For those of you who are supporters of the Planitarium, you may be interested in this (long) comment on what is going on, and what you can do to help.
Mark ----- Forwarded message from KeithJohnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:55:54 -0800 Subject: Upcoming events From: KeithJohnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Folks, First, let me explain this message. In some fashion you have indicated to us that you would like to receive notification of developments regarding the shutdown of Fleischmann Planetarium. If this is not the case, please let me know, and I'll drop your name from the list and apologize. Thanks! There are a couple events coming up that supporters of Fleischmann Planetarium might be interested in attending. The first is a Reno Town Hall meeting, the first of several, at City Hall next Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 7:00 p.m. This one will be hosted by Mayor Bob Cashell. It was suggested to us (no, I didn't make the suggestion: I didn't even know about the meeting!) that someone might want to ask city officials if plans for creating a new science center were going forward (of course, Reno is not the only city involved in this project, but it's their meeting next week). I have heard that negotiations are in fact going forward to some extent, so if I were asked, I would recommend not being obstreperous in any expressions at such a meeting, but rather to show enthusiastic support for the notion of building a science center wherever it could best go; but I haven't been asked, so I won't recommend anything. Another meeting, perhaps more to the point as far as the immediate situation is concerned, is a meeting of Reno's Historical Resources Committee. This committee's purpose is "to act as the official advisor to the City of Reno on matters relating to the historic preservation of cultural resources and buildings. The Commission recommends to the Council possible uses and funding options for historic buildings, places and sites." The committee's next meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 9, at 3:00 p.m., at McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive. I have discovered that one of the agenda items is "Discuss and recommend any actions of support for the Fleischmann Planetarium Building at the University of Nevada-Reno." I know that at least one member of the committee believes the planetarium should be preserved, so this looks like a friendly meeting. I'm just picturing in my mind what it would look like if we packed the room with planetarium supporters. Not that I'm telling you what to do, of course... If any of you have any interesting ideas, or know that you plan to be at the meeting, I'd be interested in hearing from you. If enough supporters plan to show up, who knows? someone might even leak it to some newsome sort of person or other. Finally: if you know of someone whose name should be included in mailings like this one, please let me know (get the person's approval first!), and I'll add him/her in. And if you know anyone who might be interested in the above meetings, by all means let them know. Thanks for your support! --Keith Johnson Associate Director, Fleischmann Planetarium (for at least another six months...) ----- End forwarded message ----- -- | Mark C. Ballew | Graduate Student, University of Nevada, Reno | Homepage: http://sublinear.net | RAWUG President: http://rawug.org | UNR GS-ACM Treasurer: http://www.cs.unr.edu/~gsacm _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
