Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 74 - Απρίλιος 2004


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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 74                              April 2004

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  E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr      WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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  TOPICS:
  
  1. Short News
  2. Greece to join ESA by next year
  3. Forthcoming Elections of HelAS
  4. Final list of candidates for the G.C. of HelAS
  5. Members in new positions
  6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  7. About this newsletter.


 1. SHORT NEWS
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  The proceedings of the 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference which
 took place in September 2003 in Penteli, Athens are now in  press. 
 Their electronic version is available as a PDF file from:
	http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
 
 2. GREECE TO JOIN ESA BY NEXT YEAR
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  In the course of its meeting in Kiruna (Sweden) on 24 and 25 March, 
 the ESA Council unanimously approved the application of the Hellenic 
 Republic of last October to join ESA. Greece is expected to become 
 full member of the Agency by December 1st, 2005, after the national 
 approval procedures have been completed. The official announcement 
 can be found at:
        http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/Pr_17_2004_p_EN.html
 Greece has been granted observer status to attend meetings of ESA’s 
 Council and all its subordinate bodies, to enable it to familiarise 
 itself with the Agency’s procedures and working practices.

  Greece became a preliminary member of ESA on January 17, 2001, 
 after a common agreement was signed by the General Director of ESA 
 and the Greek Minister of Development. The agreement anticipated a 
 collaboration between the two parties on a number of technological 
 issues (e.g. remote sensing, telecommunication, space technology,  
 etc). 

 ESA membership will allow Greek astronomers to submit proposals in the 
 framework of ESA science projects, on equal terms with colleagues from 
 the other ESA member countries. This is indeed good news for Greek space 
 research and astronomy in general and all efforts to achieve it should 
 be greatly appreciated. During the last years, the Greek National 
 Committee for Astronomy (GNCA) has actively pursued this target. 
 This was also one of the strong recommendations of the Astronomy in Greece 
 in the 21st Century, a report chaired by Y. Terzian in which several Greek 
 astronomers worked on and issued a few years ago.

 3. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S
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   Please note the following related to the forthcoming elections of our 
 Society. Last week, the Council distributed the ballots along with 
 instructions on the voting procedures, agenda times, financial account 
 together with a summary of what has been accomplished during the term 
 of the present G.C. (Check your mailboxes...)
   The ballots of members who would like to vote by ordinary mail must have 
 been received by the Secretary of Hel.A.S. by June 20, 2004. 
   June 21st, 2004, is the day of the General Assembly of Hel.A.S. at 1.30 pm 
 in the conference Hall of the Section of Astrophysics Astronomy and 
 Mechanics of the University of Athens, located in Panepistimioulis (Zografos).
   According to article 32 of the constitution of Hel.A.S., a member must have 
 payed his/her annual membership fees in order to be eligible to vote.
   All members are strongly encouraged to attend the General Assembly.
 Members who will not be able to be in Athens on June 21st can still
 vote by ordinary mail. Note, however, that the ballots must reach the
 Secretary, Prof. Kanaris Tsinganos, before June 20th, 2004.

  4. FINAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GC of HELAS
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   The following HelAS members have been nominated and accepted to be 
 candidates for the next GC of HelAS. Please note that Dr Mary Kontiza 
 informed us today (April 5) that she does not wish to be among the 
 candidates. In the ballotts however, as explained,  Dr M. Kontiza's 
 name appears because at the time they were mailed, Dr. Kontiza had not 
 reached her decision yet. Please take this into account when voting.  

   - Candidate for President:

   o Laskarides Pavlos
     Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
     
   - Candidates for the Governing Council:

   o Tsinganos Kanaris
     Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
   o Daglis Ioannis
     Position: Research Director, National Observatory of Athens 
   o Dara, Eleni
     Position: Research Director, Research Center for Astronomy and Applied 
     Mathematics, Academy of Athens 
   o Geroyannis, Vassilis
     Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras
   o Kokkotas Konstantinos
     Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki  
   o Moussas Xenophon
     Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
   o Hatzidimitriou Despoina
     Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete      
   o Theodossiou Efstratios
     Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens  
   o Georgantopoulos Ioannis
     Position: Senior Researcher, National Observatory of Athens 
     
 - Candidates for Auditors:
  
   o Mavromichalaki, Eleni
     Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
   o Danezis Manos
     Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
   o Stergioulas Nikolaos
     Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki
   o Grammenos Theofanis
     Position: P.D. 407 Professor, University of Thessaly
   o Manimanis Vassilios
     Position: Researcher, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
   o Xilouris Manolis
     Position: Assistant Researcher, National Observatory of Athens 

   
 5. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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  Dr. Thanassis Katsiyannis recently moved from a Leverhulm Trust 
 postdoctoral fellowship at Queen's University Belfast, (UK) to a
 research astronomer position in the Royal Observatory of Belgium, in
 Brussels (B).


 6. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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   The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
 months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
 organizers by e-mail for more information.


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      ''The Environments of Galaxies:from Kiloparsecs to Megaparsecs"
 		       Chania, Crete 9-13 August 2004
                                                 
                             More information at: 
             http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/conferences/crete2004/

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 7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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   This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
 Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 228, out of the 253, members of
 Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.

   The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around May 1st
 2004. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
 job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
 or comments before April 25, 2004. All correspondence concerning the
 Newsletter should be addressed to:

          elaset@astro.auth.gr and tsingan@phys.uoa.gr

   If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
 e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please
 let us know.

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