NASS Conference
The annual conference of the North American Sundial Society will be held June 8-11 this year in Ann Arbor MI (25 minute ride from the Detroit airport). The conference features a day and a half of interesting talks on sundials, a full day bus tour of local dials, a visit to an observatory, and announcement of this year's recipient of the Sawyer Dialing Prize. This year we mark 30 years of NASS and a century of the bifilar sundial. For registration information, see https://sundials.org/index.php/features/nass-conferences/365-register-now-for-nass-2023-conference. If you have any general questions, email sundial.soci...@gmail.com --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Fwd: NASS conference
The 20th annual conference of The North American Sundial Society will be held August 21-24, 2014 in Indianapolis IN. Details will appear in the next issue of the Compendium and will be posted on the NASS website as soon as they are completely final. Fred Sawyer --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: NASS Conference
Yay!. -Bill On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Fred Sawyer fwsaw...@gmail.com wrote: I'm happy to say that the dates and hotel for the NASS conference have now been set! We will be meeting Aug. 22-25, 2013 in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Courtyard by Marriott. Full details are not yet available, since I am still finalizing the contract with the hotel (so please don't try to make a reservation yet!) - but the dates and location are definite. In a slight departure from our usual agenda, our 'tour day' on Aug. 23 will omit the bus ride this year and will focus on two exhibits at Harvard - the primary one being the Time exhibit that Sara Schechner has mentioned on the Sundial List. Harvard has the largest collection of sundials in North America, and many of them will be on view as part of the exhibit. Sara, who is the curator of the collection, has also indicated that we may be able to schedule some special viewings and discussion of dials that are not in the exhibit. Part of the exhibit will include walking directions to a few other dials on the Harvard campus - and to other Harvard museums with items of interest. We are also looking into the possibility of a visit to the Harvard Observatory. Details will be available on our website and in The Compendium when they become available. Plan to join us! Fred Sawyer --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference
I'm happy to say that the dates and hotel for the NASS conference have now been set! We will be meeting Aug. 22-25, 2013 in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Courtyard by Marriott. Full details are not yet available, since I am still finalizing the contract with the hotel (so please don't try to make a reservation yet!) - but the dates and location are definite. In a slight departure from our usual agenda, our 'tour day' on Aug. 23 will omit the bus ride this year and will focus on two exhibits at Harvard - the primary one being the Time exhibit that Sara Schechner has mentioned on the Sundial List. Harvard has the largest collection of sundials in North America, and many of them will be on view as part of the exhibit. Sara, who is the curator of the collection, has also indicated that we may be able to schedule some special viewings and discussion of dials that are not in the exhibit. Part of the exhibit will include walking directions to a few other dials on the Harvard campus - and to other Harvard museums with items of interest. We are also looking into the possibility of a visit to the Harvard Observatory. Details will be available on our website and in The Compendium when they become available. Plan to join us! Fred Sawyer --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: newspaper coverage of next week's NASS conference
The article lists a cordon steel. I believe that would be Cor-ten. John B Sent: Sat, Aug 7, 2010 11:44 am See http://is.gd/e7Kyq for a newspaper article about next week's NASS conference. Fred Sawyer = --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
newspaper coverage of next week's NASS conference
See http://is.gd/e7Kyq for a newspaper article about next week's NASS conference. Fred Sawyer --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference in Burlington VT
The annual NASS Conference will take place August 12-15 in Burlington VT. As usual, we will have a reception, a full day bus tour of area sundials, and a day and a half of talks and exhibits. If you are considering joining us, please register right away - the deadline is fast approaching. Go to http://sundials.org/conferences.php for more info and instructions on how to register. Fred Sawyer --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference Photos
Here is the photo sharing Flickr page I made for us to post our photos of the NASS conference in Portland. Feel free to add your own photos. Excuse me for not labeling the photos I took, but I'll try to get around to it eventually. John See: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1240...@n22/ John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: mailto:jlcarmich...@comcast.net jlcarmich...@comcast.net My Websites: (business) Sundial Sculptures: http://www.sundialsculptures.com/ http://www.sundialsculptures.com (educational) Chinook Trail Sundial: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ (educational) Earth Sky Equatorial Sundial: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ (educational) My Painted Wall Sundial: http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial (educational) Painted Wall Sundials: http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: http://www.stainedglasssundials.com/ http://www.stainedglasssundials.com (educational) Sundial Cupolas, Towers Chimneys: http://stainedglasssundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
FW: NASS Conference
Hi there, As a brand new member of NASS I was delighted with the reception I got at the recent conference in Portland. The tour was first rate, the talks were interesting, and the camaraderie was wonderful. At this point I am just a little more than an observer, and I was thoroughly impressed by being accepted into such august company. I really appreciated the sharing of info and techniques, and I was quite blown away by the near infinite range of types and style of dials. I would especially like to thank Fred Sawyer and John Schilke for putting the conference together, Colby Lamb and Rob and Julie Brown for showing their work, and Gino Schiavone for the personalized pocket dial and Tom Kreyche for the personalized disks with sun information on them. And, wow, a complete flash drive with scads of information on it. Wunnerful, wunnerful. The Friday tour, unfortunately was cloudy, but I took my grandson out to Marylhurst on Wednesday and, along with Jan Dabrowski, we became gnomons for the great analemmatic sundial. It looked to me like it was right on. We also caught a good shadow at Reed College, shortly before noon. I tried to attach photos but it made the message too big. I was not aware of the 50KB limit. The photos on the flickr channel started by John Carmichael. I will also have an album on Facebook and possibly SmugMug. I will also make a personal list of all whose e-mail addresses I have, so that attachments will go through. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1240...@n22/ You are the most giving bunch of people I know and I am proud to be associated with you. Tom Laidlaw _ --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference Date
A message for anyone interested in attending the NASS conference: The next annual NASS conference will be held Aug. 7-10, 2008 in St. Louis, MO. Mark your calendars! Fred Sawyer--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Sun Compass from the 2002 NASS conference
Hello there, I am a researcher studying the use of sun compasses during World War II in the N. African desert, and due to a Google search, drifted in to page displaying the 2002 NASS International conference. http://sundials.org/conference/2002/2002conf.htm Does anyone know more about the analemmatic sun compass displayed by Bill Walton, and pictured about halfway down the page. This looks remarkably similar to the Abrams and Cole sun compass used by the US and British military, but I can't tell if Mr. Walton glued a print-off onto some foam board, or purchased it from a vendor. Can anyone help me contact Mr. Walton, or forward my query? --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference in 2007
Hello All, Did I miss it, or was it announced where and when the 2007 NASS will be held? Warren --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Fw: NASS Conference in 2007
Warren, The 2007 NASS conference will be in Virginia - Sept. 13-16. Exact site not yet set, but it will be in Fairfax County. Fred Sawyer - Original Message - From: Warren Thom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sundial List sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 8:01 PM Subject: NASS Conference in 2007 Hello All, Did I miss it, or was it announced where and when the 2007 NASS will be held? Warren --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference Vancouver
Hi all, Mike Shaw, Geoff Parsons and I of BSS are newly returned from the NASS Conference in Vancouver where we spent a few days exploring many interesting things before the conference began. My webmaster and old schoolfriend Geoff Anderson entertained us for one day with an expedition to White Rock on the coast where we found an accurate sundial in front of the old station building on the seashore before a ceremonial dipping of fingers in the Pacific Ocean. The dial passes all of Mike's tests for a working sundial and appears to have been cast, complete with gnomon, in one piece in stainless steel. We three have more detailed pictures to be seen in due course. Geoff (Anderson) has produced a small web page of pictures showing us gathered around the dial and also what BSS members get up to when abroad. Why not make a visit to a NASS Conference an excuse for a first visit to North America? Tony Moss http://www.wgadesign.com/geoffsworld/tony.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference
Anyone wishing to attend the 13th Annual NASS Conference in beautiful Vancouver should be thinking now about sending in your registration form and fee. By sending them in before July 15 you can save yourself some money and also help those who are planning the event. After July 15 the fee goes up - and the final deadline for registration is August 1. If anyone needs information on the conference or a copy of the registration form, please contact me off-list. Fred Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference - Looking for people to share a hotel room
Dear NASS Conference Attendees:I am interested to know if anyone else out there would be interested in going together on a non-smoking hotel room? I have done this at a previous NASS Conference with great results. It's a greatopportunity to get better acquainted with one or more other attendees, their dialing interests/ pursuits,and save a good amount of money.If interested, please let me know this week. Feel free to contact me off list.Thanks and see you in Vancouver!Sincerely,Thad Weakley Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
NASS Conference in Vancouver
Plans are underway for the 13th annual NASS Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Our meetings will be held in a conference center on the Harbour Centre campus of Simon Fraser University in downtown Vancouver (http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/maes/index.htm); we are happy to note that Simon Fraser University is cosponsoring this years conference. Our hosts will be Len and Tasoula Berggren. The official beginning of the event will be registration and prizes on Thursday evening Aug. 17. Friday will be dedicated to presentations and exhibits on dialing, followed by our conference dinner that evening. Saturday will focus on a bus tour of local dials. We will adjourn at noon on Sunday following another morning of presentations. We are still considering the possibility of additional workshops which may be scheduled for Thursday or Sunday afternoon, depending on the needs of the workshop leader. More information will be available when registration forms are sent out with the June issue of The Compendium. We have arranged for rooms one block away at the Ramada Downtown Vancouver Hotel (435 West Pender Street). The hotels website is http://ramadadowntownvancouver.com/. We have negotiated a discount rate of CN$119/night plus tax. The rate includes a deluxe (hot/cold) continental breakfast each morning and is good for up to 3 nights before or after the conference dates. To be eligible for this rate, your reservation must note Group Confirmation #1406. Reservations may be made until July 3 by phone (888-389-5888) or by email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Please note that this hotel is totally nonsmoking. Other nearby hotels that do allow smoking in selected rooms include the St. Regis Hotel (800-770-7929 http://www.stregishotel.com), two blocks south of our conference site, and Delta Vancouver Suites (888-663-8811 http://deltasuites.ivancouver.com) directly across the street from the conference site. Vancouver Visitor Information: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/visitors.htm Scenes from Vancouver: http://www.vancouverscenes.com/swf/index.html Tourism Vancouver: http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors/ Vancouver Attractions: http://www.vancouverattractions.com/ --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: How was the Nass Conference?
John Carmichael wrote: I was in the hospital havingspinal surgery (for two herniated disks), so unfortunately I missed going to the NASS conference this year. I know we'll get to read all about it in the next Compendium, but I'm anxious to hear how it went.How werethe workshops?And who won the Sawyer Dialing Prize this year? John, I hope your surgery went well and that you are well on theroad to recovery. As to the NASS conference, I thought it went really well again this year, and that the workshops were a worthwhile addition to the scheme of things. Having the Adler Planetarium as a backdrop, and for our conference dinner was a bonus, and Chicago is certainly a "wow" city. I am delighted to be able to tell you that the Sawyer Dialing Prize this year went to our very own Tony Moss,a regular contributor to the list. The citation reads: "In recognition of his achievement in combining superb craftsmanship, a lifetime's teaching experience and a constant desire to share knowledge, methods and techniques in the practical art of dialing". His award took the form of one of Jim Tallman's glass dials. I can't tell you how pleased I am that he received such recognition. Mike Shaw 53.37 North03.02 West www.wiz.to/sundials
Re: How was the Nass Conference?
Hi John, We missed you at the conference. We all hope you are recovering well. The loop location of De Paul University was nice to the Chicago sights but can be expensive at some of the hotels. ( what big city isn't?) The presentations were informative and interesting.I appreciated how several presenters made "history" interesting to me. Steve Luecking was a great host - with one workshop in Grant Park and access to computers for a touch of CAD -- and plenty of food. The NASS workshops were a good addition. It has sparked my interest in 3D CAD. I do feel a little better grasp of spherical geometry also. As I recall you started the workshop concept with your stained glass workshop. Navy Pier has a free permanent exhibit on stained glass. No dials, but about 60-80 pieces on display. Next year the NASS conference is the same weekend at Vancouver Canada. Vancouver Island or city - I don't know which or both. I wonder if there are there any dials in Buchard Gardens. Congratulations to Tony Moss for the Sawyer award. He has made many contributions to this list and to the fine art of dial construction. Take Care, Warren Thom I was in the hospital havingspinal surgery (for two herniated disks), so unfortunately I missed going to the NASS conference this year. I know we'll get to read all about it in the next Compendium, but I'm anxious to hear how it went.How werethe workshops?And who won the Sawyer Dialing Prize this year? thanks John
Re: How was the Nass Conference?
Warren, and all interested, please feel free to download two or three things from my web site with respect to 3d CAD. The links are on the main web page. www.illustratingshadows.com Durer and CAD Calculating Shadows TCW and some DXF downloadable files All have been expanded in the last month or two. The first is the use of CAD applied to Durer's model, with examples of solar rays on the globe. The second expands on CAD as in Steve Luecking's work, and the thiord are some examples using TurboCAD release 9.1 and release 11, and some general DXF files. They show CAD in the light of better instruction/understanding, as well as in actual design. Thanks Simon --- Warren Thom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, We missed you at the conference. We all hope you are recovering well. The loop location of De Paul University was nice to the Chicago sights but can be expensive at some of the hotels. ( what big city isn't?) The presentations were informative and interesting. I appreciated how several presenters made history interesting to me. Steve Luecking was a great host - with one workshop in Grant Park and access to computers for a touch of CAD -- and plenty of food. The NASS workshops were a good addition. It has sparked my interest in 3D CAD. I do feel a little better grasp of spherical geometry also. As I recall you started the workshop concept with your stained glass workshop. Navy Pier has a free permanent exhibit on stained glass. No dials, but about 60-80 pieces on display. Next year the NASS conference is the same weekend at Vancouver Canada. Vancouver Island or city - I don't know which or both. I wonder if there are there any dials in Buchard Gardens. Congratulations to Tony Moss for the Sawyer award. He has made many contributions to this list and to the fine art of dial construction. Take Care, Warren Thom I was in the hospital having spinal surgery (for two herniated disks), so unfortunately I missed going to the NASS conference this year. I know we'll get to read all about it in the next Compendium, but I'm anxious to hear how it went. How were the workshops?And who won the Sawyer Dialing Prize this year? thanks John -
RE: How was the Nass Conference?
Hi Warren and all, The NASS conference in 2006 will be in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.The local hosts are Len and Tasoula Berggren. Vancouver Island, where I live, is an interesting side trip. I plan to prepare notes for a self guided sundial tour of Victoria and area that you could enjoy before or after the conference. Theinsignificant garden variety dial in Butchard Gardens will not be on this sundial tour. See http://www.butchartgardens.com Regards, Roger Bailey N 48.6 W 123.4 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Warren ThomSent: August 29, 2005 4:26 AMTo: John Carmichael; Sundial ListSubject: Re: How was the Nass Conference? Next year the NASS conference is the same weekend at Vancouver Canada. Vancouver Island or city - I don't know which or both. I wonder if there are there any dials in Buchard Gardens.
Re: How was the Nass Conference?
Thanks to all who wrote to tell me about the Nass Conference. It sounds like it was well done as usual. And I'm so glad Tony got the Sawyer Dialing Prize since he's been such a great help to all of us over the years. I'm also happy to hear that the idea of workshops at the conferences is becoming popular. I think that most of the attendees love learning about the practical aspects of dial design and construction. Thespinal surgeryseems like it was successful but I have to take it easy for a few weeks. At least all the pain is gone from my right arm and hand. and I'm getting some strength back.The Docand nurse Ratchet only allow me to work on the computer for twenty minutes at a time. So if I don't answer your letters that's why. Thanks for sharing, John - Original Message - From: John Carmichael To: Sundial List Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:55 AM Subject: How was the Nass Conference? I was in the hospital havingspinal surgery (for two herniated disks), so unfortunately I missed going to the NASS conference this year. I know we'll get to read all about it in the next Compendium, but I'm anxious to hear how it went.How werethe workshops?And who won the Sawyer Dialing Prize this year? thanks John
How was the Nass Conference?
I was in the hospital havingspinal surgery (for two herniated disks), so unfortunately I missed going to the NASS conference this year. I know we'll get to read all about it in the next Compendium, but I'm anxious to hear how it went.How werethe workshops?And who won the Sawyer Dialing Prize this year? thanks John
RE: NASS Conference in Chicago
Hi and thank you all, I've gotten out of the Congress Hotel and made arrangements which should be very enjoyable. I encourage any of you who may want to save some money, and make your stay more stimulating, to join with others. It has always been an added pleasure to my conferences! Thanks again to all, Fritz Stumpges -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fritz Stumpges Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:23 PM To: Sundial List (E-mail) Subject: NASS Conference in Chicago Hello All, I will be attending this years NASS Conference and hope to see many of you there. I have been attempting to connect with several past dialist friends in an attempt to share a room there. It seems that none will be attending. I now want to offer to share the room which I have reserved at the Congress Plaza Hotel, two blocks from DePaul, with any of you who have not finalized other arrangements and would enjoy fun dialing camaraderie. I have the room from Thurs. to Sunday noon. Sorry to bother all of you who are not involved and I look forward to seeing the rest of you at our annual gathering! Fritz Stumpges 15027 Adams Dr. Pauma Valley, CA 92061 Please contact me off list or at 760-736-6178 wk 760-742-8719 hm - -
NASS Conference in Chicago
Hello All, I will be attending this years NASS Conference and hope to see many of you there. I have been attempting to connect with several past dialist friends in an attempt to share a room there. It seems that none will be attending. I now want to offer to share the room which I have reserved at the Congress Plaza Hotel, two blocks from DePaul, with any of you who have not finalized other arrangements and would enjoy fun dialing camaraderie. I have the room from Thurs. to Sunday noon. Sorry to bother all of you who are not involved and I look forward to seeing the rest of you at our annual gathering! Fritz Stumpges 15027 Adams Dr. Pauma Valley, CA 92061 Please contact me off list or at 760-736-6178 wk 760-742-8719 hm -
NASS Conference Tour in Tucson
Hello all, Several of you have requested details about the NASS Conference Tour and Hotel. Fred Sawyer and I have worked hard so that this will be a great conference and tour and we've finally finished the Motorcoach Tour Schedule with a description of stops. If anyone would like to see a copy now, let me know and I'll send you an attachment. Please indicate if you want the file in PDF or Microsoft Word. Fred will send out Conference Hotel reservation information in the June issue of the Compendium, so please don't ask me about that yet. John John L. Carmichael Jr. Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona 85718 USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com -
Re: NASS Conference Tour in Tucson
Several of you have requested details about the NASS Conference Tour and Hotel. Fred Sawyer and I have worked hard so that this will be a great conference and tour and we've finally finished the Motorcoach Tour Schedule with a description of stops. If anyone would like to see a copy now, let me know and I'll send you an attachment. Please indicate if you want the file in PDF or Microsoft Word. Hi, John! Yes, please - PDF might work. Thanks. John -
The NASS Conference
Hi All, I'm sorry I will not be with those of you who will be attending the NASS Conference this weekend. I hope everyone taking their digital cameras will keep the NASS website in mind and send me copies of their efforts for possible inclusion in the Conference retrospective. Accompanying descriptive text would be appreciated. Thanks, Bob Terwilliger
NASS Conference
For those of you who may have already downloaded the June issue of The Compendium from the NASS website - if you were among the early people to do thedownload, you may have an error on one of the pages of registration material for the Montreal conference. There was one mention of the Cathedral Hill Hotel on one of the pages. This is incorrect. That hotel was our meeting site in San Francisco. The meeting site for all events this September will be the Hotel Lord Berri in Montreal. The error has been corrected on the site. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Fred Sawyer
NASS Conference
The NASS Conference in Montreal (Sept. 14-16, with registration get-together on the evening of the 13th) is shaping up to be an event you won't want to miss. The Saturday bus tour promises to be exceptional. The tour will go through Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and Boucherville and will highlight an amazing 19 sundials (1 armillary, 3 equatorials, 9 horizontals, 5 verticals and 1 polyhedral). At the Planetarium of Montreal we will view an exhibit of an additional 24 sundials from the Stewart Museum. We will have lunch at the Restaurant Hélène de Champlain on St. Helen Island, with a view of Mount Royal. We will have many interesting exhibits, announcement of the recipient of the secondSawyer Dialing Award,anda great schedule of talks, including: Roger Bailey,The History and Use of Armillary Spheres André Bouchard,La Commission des Cadrans solaires du Québec André Bouchard,The Fine Collection of Sundials at the Stewart Museum of Montréal Robert Felix,SUNMASTER 2002 - a portable solar timer and navigator for the northern and southern hemispheres Nancy Frankel,Keene State College Sundial Commission Bill Gottesman,My Mathematical Expedition to the North Pole Bob Kellogg,A New Generation of Digital Sundial Tom Kreyche,Projections of the Sphere for the Planispheric Astrolabe and Double Horizontal Dial Fred Sawyer,The Foster Point Dial - Time In A Perfect Round Fred Sawyer,A New Universal Altitude Sundial John Schilke,Oh, East is East and West is West.A Note On The Prime Vertical Sara Schechner,Savvy Travelers Registration material will be sent out with the June issue of The Compendium. If you do not receive The Compendium but would like to attend, please contact Fred Sawyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details on cost, location, etc.
NASS Conference
If my earlier message was not enough to get you interested in the Montreal conference - let me point out that there is yet another talk scheduled - by Tony Moss: "Before your very eyes" Fred Sawyer
More on the 2000 NASS Conference
Hi all, Those of you who attended the sixth annual NASS conference in San Francisco may recall that Prof. Charles Benton, the fellow who demonstrated the Heliodon also took an aerial photograph of the group with a camera suspended from a kite. This photograph has been put on the NASS Website as a link from the page about the conference Saturday sundial tour: http://sundials.org/conference/2000/2000tour.htm The page also includes a new link to a descriptive page about the Heliodon as well as a link to Professor Benton's own page about his fascinating hobby of kite photography. Best, Bob Terwilliger
2001 NASS Conference in Montreal
LeavesThe 7th annual conference of The North American Sundial Society will be held September 14-16 (with registration taking place on the evening of the 13th) at the Hotel Lord Berri in Montreal, Quebec. A number of rooms have been set aside for attendees at a very good conference rate. The hotel's website is www.lordberri.com. Reservations can be made by calling 1-888-363-0363. Our guide in Montreal will be the very knowledgeable Andre Bouchard. Fred Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The 2000 NASS Conference
Hi All, An illustrated review of the 2000 NASS conference in San Francisco, including the sundial tour, is on the NASS Website. Bob Terwilliger
NASS Conference
Hi All, This is a little late, but I hope anyone who will be attending the NASS conference with a camera will keep the NASS Website in mind. I would like photos of the speakers and exhibitors, preferably with any exhibits they have brought. Also general pictures including meals, the exhibit area, and the tour. Digital photos can be emailed. I will scan hardcopies and return the originals. (SASE please?) Thanks, Bob Terwilliger 2963 Bird Avenue Coconut Grove, FL 33133 [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of the above information can be found on the NASS site under Contacts. http://sundials.org
NASS Conference Hotel
The next conference of the North American Sundial Society will be held August 18-20, 2000. The conference registration and reception will be held the night before (August 17). Plan on joining us then! Sessions begin early on the 18th. The location will be the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco, CA. A special room rate ($135 plus tax for 1 or 2 occupants) is available for conference attendees - only on the three nights of the 17th,18th,19th. Rooms may be available before or after the conference, but they will probably not be at the conference rates. If you would like to guarantee availability of a room, make your reservation now! The hotel's website is www.cathedralhillhotel.com if you would like to view the site and learn more about the hotel, but in order to be certain that you get the conference rate, it would be best to call them directly at 800-622-0855 or 415-776-8200. Alternatively, you can contact them at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fred Sawyer
Re: NASS conference dates
John and others who saw his message: John Carmichael wrote: Hi Claude: I didn't want to bother Fred Sawyer since I bet he's very busy with the BSS conference so I thought I'd bother you instead! Isn't that going on soon? Do you happen to know the exact dates of the yr. 2000 NASS conference in San Francisco? Thanks John C. Only the dates have been set: Aug. 18-20, 2000 in San Francisco. Other details are being worked on. Claude Hartman NASS vp
NASS conference dates
Hi Claude: I didn't want to bother Fred Sawyer since I bet he's very busy with the BSS conference so I thought I'd bother you instead! Isn't that going on soon? Do you happen to know the exact dates of the yr. 2000 NASS conference in San Francisco? Thanks John C.
The 1999 NASS Conference
Dear Friends, For those unable to attend the recent NASS Conference in Hartford, a list of the papers presented, including abstracts, has been put on the NASS Web site: http://sundials.org We hope you will find them interesting enough to consider attending our conference in San Francisco next year. If any speakers reading this message have a photograph or two that illustrates their talks, I would appreciate it if you would send them to me so I can add them to the abstracts. If you were an attendee I would also appreciate photos of the display tables. Scanned photos via email would be preferred, but the postal service is acceptable. Please include a SASE if you wish them returned. PLEASE address any email correspondence to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the Webmaster email link on the site. The CompuServe address I use for this list is ungainly. Robert Terwilliger 2963 Bird Avenue Coconut Grove FL 33133-4501
NASS Conference
To all that have that have not made their reservations yet. I found that Hilton Hartford offers a rate called the Bounceback for $79, $10 less than the conference rate. Only catch is you can't specify a bed type. You get what they have. ++ron
NASS Conference Info
North American Sundial Society Fifth Annual ConferenceOctober 8-10, 1999 Hartford CT The fifth annual conference of the North American Sundial Society will be held at the (newly renovated) Hilton Hartford in Hartford, CT from October 8 through October 10, 1999. Conference attendees must make their own hotel reservations directly with the hotel's reservation department (at 860-728-5151) or with central reservations (at 1-800-HILTONS). A limited number of single and double rooms have been set aside at the special conference rate of $89.00 (plus 12% tax) per night. This rate applies only to the nights Oct. 7th through October 10th. To ensure confirmation of the conference rate, you must indicate that you are attending the North American Sundial Society Conference and you must make your reservation no later than September 17, 1999. Please note that no exceptions can be made - the Fall foliage season is the hotel's peak time of year and our room rates represent a considerable discount. After September 17, guests will be accommodated only on a space and rate available basis. The hotel offers covered self-parking at an additional charge. We have set aside some time for any conference attendee to speak for 5-10 minutes about his / her favorite dialing project, question or story. If you have a brief presentation you would like to do, please let us know now so that we can schedule appropriately. If you have sundials, photos, books, etc. that you would like to display, please let us know so that we can arrange to have some table space available. Please fill out and return the registration form with your check as soon as possible so that we can get a good count of the number of attendees for meals, bus tour, etc. Please also note that everyone who participates in meals, activities, tours or lectures must be appropriately registered; this policy will assure that the conference is self-supporting and that everyone is helping fairly to cover the cost of putting it together. For the convenience of any attendees who may not be able to stay with us for the full conference, we have three registration plans. Select one registration option and one dinner option for each conference attendee. Add the costs together and send your check! Reg. Option A Reg. Option B Reg. Option C Admin Costs, Souvenir, etc. X X X Presentations, Friday Sunday X Bus Tour, Saturday X X Snacks X Cont. Breakfast, Fri, Sat. Sun. X X Lunch, Friday X Lunch, Saturday X X Conference Dinner, Fri. X X X Registration will take place at the Hilton Hartford Hotel on Thursday evening (6-8:00 pm) and Friday morning (8-8:30 am). There will be light refreshments at the registration site Thursday evening - all are invited. -- The North American Sundial Society hereby issues a CALL FOR PAPERS to be presented at its 5th Annual Conference on October 8-10, 1999 in Hartford, Connecticut Papers on topics related to sundials, dialing or dialists - whether dealing with history, art, technology, instruments, theory or current practice, are welcome! Presentations should be 20-25 minutes in length and may be published in The Compendium, the society's quarterly journal. Please submit title, time requirements, and an abstract of not more than 200 words as soon as possible to Frederick W. Sawyer III, 8 Sachem Drive, Glastonbury CT 06033 USA (fax: 603-719-1727 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) If you have items for show-and-tell or for display, please provide details so that appropriate time and space can be allocated. For information on the conference, address inquiries to NASS at the above address. -- The Fifth Annual Conference of The North American Sundial Society Set aside the weekend of October 8-10, 1999 to be in Hartford, Connecticut for an entertaining, informative, social conference with your fellow NASS members! Meet fellow dialists, share your experiences and enthusiasm, and come away with new bits of knowledge relating to one of humanity's oldest inventions! We will begin early on Friday October 8 (you can register the night before) and will go through midday on Sunday the 10th. Each year our conference features several stimulating presentations on dialing - covering such areas as history, art, technology, instruments, theory and current practice. Presenters include scholars and hobbyists, longtime dialists and newly emerging novices. In addition to these presentations, we also encourage members to bring items for a show-and-tell
T-Shirts available from NASS Conference
I have a few T-Shirts available, commemorating the NASS annual meeting in Seattle. The shirts feature an image of the University of Washington dial on the Physics and Astronomy building, designed by NASS's own Woody Sullivan. The shirts are US $12 + 1.50 domestic shipping. If a member of the international community is interested I'll have to check on shipping. The only sizes left are Small, Medium and Large. The shirts are all cotton. Send me email to check on availability. Tom Kreyche [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NASS Conference
Hello Dialist, I have been looking forward to reading comments about the NASS meeting on this mail list. I have quoted the announcement to see any reactions. I enjoyed the weekend very much. The variety was good. It included interesting history, solutions to design and dial building problems, and a lot of interesting people. The rain was disappointing but my pictures came out better than expected. The shareware computer program The Dialist Companion has been a new toy along with the any latitude dial. I estimated the moment of winter to be December 21 at 7:52:16 CST with the computer companion. I have also produced the Foster Dial with the world map that was in the last issue of the Compendium (3-3). It came out pretty neat. I want to enlarge it and mount it. Cheers, Warren Frederick W. Sawyer III wrote: The North American Sundial Society 2nd Annual Conference September 27-28, 1996 at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Tentative plans call for visiting dials at Pearson Airport, Toronto City Hall, Casa Loma, Victoria College, The School of Engineering and Hart House. Lectures include Samuel Foster of Gresham College - Fred Sawyer, Historic Sundials As Evidence Of Consumer Culture - Sara Schechner Genuth, A Mean Time Equatorial Dial With Analemmic Gnomon - E.J. Buckler, The Horologium In The Tiberius Manuscript - Robert Kellogg, A Portable Astroid Dial - Fred Sawyer, Sundial Design With Matrices - Harold Brandmaier, The Sundial Of Merbaka Church - M.E. Mickelson, Sundials On The Internet - Piers Nicholson, Designing A Vertical Decliner - Tom Shepard.
Re: NASS Conference
The shareware computer program The Dialist Companion has been a new Form where can one obtain this program? Is it in the Web? - Daniel Roth
NASS Conference
IMPORTANT NOTICE !!! The North American Sundial Society 2nd Annual Conference September 27-28, 1996 at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. If you wish to receive registration information later this summer, please fill in the information requested below and return it to the specified conference address. There will be no other general mailing on the conference. Full details will be sent to those who complete this form. Submitting this form does not obligate you to attend: it simply indicates that you are interested in learning more about the conference. Name _ Address ___ City __ State / Province _ Country Postal Code ___ If attending, will you be staying at the Park Plaza Hotel? Yes, for nights ___ people No _ Do you have items to display or a 10 minute talk to deliver? Brief description_ __ Return this completed form to: 1996 NASS Conference, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Victoria College, 73 Queens Park Crescent, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1K7 Canada. Please refer any questions to our conference coordinator Phyllis Rose at 416-535-5723 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tentative plans call for visiting dials at Pearson Airport, Toronto City Hall, Casa Loma, Victoria College, The School of Engineering and Hart House. Lectures include Samuel Foster of Gresham College - Fred Sawyer, Historic Sundials As Evidence Of Consumer Culture - Sara Schechner Genuth, A Mean Time Equatorial Dial With Analemmic Gnomon - E.J. Buckler, The Horologium In The Tiberius Manuscript - Robert Kellogg, A Portable Astroid Dial - Fred Sawyer, Sundial Design With Matrices - Harold Brandmaier, The Sundial Of Merbaka Church - M.E. Mickelson, Sundials On The Internet - Piers Nicholson, Designing A Vertical Decliner - Tom Shepard.
