The International Dark-Sky Association 

21st Annual General Meeting & Conference

Sustainable Skies:

Achieving sustainability through the preservation of our nightscape

Arctic Circle Cartoon by Alex Hallatt, http://arcticcirclecartoons.com/blog/

Good news is, this meeting was during the day...

Thank you to all those who attended the event in Phoenix, Arizona!  

We'd also like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors for making the event possible.  

For those unable to attend we have provided .pdf or read only copies of the presentations.  Contact information for the speakers is available within the presentations.  

Please feel free to contact us with additional specific questions regarding the annual meeting and future annual meetings.

Presentations and Speakers (in order of presentation):

• Jason Tuenge EnergyStar and SSL
• Jim Benya Achieving the LEED Light Pollution Reduction Credit
• Pete Straser Source Matters
• Bill Hein Bimodal Solutions in a Singular Modeled World
• Jim Helmer San Jose Streelight Conversion
• Mario Motta The American Medical Association Recognizes Light Pollution
• Chris Luginbuhl Uplight and Light Pollution: where does it hurt? (read only .ppt)
• Bob Parks The IDA DC Office
• Richard Poss Astronomy in the Arts,please contact Dr. Poss for information on the presentation
• Cameran Ashraf The Night Sky As a Cultural Landscape
• Dan Duriscoe Update on the U.S. NPS Night Sky Program Accomplishments
• Don Davis SKYMONITOR: The Night Sky Brightness Monitor
• Dark Sky Places Panel
  • Kim Patten General Overview
  • Scott Kardel Borrego Springs
  • Terry McGowan Geauga Park District
  • Gil Bartee Alpine

Sponsors

Platinum

Musco Sports Lighting

Awards Luncheon Sponsor

Gold

Celestron

Silver

Monrad Engineering, Inc. 

Flagstaff City Tour Sponsor

Bronze

B-K Lighting

Lumec

Copper

The Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois

Destinations:

Sedona & the Verde Valley - special pre and post conference activities at http://www.svvtc.org/sky.htm

Grand Canyon National Park

Montezuma Castle National Monument

Petrified Forest National Park

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

2009 General Business Meeting to Review 2008

Audio from the General Business Meeting (9.5 mb)  

Thank you to those who participated in our Annual Business Meeting.  

These downloads were presented at the ABM:

1. The meeting PowerPoint Presentation
2. Budget FY 2008
3. Balance Sheet FY 2008
4. Profit & Loss 2008
5. Budget FY 2009 Tucson & DC
6. Midyear Balance Sheet FY 2009

20th Anniversary Annual General Meeting & Conference

at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, AZ

IDA would like to thank each of the speakers and presenters for their efforts.

We would also like to thank our exhibitors and sponsors for their support.

Event Summary > >

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