Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:23:25 -0700
From: Joann C Joselyn
Subject: IUGG E-Journal for April, 2002
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 2 No. 4 (April 1, 2002)
Contents
1. IUGG 2003 General Assembly Second Circular available on the Web
2. IAVCEI receives grant from ICSU Committee on Disaster Reduction
3. Reminder: Nominations for IUGG Officers and Finance Committee are open
4. IUGG-related meetings occurring during April - June 2002
1. IUGG 2003 General Assembly Second Circular available on the Web
Information about the Sapporo Assembly, especially the Scientific
Programme, is now available on the General Assembly Web Site. To
access the Web Site, go to the IUGG index page (www.IUGG.org) and
click on the "2003 IUGG General Assembly" link. While the web version
is still preliminary, the final print version of the Second Circular is
nearing completion and will be posted soon.
2. IAVCEI receives grant from ICSU Committee on Disaster Reduction
The International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the
Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) has been awarded $12,000 for each of the next
3 years to strengthen capabilities in Latin America for volcano
monitoring and hazard assessment through improved training. The
principal investigators are Marino Protti, Director of the Observatorio
Volcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica, John Ewert, Associate Chief,
Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
(Vancouver, Washington, USA), and Stephen McNutt, Secretary-General of IAVCEI.
3. Reminder: Nominations for IUGG Officers and Finance Committee are open
The IUGG Council will elect a new Bureau (President, Vice-President,
Treasurer, and 3 Members) and Finance Committee (5 members) at its
meeting in Sapporo in 2003. (The Secretary-General was elected for two
terms in 1999.) Instructions regarding the procedures to be used to
submit nominations are posted on the IUGG Web site, and have been mailed
to all IUGG officers and Adhering Bodies. The following information is
included in those instructions
Who may submit candidates for nomination?
The Adhering Bodies of the Member Countries, and the Officers of the
Union and the Associations may submit candidates. Scientists represented
by Adhering Bodies that have Associate membership, or have been in
Observer status for more than two years and scientists from countries
not represented by an Adhering Body are not eligible to hold elected
positions in the Union or in its constituent Associations.
What is required of the candidates?
Candidates must signify their acceptance of nomination and must prepare
a resume outlining their position, research interests, and activities
related to the Union.
What are the deadlines for submissions?
The first deadline is 30 September 2002. After that time, the
Nominations Committee will prepare a document nominating one or two
names for each position that will seek a reasonable balance in
geographical and professional distribution. This document will be
distributed to the Adhering Bodies, the National Committees, and the
officers of the Union by 30 November, 2002.
Please submit nominations to the Chair of the Nominations Committee as
shown below.
e-mail: kpschwar@telusplanet.net
fax: 1 403 284 1980
post: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Schwarz
Dept. of Geomatics Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, ALBERTA T2N 1N4
CANADA
4. IUGG-related meetings occurring during April - June 2002
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.
April 14-19 IASPEI, Lake Starnberg, Germany, 10th International Workshop
on Seismic Anisotropy
April 15-24 IAGA, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, South Africa, 10th IAGA
Workshop on Geomagnetic Observatory Instruments, Data Acquisition and
Processing
April 22-26 EGS, Nice, France, SEDI Symposium "Dynamics of the core -
models and observations"; IAHS (ICT) Symposium "Hydrological and
Meteorological Coupling in Mountain Areas"
April 26-28 IAG, Nice, France, IAG Executive Committee meeting
May 6-10 IOC/EC/FRNS, Liege, Belgium, 34th Int'l Liege Colloquium on
Ocean Dynamics: Tracer Methods in Geophys. Fluid Dynamics Colloquium
May 7-9 URSI, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 10th International
Ionospheric Effects Symposium
May 13-17 IAVCEI, IPGP, WOVO, St. Pierre, Martinique, West Indies,
International Congress Montagne Pelee 1902-2002
May 21-24 IAG/FIG, Berlin, Germany, 2nd Symposium on Geodesy for
Geotechnical and Structural Engineering
May 27-30 EUGIN/NNF, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Navigation Conference
- GNSS 2002
May 28 - June 1 AGU, Washington, DC, USA, AGU spring meeting
June 3-14 IHDP/START, Bonn, Germany, 3rd bi-annual International Human
Dimensions Workshop on Human Dimensions of Urbanisation and the
Transition to Sustainability
June 9-15 IAVCEI, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, 3rd Biennial Workshop on
Subduction Processes in the Kurile-Kamchactka-Aleutian Arcs
June 10-14 IAG, Matera, Italy, V. Hotine-Marussi Symposium on
Mathematical Geodesy
June 12-14 IAG, Athens, Greece, General Assembly of the Working Group of
European Geoscientists for the Establishment of Networks for Earth
Science Research (Wegener 2002)
June 12-15 IASPEI, Hawaii, USA, IRIS annual meeting
June 15-16 IUGG/GeoRisk, Budapest, Hungary, Euroscience - IUGG
Conference Reduction of Risk & Sustainable Development of Society
June 17-21 IUGG/CMG, Torino, Italy, Pattern and Form in Earth Dynamics;
24th International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics
June 17-20 IAHS/ICGW, Prague, Czech Republic, 4th International
Conference on Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling
June 19-21 IASPEI, Sintra, Portugal, 3rd Int'l Conference on Computer
Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation
June 20-24 AGU, Santorini, Greece, Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere
(Chapman Conference)
This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member Country
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.
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 2 Number 4 (April, 2002)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [www.IUGG.org]
jjoselyn@cires.colorado.edu or sg@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645