From asa.ideastronomy at gmail.com Mon Oct 4 14:34:13 2021 From: asa.ideastronomy at gmail.com (asa idea) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 11:34:13 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Call for Nominations: IDEA Chapter Steering Committee Message-ID: Dear ASA Members, The Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) Chapter of the ASA ( asa-idea.org) aims to promote and assist the career development of underrepresented groups working in astronomy in Australia, raise awareness of issues faced by these groups and undertake to establish best practice guidelines for supporting the inclusion of these groups in our community. The IDEA Chapter has been active for over a decade (initially as the Women in Astronomy Chapter) and has driven activities that have been beneficial to the diversity of people working in astronomy. ASA members are welcome to join the Chapter by registering at the ASA?s membership site ( https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/jvrjCANpgjCNp2B7RCG7end?domain=asa.wildapricot.org - click on the CHAPTERS tab to do this). The IDEA Chapter is run by a steering committee that plays a leading role in devising and implementing initiatives to fulfil the Chapter?s goals. The nominal composition of the committee with filled and open positions indicated is as follows: - Chair: Katie Jameson (female, Level A/B, CSIRO), term ending in 2022 - Deputy Chair: Devika Kamath (female, Level C, Macquarie), term ending in 2022 - ASA Council representative: Michael Brown (male, Level D, Monash), term ending in 2022 - General Committee Member: Dan Zucker (male, Level D, Macquarie), term ending in 2022 - Secretary/Webmaster: OPEN - ASA ECR Chapter representative: OPEN - Student representative: OPEN - 2-3 general committee members: OPEN We aim to have a diverse steering committee with broad representation of Australian astronomy organisations, seniority, gender identities, and lived experience. The terms for new regular members will be two years, while the student representative will be one year. Keeping this in mind, we seek nominations for the following OPEN positions : Secretary/Webmaster: We are seeking nominations from any academic level to help with budgeting and updating the website (does not require experience with website development). ASA ECR Chapter representative: We are seeking nominations from level A or level B academics. Student representative: We encourage nominations from the entire student community 2-3 general committee members: We are seeking nominations from level C and E academics with the need for at least one Level C, and one Level E. Senior members bring a unique, critical perspective that is needed to effectively promote equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout the Australian astronomy community. If you know someone at these levels you think would be good, please encourage them to nominate themselves. *What will being a member of the IDEA Chapter steering committee entail?* We expect each steering committee member to attend monthly hour-long meetings and be able to devote ~5 hours/month to IDEA Chapter work. We plan for the IDEA Chapter Steering Committee to regularly meet with representatives from the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) committees from all Australian astronomical organisations. *2022 - 2023 IDEA Chapter Plan* - 2022: the steering committee?s focus will be on overseeing the organisation of a workshop (mid-2022), creating documentation on best practices, updating demographic statistics, reviewing the Pleiades Awards criteria and documentation, and holding the 2022 IDEA Chapter Townhall and Rainbow Dinner(s) at the ASA ASM 2022. - From August 2022 to March 2023: the steering committee will focus on organising and holding the 2023 Pleiades Awards and the committee members should anticipate a heavier workload with the review of award applications. *We are now inviting nominations for the 4-5 open positions, with a deadline of Monday, 1 November 2021.* Given the representation of the sitting steering committee members, we highly encourage nominations of people at Level E (or equivalent). If there are more nominations than positions (taking the above diversity considerations in account) we will then ask the chapter members to vote online in due course. The nomination / election schedule is: - deadline for nominations: 1 Nov 2021 - election period (if required): 8 Nov ? 22 Nov 2021 - results announced, and new positions commence: 1 Dec 2021 *Please email your nomination to the ASA Officer for this election (Debra Gooley: debra.gooley at sydney.edu.au **). *Each nomination must 1) indicate the position you are seeking and 2) include a brief paragraph summarising your interest in the position and how you envisage contributing to the broad goals of the Chapter. Please note that this information will be made available to voters in the event of an election. Best regards, Katie Jameson (Chair) *The IDEA Chapter Steering Committee* asa-idea.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On the afternoon of 8 November and morning of 9 November, the ATUC meet in a Closed Session, during which a report to the ATNF Director is drafted. If you, as a user (or potential user) of the ATNF, are aware of any issues that need to be raised at the next ATUC meeting, or would like to offer praise or feedback on ATNF activities, please contact any member of ATUC over the next few weeks. Information on ATUC and how to contact its members can be found on the ATUC web page[2]. With kind regards Vince McIntyre ATUC Secretary [1] https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wTQ2CzvkyVCMW37lvi4CSFV?domain=events.csiro.au [2] https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/RlJdCANpgjCNpg8yMC8L4me?domain=atnf.csiro.au From gpoole at swin.edu.au Wed Oct 6 10:23:30 2021 From: gpoole at swin.edu.au (Gregory Poole) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 23:23:30 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: Call for Expressions of Interest - ADACS Merit Allocation Program, 2022A Semester - Deadline this Friday References: <78474aa4-4871-4240-b142-d4d0ccbd19d7@Spark> Message-ID: Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Merit Allocation Program ** including guaranteed time for ESO, Optical/IR and Gravitational Wave projects ** Call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) - 2022A Semester EoI Deadline: Friday 8th October, 2021 @ 8pm AEST Expressions of interest are being accepted for the next semester of the ADACS Merit Allocation Program. Those who could benefit - either from training or the development effort of software professionals - are encouraged to submit a simple one-page document expressing their project idea. ADACS staff will then follow-up with applicants to organise a discussion with a goal of organising a final application, due in early November. Note: all applicants must participate in the EoI process in order for a final submission to be accepted. Please visit this link for specific EoI instructions and for more details about the program This semester, time in this program is guaranteed for: * ESO & Optical/IR projects via resources allocated by the Optical Data Centre (ODC); and * gravitational wave projects via resources allocated by the Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC). We particularly encourage applicants with projects relevant to these communities to apply. 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The MWA is a culturally diverse collaboration and the Board strongly encourages applications from minorities and women. Expressions of Interest and a brief CV outlining relevant experience, should be sent to the current Chair, Stuart Wyithe (swyithe at unimelb.edu.au) by November 10, 2021. Details of this role may be found below. Questions regarding any aspect of the role may also be directed to the current Board Chair. Best regards, Stuart (MWA Board Chair) The Murchison Widefield Array The MWA is a low-frequency radio telescope operating between 70 and 300 MHz. It is located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, about 350km northeast of Geraldton, Western Australia. The MWA is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The instrument is operated by a consortium currently composed of 21 institutions from Australia, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand and the United States, led by Curtin University in Australia. 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