Save the Stanford Dishes!

The following information from John McKay about the imminent demolition of the Bracewell radio dishes at Stanford University. An email is included below from Bob Lash, with the latest information.

Read about the dishes and the demolition plans:
http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/rescue.html

There is a petition at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/dishes/petition.html

Read up about Ronald Bracewell:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_N._Bracewell

73 Trevor M5AKA

Here is an e-mail from Bob Lash who is co-ordinating the rescue attempt.

To all rescue effort supporters,

*** The demolition has been halted! ***

We contacted the Santa Clara County Planning Office, who checked yesterday and discovered that Stanford does not have a demolition permit. Therefore demolition cannot proceed any time soon. Any new permit request is going to
be subject to the County historical/environmental review process.

Our offer letter was delivered by Fed Ex at 9:30 this morning to the President of Stanford, John Hennessy, to fund the restoration and operation for the benefit of Stanford faculty and students in exchange for a lease.
This approach would accomplish our aims and at the same time absolve the Dean of the School of Engineering of any future responsibility.

*** NEW! Sign the on-line petition at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/dishes/petition.html ***

Please take a moment today to sign this on-line petition to the President of Stanford, urging him to accept FBOA's offer. Thank you for your support, and please help spread the word by circulating this petition link by email, and anywhere else you can think to post. The petition is also reachable from the FBOA web site.

By the way, the San Jose Mercury News article is expected to appear in tomorrow's edition.

Best wishes,

Bob

Bob Lash, M.D.
President
Friends of the Bracewell Observatory Association
Email: bob@bambi.net
http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/rescue.html

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