From andrew.walsh at curtin.edu.au Tue Oct 6 17:14:09 2015 From: andrew.walsh at curtin.edu.au (Andrew Walsh) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 14:14:09 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: SKA Band 5+ White Paper In-Reply-To: <5612271C.8070407@curtin.edu.au> References: <5612271C.8070407@curtin.edu.au> Message-ID: <561366B1.4080704@curtin.edu.au> I recently sent round the below email to the SKA working group on "Our Galaxy" - we are trying to make a scientific case for extending SKA1-MID band 5 to 5+, which is the frequency range of approx. 14-24GHz. If you are interested in SKA science in this range (not just Galactic), please see below for more details and please contact me at: andrew.walsh at curtin.edu.au Later. Andrew xxx -------- Forwarded Message -------- Hi everyone, I would like to put together a White Paper on the scientific case for extending SKA-1 Band 5 from the current highest frequency of 13.8GHz up to 24GHz. I have been encouraged to do this by people within the SKA so that it might inform the designers about the sort of great science we can do in this frequency range so maybe they will consider the upgrade. The White Paper needs to be written on a timescale that matches when the Band 5+ group will meet on this, which I believe means we need to have everything done and dusted by the 21st of October (2 and a bit weeks away). What we need in the document is names of people who support this work, as well as people to contribute their own science case to the document. So... 1. If you are supportive of Band 5+ receivers on SKA-1 and wish to be listed on this White Paper, please email (directly to me only) your name and affiliation. 2. If you wish to contribute (typically a couple of paragraphs) to the science case, please either send me these paragraphs by the end of this week (9th of October) OR send me a promise that you will be able to send me something early next week on a specific science topic. I intend to write something for both Galactic ammonia and water masers. Early next week, I will collate everything and send round an early draft, with the intention of addressing any final concerns before sending the White Paper off to astro-ph and to the SKA by the following week (19th October). Of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly - andrew.walsh at curtin.edu.au Later. Andrew xxx From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Wed Oct 7 09:14:33 2015 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 09:14:33 +1100 Subject: [ASA] IAU scam email Message-ID: <75A00896-00CA-447E-A0FF-6225C503C775@sydney.edu.au> To ASA members, Please be aware that there is a scam going around in which you receive an email, purportedly from an officer of the IAU, pointing out another astronomer with visa issues and needing financial assistance. That is probably enough warning for you, but you may then receive a phone call from an immigration official asking if you know the person with quite a low key inducement to assist. It all sounds plausible - but it is a scam. Apparently many IAU members have received this approach in the recent days and the same people targeted other Scientific Unions in the past. 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We believe PASA is the first Astronomy journal to offer this, and we particularly encourage keen ASA members to trial this option (instructions on how to do so are on the submission page). Our vision is to build PASA into an efficient, innovative and high-impact journal. We have worked hard to maintain an average turnaround time of 23 days between submission and first report over the last 12 months. We are particularly keen to attract supplement-style papers such as code and catalog papers, particularly given the demise of traditional ?supplement? journals. Our goal for 2016 is to develop some exciting new features (like data curation) to make PASA the natural home for these kinds of papers. Let PASA be your supplement! Yours faithfully, Daniel Price Editor-in-Chief, PASA ?? Top 10 things you didn?t know about PASA ?? 1) PASA now returns a financial benefit to the ASA. Publishing in PASA directly benefits your society. 2) PASA publishes the ?Dawes reviews?, our signature review series on topics in Astronomy 3) There are no page charges for publication in PASA, and a select number of articles each year can be made open access at the discretion of the Editorial Board 4) All PASA articles become open access after a two year proprietary period 5) PASA publishes not only regular papers, but also specialises in supplement-style papers describing software or catalogues as well as educational articles and topical reviews 6) Readers can comment on all published articles via the journal homepage 7) We regularly commission special issues consisting of shorter review articles on a particular theme or topic. 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