
very long hair. Think I know who you are
I wandered into your store one day to buy Gugolz pitch and you told me about MAS, I then walked out with your shop-copy of the HB Astroatlas(I love impulse buys). Then on my way home I stumbled upon a public display at the Windsor and you arrived a few mins later, LOL. (It was for the opening night for the first new StarWars I think)
I found MAS to be pretty easy going and would probably still be a member, I mostly just hung around the ATM nights getting in the way though
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One of the reasons I tried to get the Swan Star Party going was for people like you who are out there doing astronomy but don't want to belong to a club.
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Pretty sure I thanked you for your efforts after the event, but thanks again. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire weekend, everyone got on well as far as I could tell. Unfortunately I was OS for the second one
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In the mean time the Dryandra camps are the closest thing to a star party, but neither Roger or I are allowed to say too much about them publicly here because certain people in the society are worried about the non-financial riff-raff gatecrashing the party and not being aware of certain rules of etiquette ruining it for the regular goers. ce la vie
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Ahhh, just goes to emphasis my dislike for most clubs and associations....
Once they move from a group of like-minded people to a structured President/Vice/Secretary with nominations and elections etc type club, they tend to be a magnet for 'stiffs' and 'power junkies'.
No offence intended ofcourse just a personality difference, they're not my type of people.