Volunteering on Behalf of the astronomy obervatory
What are your special interests, abilities, and social goals?
Some suggestions for volunteering ...
- help identifying meteorites, especially iron meteorites, pallasites, and chondrites
- guide the development of a teaching collection and supporting teaching programs
- advise us on housing the collection and developing exhibits
- advise us about the building up our collection by purchasing whole meteorites, sectioning them with our 10" diamond saw, and marketing a portion to fund purchases of other whole meteorites
- ease us into developing a partnered research program by way of acquiring some equipment
- introduce us to collectors who may be amenable to making a legacy donation of meteorites
- help us reach out to philanthropists and foundations with an interest in astronomy
- help us network with astronomy clubs
- introduce us to guest lecturers