21st Annual General Meeting and 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.  

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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 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 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

2009 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

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