The following .pdf files are the present state of the data I've been collecting. Please peruse these documents and feel free to send additions and corrections. All the information provided here has been gleaned from past issues of the Constellation, documents in the archives, and personal contacts from members. There are also fields that will [...]
In 1999 I began a project at the meeting in Lancaster, PA. That year I started interviewing MAPS members, collecting the history, stories and anecdotes of our organization. I interviewed Charlie Walker, Sam Storch, Tom Stec, Laura Deines (Meader), and Norm Dean. I am interested in interviewing more people. I enjoy the process and I [...]
Dear MAPS Members: In the fall, 2011, The Strategic Planning Committee and the Constitution Review Committee recommended the following changes. This is being sent as a reminder that these issues will be placed on the ballot with Board of Directors elections in January of 2012. […]
April 22, 1955 – October 16, 2011 From the Portland Press Herald: Steve Innes, 56, died unexpectedly on Oct. 16, 2011. He was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 22, 1955, the son of Rachel and Richard Innes. He graduated from high school in Ann Arbor, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He married [...]
Proposed Amendment to By-Laws was approved by a unanimous vote by membership during the 2011 election cycle (source P. Krupinski, Audit Committee Chair).
MAPS 2012 May 16-19, 2012 "When Worlds Align" It is our great pleasure to announce that the host for the 46th annual Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society conference is Gloria Villalobos and the folks of the newly renovated Novins Planetarium Sky Theater at Ocean County College in Toms River, NJ. Their facility, with the stalwart support [...]
Constellation Fall 2011 Solar System Size Surprise Election Committee President’s Message Education Committee Images from Space: How do we get those pictures? Planetarium News
Constellation Summer 2011 Cosmic Recount MAPS 2011 Minutes of the Business Meeting President’s Message Education Committee Mobile News Network Planetarium News
For those who like to plan ahead, the Board has already accepted bids for conference hosts for the next two years! […]
Thank You Very Much! We would like to thank the following who made MAPS 2011 possible by their generous contributions! […]
Constellation Spring 2011 MAPS Conference 2011 Close Encounters with Jupiter Teaching in the Dark President’s Message Saving Arlington’s David M. Brown Planetarium MAPS Fellow Award – Criteria for Nomination Education Committee Planetarium News
The MAPS preliminary conference schedule is posted here and will be updated as presentation and demonstration requests come in. Get this schedule on your smart phone! iPhone and Android users can save this schedule and check it right on your phone live during the conference. […]
INVITATION to MAPS 2011: Teaching in the Dark You are cordially invited to a MAPS first: a conference hosted by three separate facilities in southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey, May 4-7, 2011. […]
The conference hotel is the Holiday Inn Fort Washington - http://www.fwholiday.com Call 800-339-0209 for reservations. The room rate for conference attendees is $99 per night. The hotel is located just off the Pennsylvania Turnpike at exit 339, north of Philadelphia. This is about a 40 minute drive from the Philadelphia Airport on the south side [...]
Constellation Winter 2010 MAPS Conference 2011 Elections President’s Message Minutes of the Business Meeting Education Committee Planetarium News By-Laws Amendment
During the upcoming elections in January, along with voting for the President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer, you will be asked to vote for the above changes in the By-Laws. […]
May 4-7, 2011 Warminster/Dresher ~ PENNSYLVANIA Glassboro ~ NEW JERSEY The 2011 MAPS conference will be co-hosted by Don Knapp, H.W. Ray planetarium, Centennial School District, Warminster PA; Kim Small, Upper Dublin School District Planetarium, Dresher PA; and Keith Johnson, Edelman Planetarium, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ.
? – March 1, 2010 by Steve Russo 11,369. A number that forever will live on in my head. All because of one person. One of our colleagues who just passed away. James H. Sharp. I only met him once, maybe twice, in person, but through a planetarium he helped build, I felt as if [...]
March 1, 1947 – January 30, 2010 by Paul Krupinski The planetarium community is truly saddened by the passing of a friend and colleague, Arthur W. Gielow, Jr., director of the Buffalo State College Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium, who died in Buffalo, New York on January 30, 2010. Art, who earned a M.S.Ed. in secondary education [...]
1920-2007 by Joe Rao Well known astronomer and popular lecturer at New York’s Hayden Planetarium, Dr Fred C. Hess, passed away last Thursday morning after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 87-years old. Among those of us who promote the science of astronomy in the Tri-State Metropolitan area, Dr. Hess had a status worthy [...]