From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Apr 14 15:42:54 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:42:54 +1000 Subject: [ASA] The new EPOC Steering Committee and Student Representative Election Message-ID: <7572A314-0462-4277-901A-4D4892545AD2@sydney.edu.au> Dear all, [ASA Student Members: please make sure you read all the way to item 4 for information on how to elect your Student Representative] 1. I would like to congratulate the newly elected members of the Education and Public Outreach Chapter?s Steering Committee: Robert Hollow (Chair), Julie Banfield, Amanda Bauer and Glen Mackie. They will join the on-going Steering Committee members: Andrew Jacob, Duane Hamacher and Jonathon Kocz. Michael Brown will move into the position of ASA Council Representative as part of his responsibilities as the ASA?s new Media and Outreach Coordinator. 2. I would like to thank those nominees who were unsuccessful this time, and would encourage them to consider nominating to join the Steering Committee in the future: Jacinta den Besten, Pete Wheeler, Krzysztof Bolejko and Jonathan Nally. 3. I would also like to thank the out-going Steering Committee members for their service to the Chapter: Helen Sim, Jonathan Nally, Courtney Jones (student representative) and John O'Byrne (Council representative). 4. Thank you to the five students who have nominated for the 1-year position of Student Representative. The nominees are: Shaila Akhter, Tui Britton, Donna Burton, Michael Cowley and Aina Musaeva. For more information on these five nominees, please see: http://asaepoc.wordpress.com/election/ The voting period for this position will run from 14 April until 5pm Friday 18 April (AEST). The results of the election will be announced as soon as possible thereafter. Only fully paid Student Members of the ASA are entitled to vote. To vote for your Student Representative, please use this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JD2HGFL 5. Finally, a thank you to all of the Steering Committee members who have assisted with the transition from the old EPOCommittee to the growing and evolving EPOChapter. It has been a pleasure working with all of you. I will remain on the Steering Committee for one final year as the immediate past Chair. Thanks, Chris Fluke -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Apr 14 22:07:30 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:07:30 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Uncaught bounce notification Message-ID: <4F7C4C28-2891-4169-9768-38C4EB115DA6@sydney.edu.au> As previously announced (see below) there will be a Decadal Plan Town Hall meeting of Working Group 3.2 - Education, Training and Careers at ICRAR-Curtin on Tuesday, 15th April from 10am to 1pm (WA time) - i.e. 12 to 3pm (AEST). For those wishing to remotely join in the conversation tomorrow, please send an email to curtin.icrar at gmail.com with your gmail account details. We will make the meeting live through Google Hangout. Later. Andrew Walsh On 8/04/2014 2:43 pm, "Andrew Walsh" wrote: > > Hi all, > > This is to let you know that next week, there will be a Decadal Plan > Town Hall meeting of Working Group 3.2 - Education, Training and Careers. > > This will happen on Tuesday, 15th April from 10am to 1pm. > > The location is the Board and Seminar Rooms in Building 610 at > ICRAR-Curtin. We hope to make available video conferencing facilities. > Please let me know if you would like details for this. > > *Working Group 3.2 is concerned with Education, Outreach and Careers* - > key aspects of our science that engage a wide range of participants, > well beyond the professional astronomy community. We are seeking your > input to understand how best to promote astronomical education in > schools, in the public, and in training new generations of professional > astronomers. > > All are welcome to participate in this meeting. > > We will distribute more information prior to the meeting. For now, we > summarise below the recommendations made in the ?2006 ? 2015 Decadal > Plan for Australian Astronomy? and 2011' Mid-Term Review? and we would > like your feedback on whether you have seen these goals achieved or not > achieved. > > Professional astronomers need to work more closely with public > facilities (like planetaria, observatories, museums and science > discovery centre?s) and amateur groups to: > > 1. Assist with the delivery of programs that target school students > and teachers; > 2. Assist with the delivery of programs that target under-served > groups, such as those living in outer metropolitan, regional and > remote areas; Indigenous communities; people for whom English is > a second language; and people who are disabled or have limited > mobility; > 3. Raise awareness among young people of opportunities in science > and research; and > 4. Promote science and astronomy to a wider audience. > > What should our new goals be? > > We look forward to your input. > > *We would also welcome written feedback(submitted to amanda.bauer @ > aao.gov.au ), whether you attend a meeting or not.* > > Later. Andrew xxx > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jag.hr.garran at anu.edu.au Tue Apr 15 11:30:21 2014 From: jag.hr.garran at anu.edu.au (JAG, Human Resources - Garran Precinct) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:30:21 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Email Exploder Message-ID: <764fe0b97fdc45879d9417904aaff918@SIXPR06MB208.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi, Could you please place the below advert on the ASA Email Exploder? Kind Regards, Tim AGMT Project System Engineer - The Australian National University The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics' Giant Magellan Telescope project and research program requires a high-level engineering team to develop innovative state-of-the-art instrumentation for observing the distant Universe, as well as for helping support existing RSAA telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory. This position aims to provide specialist technical management skills in support of the program in the area of structured Systems Engineering as well providing supervision and mentoring of junior systems engineer personnel. The GMT Project System Engineer will be responsible for the specification, design, development and analysis of complex Astronomical Instruments together with lead engineers and scientists from the various disciplines. We require a minimum of 5 years' experience in Systems Engineering in large complex engineering or scientific projects coupled with a strong background in Astronomy or Optical Instrumentation and Project Management. This position is for a three year fixed term period at the ANU Senior Manager 1 level (AU$98,499 - AU$103,359pa). The ANU offers generous remuneration benefits, including up to 4 weeks paid vacation per year, significant assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 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