NavList:
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Re: Navigation gathering: Mystic, Spring 2010
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2009 Oct 10, 21:21 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2009 Oct 10, 21:21 -0500
Frank, This is a belated reply to your message about a possible return to Mystic (or somewhere else) for a gathering of Nav List members. I found the last two meetings to be extremely interesting, informative and enjoyable, and well worthwhile making the trip. Please count me in. Ken Gebhart On Aug 15, 2009, at 1:52 PM,wrote: > > I am looking tentatively at organizing another biennial "Navigation > Weekend" at Mystic Seaport Museum (possibly some other location... > options are still open) in mid to late Spring of 2010. For those > who are relatively new to NavList, please visit fer3.com/Mystic2006 > and fer3.com/Mystic2008 for descriptions of events, presentations, > and activities at those earlier gatherings. As many of you know, > Don Treworgy, recently retired Director of the "Treworgy > Planetarium (named for him just a few months ago), is very ill so > he will probably not be able to participate directly, but I'm sure > he and Mystic Seaport would support our activities if that's where > we choose to gather. > > For something different this year, would some of you like to work > on a "Build your own Bygrave" workshop? And if not that, or maybe > in addition, how about a presentation on how to use a standard > Bygrave (or Gary's flat Bygrave) to solve celestial navigation > problems? > > Any topics within the range of things that we discuss on NavList > would be welcome. Also, once we settle on dates and a location, I'm > going to ask the rest of you to help publicize this event and help > bring in people who are not part of our small community. Naturally, > it's more interesting if we get a broader group of people. > > As in 2008, there will probably be a small fee for attendance to > the meeting in 2010 to cover Mystic Seaport's overhead for the event. > > -FER > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---