Subject: [DPS Members] DPS Mailing #08-10: 2008 DPS Election, continued... Issue 08-10, June 20th 2008 +-----------------------------CONTENTS--------------------------------+ 1) 2008 DPS Election: A message from the chair 2) 2008 DPS Election: More voting details 3) HiRISE special issue of Icarus +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 2008 DPS ELECTION: A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Make History: Your Vote Needed For Record Turnout We are at an historic moment in science, where the DPS proposes to formally recognize the naissance of the scientific study of extra-solar planets. As part of the current DPS elections, the DPS proposes to expand its "Purpose" beyond our solar system to include "other planetary systems." Go to http://www.aas.org/vote/ to cast your vote. An emphatic endorsement by a record number of DPS voters will send ripples throughout the field and into history. Your vote can recognize the scientific potential and future for this new field and inclusively welcome its practitioners within the DPS. I urge each and every DPS member to cast your vote in the current elections. Rick Binzel, Chair 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 2008 DPS ELECTION: MORE VOTING DETAILS Polls will close at the end of the day on Monday June 30th. So far 116 people, or 9% of the electorate, have voted. In case you missed the candidate statements and other details from last week's mailing, you can find them on the DPS e-news archive at http://dps.aas.org/mail_archive/dpsm.08-09.html Voting is via a Web form only, at http://www.aas.org/vote/ You will need your AAS membership number and password in order to vote- there is the option to reset your password if necessary. You can look up your membership number via https://members.aas.org/source/security/AccountLoginAndSearch.cfm If you still have trouble, contact the AAS office at [email protected], 202-328-2010. Contact me (John Spencer, [email protected], 303-546-9674) if you're really stuck. I can cast your vote for you if you can't access the electronic site. 3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3 HIRISE SPECIAL ISSUE OF ICARUS A special issue of Icarus is planned, to highlight the results of analyses of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE images. The deadline for submission of manuscripts is September 2, 2008, with online publication planned for spring 2009 and print publication in fall 2009. Information regarding submission of manuscripts to Icarus may be found at: http://icarus.cornell.edu/information/authors.html Questions and indication of interest regarding contributions to the HiRISE special issue should be addressed to the guest editors, Laz Keszthelyi and Ken Herkenhoff: [email protected] [email protected] +---------------------------------------------------------------------+