Attention women amateur astronomers!

[Buzzygirl]

Parke Kunkle received the following request and asked me to pass it on. It's directed to women members of amateur astronomy clubs who would be interested in giving their opinions for a survey. I cut and pasted the request below.
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Dear Amateur Astronomer:

We are actively seeking your input! As part of a research project in public astronomy education, two of your colleagues would like to gather data on the interests, attitudes, and experiences of female amateur astronomers. Judy Koke and Laura Danly have devised an online survey and invite women amateur astronomers to participate. The survey takes no longer than 10 minutes to complete. The survey can be found at:

http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/29886/waa.htm

The results will be published in an upcoming volume from the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific on amateur astronomers and
astronomy education entitled "Science Educators in Our Midst: Amateur Astronomers Engaged in Education and Public Outreach" (working title) due out in September, 2007.

We expect to finish collecting data by the middle of May. We would be most appreciative if you can visit our survey web site before that time. The more responses we gather, the better we can understand the landscape for women in amateur astronomy clubs. We hope our results might help illuminate how AA clubs can better recruit and serve women generally, and thus grow club membership.

If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, please feel free to contact either of the researchers.

Thanks so much for your time and your thoughts, Judy and Laura.

Judy Koke
Dr. Laura Danly
Senior Research Associate Curator
Institute for Learning Innovation Griffith Observatory

166 West Street 2800 E. Observatory Dr.
Annapolis, MD 21401 Los Angeles, CA 90027

koke@ilinet.org
laura.danly@lacity.org