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his total failure to reform the ByLaws, which would have avoided some 
of the flaws of the May 2003 campaigns and voting; a 'correction' for 
the minutes of the April 3rd Board minutes for the functions of the 
Nominating Committee.
    In combination, these faults paint a portrait of mass negligence 
and incompetence in the AAA's administration. 
    On June 16th, Mike O'Gara cancelled the emergency meeting sine 
die, banking off of an out-of-town funeral in John Pazmino's family. 
    On a far more mature and pleasant level, the New York Chapter of 
the National Space Society on June 14th installed new officers for the 
2003-2004 season. Candice Pankanin is president; Harold Egeln, vice 
president; Wilma Nicomedez, treasurer; NYSkier Eugene Cervone. 
secretary. Expresident Elaine Walker, moving to Phoenix, Arizona, in 
August, turned over all implements of office to Ms Pankanin. 

NYSkies 
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    Astronomers are exploiting NYSkies as a quick, handy, friendly, 
and potent source of astronomy news relating to the City. And there is 
LOTS of astronomy stuff going on around New York! Since it revived on 
28 September 2001 (it was interrupted by World Trade Center) NYSkies 
became the definitive forum and public record for matters bearing on 
home astronomy in and around New York. 
    Granted, some of the banter relates particularly to the Amateur 
Astronomers Association. It's the major astronomy union in town and 
every home astronomer around here eventually runs up against it. It 
pays to listen to those discussions (rants? blusters? tirades?), even 
if you opt out of playing in them. At the least, you take into account 
the words of the senior members before joining the Association. Or you 
can let NYSkies dialog modulate your choice to renew AAA membership. 
    During May and June, after the election of Board of Directors 
seats at AAA, NYSkies was the only soapbox the seatholders had to 
speak with the membership. Their letters, comments, statements were 
collected into the files area for ready reference. They turned to 
NYSkies simply because the AAA as yet does not have a good faith 
sincere forum for its own members within itself. 
    Joining NYSkies is easy. Send an empty email to this Yahoo 
maillist at 'nysky-subscribe{at}yahoogroups.com'. Note well that it's 
'nysky', and not 'NYSkies'. Its posts are sent to you in your email 
and you post to it by email. It's that simple! 
    Or you may go to 'groups.yahoo.com/group/nysky'. If you are 
already signed up with Yahoo, you go and sign in and then 'join' 
NYSkies. If not, you have to go thru a silly 'registration' that's a 
oneshot chore, valid for all groups you may eventually join. The files 
and calendar area of NYSkies are accessible only thru the website. 


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