Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:29:25 -0600
From: Joann C Joselyn
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 3 No. 5 (May 1, 2003)
This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member National
Committees informed about the activities of the IUGG Associations, and
actions of the IUGG Secretariat. Past issues are posted on the IUGG Web
site. Please forward this message to those who will benefit from the
information. Your comments are welcome.
Contents
1. IUGG General Assembly News
2. Additional Nominations received for the IUGG Finance Committee
3. In Memoriam - Michael Gadsden
4. IUGG to be represented at the SCOPE Executive meeting
5. ICSU/TWAS/UNESCO Visiting Scientist Programme
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during May - July 2003
1. IUGG General Assembly News
The Scientific Programme is now posted on the General Assembly web site.
The website can be accessed from IUGG home page, or directly via
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec-e/iugg/index.html
If you cannot find the Scientific Session Schedule, reload the website
(click the re-load button while pressing the key.)
The deadline to register for the IUGG field trips has been extended to
May 9, 2003. More detailed information and the online application form
are available at
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec-e/iugg/htm/field_trips.htm
If you have obtained your IUGG2003 ID number but have not registered
with payment, please access the following webpage to complete your
registration.
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec-e/iugg/regist.htm
The names of the delegates from the IUGG Member Adhering Bodies to the
IUGG Council Meetings are posted on the IUGG web page
(http://www.IUGG.org ). The Council Agenda Book that was distributed on
31 March is also posted. At this time, attendance at the IUGG Council
meetings is restricted to Council Delegates, the IUGG Executive
Committee and the IUGG Finance Committee.
2. Additional Nominations received for the IUGG Finance Committee
According to the By-laws new nominations can be made to the Nominations
Committee at least three months before the General Assembly, i.e. in
this case by March 30, 2003. Two additional nominations were received
for the Finance Committee - Kiyoshi Suyehiro (Japan) and Patrick Pinet
(France). Both fulfilled the requirements stated in the By-laws and were
therefore added to the list. The augmented list is given below and
constitutes the final ballot from the Nominations Committee for voting
by the Council Members on July 9 in Sapporo.
Candidates for Office
President: U. Shamir (Israel) and W.R. Peltier (Canada)
Vice-President: P. Malanotte-Rizzoli (Italy) and T. Beer (Australia)
Treasurer:
A.W. Hansen (Denmark)
Finance Committee
Position #1 D.D. Jackson (USA)
Position #2 M.J. Hamlin (UK) and P. Pinet (France)
Position #3 B.L.N Kennett (Australia)
Position #4 V.K. Gaur (India) and K. Suyehiro (Japan)
Position #5 M.E. Perillo (Argentina) and J. Vilas (Argentina)
Additional Bureau Members
Position #1 A. Tealeb (Egypt)
Position #2 A.V. Nikolaev (Russia) and H.K. Gupta (India)
Position #3 Y.T. Chen (China) and C.S. Sava (Romania)
K.P. Schwarz, Chair, IUGG Nominations Committee
(The resumes of the two new candidates are posted on the IUGG Web page. JAJ)
3. In Memoriam - Michael Gadsden
Michael Gadsden (U.K.), Secretary-General of the International
Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) from 1983-1995, died on
April 10, 2003, at his home in Perth, Scotland. A leader in optical
aeronomy, he published an IAGA manual and instruction book "Observing
Noctilucent Clouds" in 1995 with P.Parviainen, and convened an
international symposium on mesospheric clouds in summer of 2002.
4. IUGG to be represented at the SCOPE Executive meeting
The ICSU Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
will take place in Granada, Spain, from 10-13 June 2003. Dr. N.J.
Peters, past-president of the IAHS International Commission on Water
Quality, will observe the meeting as the IUGG representative.
5. ICSU/TWAS/UNESCO Visiting Scientist Programme
The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in co-operation with the
International Council for Science (ICSU) and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) offers a
programme whereby host institutions in Least Developed Countries are
supported to invite persons who have attained international recognition
in their fields of science to stay for a minimum of one month to deliver
lectures and seminars, supervise students, conduct research, and discuss
future collaborative partnerships. Applications are due by 1 October
2003. For more information, visit the TWAS web site
(http://www.twas.org) and choose Activities, or contact the IUGG
Secretariat (secretariat@iugg.org).
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during May - July 2003
A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those
organized by IUGG Associations) is posted on the IUGG Web Site
[www.IUGG.org]. Specific information about these meetings can be found
there. Individual Associations also list more meetings on their web
sites appropriate to their disciplines.
May 5 - 8 IGBP/SCOR, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Joint Global Ocean Flux
Study Final Open Science Conference
May 12 - 14 IASPEI, Tehran, Iran, 4th Int'l Conference on Seismology and
Earthquake Engineering (SEE4)
May 13 - 20 URSI/SCOSTEP, Piura, Peru, 10th International Workshop on
Technical and Scientific Aspects of the MST Radar - MST10
May 20 - 23 IASPEI/NASG, Mansoura, Egypt, the 3rd Workshop on Seismic Risk
in North Africa
May 24 - 29 SEDI, Point Reyes, California, U.S.A., Cooperative Institute for
Deep Earth Research (CIDER) Workshop
June 8 - 18 IASPEI, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts,
U.S.A., Gordon Research Conference on the Interior of the Earth
June 9 - 14 IAG, Dresden, Germany, International Geodetic Student Meeting
June 16 - 25 IUGG/CMG, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, Summer School on Paleo Climate
Dynamics and Observations
June 23 - 28 ISCS, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic, ISCS Symposium 2003:
Solar Variability as an Input to the Earth's Environment
June 30 - July 11 IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 23rd IUGG General Assembly
July 13 - 16 IASPEI, Beijing, China, Third International Conference on
Continental Earthquakes (III ICCE) POSTPONED TO 2004
July 13 - 26 IAU, Sydney, Australia, IAU XXVth Assembly
July 14 -18 IAVCEI, Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.A., Cities on Volcanoes 3
July 14 - 18 UN Cartographic Office, Okinawa, Japan, 16th United Nations
Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP)
July 21 - 25 IAHS/ICCE, Zurich, Switzerland, 8th International Conference on
Permafrost
July 23 - 31 INQUA, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A., XVI INQUA Congress
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 3 Number 5 (May 2003)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [http://www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645