Supporting UK Astronomy
At the Annual General Meeting held at the IoA Cambridge on Saturday 19th October, the new council of the Federation was elected. President: Gary Gawthrope Secretary: Shaun O’Dell Treasurer: Peter Cooke Newsletter Editor & Publications Secretary: Frank Johns Membership Secretary: Mike Pritchard Publications Distribution: Adrian Roach PLI Secretary: Tony Questa Webmaster: Sean Elvidge Meetings Organiser: […]
The Federation of Astronomical Societies would like to welcome two new member societies – DASH Astro (Darsham And Surrounding Hamlets) who meet in Darsham, Suffolk and Ancrum Astronomy Club who meet in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland. We wish them many successes for the future and we note that the FAS now has 194 members.
As you know the FAS Convention is now a Sell Out as we’re up to the capacity of the lecture theatre. However, we are aware that there are still some people from member Societies who would have wished to attend. In past years the hall has rarely been more than half full for the actual […]
We are pleased to announce that the full 180 tickets for the FAS Convention have now been taken! Please do not send anymore requests for tickets as your cheque will be returned to you. Thanks for all who have purchased tickets – we look forward to seeing you on the day.
The 2015 FAS Convention and AGM will take place on Saturday October 24th at the University of Birmingham. The AGM documents required for the day can be found below. Draft minutes of 2014 convention
At the next Federation of Astronomical Societies Annual General Meeting on Saturday, October 19th there will be 5 Council posts where the current post holder will be leaving. The posts that will become vacant and the duties involved are described below. Filling these posts with new people is crucial to the continuation of the FAS […]
The FAS council was saddened to hear of the passing of David ‘Doc’ Sutton. At the age of just 16 David joined the Fleet Auxiliary leaving in the mid-1960 when he got married. After his navy days he became psychiatric nurse and this is where the nickname ‘Doc’ comes from. During the 1970s he was […]
The Federation of Astronomical Societies would like to welcome a new member society – High Legh Community Observatory who meet in High Legh, Knutsford. We wish them many successes for the future and we note that the FAS now has 192 members.