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February Open House

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February Open House

Time/Date

20230202T1700-2300

People

Tara, Natalie, Matt, Roy, Onkar, Connor, Henry VIII, John, ???

Spaces Occupied

PHYS 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

  1. Run open house, duh

  2. Cloudy: Not opening dome.

Log

  1. LOTS OF PEOPLE

  2. We needed to get additional chairs. Some were stolen from 306A, the tutorial center, etc.

  3. Coloring! Lots of people enjoyed coloring from 1900-1930

  4. Roy delivered Tara's Current Event slides with Tara's help

  5. Roy delivered Galaxies talk from Prezi

  6. Onkar & Matt led control room tours

  7. Natalie & Tara led dome tours

  8. Roy kept other people busy in 401 with discussions on galactic isophotes, detectors, telescopes, and light.

ToDo

  1. Need to figure out game-plan for the next time too many people show up

Notes

The best estimate based on multiple head-counts and the sign-in sheet is about 70 people.

Weather

Cloudy! No weather reported.

Data

None collected.

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Direct Questions/Concerns to Roy Prouty (roy.prouty@umbc.edu)