<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #006600"><div><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Dear Member<br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">The next MNASSA will be online shortly. Please note that if you want to keep receiving notifications of when issues are ready for download, then you need to register with the “<i>assa-info</i>” yahoogroup <b>NOW</b> (instructions below). This forum will also be used to communicate ASSA-related matters, general ASSA news and information.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">You can also join a second yahoogroup, “<i>assa_discussion</i>”. This mail list will be used to distribute news and discuss queries of general astronomical related matters.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">These mailing lists are moderated, so you will not receive spam. Anyone who is subscribed to them may post an item of information or news or for discussion. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">ASSA has also created a new format for their <b>Website</b> (<a href="http://assa.saao.ac.za" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://assa.saao.ac.za"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black; text-decoration: none;">http://assa.saao.ac.za</span></a>). This is at present being populated with more content to allow better communication among the amateur astronomical community.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">You can also now find ASSA on social media: On <b>Facebook</b> at </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Astrosocsa" data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/Astrosocsa">https://www.facebook.com/Astrosocsa</a> and on <b>Twitter:</b><span> </span> <a href="https://twitter.com/AstroSocSA" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/AstroSocSA"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">@AstroSocSA</span></a></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Subscribe now!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">But wait .... there’s more!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Ask an Astronomer</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">A link to this is provided on the website <a href="http://assa.saao.ac.za/contact-us/ask-an-astronomer/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://assa.saao.ac.za/contact-us/ask-an-astronomer/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">http://assa.saao.ac.za/contact-us/ask-an-astronomer/</span></a> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Queries will be routed to Case Rijsdijk (Communications Director) who will take care of the query and if anything of general interest emerges, posts it on ASSA Mail lists, etc. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New R oman , serif','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New R oman , serif','serif'; color: black;">Report a sighting</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">A link to this is provided on the website <a href="http://assa.saao.ac.za/contact-us/report-a-sighting/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://assa.saao.ac.za/contact-us/report-a-sighting/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">http://assa.saao.ac.za/contact-us/report-a-sighting/</span></a></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">The report will be routed in the first instance to Kos Coronaios (Observing Director) who will make the decision of re-routing it as appropriate to someone who can answer the question.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; 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