<div dir="auto"><div>Hello, CMAS! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Forwarded below, via our listserv, is a message from <span style="font-family:sans-serif">Randy L. Ewins, the volunteer</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif"> from the Friends of Acadia who is working with the Park to coordinate this year's Festival. We all know how much work it was for Dwight these many years, so let's do all we can to ease Randy through the first season of his new job. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Clear skies,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Jon Silverman, President</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Central Maine Astronomical Society</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Randall Ewins</strong> </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><a href="mailto:acadiastars@gmail.com">acadiastars@gmail.com</a></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 11:50 AM<br>Subject: 2019 ACADIA NIGHT SKY FESTIVAL<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Dear, Ms Chesler, Mr, McDonagh, Mr. Burk, Mr. Silverman, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Deneen, Mr. LaForge, Mr, Lanpher and Mr. Burgess:<div><br></div><div>My name is Randy Ewins, I am contacting you on behalf of Acadia National Park <i>(ANP), </i>located on beautiful Mount Desert Island, in Bar Harbor, Maine.</div><div><br></div><div>You may be familiar with the annual Acadia Night Sky Festival <i>(ANSF</i>) based on your organization's prior-year's participation. In past years, Dwight Lanpher successfully coordinated with you and your club's member's regarding their participation in the ANSF events. I was recently asked to assist the Park with that task this year. I apologize in advance for the late advisement of this notification and sincerely appreciate your sense of urgency and understanding in your response.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The </b><u style="font-weight:bold"><i>11th Annual Acadia Night Sky Festival</i></u><b> is just </b><u style="font-weight:bold">six (6) weeks away!</u> The ANSF will take place, September 25 through 29, 2019. There will be multiple events and venues for astronomers to set up their telescopes and binoculars to view the incredible skies over Acadia National Park. Each year the crowds grow larger as visitors enjoy the opportunity to see the stars and planets like never before and listen to presentations with expert subject manner. I was speaking with one of your club members last year and he mentioned that, "this was his sixth year at ANSF, and it is one of the best stargazing events he attends". The success of past Night Sky Festivals was made possible by the voluntary participation of your club's members. <b><i>Thank you!</i></b> </div><div><br></div><div>I am writing to you today to <u>request your assistance</u> to facilitate me with the means to get information out to your club members in the most expedient and efficient manner, by either:</div><div>1. Providing this email address (<b><a href="mailto:acadiastars@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">acadiastars@gmail.com</a></b>) temporary access to your club's moderated list server, </div><div>2. provide a contact and email address who would accept and then post my information to your list server, </div><div>3. or utilize internal means to disseminate my information to your club members. </div><div><br></div><div>Distribution of emails will be kept at an absolute minimum. In the next week or two, I would like to provide your club members with information about how they can be apart of this year's telescope and binocular viewing events and other relevant information about the Festival. I will also be sending out a Doodle Poll where your club members can sign up for viewing events with their respective telescopes and/or binoculars. I am hopeful that this will be the extent of the communications, however there is always the possibility that additional emails of instruction will be necessary. In the interest of time, if you have a quick question and would like to call me rather than email, please do not hesitate. You can reach my cell at: 207-735-7745. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you again for your understanding and timely response.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Randy L. Ewins</div><div>Volunteer</div><div>Friends of Acadia</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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