Astronomical League 2003 Webmaster Award

I want to start by thanking the Astronomical League Board for approving the Webmaster Award. The web site has become an increasingly important part of the local astronomy club. The web site not only acts as a tool for informing club members of past, present and upcoming events; it attracts new members to the local clubs. As President of the Boise Astronomical Society, I can tell you our web site brings in new visitors monthly.

I want to thank the 18 club Presidents that submitted their Webmasters for this award. I personally viewed all of the web sites and you can all be proud.

I want to thank the two judges that took time from their own busy schedules to look at and judge each web site.

• Matt Ganis - Webmaster for astroleague.org.
• Stuart Goldman - Associate Editor for Sky & Telescope.

The winners for 2003 are:

1st place and winner of the 2003 Astronomical League Webmaster Award:

Greg Piepol of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club.(http://www.novac.com/)

2nd place - Richard Bell of the Kalamazoo Astronomical Society

3rd place - Dareth Murray of the Rose City Astronomers of Portland, Oregon

I encourage all club Presidents to submit their Webmasters.

Bob Schneider
President, Boise Astronomical Society
Administrator, Astronomical League Webmaster Award