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IAU Information Bulletin No. 100 IAU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENTS Catherine J. Cesarsky Beatriz Barbuy Giancarlo Setti ESO Dpto Astronomia Dipto di Astronomia Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2 IAG Univ di Bologna DE- 85748 Garching Univ de São Paulo Via Ranzani 1 Germany Rua do Matão 1226 IT- 40127 Bologna Tel +49 89 3200 6227 Cidade Universitária Italy Fax +49 89 3202 362 BR- São Paulo, SP 05508- Tel +39 051 6399 365 [email protected] 900 Fax +39 051 2095 700 Brazil [email protected] PRESIDENT-ELECT Tel +55 11 3091 2810 Fax +55 11 3091 2860 Robert Williams Brian Warner [email protected] Astronomy Dept STScI 3700 San Martin Dr Univ Cape Town US- Baltimore MD 21218- Cheng Fang Private Bag 2410 Dept Astronomy ZA- 7700 Rondebosch USA Nanjing University South Africa Tel +1 410 338 4963 22 Hankou Rd Tel +27 21 650 2391 Fax +1 410 338 2617 CN- Nanjing 210093 Fax +27 21 650 3342 [email protected] China PR [email protected] Tel +86 258 359 6817 GENERAL SECRETARY Fax +86 258 359 6817 ADVISERS [email protected] Ronald D. Ekers Karel A. van der Hucht SRON Netherlands CSIRO / ATNF Institute for Space Martha P. Haynes PO Box 76 Research Astronomy Dept AU- Epping NSW 1710 Sorbonnelaan 2 Cornell University Australia NL- 3584 CA Utrecht 530 Space Sciences Bldg Tel +61 2 9372 4600 the Netherlands US- Ithaca NY 14853-6801 Fax +61 2 9372 4450 Tel +31 30 2535 729/5600 USA [email protected] Fax +31 30 2540 860 Tel +1 607 255 0610 [email protected] Fax +1 607 255 8803 Oddbjørn Engvold [email protected] Inst of Theoretical ASSISTANT GENERAL Astrophysics SECRETARY George K. Miley P.O. Box 1029 Ian F. Corbett Leiden Observatory Blindern Leiden University NO- 0315 Oslo 3 ESO PO Box 9513 Norway Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2 NL- 2300 RA Leiden Tel +47 22 85 65 21 DE- 85748 Garching the Netherlands Fax +47 22 85 65 05 Germany Tel +31 71 5275 849 [email protected] Tel +49 89 3200 6220 Fax +31 71 5275 743 Fax +49 89 3200 6512 [email protected] [email protected] CONTENTS IAU Information Bulletin No. 100 1. FAITS DIVERS ....................................................................................... 1 2. EVENTS AND DEADLINES ............................................................ 3 3. REMINISCENCES OF PAST GENERAL SECRETARIES 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................ 6 3.2. Jean-Claude Pecker, 14th GS, 1964-1967 ................................................ 7 3.3. Lubos Perek, 15th GS, 1967-1970 .............................................................. 8 3.4. Cornelis de Jager, 16th GS, 1970-1973 ...................................................... 9 3.5. George Contopoulos, 17th GS, 1973-1976 ............................................ 10 3.6. Richard M. West, 20th GS, 1982-1985 .................................................... 12 3.7. Jean-Pierre Swings, 21st GS, 1985-1988 ................................................. 13 3.8. Derek McNally, 22nd GS, 1988-1991 ...................................................... 16 3.9. Jacqueline Bergeron, 23rd GS, 1991-1994 .............................................. 17 3.10. Immo Appenzeller, 24th GS, 1994-1997 ................................................ 18 3.11. Johannes Andersen, 25th GS, 1997-2000 ................................................ 19 3.12. Hans Rickman, 26th GS, 2000-2003 ........................................................ 20 3.13. Oddbjørn Engvold, 27th GS, 2003-2006 ................................................ 21 4. IAU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 4.1. Officers’ Meeting, Paris, France, 30 January-1 February 2007 ........... 23 4.2. EC 83, Cape Town, South Africa, 15-17 May 2007 ............................. 24 4.3. Officers’ Meeting, Paris, France, 29-31 January 2008 .......................... 25 4.2. EC 84, Norway, 28-30 May 2008 ............................................................ 25 5. IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLIES 5.1. IAU XXVIIth General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-14 August 2009 .................................................................................... 26 5.2. IAU XXVIIIth General Assembly, Beijing, China Nanjing, 20-31 August 2012 ................................................................................. 26 5.3. IAU XXIXth General Assembly in 2015. Deadline for proposals to host ....................................................................................................... 27 ii 6. IAU DIVISIONS, COMMISSIONS, WORKING GROUPS AND PROGRAM GROUPS 6.1. Div. I/WG on Numerical Standards of Fundamental Astronomy .............. 28 6.2. Div. III/Comm. 15 on Physical Studies of Comets and Minor Planets ...... 28 6.3 Div. III/Comm. 16 on Physical Study of Planets and Satellites ................. 28 6.4. Div. IV-V-IX/Comm. 45/WG on Standard Stars ................................. 29 6.5. Div. IV-V/WG on Ap and Related Stars .................................................. 29 6.6. Div. IX-X/WG on International Development of Arctic Astronomy .......... 30 6.7. Div. X/Comm. 40 on Radio Astronomy ................................................... 30 6.8. Div. XII/Comm. 50 on Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites ............................................................................................................ 32 6.9. Div. XII/Comm. 55 on Communicating Astronomy with the Public ......... 32 7. IAU SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 7.1. IAU Symposia in 2007 ............................................................................... 34 7.2. Regional IAU Meeting in 2007 ................................................................ 35 7.3. IAU Symposia in 2008 ............................................................................... 35 7.4. Regional IAU Meetings in 2008 ............................................................... 41 7.5. Post Meeting Reports 2006 ...................................................................... 42 7.6. Other meetings of astrophysical interest ................................................ 42 8. IAU PUBLICATIONS 8.1. IAU Highlights of Astronomy ........................................................................ 43 8.2. IAU Transactions .......................................................................................... 43 8.3. IAU Symposium Proceedings published in 2007 .......................................... 43 8.4. Pricing of the IAU-CUP Proceedings series ......................................... 45 8.5. Other IAU-related publications ............................................................... 45 9. IAU EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 9.1. Div. XII/Comm. 46/PG on International Schools for Young Astronomers (PG-ISYA) ............................................................................................... 46 9.2. Div. XII/Comm. 46/PG on Teaching for Astronomy Development (PG-TAD) ............................................................................................... 47 9.3. Div. XII/Comm. 46/PG on World-wide Development of Astronomy (PG-WWDA) .......................................................................................... 50 9.4. COSPAR Capacity Building Workshops co-sponsored by IAU ....... 51 10. THE IAU AND THE PETER AND PATRICIA GRUBER FOUNDATION 10.1. PPGF Cosmology Prize 2007 .................................................................. 52 10.2. PPGF Cosmology Prizes 2008 ................................................................. 52 10.3. PPGF Fellowship 2007 ............................................................................. 52 10.4. PPGF Fellowship 2008 ............................................................................. 52 iii 11. MEMBERSHIP OF THE IAU 11.1. Deceased Members .................................................................................... 53 12. REPORTS BY IAU REPRESENTATIVES TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 12.1. CCTF, report by Dennis D. McCarthy .................................................. 54 12.2. CODATA, report by Ray Norris ............................................................. 56 12.3. ICSU, report by Ian F. Corbett ................................................................ 57 12.4. IERS, report by Nicole Capitaine ............................................................ 59 12.5. IGBP, report by Richard G. Strom ......................................................... 60 12.6. IHY, report by David F. Webb ................................................................ 60 12.7. ISES, report by Helen E. Coffey ............................................................. 62 12.8. IUCAF, report by Wim van Driel .......................................................... 64 12.9. SCOSTEP, report by Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy ............................. 65 12.10. UN-COPUOS, report by Karel A. van der Hucht ............................... 67 13. THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009 .... 72 1. FAITS DIVERS In November 2006 the IAU was informed by the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation of its decisions to increase the annual PPGF Cosmology Prize award, advised by a board with IAU representatives, to USD 500,000; and to increase the funding of the PPGF Fellowship program for postdocs to a level of USD 50,000 per year. The IAU Officers did meet 30 January-1 February 2007 at the IAU Secretariat in Paris, to handle current affairs and prepare for EC83. A brief report is given in § 4.1 of this Bulletin. The entire EC did meet 15-17 May in Cape Town for its EC83 meeting. A brief report is given in § 4.2. Comments on the Prague GA 2006 planet definition resolution were on the
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