AAS Informational Email 2007-19
Subject: AAS Council Resolution on BEPAC Report
J. Craig Wheeler, President
&
Kevin Marvel, Executive Officer
The AAS Council has passed the following resolution on the Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee Report with input and advice from the Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy.
AAS Statement on the Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee
Correction and Additions to AAS Electronic Announcement #177.1
1. 211TH MEETING OF THE AAS - ABSTRACTS DUE
2. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SORT PAPERS FOR AAS AUSTIN MEETING
3. NEW SUBMISSIONS FOR AJ
4. SPACE STUDIES BOARD SERIES EVENT
5. NSO OBSERVING PROPOSALS
6. DARK ENERGY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
AAS Informational Email 2007-18
Michael A'Hearn, Publications Board Chair
&
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
Subject: AAS Survey on the Future of AAS Publications
CONTENTS:
1. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SORT PAPERS FOR AAS AUSTIN MEETING
2. AAS MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS FOR 2008
3. NEW SUBMISSIONS FOR AJ
4. CHANGES TO THE NSF MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM
5. 2008 GLAST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
6. NSF DIVISION OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES – STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF PROPOSAL FORMAT RULES
AAS Informational Email 2007-17
NSF Dear Colleague on the Senior Review
The following Dear Colleague letter from Wayne Van Citters, Director of the Division for Astronomical Sciences of the National Science Foundation is being
distributed to AAS members as a service to the NSF. The letter, in a variety of formats, is available at www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07052
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
Correction and additions to AAS Electronic Announcement #176
The meeting URL was omitted.
NASA STRATEGIC MISSIONS CONCEPT STUDY CONFERENCES
Letter of Intent due: 20 September 2007
AAS Electronic Announcement #176 - September 2007
[Mailed from aas.org on 10 September 2007]
CONTENTS:
1. 2008 MEMBERSHIP ONLINE RENEWALS
2. AAS PRIZES AND AWARDS
3. NEW SUBMISSIONS FOR AJ
4. JOHN BAHCALL PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWSHIP
5. LETTER REGARDING ASTRO2010
6. NOAO PROPOSALS FOR 2008A
7. STUDENT GRANT OPPORTUNITY
8. NASA STRATEGIC MISSIONS CONCEPT STUDY CONFERENCES
AAS Informational Email 2007-16
The following message is being sent to the AAS membership as a service to the National Research Council's Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy.
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
The National Research Council's upcoming report "NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation" will be released to the public in pre-publication form on Wednesday, Sept 5th at 4 pm EDT via the National Academies Press website - www.nap.edu.
Forging the Future of Space Science
In September the Space Studies Board will kick off a yearlong series of public lectures and colloquia in cities across the country and abroad on the future of space and earth sciences. The first event will take place in Baltimore, Md., on 10 September 2007. Series topics include understanding the universe, global climate change, the cosmic origins of life, scientific exploration of the Moon and Mars, and the research and technology needed to support human spaceflight.
For more information, visit www.nationalacademies.org
AAS Electronic Announcement #175 - August 2007
[Mailed from aas.org on 10 August 2007]
CONTENTS:
1. DPS ANNUAL MEETING, 7-12 OCTOBER, ORLANDO, FL
2. LETTER REGARDING ASTRO2010
3. SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY CALL FOR PROPOSALS
4. CALL FOR NASA KECK TIME PROPOSALS
5. 2008 SPITZER FELLOWSHIP GUIDELINES
6. SWIFT GUEST INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM:
7. FIRST SURVEY -- LONGITUDINAL STUDY
8. RECALL OF DAO PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
Dear Fellow AAS Members,
I am writing on behalf of a young female AAS member who has received a prestigious National Academy of Sciences fellowship, the Christine Mirzayan Fellowship. Participants learn about the public policy process and have an extensive period of training, including seminars with key policymakers and visits to the Hill and other agencies. Astronomers rarely have secured places in this program.
L. Jeremy Richardson, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow Kevin B.
Marvel, Executive Officer
Subject: Help AAS advocate for NSF funding on 18 & 19 September
The AAS is seeking volunteers to lobby Congress on the issue of increased NSF funding on 18 & 19 September. The reason for this multidisciplinary effort is to make a final push for FY 2008 NSF Appropriations.
This Informational Email is being distributed to AAS members as a community service. The contents were written by Alan Stern and Jon Morse and approved by them for broad release to the community. The AAS President and Executive Officer approve such occasional releases to the community.
New NASA Explorer AO
Alan Stern & Jon Morse, NASA Headquarters
Early this fall, NASAs Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will release a new Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Principal Investigator (PI) led Explorer missions.
AAS Electronic Announcement #174 - July 2007 [Mailed from aas.org on 10 July 2007]
CONTENTS:
1. AAS ISSUES STATEMENT OF THANKS TO UCP STAFF
2. DPS FLORIDA MEETING CALL FOR PAPERS
3. 2008 AAS MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
4. AAS MEMBERSHIP CALENDAR
5. NOAO SURVEY PROGRAM CALL FOR PROPOSALSLETTERS OF INTENT
6. SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY (SDSS-II)
AAS Action Alert 2007-01
[Mailed from aas.org 21 May 2007]
Senate Amendment to Increase NASA Funding
L. Jeremy Richardson
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
richardsonlj at aas.org
SUMMARY
AAS Electronic Announcement #173 June 2007
[Mailed from aas.org on 12 June 2007]
CONTENTS:
1. RENEWING SMALL TELESCOPES FOR ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH
2. COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF U.S. RADIO ASTRONOMY
AAS Electronic Announcement #172 May 2007 [Mailed from aas.org on 21
May 2007]
CONTENTS:
1. FUTURE OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE AAS
2. EXPLORE POLYNESIAN VOYAGING IN THE STARLAB PORTABLE PLANETARIUM
3. ACCESSING INTERNET AT AAS HAWAII MEETING
4. ASP EXTENDS SMALL GRANTS APPLICATION DEADLINE
Subject: Astrophysical Journal Office Moving
16 May 2007
J. Craig Wheeler, President
Dear Colleagues:
I have more news amidst the overall changes in our journal publications.
AAS Informational Email 2007-10
America COMPETES Act and NSF Authorization
L. Jeremy Richardson
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
Two recent Congressional actions have direct bearing on the scientific community, and on the astronomy community in particular. Both are authorization bills, meaning no money is appropriated, but they indicate that scientific research and innovation are on the minds of many Members of Congress.
America COMPETES Act
AAS Informational Email 2007-09
May 4, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
I wrote to you just before the Seattle meeting that we were reconsidering the publishers of our journals, the Astrophysical Journal the main Journal, the Letters, and the Supplements and the Astronomical Journal. We have since had a short, intense, and very professional process to issue a Request for Proposals to publish our Journals, to evaluate the proposals, and to select a vendor.