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Last Society Meeting Minutes:

• Date/Time Location
• 6:30 PM on Monday, February 18^th, 2019       
• McCarthy Hall, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA

 Attendance (12 in attendance)

Jeff Struve, Byron Davies, Don Robinson, Rusty Case, Robert Mitchell, Paul Levesque, Sam Santiago, Ken Boquist, Alan Sheidler, Matt Neilssen, Mike and Wanda Gacioch,   

General Announcements –

• The March 18^th club meeting will be held at Augustana in their planetarium!
• Membership dues
• Board meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of the month in 2019

 Outings   

• 1/20 – Lunar Eclipse
• 1/26 – Jens
• 2/06 – Board meeting
• 2/09 – Jens Wendt Membership Night
• 2/16 – SCT Collimation Party
• 2/18 – Robert Mitchell will give the presentation at the Feb club meeting
• 3/08 – Messier Marathon – 2 nights
• 3/18 – Club normal meeting will meet at the Augustana Planetarium
• 3/XX – Exoplanet Detection
• 7/19 – Green Iowa at Menke
• EISP Pre-Registrations

 Main Presentations

• Jeff Struve – handed out the last of the annual banquet awards
• Paul Levesque – Museo Galileo

Other Discussion

• Purchasing an Observatory
• Messier Marathon – Open Discussion  March 8/9
• Astronomy Day – Open Discussion May 11
• Meteor Shower Party – Open Discussion Aug 3
• Telescope 101 – Williams, Adams, North
• Eastern Iowa Star Party – Open Discussion
• Observatory Relocation – Open Discussion

Review of Minutes

The December Minutes as per the January Meridian were approved.

 Treasures Report 

• Membership Renewals –
• General Fund – $2,165.35
• Event fund – $500.00 
• Observatory Relocation Fund – $4,380.00
• Total Balance – $7,045.35

Adjournment

After the meeting, members were invited to continue the discussion at the Village Inn just a few blocks from St. Ambrose… those attending included