RAS E-CIRCULAR, 2014 MAY
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* Future Meetings
* Call for articles for A&G
* Friends of the RAS
* Notes for Fellows
* RAS Jobs List
* Member Benefits
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RAS MEETINGS 2013-14
The RAS Ordinary and Specialist Discussion meeting programme for 2013-14 can be viewed on the Society's website at:
http://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings
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The 194th Annual General Meeting of the RAS will be held in the Lecture Theatre of the Geological Society on Friday 9 May at 16:00. Full details are available on the Society's website at:
http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/254-news-2014/2435-elections-and-agm
The AGM will be followed, from 17:00, by the Ordinary Meeting which will feature two special talks as follows:
Dr Stephen Feeney (Imperial College London)
"BICEP2's B-mode detection: have we seen (or jumped) the smoking gun of inflation?
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The two Specialist Discussion meetings on Friday 9 May will be on:
held in the Geological Society Lecture Theatre (starting at 10:30).
and
held in the Royal Astronomical Society Lecture Theatre (starting at 10:30).
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http://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/public-lectures
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NAM 2014 (www.nam2014.org)
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JOINT GSL/RAS FERMOR MEETING ON COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY, 19-20 MAY 2014
RAS members are welcome to attend a 2-day conference jointly held by the RAS and the Geological Society on May 19/20 2014, at Burlington House. This meeting is planned to bring together scientists who are studying aspects of planetary science on terrestrial planets in the inner solar system. Presentations will fall under three broad themes: Planetary crusts and interiors, planetary surfaces and surface processes (including volcanism, tectonic activity, sedimentation, and impact cratering), and planetary climates and atmospheres. Links between the three themes will be investigated, to develop ideas of exchange between the interior, exterior and atmosphere of planetary-scale bodies.
The target audience is researchers currently active in planetary geology, including early career scientists in both the RAS and GSL communities. We have 6 keynote speakers (NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan ; David Mittlefehldt (NASA JSC); Sanjeev Gupta (Imperial College); Nick Tosca (St Andrews); Mary Bourke (Dublin); David Catling (Washington Seattle).
The weblink for the meeting is http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/fermor14
Registration details:
GSL fellows and RAS members: £100
Non fellows: £150
Students: £50
Retired: £55
People can register either online or by downloading the PDF registration form from the 'Downloads box' on the webpage, and sending a completed copy to[log in to unmask]
RAS members need to select the 'Other Societies' option for registering online.
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6th Alfvén conference: Plasma interactions with solar system objects: anticipating Rosetta, Maven and Mars Orbiter Mission
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CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS
Have you considered writing an article about your work for the Society's magazine, Astronomy and Geophysics?
The Editor is looking for news items and topical review papers, communicating advances in your field to the many interested fellows working in related areas within the RAS sciences. If you wish to write a review paper, the Editor is looking for up to 6000 words plus figures and images, discussing an aspect of science within the RAS remit. A&G does not publish original research, but rather authors should refer to key publications in the peer reviewed literature. Although a serious scientific core to articles is expected, the Editor also likes papers that engage and intrigue, as well as inform, the reader.
If you are interested in writing for A&G, please do not hesitate to contact the Editor, Dr Sue Bowler, at [log in to unmask], or simply submit your manuscript at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/astrogeo
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The RAS Jobs List service provides email alerts for new posts for jobseekers, together with an online archive of previous mailings. For advertisers, it provides a free, moderated distribution service. Anyone can post or subscribe to the list. For further information visit:
http://www.ras.org.uk/education-and-careers/208-miscellaneous/221-jobslist
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FRIENDS OF THE RAS
If you know someone interested in astronomy who enjoys attending popular lectures and social events why not tell them about the 'Friends of the RAS'? See http://friends.ras.org.uk/
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NOTES FOR FELLOWS
You can now look at minutes of RAS Council meetings http://www.ras.org.uk/about-the-ras/council
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MEMBER BENEFITS
A reminder that RAS Fellows are eligible for discounts on a range of books, attractions, and journals (including free access to on-line editions of all RAS journals).
Of course, RAS Fellows also enjoy free admission to all Specialist Discussion meetings. In addition they have the use, subject to availability, of the new 100-seater lecture theatre and the 30-seater Council room in the RAS’s refurbished Burlington House premises, as well as a superb, and comfortable, fellows room (especially useful as a London base for out-of-town members).
There is a continuing special offer whereby full-time (and some part-time)students studying astronomy, geophysics, or a related subject may join the Society for a first year's contribution of only £1 when they agree to pay by direct debit or by continuous credit-card payment. (There are no age restrictions)
If you're university-based and need someone to sign your RAS
membership application, or to provide other information, your first port of call should be your local Point of Contact (PoC)
http://www.ras.org.uk/membership/join
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Professor I. A. Crawford
RAS Senior Secretary
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Birkbeck College London