<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hi Andy, your comments have not fallen on deaf ears. I will discuss it at our board meeting next month. I am a bit sad that we only had a few leaders sign up for our program. Is it possible for you to light a fire with a few of your piers.<br><br>Andy Blanchard<div>905-465-2031H</div><div>905-847-7777B</div></div><div><br>On 2012-06-20, at 11:26 AM, "Andrew Bienhaus" <<a href="mailto:andrew@bienhaus.org">andrew@bienhaus.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2">H<span class="240372317-20062012">ey
guys,</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">Newbie here, on behalf
of 1st Binbrook Scout Group. (a new member)
;-)</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012"></span></font></font></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">Our experience at the
Conservation area, was a great one, and we look forward to a visit to the
observatory.</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012"></span></font></font></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">But, one thing is
evident, and that is that trying to get 30 kids past one eyepiece, is
problematic. ;-)</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012"></span></font></font></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">I know there are
cameras you can mount to eyepieces, and we do have an older data projector as
well as monitors out the wazoo.</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">But what sort of
expense and options are we talking about, to mount a digital feed onto the
telescope?</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012"></span></font></font></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">and, is this something
the club has ever considered raising funds to purchase for installation
there?</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012"></span></font></font></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">thanks!</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">Andy</span></font></font></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="240372317-20062012"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="240372317-20062012">1st
Binbrook</span></font></font></font></span></div>
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