2011 SARA Southeast Regional Conference on Oct. 22nd

The 2011 SARA Southeast Regional Conference is planned for Saturday October 22 at Tamke-Allan Observatory, 35 miles west of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Members are invited to present papers on radio astronomy hardware, radio astronomy software, search strategies, astrophysics, planetary science, data reduction and analysis, and radio astronomy education. Demonstrations will be most welcome. The conference theme is "Moving Ahead in Radio Astronomy" and Chuck Higgins, radio astronomer and member of the NASA Radio Jove Team, will be our keynote speaker.

Check the SARA website (http://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/100)for details as they develop, and send questions to regional@radio-astronomy.org . You will probably want to arrive the night of October 21, enjoy the meeting and evening events on Oct. 22 and stay nearby for Sunday morning breakfast at the conference motel. There are several motels in the Harriman, TN area, located 3 miles from the observatory. We have arranged for a SARA conference rate of $69.95 per king/double room, including full breakfast at the Comfort Inn [865.882.6600] (no pets or smoking). Pets are permitted at some other local motels, if you want to travel with Fifo or fluffy little QRN.   Send $20 registration to SARA by going to www.PayPal.com and send money to treasurer_at_radio-astronomy_dor_org or mail a check payable to SARA, 2189 Redwood Ave, Washington, IA 52353 if you're coming, and please consider giving a presentation. Send in your abstracts and the preferred duration for your presentation.  David Fields is handling the program and local arrangements. He may be reached at [fieldsde -at- aol.com] with SARA in the subject line but please always copy conference emails to regional@radio-astronomy.org