JANUARY 2016 - TOPICS

Short News Members' Directory Update Upcoming Elections of Hel.A.S. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

The GC wishes to all members of Hel.A.S. a Happy, Healthy and Productive NEW YEAR 2016! We would like to congratulate Dr. George Magdis, who recently moved from Oxford University (UK), to an Assistant Professor position at the Dark Cosmology Centre of the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark).

2. Members' Directory Update

We urge all members to check their listing in the Members' Directory in our web-site (www.helas.gr/members.php) and inform us of any changes that need to be made. In particular, please check that your mailing address is valid and inform the Secretary (secretary@helas.gr) if needed. Given the upcoming elections for the GC of Hel.A.S. at the end of this academic year, we need to make sure that the ballots will be posted to the correct address and reach you on time.

3. Upcoming Elections of Hel.A.S.

The Governing Council of Hel.A.S. will convene early January to fix the date for the next (34th) General Assembly (GA) of the Society, which should be around the end of June, 2016. During this GA, the new Governing Council of the Society for the 2016-2017 term will be elected. By the end of January 2016 all Members will have received by e-mail the official announcement regarding the elections. According to Article 29 of the Constitution, all ordinary members of the Society who have no outstanding membership fees may nominate themselves or other ordinary members for the Council. The nominations have to be returned to the Secretary of the Society by February 28th 2016. The call for nominations as well as the necessary forms will soon be available online at the "News & Events" section of the web pages of the Society. More information on the General Assembly and the elections will become available in following newsletters.

4. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece

The following meetings are scheduled to take place in Greece during 2016: Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths OAC, Kolymbari, Crete, 26-29 April, 2016 Astronomical Data Analysis 2016 Summer School Chania, 22-24 May, 2016 Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology Chania, 24-27 May, 2016 Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death Chania, Crete, 6-11 June, 2016 Hot spots in the XMM sky: Cosmology from X-ray to Radio Mykonos, 15-18 June, 2016 European Week of Astronomy and Space Science Athens, 4-8 July, 2016 2nd Hel.A.S. Summer School Athens, 11-15 July, 2016 17th NEB conference on “Recent Developments in Gravity” Mykonos, September 19-22, 2016

5. About this Newsletter

This Newsletter was sent to all members of Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access. The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around February 1st, 2016. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before January 26, 2016. If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please inform the Secretary of Hel.A.S.