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Re: (meteorobs) Is NAMN and the ALPO Meteor Section needed?

George,
            Speaking only for myself, I can say that NAMN has done more than
either the IMO or the AMS in keeping the "lowliest of the low"  up to date on
meteor information.  I have only tentatively gotten myself involved with the AMS
and IMO, as the NAMN fees were free, thereby offering me a chance to test the
waters, so to speak, and see how far I really wanted to commit myself.  I recieve
timely  bulletins and all the online help I ask for.  Not that that wouldn't be
available elsewhere.
            Now that I have joined the IMO, I await to see if I get as much
up-to-the-minute info, alerts, and bulletins as currently provided by NAMN --
free of charge.
            I have noticed also that Meteorobs comes under the auspices of NAMN
-- does it not?  Please point me to a similar service offered by the AMS, ALPO,
or the IMO...
                                    Not just passing through,
                                                                        Kim S.
Youmans




GeoZay@aol.com wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why that either NAMN and the ALPO Meteor section are now
> needed or should exist? Initially NAMN was created to fill the void created
> by an inactive AMS(American Meteor Society). ALPO's meteor section channels
> everything to AMS and also ultimately to the IMO(International Meteor
> Organization). So does NAMN. The person tied to ALPO's meteor section (Robert
> Lunsford) are also officers of AMS and IMO. The person running NAMN (Mark
> Davis) is also an officer of AMS in which he channels all observing data to
> IMO. Is there anything different that NAMN and the ALPO meteor section is
> doing that is not being done or could be done thru one organization such as
> AMS? Now that AMS has gotten their act together, why all the need for
> redundancy in the U.S. meteor observing groups? Mark and Bob can no doubt
> lighten some of their redundant work load by a little streamlining.
> George Zay
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