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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 74 April 2004
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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. Greece to join ESA by next year
3. Forthcoming Elections of HelAS
4. Final list of candidates for the G.C. of HelAS
5. Members in new positions
6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
7. About this newsletter.
1. SHORT NEWS
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The proceedings of the 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference which
took place in September 2003 in Penteli, Athens are now in press.
Their electronic version is available as a PDF file from:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
2. GREECE TO JOIN ESA BY NEXT YEAR
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In the course of its meeting in Kiruna (Sweden) on 24 and 25 March,
the ESA Council unanimously approved the application of the Hellenic
Republic of last October to join ESA. Greece is expected to become
full member of the Agency by December 1st, 2005, after the national
approval procedures have been completed. The official announcement
can be found at:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/Pr_17_2004_p_EN.html
Greece has been granted observer status to attend meetings of ESA’s
Council and all its subordinate bodies, to enable it to familiarise
itself with the Agency’s procedures and working practices.
Greece became a preliminary member of ESA on January 17, 2001,
after a common agreement was signed by the General Director of ESA
and the Greek Minister of Development. The agreement anticipated a
collaboration between the two parties on a number of technological
issues (e.g. remote sensing, telecommunication, space technology,
etc).
ESA membership will allow Greek astronomers to submit proposals in the
framework of ESA science projects, on equal terms with colleagues from
the other ESA member countries. This is indeed good news for Greek space
research and astronomy in general and all efforts to achieve it should
be greatly appreciated. During the last years, the Greek National
Committee for Astronomy (GNCA) has actively pursued this target.
This was also one of the strong recommendations of the Astronomy in Greece
in the 21st Century, a report chaired by Y. Terzian in which several Greek
astronomers worked on and issued a few years ago.
3. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S
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Please note the following related to the forthcoming elections of our
Society. Last week, the Council distributed the ballots along with
instructions on the voting procedures, agenda times, financial account
together with a summary of what has been accomplished during the term
of the present G.C. (Check your mailboxes...)
The ballots of members who would like to vote by ordinary mail must have
been received by the Secretary of Hel.A.S. by June 20, 2004.
June 21st, 2004, is the day of the General Assembly of Hel.A.S. at 1.30 pm
in the conference Hall of the Section of Astrophysics Astronomy and
Mechanics of the University of Athens, located in Panepistimioulis (Zografos).
According to article 32 of the constitution of Hel.A.S., a member must have
payed his/her annual membership fees in order to be eligible to vote.
All members are strongly encouraged to attend the General Assembly.
Members who will not be able to be in Athens on June 21st can still
vote by ordinary mail. Note, however, that the ballots must reach the
Secretary, Prof. Kanaris Tsinganos, before June 20th, 2004.
4. FINAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GC of HELAS
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The following HelAS members have been nominated and accepted to be
candidates for the next GC of HelAS. Please note that Dr Mary Kontiza
informed us today (April 5) that she does not wish to be among the
candidates. In the ballotts however, as explained, Dr M. Kontiza's
name appears because at the time they were mailed, Dr. Kontiza had not
reached her decision yet. Please take this into account when voting.
- Candidate for President:
o Laskarides Pavlos
Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
- Candidates for the Governing Council:
o Tsinganos Kanaris
Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Daglis Ioannis
Position: Research Director, National Observatory of Athens
o Dara, Eleni
Position: Research Director, Research Center for Astronomy and Applied
Mathematics, Academy of Athens
o Geroyannis, Vassilis
Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras
o Kokkotas Konstantinos
Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki
o Moussas Xenophon
Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Hatzidimitriou Despoina
Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete
o Theodossiou Efstratios
Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Georgantopoulos Ioannis
Position: Senior Researcher, National Observatory of Athens
- Candidates for Auditors:
o Mavromichalaki, Eleni
Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Danezis Manos
Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Stergioulas Nikolaos
Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki
o Grammenos Theofanis
Position: P.D. 407 Professor, University of Thessaly
o Manimanis Vassilios
Position: Researcher, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Xilouris Manolis
Position: Assistant Researcher, National Observatory of Athens
5. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Dr. Thanassis Katsiyannis recently moved from a Leverhulm Trust
postdoctoral fellowship at Queen's University Belfast, (UK) to a
research astronomer position in the Royal Observatory of Belgium, in
Brussels (B).
6. 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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''The Environments of Galaxies:from Kiloparsecs to Megaparsecs"
Chania, Crete 9-13 August 2004
More information at:
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/conferences/crete2004/
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7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 228, out of the 253, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around May 1st
2004. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before April 25, 2004. All correspondence concerning the
Newsletter should be addressed to:
elaset@astro.auth.gr and tsingan@phys.uoa.gr
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
let us know.
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