2012 Annual IOTA Meeting
October 19 – 21, 2012
North Las Vegas, NV
(updated Sunday, December 09, 2012)
30th Annual Meeting of the International Occultation Timing Association
David Dunham, Greenbelt, MD, USA, dunham@starpower.net
This page WILL EVENTUALLY contain all the Presentations given at the 2012 Annual Meeting.
It is provided now so that you can download the Presentations you are interested in making it easier for you to follow along.
Minutes of the 2012 Annual Meeting
provided by Richard Nugent, Exec. Secretary
Meeting Agenda and Times
(updated October 18, 2012)
| FRI OCT 19 | TOPIC | PRESENTER | NOTES | |||
| LVT | GMT | FRG | AUS | |||
| 900 | 1600 | 1700 | 300 | WELCOME | D.DUNHAM | PARKING, RESTROOMS, OVERALL |
| PROGRAM AND OCCULTATION | ||||||
| 905 | 1605 | 1705 | 305 | INTRODUCTION OF ATTENDEES | ||
| 0915-0950 | 1615-1650 | 1715-1750 | 0305-0350 | BUSINESS:TREASURY REPORT AND JOA STATUS | C.ELLINGTON | EVO 10m |
| 2013 PROPOSED LOCATION OF IOTA MEETING | D.DUNHAM | 5m | ||||
| SECRETARY REPORT, MINUTES OF LAST MEETING | R.NUGENT | 10m | ||||
| IOTA VTI STATUS | W.MORGAN | 10m | ||||
| S.BUMBARNER | ||||||
| 0950-1000 | 1650-1700 | 1750-1800 | 0350-0400 | HOMER DABOLL AWARD | T.REDDING | 10m |
| D.DUNHAM | ||||||
| 1000-1010 | 1700-1710 | 1800-1810 | 0400-0410 | IOTA PUBLICATION STATUS | B.TIMERSON | EVO 10m |
| 1010-1040 | 1710-1740 | 1810-1840 | 0410-0440 | JEE2012 OBSERVING CAMPAIGN PRELIMINARY RESULTS | S.DEGENHARDT | 30m |
| 1040-1055 | 1740-1755 | 1840-1855 | 0440-0455 | BREAK | 15m | |
| 1055-1115 | 1755-1815 | 1855-1915 | 0455-0515 | RESULTS OF THE MAY 20 ANNULAR ECLIPSE | R.NUGENT | 20m |
| 1115-1140 | 1815-1840 | 1915-1940 | 0515-0540 | 50 YEARS OF GRAZING OCCULTATIONS | D.DUNHAM | 25m |
| 1140-1155 | 1840-1855 | 1940-1955 | 0540-0555 | A NEW MOUNT DESIGN FOR THE 120MM MAXI | S.DEGENHARDT | 15m |
| OPEN FOR MORE PRESENTATIONS | 5m | |||||
| 1200-1330 | 1900-2030 | 2000-2130 | 0600-0730 | LUNCH | 1.5 hours | |
| 1330 | 2030 | 2130 | 730 | TECH SESSION 1 | ||
| 1330-1410 | 2030-2110 | 2130-2210 | 0730-0810 | MIGHTY MINI LESSONS LEARNED FROM KHABAROVSK | D.DUNHAM | 40m |
| 1410-1430 | 2110-2130 | 2210-2230 | 0810-0830 | NEAF MEETING REPORT | T.BLANK | 20m |
| 1430-1500 | 2130-2200 | 2230-2300 | 0830-0900 | ESOP MEETING REPORT | D.DUNHAM | 20m |
| 1500-1515 | 2200-2215 | 2300-2315 | 0900-0915 | BREAK | 15m | |
| 1515-1540 | 2215-2240 | 2315-2340 | 0915-0940 | REVIEW OF WORLD WIDE ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATIONS 2011-2012 | D.HERALD(2) | EVO 25m |
| 1540-1600 | 2240-2300 | 2340-0000 | 0940-1000 | DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR VIDEO CAMERA – PART A | D.HERALD(2) | EVO 20m |
| 1600-1630 | 2300-2330 | 0000-0030 | 1000-1030 | DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR VIDEO CAMERA – PART B | H.PAVLOV(2) | EVO 30m |
| 1630-1645 | 2330-2345 | 0030-0045 | 1030-1045 | OBSERVATIONAL RESULTS FOR 2012 | D.DUNHAM | 15m |
| 1645-1720 | 2345-0020 | 0045-0120 | 1045-1120 | ASTRONOMICAL DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM (ADVS) | D.GAULT(2) | EVO 35m |
| H.PAVLOV | ||||||
| T.BARRY | ||||||
| 1720-1730 | 0020-0030 | 0120-0130 | 1120-1130 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF PROPOSED ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE OCCULTATION OBSERVING PROGRAM | S.CONARD | 10m |
| 1730-1750 | 0030-0050 | 0130-0150 | 1130-1150 | GPS ABC | D.GAULT | 20m |
| OPEN FOR MORE PRESENTATIONS | 10m | |||||
| 1800 | 100 | 200 | 1200 | ADJOURN | ||
| SAT OCT 20 | ||||||
| 0900-1000 | 1600 | 1700 | 300 | EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MEETING | OFFICERS ONLY | 60m |
| 1000 | 1700 | 1800 | 400 | TECH SESSION 2 | ||
| 1000-1020 | 1700-1720 | 1800-1820 | 0400-0420 | IOTA/ME REPORT | M.ZAKERIN(1) | EVO 20m |
| 1020-1030 | 1720-1730 | 1820-1830 | 0420-0430 | OPEN FOR MORE PRESENTATIONS | 10m | |
| 1030-1045 | 1730-1745 | 1830-1845 | 0430-0445 | BREAK | 15m | |
| 1045-1100 | 1745-1800 | 1845-1900 | 0445-0500 | CURRENT STATE OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IOTA OPERATIONS | C.HEROLD | 15m |
| 1100-1115 | 1800-1815 | 1900-1915 | 0500-0515 | INVERSION MODEL PRIORITY LISTS | B.TIMERSON | EVO 15m |
| 1115-1135 | 1815-1835 | 1915-1935 | 0515-0535 | CAMERA COMPARISON – SIGNAL LEVELS & SNR | S.CONARD, B. HOLENSTEIN, R.GENET | 20m |
| 1135-1140 | 1835-1840 | 1935-1940 | 0535-0540 | STATUS OF DEREK BREIT’S WEB SERVER | D.BREIT | EVO 10m |
| 1140-1200 | 1840-1900 | 1940-2000 | 0540-0600 | OCCULTATION ASTRONOMY IN BRAZIL: HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE | B.GIACCHINI | EVO 20m |
| 1200-1330 | 1900-2030 | 2000-2130 | 0600-0730 | LUNCH | 1.5 hours | |
| 1330 | 2030 | 2130 | 730 | TECH SESSION 3 | ||
| 1330-1400 | 2030-2100 | 2130-2300 | 0730-0800 | OCCULAR’S SUCCESSORS: OCCULTATION TIME EXTRACTOR AND LIGHT CURVE STATISTICAL ANALYZER | T. GEORGE, B.ANDERSON, H.PAVLOV | 30m |
| 1400-1420 | 2100-2120 | 2300-2320 | 0800-0820 | DOUBLE STAR REPORT | T.GEORGE | 20m |
| 1420-1435 | 2120-2135 | 2320-2335 | 0820-0835 | CREATING FIRST MOMENTS OF EXCITEMENT: OCCULTATIONS & GRAZES | T.REDDING | 15m |
| 1435-1500 | 2135-2200 | 2235-2300 | 0835-0900 | 2012 STATUS: FUNDING FOR IOTA EXPEDITIONS | P.MALEY | 25m |
| 1500-1515 | 2200-2215 | 2300-2315 | 0900-0915 | BREAK | 15m | |
| 1515-1535 | 2215-2235 | 2315-2335 | 0915-0935 | RESULTS OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MEETING | P.MALEY | IOTA FORWARD PLAN 20m |
| 1535-1610 | 2235-2310 | 2335-0010 | 0935-1010 | RECON – A TNO OCCULTATION NETWORK: PILOT PROJECT | M.BUIE | EVO 35m |
| 1610-1630 | 2310-2330 | 0010-0030 | 1010-1030 | ASTEROID OCCULTATIONS IN 2013 | D.DUNHAM | 30m |
| 1630-1700 | 2330-0000 | 0030-0100 | 1030-1100 | SOLICITING FUNDS FOR IOTA ON THE NET | ALL | 30m |
| 1700- | 0000- | 0100- | 1100- | SUMMARY OF NA ASTEROIDAL | B.TIMERSON | EVO 10m |
| 1710 | 10 | 110 | 1110 | OCCULTATIONS – 2011-2012 | ||
| OPEN FOR MORE PRESENTATIONS | 50m | |||||
| 1800 | 100 | 200 | 1200 | ADJOURN | ||
| SUN OCT 21 | ||||||
| 900-1200 | 1600-1900 | 1700-2000 | 0300-0600 | BRIXIA PLANNING SESSION | ALL | |
| MON OCT 22 | ||||||
| 0021 | 721 | 821 | 1821 | BRIXIA OCCULTATION | ||