{"id":6954,"date":"2022-04-20T08:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T08:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2022-04-20T08:25:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T08:25:48","slug":"vac-agt-20220420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/vac-agt-20220420\/","title":{"rendered":"All good things come to an end."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who joined The Virtual Astronomy Club last night will know that I announced after Karim Jaffer&#8217;s talk on the 17th of May, instead of VAC stopping for the summer, I will hang up VAC&#8217;s coat permanently. ?<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-admin\/_wp_link_placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/VAC\/VAC-Constellations.gif\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s something I have been thinking about for a long time now and believe me, and it has been a very tough decision to do this.<br \/>\nAs life gets back to some sort of normality, I am getting increasingly busy.<br \/>\nAs a result, I am finding that I am getting less time to do some of the things that I really do need to get on with, or dedicate time to other things that I really enjoy doing.<\/p>\n<p>So something has to give. Well, it&#8217;s a few things really, and VAC is unfortunately one of those.<\/p>\n<p>I will really miss VAC, and interacting with you folks who have joined me over the past two and a bit years, which has made VAC a fantastic success.<\/p>\n<p>I really could not have done it without you all, and your support.<\/p>\n<p>I do feel I have made some very nice friends, without even meeting many of you in person yet.<\/p>\n<p>Also a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has presented to VAC, and everyone who kindly donated to make sure we were able to pay our invited speakers for giving up their valuable time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE<\/strong><\/span> who has been a part of our shared VAC journey, which helped in part to get us through some difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>I may consider some sort of astronomy online presence later, but will look at this towards the end of this year, or early next.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>But don&#8217;t forget, VAC&#8217;s not finished quite yet.<br \/>\nSo please join us for Karim&#8217;s talk for the final meeting on the 17th of May.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Let&#8217;s go out on a high.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-admin\/_wp_link_placeholder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.virtual-astro-club.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See you all then.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Keep Safe.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Keep Well.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Keep Looking Up.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who joined The Virtual Astronomy Club last night will know that I announced after Karim Jaffer&#8217;s talk on the 17th of May, instead of VAC stopping for the summer, I will hang up VAC&#8217;s coat permanently. ? 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