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<font color="#404040"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear all</span></font><font color="#404040"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">,</span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">You are invited to apply for individual or junior membership of the IAU. The IAU is now accepting membership applications on a yearly basis (previously new members were only accepted in the year preceding a general assembly). </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The application forms and definition of membership categories are as follows:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Individual Member:</b></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 11pt;">Professional scientists whose research is directly relevant to some branch of astronomy are eligible to apply as</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box">Individual
Members</strong></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 11pt;">. Individual Members are, normally, admitted by the</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Z2kFC5QPXJi5WA7oIz2eSw?domain=iau.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Executive
Committee</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 11pt;">on the proposal of a National Member.</span><br>
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<li><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">Please fill out the</span><span style="margin: 0px"><b><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Individual Membership</b></span><span style="margin: 0px"><b><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">application
form at </span><span style="margin: 0px"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/oAr4C6XQ4LfjGXvEs6uiiB?domain=iau.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.iau.org/submissions/membershipapplication/iqscbtvd1rmk/</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> .</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Junior Member:</b></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 11pt;">Junior scientists who have completed their PhD studies between 2014 and 2019 and who are in the initial phase of the career of a professional researcher in some branch of astronomy
or a related field may be admitted to the Union by the</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Z2kFC5QPXJi5WA7oIz2eSw?domain=iau.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Executive
Committee</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box">Junior
Members</strong></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 11pt;">, for a period not exceeding 6 years.</span></div>
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Membership</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64)"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">application
form at </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64)"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Jh-0C71R2NT4WLKvIBTZ8c?domain=iau.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.iau.org/submissions/juniormembershipapplication/iqscbtvd1rmk/</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">. </span></li><div style="margin: 0px"></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>The deadline for applications is</b></span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><u>30 November 2020</u></b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>,
and the NCA will review all applications for approval at their meeting in early December. </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Outcomes will be confirmed by the IAU in 2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Many thanks,</span></p>
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