scholarly journals Division 1: Fundamental Astronomy (Astronomie Fondamentale)Report 1993-1996

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frames ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Division 1 ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Fundamental Astronomy ◽  
Working Groups

The two years that elapsed since the establishment of Division 1 have been characterised by a large variety of tasks of common interest to the five Commissions forming the Division. This is shown in particular by the activity of the Working Groups on Astronomical Standards (Chairman, T. Fukushima) and on Reference Frames (Chairman, L.V. Morrison) which include members from the five Commisions and were actually Division 1 Working Groups. This is also reflected by the very close relationship that prevailed between Commissions 8 and 24. They actually are preparing an eventual merging between the two commissions by proposing that both commissions have the same Vice-President for the next term (E. Schilbach). Last, but not least, three of the Joint discussions accepted for the Kyoto General Assembly are sponsored by the whole Division, one of its Commissions being the proposer. However, these common actions are only a small fraction of the activity of each Commission as described in their reports.

scholarly journals COMMISSION 5: DOCUMENTATION AND ASTRONOMICAL DATA

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (T26B) ◽  
pp. 212-216
Author(s):  
Françoise Genova ◽  
Raymond P. Norris ◽  
Olga B. Dluzhnevskaya ◽  
Michael S. Bessel ◽  
H. Jenker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Task Force ◽  
New Technology ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Astronomical Data ◽  
New Science ◽  
Business Meetings ◽  
Fundamental Astronomy ◽  
Working Groups

Commission 5 has been very active during the IAU XXVI General Assembly in Prague: the Commission, its Working Groups and its Task Force held business meetings. In addition, Commission 5 sponsored two Special Sessions: Special Session 3 on The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities which was held for three days 17–22 August, and Special Session 6 on Astronomical Data Management, which was held on 22 August. Commission 5 also participated in the organisation of Joint Discussion 16 on Nomenclature, Precession and New Models in Fundamental Astronomy, which was held 22-23 August. The General Assembly and Commission 5 web sites provides links to detailed information about all these meetings.

scholarly journals Sofa: Standards of Fundamental Astronomy: Progress and Plans

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-193
Author(s):  
P.T. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
Division 1 ◽  
Fundamental Astronomy ◽  
Standard Models

At its 1994 General Assembly, the International Astronomical Union resolved to introduce new arrangements to establish and maintain an accessible and authoritative set of constants, algorithms and procedures that implement standard models used in fundamental astronomy. The initiative was the responsibility of the Working Group on Astronomical Standards (WGAS), part of Division 1 of the IAU, and the set of procedures and constants was named SOFA, for “Standards Of Fundamental Astronomy”. The background to the IAU Resolution is given by Fukushima (1995) and Wallace (1996).

scholarly journals Summary of IAU Joint Discussion 16, “The International Celestial Reference System, Maintenance and Future Realizations

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 595-600
Author(s):  
Dennis D. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Reference System ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Division 1 ◽  
The Future ◽  
System Maintenance ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Celestial Reference System

AbstractThe IAU Joint Discussion 16 (JD16) was held in conjunction with the XXVth General Assembly in July, 2003. Papers related to the maintenance of the International Celestial Reference System were presented in the one-day session, and these were followed by discussion that pointed out the need for standard nomenclature. This issue was addressed by the formation of a Division 1 Working Group on the subject. JD16 also pointed out the requirement for a dynamical expression for precession which was addressed by the creation of a Division 1 Working Group on Precession and the Ecliptic. It also showed that although plans are being implemented to provide reference frames for the future, there is a need for improved coordination of astrometric observations. Finally it should be noted that the discussion pointed out the concern for the future organization of IAU Division 1.

scholarly journals Election of IUPAC Officers and Bureau Members—Call for Nominations

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-27
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
General Assembly

Abstract At its General Assembly in Montreal, Canada, on Wednesday 18 August and Thursday 19 August 2021, the IUPAC Council will be asked to elect a Vice President, a Treasurer, and members of the Bureau to fulfill the vacancies created by retiring members. IUPAC National Adhering Organizations are invited to submit nominations no later than 31 March 2021.

scholarly journals CHAPTER IX: DIVISIONS, COMMISSIONS, & WORKING GROUPS

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (T28B) ◽  
pp. 189-196
Keyword(s):  
General Assembly ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Divisional Structure

This chapter gives the main IAU scientific bodies (Division, Commissions and their Working Groups) in force until the end of the XVIIIth General Assembly. As a result of the adoption of Resolution B4 by this Assembly, a new Divisional structure was established (see Chapters II and IV of these Transactions), to take effect on 1 September 2012.

scholarly journals Advancing Chemistry Worldwide

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Javier García-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Agile Organization

Abstract As we come out of this pandemic, we must find the most effective and useful ways so that IUPAC fulfills its mission of contributing to the worldwide understanding and application of the chemical sciences to the betterment of humankind. New technologies provide us with the tools to achieve this goal in a very effective manner. For example, our next General Assembly, which will be held completely online, represents an unprecedented opportunity to engage with our NAOs in a way that will allow for discussing our most pressing needs in a new and effective way. We are already working on different options to have working groups meeting at different times in virtual rooms, so everybody can participate, raise any issues, and discuss how we can create a more effective, responsive, and agile organization. I encourage all delegates to our General Assembly to make full use of this opportunity. Also, I would like to invite the wider IUPAC community, including our members, Associated Organizations, Company Associates, and also our sister Chemical Societies, to let us know any ideas, things we must improve, or any opportunities for collaboration, so we can include them in our discussions during our next General Assembly.

scholarly journals 29. Stellar Spectra

1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-329
Author(s):  
M. W. Feast ◽  
Y. Fujita ◽  
M. K. V. Bappu ◽  
G. Herbig ◽  
L. Houziaux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Working Group ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Stellar Atmospheres ◽  
High Dispersion ◽  
Stellar Rotation ◽  
Stellar Spectra ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Main Activity

Material for this report was collected by the President, Vice-President and Members of the Organizing Committee. The President is, however, responsible for the form in which the report now appears. A number of special abbreviations in the references are explained in the report of Committee 27a. In addition, 3rd Harvard = 3rd Harvard-Smithsonian Conference on Stellar Atmospheres (1968). The field of Commission 29 overlaps particularly with those of 9, 27a, 36, 44 and 45 whose reports should be consulted. Since the last IAU meeting 29 has co-sponsored the following meetings: IAU Colloquium No. 4 on Stellar Rotation (Columbus, Ohio, September 1969); IAU Symposium No. 36, Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra and Related Ground-Based Observations (Lunteren, June, 1969); Second Trieste Colloquium, Mass Loss from Stars (September, 1968). We are also co-sponsoring IAU Symposium No. 42 on White Dwarfs to be held in Scotland (August, 1970). The thanks of the commission are due to their representatives on the organizing committees of these meetings. Reports from some working groups are appended. The working group with Commission 44 has not felt it necessary to submit a report (its main activity was the organization of Symposium No. 36). Miss Underhill (Chairman) recommends that the working group on Tracings of High Dispersion Stellar Spectra be dissolved.

Trusteeship Council

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 516-517
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Educational Advancement ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Rules Of Procedure

The Trusteeship Council met at Lake Success for its fifth session on June 15, 1949 to consider a thirteen point agenda: 1) adoption of the agenda; 2) report of the Secretary-General on credentials; 3) election of a president and vice-president; 4) examination of annual reports on the administration of trust territories — New Guinea, Nauru and the first report on the Pacific Islands; 5) examination of petitions; 6) arrangements for the visiting mission to trust territories in West Africa; 8) revision of the provisional questionnaire; 9) revision of the rules of procedure; 10) administrative unions affecting trust territories; 11) educational advancement in trust territories; 12) adoption of the report of the Council to the General Assembly; and 13) adoption of a report to the Security Council.

scholarly journals Report of Special Commission 3 of IAG

2000 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 337-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Groten
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frames ◽  
Major Axis ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Reference Systems ◽  
Semi Major Axis ◽  
Zonal Harmonic ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
New System

AbstractSince the last presentation of SC-3 on numerical values of fundamental geodetic parameters at the IAU General Assembly at Kyoto in 1997 there were some conceptual as well as fundamental numerical changes. The four basic parameters of geodetic (ellipsoidal) reference systems (GRS) can no longer be considered as constant with time:J2,a, ω, and GM have to be replaced by clearly (±10−8or better) specified mean values or have to be associated with a specific epoch or, in case of GM, with specific reference frames (a= semi-major axis of Earth ellipsoid,J2= second degree zonal harmonic of geopotential,ω= spin of Earth rotation). In case of (a, J2....) associated tidal reductions must be specifically defined in view of particular applications and significant differences between different tidal reduction types. Or we may replace “a” by a quantity which is independent of tides like the geopotential at the geoid, W0, where, however, also temporal changes are now discussed. The official geodetic reference systems such as GRS 80 and WGS 84 (revised in 97-form) are also no longer truly representing reality; a new system GRS 2000 is desired. We are, meanwhile, able to define and determine tidal and non-tidal (secular, periodic, aperiodic) variatipns of some fundamental geodetic parameters. Others are under investigation. New precession and/or nutation formulas to be adopted by IAU in 2000 or later would imply, again, changes in geodetic parameters such asH= hydrostatic flattening. Those and related other consequences are considered.

Appointments at the Henry Dunant Institute

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (208) ◽  
pp. 32-33
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Retirement Age

At its meeting on the 20th December 1978, the General Assembly of the Henry Dunant Institute appointed Mr. Jacques Meurant, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the League of Red Cross Societies, in charge of statutory matters, as Director of the Institute. He succeeds Mr. Jean Pictet, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who has reached retirement age.

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