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Demographics Committee

History: Established 2010.

Members:

Chair:

Charge: Determine what demographic data are useful to collect and maintain about the AAS membership and prepare analysis and reports to Council on such data as necessary. The committee will help develop their strategy in consultation with the AAS Membership Manager; the first step is to review what demographic data already exists in the AAS membership database and its completeness.

Membership Committee

History: Established January, 1982.

Members: Chair with three other members appointed by the President.

Term: One year, June to June, from the close of one Annual Members' Meeting to the close of the next Annual Members' Meeting.

Chair: AAS Executive Officer.

Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy

History: Established as Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy; merged with Committee on Communications to become Committee on Public Policy (June, 1982, 160th Meeting); present name adopted at 161st Meeting, Jan. 1983; committee reactivated (165th Meeting).

Members: Appointed by the AAS President with consent of the Council Council Liaisons appointed by President, with approval of the Council; they serve ex-Officio.

Budget Committee

History: Established January, 1982.

Members: In addition to the Chair, three other members appointed by the President.

Term: One year, June to June, from the close of one Annual Members' Meeting to the close of the next Annual Members' Meeting.

Members rotate, with one term expiring each June.

Chair: AAS Treasurer.

Appointments Committee

History: Established January, 1982.

Members: Three members appointed by President, serve at the President's pleasure.

Term: One year, June to June, from the close of one Annual Members' Meeting to the close of the next Annual Members' Meeting.

Chair: AAS Secretary.

Charge: Prior to each Council meeting, this committee will prepare for Council approval a slate of nominees for the various committee vacancies that are to be filled.

Planned Giving

While the Society is very dependent on its membership dues, it also benefits, as other similar organizations do, from the generosity of its members. That generosity takes many forms, including annual contributions and gifts of many kinds.

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Monthly Job Register

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