[AAVSO-DIS] Beginner's Citizen Sky/VSO Chat Tonight at 8pm Eastern

[aaron price]

  Hi, all. I know most people on this discussion group are experienced
observers. However, I wanted to post this notice for those who may be
new to the AAVSO. A beginner's chat is about to be held in the AAVSO
chat room at 8pm eastern time (7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, 5 pm
Pacific). It's a Citizen Sky chat, but the topics will be of interest
to new AAVSO folk as well.

 The goal of the chat is to answer questions about Citizen Sky,
epsilon Aurigae, and/or astronomy in general. The tone will be
tailored to new participants in the project so this is a great chance
to find out more about the project without feeling overwhelmed by the
scale of the project. Dr. Bob and his graduate student Brian K. will
be on hand to answer questions about science. Chris Stephan, a science
teacher from Florida, will be on hand to answer questions about making
visual observations of stars.  Rebecca Turner, the Citizen Sky project
manager, will be on hand to answer general questions about Citizen Sky
(and the AAVSO).

  Advanced observers are welcome to attend also, except we ask that
you refrain from asking advanced questions and instead try to help
answer questions from the new folk.

  To join the chat, simply point your web browser to the regular AAVSO
Chat Room at the URL below:

            http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi

  At that page, type in your name and press "Login". You'll be taken
to the chat room where you can type in a message for others to read or
you can just watch the discussion silently.

  We hope to see you there!

-- 
Aaron