RE: planned sessions
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From: <carterb_at_email.protected>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:01:16 +1000
Hi All
I'm in agreement with Sarah's views on the issues below.
Brad
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From: owner-asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au
[mailto:owner-asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au] On Behalf Of Sarah Maddison
Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 9:48 PM
To: asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au
Cc: Sarah Maddison
Subject: Re: planned sessions
Hi folks,
Sorry for my delayed reply.
>(i) there will be a Gemini/MNRF session
I originally agreed with John's comments that Gemini related talks
should just be included in the general mix of science talks. But of
course politics is involved! In which case I think it's fine to have a
Gemini session. As noted by others, this doesn't add to the number of
talks etc.
>(ii) I'm fully behind the Education session, and support the notion of
>permitting someone proposing a talk for the Edu session to also
>propose a second science contribution.
Yep, me too. However, I am a little concerned that there often appears
to be little interest in education by the astro community as a whole. I
wonder why this is as most astronomers are involved in some
teaching/outreach activities and yet don't seem to want to give it space
at ASA AGM (or in PASA - though I agree these are separate issues). All
that said, I was very pleased by the level of interest in the Decadal
Review education working group. So maybe things have changed! Hopefully
it will be a lively session full of interesting discussion.
>(iii) Garry Da Costa has indicated the best time for the PASA review
>would be immediately before the formal AGM, and that it should take
>the format of a 1-hour discussion lead probably by John.
All sounds good to me.
>(iv) Women in Astronomy session or workshop. At this early stage it
>could be either. A formal session might well attract more of an
>audience. A less-formal lunchtime workshop might be more effective as
>a forum for discussion.
The purpose of the women in astronomy session is to have a short,
inclusive, lunch time discussion to (a) update ASA members about the
current status of women in Australian astronomy after the Decadal
Review's demographics survey, and (b) to offer all members a forum for
discussion on the status of women in astronomy and to solicit for
comments/ideas that the Australian community would like take to the IAU
in regards to the status of women in astronomy. While it might be true
that a lunch time session will attract less attendees, we don't want to
eat into science sessions time. It would be great if all ASA members
were interested in (and actively engaged in improving) the status of
women in astronomy, but we realize that this session is outside of the
main objectives of the ASM. If there is a lot of interest, we can
always host a dedicated meeting some time in the future. Ideally we'd
like to request the Tuesday lunch session as this gives people time
later in the meeting to continue discussions if they wish. We'd also be
delighted to report back to the ASA at the 2007 ASM about the
discussions held at the IAU GA.
Finally, I also support Tony's idea of highlighting posters by having a
book, even if it ends up being a "free" online e-book of posters.
Cheers,
Sarah.
*===============================================================*
Dr Sarah Maddison smaddison_at_swin.<!--nospam-->edu.au
Swinburne Astronomy Online Coordinator (visit
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/sao)
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing tel: 61-3-9214 5971
Swinburne University of Technology fax: 61-3-9214 8797
PO BOX 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, AUSTRALIA
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/maddison/
*===============================================================*
Received on 2006-04-27 08:02:24
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:01:16 +1000
Hi All
I'm in agreement with Sarah's views on the issues below.
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au
[mailto:owner-asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au] On Behalf Of Sarah Maddison
Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 9:48 PM
To: asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au
Cc: Sarah Maddison
Subject: Re: planned sessions
Hi folks,
Sorry for my delayed reply.
>(i) there will be a Gemini/MNRF session
I originally agreed with John's comments that Gemini related talks
should just be included in the general mix of science talks. But of
course politics is involved! In which case I think it's fine to have a
Gemini session. As noted by others, this doesn't add to the number of
talks etc.
>(ii) I'm fully behind the Education session, and support the notion of
>permitting someone proposing a talk for the Edu session to also
>propose a second science contribution.
Yep, me too. However, I am a little concerned that there often appears
to be little interest in education by the astro community as a whole. I
wonder why this is as most astronomers are involved in some
teaching/outreach activities and yet don't seem to want to give it space
at ASA AGM (or in PASA - though I agree these are separate issues). All
that said, I was very pleased by the level of interest in the Decadal
Review education working group. So maybe things have changed! Hopefully
it will be a lively session full of interesting discussion.
>(iii) Garry Da Costa has indicated the best time for the PASA review
>would be immediately before the formal AGM, and that it should take
>the format of a 1-hour discussion lead probably by John.
All sounds good to me.
>(iv) Women in Astronomy session or workshop. At this early stage it
>could be either. A formal session might well attract more of an
>audience. A less-formal lunchtime workshop might be more effective as
>a forum for discussion.
The purpose of the women in astronomy session is to have a short,
inclusive, lunch time discussion to (a) update ASA members about the
current status of women in Australian astronomy after the Decadal
Review's demographics survey, and (b) to offer all members a forum for
discussion on the status of women in astronomy and to solicit for
comments/ideas that the Australian community would like take to the IAU
in regards to the status of women in astronomy. While it might be true
that a lunch time session will attract less attendees, we don't want to
eat into science sessions time. It would be great if all ASA members
were interested in (and actively engaged in improving) the status of
women in astronomy, but we realize that this session is outside of the
main objectives of the ASM. If there is a lot of interest, we can
always host a dedicated meeting some time in the future. Ideally we'd
like to request the Tuesday lunch session as this gives people time
later in the meeting to continue discussions if they wish. We'd also be
delighted to report back to the ASA at the 2007 ASM about the
discussions held at the IAU GA.
Finally, I also support Tony's idea of highlighting posters by having a
book, even if it ends up being a "free" online e-book of posters.
Cheers,
Sarah.
*===============================================================*
Dr Sarah Maddison smaddison_at_swin.<!--nospam-->edu.au
Swinburne Astronomy Online Coordinator (visit
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/sao)
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing tel: 61-3-9214 5971
Swinburne University of Technology fax: 61-3-9214 8797
PO BOX 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, AUSTRALIA
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/maddison/
*===============================================================*
Received on 2006-04-27 08:02:24