Several years ago I had to sell my scope mounts due to foreclosure; now things are more stable for me and I wanted to get back to giving star parties in our small town in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California's Central Coast.
I looked into several crowdfunding sites as a way to get money to purchase a mount. I still had my scopes and accessories.
I eventually decided to try our local town Yahoo Group site directly. I offered contributors a private star party with refreshments, followed by a public one for our local elementary school kids. I used to do those a couple times a year before I lost my home.
Success! Ten folks contributed an average of about $100.00 each and I got enough to purchase a used Losmandy G-9! The weather is warming and our first star party will happen soon, possibly early June when the moon is a waxing crescent.
No more wasted photons!
J. Adams
I looked into several crowdfunding sites as a way to get money to purchase a mount. I still had my scopes and accessories.
I eventually decided to try our local town Yahoo Group site directly. I offered contributors a private star party with refreshments, followed by a public one for our local elementary school kids. I used to do those a couple times a year before I lost my home.
Success! Ten folks contributed an average of about $100.00 each and I got enough to purchase a used Losmandy G-9! The weather is warming and our first star party will happen soon, possibly early June when the moon is a waxing crescent.
No more wasted photons!
J. Adams