[TDA_wg] New IAU Members

[Rob Seaman]

Hello IAU Time Domain WG members,

The General Secretary has released the list of new IAU members. Cross-checking with the Letter of Intent for the TDA commission shows at least twenty of your names and a 77% “paperwork-completion” rate of those who said they would be filling out the forms. That’s a pretty good batting average or return on investment depending on whether one prefers sports or financial metaphors :-)

Once the EC acts on Division B’s request to reconstitute the WG at the divisional level we will arrange to get all the new names added to the official ranks. Non-IAU members should be able to appear as Associates of the working group and we’ll tender those requests as well.

Congratulations to all!

Rob Seaman
Chair, IAU Time Domain WG
LPL
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: "IAU General Secretary" <iauinfos at iap.fr>
> Date: October 27, 2015 at 8:52:44 AM MST
> To: seaman at noao.edu
> Subject: Information on IAU Commissions and New Members
> 
> Dear IAU Member,
> 
> at the XXIX General Assembly, which was held in Honolulu this past
> August, two events took place that have great relevance for the
> activity of the Union:  the set of Commissions was globally revised,
> please see:
> 
> http://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/commissions/ and 1,198
> astronomers from 62 countries were admitted as new IAU individual
> Members, please see:
> http://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann15032/
> 
> The newly accepted IAU Members were recently invited to consider the
> possibility of joining the Post-GA Commissions, given that they did
> not have the possibility of doing so before their admission to the
> Union. The electronic sign-up voting has now been completed: including
> both the previous IAU members and the new Members, 2,517 individuals
> have now joined the 35 Post-GA Commissions and more are signing up
> each day by following the simple process below. We are looking forward
> to their precious contribution to the life of the Union.
> 
> I would like to take this opportunity to remind everybody about the
> procedure to join or leave an IAU Commission:
> 
> /In order to join or leave IAU Commissions, simply send an email to
> the relevant Commission President with your request, with a copy to
> the IAU Secretariat  ( iauinfos at iap.fr ) and your Commission selection
> will be taken care of. Please be aware that you may be a member of up
> to 3 Commissions at any given time./
> 
> If you need further clarification or assistance, please do not
> hesitate to contact me or the IAU Secretariat ( iauinfos at iap.fr ).
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Piero Benvenuti
> IAU General Secretary
> 
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