Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 24 - Φεβρουάριος 2000

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                     HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                         ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER
            NUMBER 24                               February 2000
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 E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr        WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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 TOPICS:
 
 1. Short News
 2. Hel.A.S. forthcoming elections
 3. Hel.A.S. prize for best Ph.D. in 1999
 4. Travel assistance for JENAM-2000
 5. Job Openings
 6. New Appointments
 7. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
 8. About this newsletter...
 
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 1. SHORT NEWS
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 - With this issue, our Electronic Newsletter becomes two years old! Cheers!
 Every month, since February 1998, the editors have been communicating to
 our members the activities, news and announcements of interest that came
 to their attention. Please, do send us your announcements, news, comments
 and suggestions. The E-Newsletter will distribute them as soon as possible.

 - The phone/fax numbers of more than fourty members of the Society
 listed in our onlined directory have been updated. Several members had
 provided their latest coordinates during the last meeting of Hel.A.S. 
 in Samos. We take this opportunity to request once more that all members 
 check their online record in the web pages of Hel.A.S., in order to
 verify whether the information listed there is correct. If you spot any
 errors please  contact the Secretary (varvogli@astro.auth.gr).

 - The latest issue of Hipparchos newsletter has been sent to all 
 members. Check your mailboxes!  For a sneak preview you may download it
 as a postscript file from the web site of Hel.A.S.

 - Due to poor and regretable communication with the Publisher of the
 latest issue of Hipparchos (Vol. 1, 7, Dec., 1999), in the article
 about the "New Site for the 2.3m telescope of NOA", it is mentioned that
 "(the new telescope)... will be installed in a new, HOPEFULLY, much better
 site than Kryonerion". From the remainder of the article, it becomes obvious
 that the site is not "HOPEFULLY" a much better site, but IT IS a much
 better site, with an average seeing during the winter months of 0.7
 arcseconds. We are all looking forward to using the new telescope.


 2. Hel.A.S. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
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  Please note the following deadlines for the forthcoming elections of our
 Society. Further deadlines will be announced as the June 2000 elections
 are approaching. 

     - February 29, 2000: Last day for nominations of candidates by the
       Ordinary members of the Society. The Nomination Forms will be 
       mailed to all Ordinary members by January 31 and posted on the web
       pages of the Society
     - April 10, 2000: The Council distributes the ballots to all
       Ordinary and Junior members


 3. HEL.A.S. PRIZE FOR THE BEST PH.D. IN 1999
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   Members of the Hel.A.S. and other colleagues (Ph.D. supervisors in
 particular) are encouraged to bring to the attention of the Council
 potential candidates for the "Best Ph.D. in Astronomy" prize. The prize
 will be awarded to an active junior member of the Society, who has
 successfuly defended his/her Ph.D. thesis during 1999. The prize is 
 accompanied by the sum of 120.000 drx. The recipient will be selected by
 the Council.  Please note that this is an award. It is not a scholarship.
 Therefore no "application" is involved. For more information please
 contact the Secretary of Hel.A.S., Dr. H. Varvoglis (varvogli@astro.auth.gr).


 4. TRAVEL ASSISTANCE FOR JENAM-2000
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 -  Active members of Hel.A.S., with no financial obligations, can apply
   for financial assistance to attend this year's meeting of the European 
   Astronomical Society in Moscow (JENAM-2000). We anticipate that a
   small number of grants (about 10) will be offered to members who will
   be presenting their work during the Meeting. The amount will be of the
   order of 30000.- to 40000.- GDR. For further information please contact
   the Secretary of the Society, Dr. H. Varvoglis (varvogli@astro.auth.gr).


 5. JOB OPENINGS
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 -  INTERSECURE Logic Ltd is seeking to employ two ADA programmers 
  (one junior* and one senior**) in Brussels/Belgium. The ideal 
  candidates would also have some experience in C++ and HP-Unix systems. 
  The assignment has initial contract duration of one year but it is 
  renewable and can  become a permanent port.

    *Junior is a person with 6 months ADA experience.
   **Senior is a person with 2 years ADA experience + 2 years other
     development experience.

   For more information you may contact:

   INTERSECURE LOGIC LTD	e-maiL: ISLOGIC@ATTGLOBAL.NET
   PO Box 197 BXL 4		phone:	+32-2-6404319
   1040 Brussels		fax:	+32-2-6441784
   Belgium

  
 6. NEW APPOINTMENTS
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    Dr Nektarios Vlahakis has been recently offered the prestigious
  Fermi/McCormick postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago,
  USA, where he will be moving this coming summer. The award competition,
  which was open to all branches of Physics from electron microscopy 
  to string theory, astrophysics and cosmology, carries a compensation 
  of $50k/annum.
    Dr Vlahakis completed his PhD studies on analytical modeling of
  cosmic winds and jets at the Univ. of Crete in Heraklion, under the
  supervision of Prof. K. Tsinganos. His name had been proposed for last
  year's "Best Ph.D. Award" but eventually was not considered, as he was
  not a member of the Society at that time.


 7. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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  The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
 months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
 organizers by e-mail for more information.

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                    NATO Advanced Study Institute on  
               "Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards"
                   Hersonissos, Crete, June 19-29, 2000
 
	     http://sat2.space.noa.gr/~daglis/asi2000.html
			        or contact
             Dr. Yannis Daglis (daglis@creator.space.noa.gr)

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 8. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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  This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members,
 who can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis 
 Charmandaris.
 
  The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around March 
 1st 2000. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, 
 new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or 
 comments before February 25, 2000. All correspondence concerning this 
 Newsletter should be addressed to:
 
                        elaset@astro.auth.gr
 
  If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
 e-mail address to which this Newsletter was sent is not your preferred
 one, please let us know.

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