The Otmar Eigler Membership Award

About Otmar Eigler:

Otmar Eigler was a distinguished member of the NYAA from 1990-2000. He passed away in April, 2000. Otmar was a wonderful man, full of life, kindness and energy. Otmar was, among things, an excellent photographer, machinist, carpenter, and amateur astronomer. He was instrumental in almost every facet of the Club life. His generous, outgoing and welcoming nature has been missed by all of us.

To ensure that Otmar will be remembered by all and his name known by future generations of NYAAers, we have dedicated the BOG dome observatory (which he contributed a lot of time to its construction) in his honour. We have also established THE OTMAR EIGLER MEMBERSHIP AWARD, to be awarded yearly to the NYAA Member of the Year. The recipient will be the club member who has most actively contributed to Club life in the membership year.

Award Winners
2007	Richard McWaters
2006	Peter Tattersall
2005	Danny Driscoll
2004	John Clemmer
2003	Marc Castel
2002	Bonnie Bird
2001	Andreas Gada