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<div>Ahead of the AGM, please find attached the President’s Report, giving an overview of the past 12 months of ASA-related activity.</div>
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<div>I am also delighted to circulate an overview of the 2025 ASA Membership Survey, compiled by Immediate Past President, Professor Stan Shabala. This report provides a first look at the invaluable insights from the survey, and will be used to guide ASA priorities
and strategic initiatives in the coming year and beyond. Special thanks go to previous Immediate Past President, John Lattanzio, who was instrumental in getting the survey built and deployed to the community. And thanks to the many ASA members (264!) who took
the time to contribute to this significant survey.<br>
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<b>Professor Richard McDermid</b><br>
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Director, Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO)</div>
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Director, Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre</div>
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President, Astronomical Society of Australia<br>
Macquarie University,<br>
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<i>I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Macquarie University Land, the Wallumattagal people of the Dharug nation, whose cultures and customs have nurtured, and continue to nurture, this land since the Dreamtime.</i><br>
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