May meeting 2005

Usual intro’s 
Treasurer-  report same as before
Fargo Jaycees received check for prior star party

NDSP meeting May 16th: need to fill jobs, buy food and make badges

Old news: Astronomy day event went very well

2006 astronomy calendar’s available for order very soon

Brian Grove showed planetary software Stellarium.

Events:
	May 13th Century school
    	Turtle river date confirmed June 11, and July 9

Other news: 
	Matt talked about light pollution
	We have a storage locker in the Memorial Union instead of a cubicle
    	Geography dept donated old maps from original observatory
    	Matt presented a picture he took last year of star trails in the badlands.  Will be donated to north unit of Theodore Roosevelt 	National Park this year.
	Vishnu mentioned ideas for a telescope building session and creating a scope that could be shared among all the schools