Re: Big problems with my local astronomy club

On May 17, 5:01 pm, patrickimo <patricki...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you're comfortable with being the judge, jury, and executioner
here, Greg, that's fine. I know the mistakes I made, and I know what
I did not do. One thing remains very clear: no one in my club needed
to threaten me with physical violence. I never thought amateur
astronomers would be capable of such abject hostility. If I'm wrong
about that, feel free to correct me.

As for it having nothing specifically to do with astronomy, I must
disagree. If any member of the public got the same impression that I
did from our online calendar (public events "medium" priority, club-
centered events "high" priority), I imagine they wouldn't be asking
for stargazes from us any more. Such prioritizing is not the attitude
that a club with the stated primary mission of "public education in
astronomy" should have.

But, I guess I'm just a troublemaker, so what do I know?


This has to be about the silliest argument I've ever heard. The
"public" is going to get no impression one way or the other from your
website calendar. I assume your club is proactive in setting up public
observing events and does not turn down qualified groups when they ask
for help with an event.

That is all that is required of a nonprofit--the language you quote is
"boilerplate" and is in the charters of most tax exempt astronomy
clubs.

Get a grip--argue about something really meaningful like whether to
post club operational and financial information on its website. The
IRS requires that all US nonprofits have completely open records to
maintain that exempt IRS Code sec 501(c)(3) status.

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