Dark Skies Northwest Regional Meeting - December 2nd, 2000

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Our first regional meeting was held on 12/02/00 at the University of Washington's Astronomy department. Attendees came from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona and British Columbia. Over 40 people attended the meeting and we raised over $800 dollars. Not bad for our first meeting!

A big thanks to all of our speakers who came from far and near!

One comment was heard repeatedly...

"This was great, lets do it again next year."

Please Click Here to see a slide show of the meeting.

Two articles by Lesley Holdcroft about the meeting were published in the local newspaper Eastside Journal.

Dave L. Crawford	Executive Director of the International Dark-Sky Association, Tucson, Arizona	Dark Skies around the world: A win-win situation for all concerned
Bruce Weertman	Chair of Dark Skies Northwest	Light Pollution Issues in the Northwest
Professor David Avery M.D.	Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington	The Effects of Light on Circadian Rhythms, Sleep and Mood. Click Here to view Abstract
Jack Sales	Chair of the California Section of the IDA	Light Pollution Issues and Solutions in California
Prof. Woody Sullivan	Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington	Earth at Night: Light Pollution as Viewed by Satellites
Bill Hughes	Chair of Obtrusive Roadway Lighting Subcommittee, International Society for Illumination (North America) (IESNA), Portland, OR	Obtrusive Light Then, Now and in the Future: Lighting Design Experiences Click Here to view Abstract
Dave Smith	Seattle City Light, Director South Electrical Services.	Seattle Lighting Policies
Del Armstrong	President Armstrong Engineers Bellevue, WA	The Features and Limitations of Full Cutoff Sports Field Illumination Systems Click Here to view Abstract
Angela Squires	PR Director, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Vancouver Centre.	Fighting Light Pollution in Vancouver BC
Margaret McCrea	Skycamping Worldwide, http://www.skycamping.com Portland, OR	Some thoughts on how ameature astronomers need to show their appreciation to people living in dark sky locations.
Carl Fielding	Life time member of the IDA and member of Dark Skies Northwest, Seattle WA	Some big ideas on fund raising in the Northwest.
Jim Terry	Employee of Lumec Lighting Seattle, WA http://www.eskimo.com/~jrterry/streetlights.html	Lighting display showing good and bad outdoor lighting.