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Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The latest issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science policy that may be of interest to our members.

The science community is invited to make comments on the draft solicitation for the next generation of instruments for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Deadline: 12 January.

The AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy is proud to announce the new People of Color in Astronomy Listing for finding colloquium speakers, job candidates, and peer mentors.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

The AAS Executive Office seeks more members to judge posters for the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards at the 231st AAS meeting in January. Can you help?

Are you interested in detecting gravitational waves from space? Join us in Chicago, Illinois, 8-13 July for the 12th International LISA Symposium, and register by 24 January to get the early rate!

Astronomy thrives, thanks to you and your support. Please consider the AAS when making your end-of-year contributions.

The AAS and our journals partner, the Institute of Physics Publishing, are pleased to announce an improved system for handling article publication charges for our journals.

The Society's membership renewal campaign is in its final days, and author discounts for papers in the AAS journals slip away starting 1 January 2018!

The AAS election of Officers and At-Large Trustees for terms beginning in 2018 is now under way. The best way to ensure that your voice is heard is to vote! Deadline: 31 January 2018.

The SMA is now accepting Notices of Intent to propose Large Scale Projects for the 2018A semester, which runs from 16 May to 15 November 2018. Notices are due 15 January, full proposals 20 February.

Nominations now are being accepted from US citizens and organizations for membership on an advisory group that will share its perspectives, interests, and expertise with the government.

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory invites you to register and attend the Decadal Survey Community Planning Workshop, 20-21 February 2018, in Tucson, Arizona.

The Astrophysics Source Code Library has compiled a list of astro-focused software events being held at next month's AAS meeting near Washington, DC: rich offerings for the computational astronomer!