Issue 17-30, July 23, 2017
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- NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL SCIENCE COMMITTEE MEETING 24-25 JULY 2017
- REMINDER: DPS ABSTRACTS DUE 9:00 PM EDT 26 JULY 2017
- DPS ABSTRACTS – REMEMBER BONUS EDUCATION ABSTRACTS – SPECIAL CALL TO DISCUSS ECLIPSE EVENTS
- REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE IN THE 2017 DPS ELECTION
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NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL SCIENCE COMMITTEE MEETING 24-25 JULY 2017
NASA’s Advisory Council Science Committee will hold a public meeting on
Monday 24 July 2017 with many topics on the agenda of interest to planetary
science, including Cassini’s Grand Finale, R&A, New Horizons 2014 MU69
Occultations, and NASA Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse.
The full agenda can be found here:
Dial-In (audio): Dial the USA toll-free conference call number 1–888–592–9603
or toll number 1–312–470–7407
and then enter the numeric participant passcode: 5588797.
You must use a touch-tone phone to participate in this meeting.
WebEx (view presentations online):
The web link is https://nasa.webex.com, the meeting number is 991 826 993,
and the password is SC@July2017 (case sensitive).
NASA’s Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) and
Science Committees will hold a joint public meeting on Tuesday 25 July 2017.
Dial-In (audio): Dial the USA toll-free conference call number 1–888–324–9238
or toll number 1–517–308–9132
and then enter the numeric participant passcode: 3403297.
You must use a touch-tone phone to participate in this meeting.
WebEx (view presentations online):
The web link is https://nasa.webex.com, the meeting number is 991 050 585,
and the password is Exploration@2017 (case sensitive).
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REMINDER: DPS ABSTRACTS DUE 9:00 PM EDT 26 JULY 2017
https://aas.org/meetings/dps49/abstracts
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DPS ABSTRACTS – REMEMBER BONUS EDUCATION ABSTRACTS –
SPECIAL CALL TO DISCUSS ECLIPSE EVENTS
Regular DPS abstracts are due on July 26, 2017. We want to remind all members
that in addition to your regular contributed abstract,everyone can submit an additional
education abstract. To celebrate the “Great American Eclipse”, we are soliciting
contributions that describe your special education and outreach events for the
August eclipse, including large public events, special online events, and other
outreach activities.
Sanlyn Buxner and Bonnie Meinke
DPS Education Subcommittee
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REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE IN THE 2017 DPS ELECTION
The 2017 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will
close on July 31st 2017.
Please remember to vote!
Go to https://aas.org/vote/
You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership
number), and your password.
If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your
behalf (send an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email
confirmation and a separate manual email, both with who you voted for and a
confirmation number.
You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice-Chair:
o Reggie Hudson, Goddard Space Flight Center
o Linda Spilker, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The elected Vice-Chair will take his/her functions in October 2017 and will
become the DPS Chair in October 2018.
You should also vote for two of the five candidates for DPS Committee:
o Michele Bannister, Queens University, Belfast
o Terry Hurford, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
o David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center
o Michael “Migo” Mueller, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Netherlands
o Padma Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute
The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after
October 2017.
The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked
from the main election page,
It is very important for all DPS Members to participate to these elections, so
please take a moment to vote!
Thank you!
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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected])
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