VOLUME 28, NUMBER 3
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX, 1993 (18 pages in length)
GLPA’s 101st newsletter and the third issue of 1993 contained the following articles and columns:
★ Two Illinois planetariums – Peoria’s Lakeview Museum Planetarium and River Grove’s Cernan Earth and Space Center – received grants from the Institute of Museum Services (IMS). [Ed.: Today, that federal agency is known as the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Its mission is to “create strong libraries and museums that connect people with information and ideas.”].
★ Eight pages of this issue were devoted to the printing of proposed bylaws of the National Planetarium Council, a national organization that would have “provided a unified voice to represent the common interests of American planetariums on a domestic national level.” Bob Tate of SEPA, Steve Mitch of MAPS, and Dale Smith of GLPA were the authors of these bylaws. [Ed.: Unfortunately, despite support from the GLPA Executive Committee and membership, the noble effort of establishing a National Planetarium Council ultimately proved unsuccessful].
★ Last-minute reminders to register for the 1993 GLPA Conference in Dayton, Ohio were printed. Arthur Goss served as conference host for that October 20-23, 1993 conference.
★ Candidate information for the 1993 GLPA elections was printed. [Ed.: At the Dayton Conference, April Whitt would be elected President-Elect, David Parker would be re-elected Secretary/Treasurer, and Dayle Brown would be re-elected IPS Representative].
