From fwsawyer@cox.net Sun Aug 7 07:35:47 2005 Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:54:37 -0400 From: Fred Sawyer Reply-To: Fred Sawyer To: Sundial Society Subject: NASS Conference Information [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] Draft NASS Conference Schedule and MEETINGPLACE INFO Hardcopy will also follow by Postal Mail This is IMPORTANT - IT TELLS YOU WHERE TO MEET The Eleventh Annual Conference of The North American Sundial Society Chicago, Illinois 2005 NASS has CTI's conference center on the 9th floor of 243 South Wabash (corner of Wabash and Jackson) from Wednesday through Sunday 8AM-9PM. The meeting room is 924 and there is a reception/display area outside of this room. Workshops will be held on the 8th floor in one of the graphics labs. The site for the outdoor workshop will be in Grant Park just one short block from CTI. We will meet for all of the workshops in the 8th floor lobby. Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:00 - 11:00 Rope Geometry - Workshop (outdoors in Grant Park) Steve Luecking Meet in the 8th floor lobby of 243 South Wabash at 8:45am 2:00 - 4:00 Introduction to CAD - Workshop Steve Luecking Meet in the 8th floor lobby of 243 South Wabash at 1:45pm 5:00 - 6:30 Registration with light refreshments - Room 924 (9th floor), 243 South Wabash Come register, get to know your fellow dialists and participate in the drawing for conference door prizes. Prizes this year include copies of Mike Cowham's A Dial In Your Poke, A.P. Herbert's Sundials, or Fun In The Sun, and Frank Cousins' Sundials. We will also have two copies of Simon Wheaton-Smith's new Illustrating Shadows, an equatorial sundial and a gallimaufry of NASS items. Now is the time to SET UP EXHIBITS. 8:00 - 9:30 Using A Programmable Scientific Calculator - Workshop Roger Bailey (Each person who is fully registered will receive a programmable scientific calculator.) Friday, August 19, 2005 8:00 - 8:45 Continental Breakfast (for all attendees) 8:45 Depart on Bus Tour Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum 3:00 - 4:30 Behind-the-scenes tour - (3 groups - sign up in advance & wear your Namebadge) Free time in museum (Universe in Your Hands exhibit includes many sundials) 4:30 - 5:30 Sawyer Dialing Prize Presentation Followed by a talk by our Prize Recipient 5:30 - 6:15 Cocktails (hosted by Madge Webster) 6:15 - 8:00 Conference Dinner (hosted by Madge Webster) Return to hotels by easy walk through Grant Park Saturday, September 20, 2005 8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast (for those registered for today's sessions) 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome 8:45 - 9:15 Conical Boreals and Plinths - Fred Sawyer 9:15 - 10:00 The Sundials Of Giovanni Francesco Zarbula - Roger Bailey 10:00 - 10:30 The Exploration Of Sundials As An Interdisciplinary Task - Klaus Eichholz 10:30 - 11:00 Break (Showing during the break: Animation by Gerard Baillet) 11:00 - 11:30 The Universal Dialist's Companion - Mike Shaw 11:30 - 12:00 A New Hectemoros Dial - Fred Sawyer 12:00 - 12:30 Using and Understanding Sundials / Concepts for Students of Sundialing - Tony Moss 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch / Break (Showing during the break: Animation by Gerard Baillet) 2:00 - 2:30 Annual General Meeting 2:30 - 3:00 Restoration of a Vandalized Dial - Larry McDavid 3:00 - 3:40 Some Interesting Italian Sundials - Don Petrie 3:40 - 4:15 Break (Showing during the break: Mike Shaw's slide show from the BSS trip to Italy) 4:15 - 5:15 Topical Discussion Session (A chance to offer your insights and opinions) 1. Digital photography & sundials - Roger Bailey 2. Sundials in the Science Olympiad - Walter Sanford 3. What material and tools would you recommend for a new dialing craftsman? 4. What furniture do you like to include on a dial - and why? 5. What makes an interesting or memorable dial? Dinner tonight is not part of the conference proceedings. You may wish to make plans to dine and spend the evening with other conference attendees. Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast (for those registered for today's sessions) 8:30 - 9:00 Designing A Sundial From Scratch: An Update - Roger Bailey 9:00 - 9:30 Quelle Bavarde! A.M. Earle on Sundials - Fred Sawyer 9:30 - 10:00 The Ralph Larkin Memorial Sundial - Larry McDavid 10:00 - 11:30 Informal Presentations (10 mins. or less - sign up with Fred Sawyer) 1. Dean Conners - An educational dial at a Montessori school 2. Steve Luecking - A technique for finding the meridian 3. Roger Bailey - A Kirkdale genealogy link 4. .. (Please sign up!) 11:30 Closing 1:00 - 3:00 3D CAD - Workshop Steve Luecking 3:30 - 4:30 Spherical Trigonometry - Workshop Fred Sawyer