[BAA-ebulletin 00570] Public outreach at this year's National Astronomy Meeting

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

This year's National Astronomy Meeting, organised by the Royal Astronomical 
Society, is in Llandudno from 17th - 21st April 
http://www.ras.org.uk/nam-2011. As part of the programme, they are planning 
some public outreach events. On the Wednesday evening there will be a public 
lecture by Lucie Green and on Monday evening a Welsh language lecture 
organised by Paul Roche of the Faulkes Telescope team.

I have been asked by Robert Massey at the RAS if the amateur community would 
be interested in helping at these events. If there are any BAA members in 
the area who are interested and willing to set up a small BAA stand at these 
evening events, please let me know and we will supply some publicity 
material for you to distribute. Also, if any of you are members of local 
astronomical societies in the area who would like to support the event by 
taking along telescopes for the public to use if it is clear, I'm sure this 
would be much appreciated. In that case, I suggest the local society makes 
contact with Robert Massey at the RAS (rm at ras.org.uk) to let him know you 
wish to participate.

This is a good opportunity for the amateur and professional communities to 
work together to promote astronomy to the public.

David Boyd
president at britastro.org