Welcome
Newcastle Astronomical Society Information Sheet
Welcome
We welcome new members to join us for a couple of meetings free of charge so that you can find out about our society and decide if it’s for you before you commit to joining up. Our paid-up member fees are detailed below and the membership year starts in September.
Meetings
Our meetings are usually a talk with a guest presenter, we have a programme that runs from September - May each year. We open the doors at Summerhill Pavilion around 6:30 with the opportunity to have a chat with members and our meeting starts promptly at 7:00pm. After an opening welcome, a committee member will introduce the speaker and get the evening underway. There will be opportunities at the end of talk for questions and Tea/Coffee. Meetings usually conclude around 9pm. During the meeting, if conditions permit, observations can be made on the green outside, with Societies or your own equipment.
On your first visit to the society please introduce yourself to any of the committee members:
Honorary members
Richard Stephenson, Life President
Brian Sydney, President
Alasdair Charles, Vice President
Committee members
Stephen Lynn Chair
Simon Murray Treasurer
Michael Marchetti Secretary
Sheila Stranger Committee Member - Programme
Duncan Wise Committee Member - NNPA Liaison
Fraser Sullivan Committee Member - new and prospective member liaison
Peter Skinner Committee Member - Observing lead
Margaret McLanaghan Committee Member
Alison Gordon Committee Member
Joseph Gordon Committee Member
Workshops/observing.
We have 3 -4 scheduled workshops per year. Other observing/workshops are arranged at short notice as they are often weather dependent. If you wish to be included in email notification for these please speak to Simon Murray OBSMAN@newastrosoc.co.uk , and he will add you to the circulation list and if you use Social Media we have a WhatsApp group and Facebook pages. We also have an observing site at Blagdon where our keyholders can open the site. Don’t forget to add obsman@newastrosoc.co.uk to your safe senders so that the emails don’t go into spam/junk!
Membership Fees (preferred method of payment is bank transfer)
This allows you access to all of our lecture-based meetings, and attendance/participation at the workshops and any other arranged events.
Full rate £25 Concession £15 Family £40
Reduced rates for joining mid term.
Payment to: Newcastle Astro Society
Sort code: 40-34-16
Account Number: 51535528
Please include your full name as reference and send an email to Treasurer@newastrosoc.co.uk to inform us that you have made payment via bank transfer for us to keep our records up to date. For information we no longer accept cheques. You can also pay in cash at a meeting if you don’t have online facilities.