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
anno
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
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Yay!. -Bill
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Fred Sawyer 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
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
The NASS Conference this year will be held in Asheville NC, Aug. 16-19 at
the Crowne Plaza Resort (http://ashevillecp.com).
For registration forms and information on the conference (including some
incentives for early registration), go to http://sundials.org.
See also http
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
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See http://is.gd/e7Kyq for a newspaper article about next week's NASS
conference.
Fred Sawyer
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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
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 b
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..
A reminder for all those planning to attend the 15th Annual NASS Conference
in Portland Oregon (August 20-23): The cost of registration goes up after
July 11. Save yourself some money and help the conference planning by
getting your registration fee and form in right away.
Fred Sawyer
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---
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The NASS conference will be held Sept. 13-16 in McLean, Virginia. If anyone
who is planning to attend would like to present a talk (and has not already
communicated with me), please contact me right away offlist. Registration
forms will be going out with the June issue of The Compendium
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 an
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"
Sent: Monday, September 11,
Hello All,
Did I miss it, or was it announced where and when the 2007 NASS will be
held?
Warren
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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
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
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 great opportunity to get better acquainted with one or more
Fellow Shadow Watchers,
Anyone intending to extend their stay in Vancouver
before or after the NASS Conference may find this website useful. Sent by
my old schoolfriend, webmaster and Vancouver resident Geoff Anderson.
http://www.findfamilyfun.com/main.htm
The curious
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
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
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
e 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'
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 V
John Carmichael wrote:
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John,
I hope your surgery went well and that you are well
on the road 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 Plane
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 Sawy
rences!
Thanks again to all,
Fritz Stumpges
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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
If anyone is still trying to decide about going to
the NASS conference (Aug. 19-22) in Tenafly NJ - please note that
the cost of registration goes up after July 15. For info on the
conference, go to http://sundials.org
Fred Sawyer
In a message dated 4/23/2002 11:16:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Please indicate if you want the file in PDF or Microsoft Word.
Either works for me. Bill G.
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> 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 woul
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
As Bill Gottesman has pointed out, the NASS
conference was held despite the tragedies of the last week. Of the 51
people who intended to be there, we got 33 - not a bad turnout when you consider
the problems that so many of us had with travel arrangements.
For those of you who registered
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. Accompa
For those of you intending to be at the NASS conference in Montreal (Sept.
14-16): Note that the cost of registration increases as of August 1. If you
have not yet registered, you can save yourself some money by doing it now!
Send in your registration and check today.
Scheduled speakers:
Roger
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 the download, you may have an error on one of the pages
of registration material for the Montreal conference. There was one
mention of the Cathe
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
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
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 NA
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 hote
Hi All,
An illustrated review of the 2000 NASS conference in San Francisco,
including the sundial tour, is on the NASS Website.
Bob Terwilliger
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
The Sixth Annual Conference of The North American Sundial Society will be
held Aug 18-20 in San Francisco.
For information on the conference location, fees, etc. and for copies of
the required registration forms, please see:
http://sundials.org/conference/
Don't wait to register !
North American Sundial Society
Sixth Annual ConferenceAugust 18-20, 2000 San Francisco CA
The sixth annual conference of the North American Sundial Society will be held
at the Cathedral Hill Hotel (www.cathedralhillhotel.com) in downtown
San Francisco - the world's favorite destination city
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 Franci
n 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
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.
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
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
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
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 (USA)
Papers on topics related to sundials, dialing or dialists - whether dealing
with history, art, technology, instruments, th
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
int
We invite you to attend the North American Sundial Society's third annual
conference on 11-14 September 1997 in Chicago. The Chicago area boasts some
of the world's finest sundials, and we will have the opportunity to examine
them closely.
Two internationally renowned museum collections will
> 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
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,
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 PROTE
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