Mac Volunteer Organizer Needed at MacWorld SF, Jan '07

Dr. Jeff Terry of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and
Argonne National Laboratory is a Mac advocate; author of the Mac-only
application *iCCD* , which is used to control Starlight Express
astronomical CCD cameras and process FITS images; and organizer of the
first Macintosh Astronomy Workshop, which was held at IIT in Chicago in
September, 2005. Dr. Terry has posted the following in the Mac forum at
Astromart.com and in the Yahoo MacAstronomer group at
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macastronomer>:

Begin quote:
"It is coming up on the time for deciding whether or not there will be
a MacAstro Workshop II in January 2007 in conjunction with MacWorld.

"We have some funds already in the budget, not too much but a bit that
can be used for advertising. What is missing is someone to act as the
local organizer in the SF Bay Area.

"If we do not get a volunteer soon, we will be forced to reconsider the
viability of having these Workshops. The first one went very well. I
would hate to see it go away. It does require someone to step up and
volunteer to be the local organizer."
End quote.

A volunteer organizer would likely be a hard-core Machead, and would
reside in the SF Bay area. He or she would *not* *necessarily* be one
of the few, the proud -- the Mac-based amateur astronomy community --
but the job would certainly be more interesting for an astronomer or
other person interested in the Mac in science. Professionals are most
welcome!

I attended Macintosh Astronomy Workshop I in Chicago last September. It
was a most rewarding experience, and it would be a shame not to keep
this program going. This would not be a huge job. I would volunteer in
a New York minute *if* I lived a couple of thousand miles closer to SF.

You may read about MAW I here:
<http://mrmac.mr.aps.anl.gov/~macastroworkshop/> and here:
<http://www.davidillig.com/maw-astrofest.shtml>.

If you're the person for this job, please contact Dr. Terry at terryj
*at* itt *dawt* edu.

Thanks for reading!

Davoud

Macs in amateur astronomy: <http://www.davidillig.com/astromac.shtml>

Dr. Terry's QuickTime movie of Comet 73P and the Ring Nebula will knock
your socks off -- bottom of this page
<http://mrmac.mr.aps.anl.gov/~astronut/pages/cometM57.htm>

My my own photo of Comet 73P
<http://www.davidillig.com/ast-73p_s-w060429.shtml>. Telescope control,
camera control, and autoguiding via a PowerBook.

Alan Friedman shows what a /highly/ /skilled/ /person/ with a Mac can
do in amateur astrophotography:
<http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/images/jupiter/friedman.jpg>
and
<http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2006/images/lunaralps/friedman.jpg>

N.B. Dr. Terry, who is a friend of mine (since MAW I) did not ask me to
post this information.

--
usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

In article <140520062115297753%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
wrote:

> Dr. Jeff Terry of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and
> Argonne National Laboratory is a Mac advocate; author of the Mac-only
> application *iCCD* , which is used to control Starlight Express
> astronomical CCD cameras and process FITS images; and organizer of the
> first Macintosh Astronomy Workshop, which was held at IIT in Chicago in
> September, 2005. Dr. Terry has posted the following in the Mac forum at
> Astromart.com and in the Yahoo MacAstronomer group at
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macastronomer>:

I am on the east coast so I can't volunteer. Why don't you or Dr. Terry
ask at the local SF MUG to see if anyone there wants to help?