IDA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 10-11, 2012
Will you be attending IDA's Annual General Meeting?
If you pre-register for the meeting* and attend you'll get some cool IDA products for free.
While supplies last, those that pre-register and attend the meeting will get an IDA window sticker, an IDA pin, an IDA pen (with red flashlight) and a dark-sky friendly light bulb. That's not all, you'll also get a coupon that will allow you to buy one of our Dark Sky Defender t-shirts for half price and an entry into our drawing for a 6-inch Sky Watcher telescope.
*Please note that the formatting on our pre-resistration page is currently different from the rest of our website.
The IDA’s 2012 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place November 10-11 in Tucson, AZ in conjunction with the inaugural Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo (ASAE). The AGM is open to everyone who attends the ASAE. Saturday's talks will be presented in the Mojave room (on the ground level floor) of the Tucson Community Center.
Speakers Schedule for Saturday, November 10th:
| Start | Title | Speaker |
| 9:00 a.m. | Fighting Light Pollution Workshop | Bob Parks / Scott Kardel, IDA |
| 9:45 a.m. | Light Pollution: Empowering the Public Through Education | Connie Walker, NOAO |
| 10:15 a.m. | Starry Skies China | Xiaohua Wang / Mike Simmons, Astronomers Without Borders |
| 10:30 a.m. | Loss of the Night | Chris Kyba |
| 10:45 a.m. | Dark Wars: Two New Hopes | Kevin Poe, National Park Service |
| Noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Legal Methods for Regulating Light Pollution | Martin Morgan-Taylor, IDA |
| 1:30 p.m. | West Texas Dark Sky Preserve | William Wren, McDonald Observatory |
| 2:30 p.m. | Systematic State Parks Assessment in Texas, Dark at the End of the Tunnel | Stephen Bosbach, IDA Texas |
| 3:00 p.m. | Future of Night Sky Protection | Bob Parks, IDA |
| 3:45 p.m. | IDA Annual Awards | |
| 5:00 p.m. | IDA Members Reception (Non members can attend for $7) + Drawing | |
Saturday’s sessions will feature talks on light pollution by a wide-variety of experts. Talks will provide updates on IDA activities, light pollution legislation in the US and around the world, night sky programs in the US National Parks, and more.Presentations will also include a sneak preview of the animatic version of the Losing the Dark show on light pollution, the introduction of IDA's new Guidelines for Outdoor Lighting for Dark Sky Places, an update on new laws on light pollution from around the world and more.
Non-members can attend the IDA Members Reception with the purchase of a $7 ticket. All attending will be entered into the door prize drawing for the 6-inch Sky Watcher telescope.
Sunday November 11 will see IDA's annual public board meeting. The meeting, which will begin at 1 pm, is open to the public. It will be held in the offices of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory at 950 N. Cherry Ave in Tucson. A portion of the meeting will be devoted to the installation of IDA's newly elected board members.