{"id":3074,"date":"2016-11-30T07:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austinastro.org\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2016-11-30T07:58:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:58:37","slug":"new-practical-astronomy-and-general-assembly-meeting-nights-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/2016\/11\/30\/new-practical-astronomy-and-general-assembly-meeting-nights-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"New Practical Astronomy and General Assembly Meeting Nights in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From our Vice President, Carl Lindemann:<br \/>\nThe General Assembly in the New Year: Improving Access and Attendance<br \/>\nDespite the exciting programs and conviviality of fellow members that make up our monthly General Assembly, we typically see just a small number of our total membership on hand. What&#8217;s the cause? The sense from members is that the Friday time on the UT campus is problematic. So what&#8217;s a better night\/location? For 2017, we will be applying the scientific method to see what&#8217;s better &#8211; and even what&#8217;s best.<br \/>\nFirst, we will determine if there&#8217;s a better time than our traditional Friday gathering. We will continue to meet at our usual location at UT, ETC Room 2.136. But for January, we will meet on Monday, January 9 at 6:30pm. For February, we will try a Tuesday (to be confirmed &#8211; likely the 7th). Then, in March, on a Wednesday. Will going earlier in the week improve attendance and access for members? Come see!<br \/>\nOnce we determine which night is best, we will then try some different locations. Got any thoughts as to where we might gather, drop me a line. Of course, looking for something centrally located with the requisite A\/V gear plus ample parking. Cheap, too, if possible! By Fall, 2017, we will hopefully be settling into a great new place and time so more can make the most of GA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From our Vice President, Carl Lindemann: The General Assembly in the New Year: Improving Access and Attendance Despite the exciting programs and conviviality of fellow members that make up our monthly General Assembly, we typically see just a small number of our total membership on hand. What&#8217;s the cause? The sense from members is that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-default"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinastro.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}