[AstroNet] IYA news

[Kevin Govender]

Hi all
Some news from the International IYA2009 office below.
Also, if you have not registered for the "Essential Astronomy Outreach 
Workshops" please do so before the end of May 
(http://www.astronomy2009.org.za/projects/outreach-workshop/)
Regards
Kevin




Pedro Russo wrote:
> Dear IYA2009 SpoCs,
>
> A few messages and updates from the past weeks:
>
> ***
> 1. Organisational Matters:*
> /New Single Points of Contact:/ The IYA2009 is growing; presently we 
> have 117 National Nodes (62 of which have National dedicated web site) 
> and 20 Organisational Nodes. A warm welcome to: Bosnia-Herzegovina, 
> Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and the 
> International Astronautical Federation.
>
>
> *2. Resources*
> /IYA2009 Trailer/ (check it out on www.astronomy2009.org)
> A special word of thanks the SpoCs who sent us the translations for 
> the IYA2009 trailer and, by doing so, will help us to disseminate the 
> mission and goals of the IYA2009 in many different languages. We are 
> working hard to have all the trailers available for download on line 
> very soon. Thank you for your patience and collaboration.
>
> *3. Cornerstone Projects*
> /Universe Awareness/
> A message from Carolina Odman, the UNAWE Cornerstone Project Chair: 
> "UNAWE is the only IYA2009 cornerstone programme specifically 
> developed for children. As such, we wish to convey the vision of 
> IYA2009 to all children of the world. Here, we illustrate how we 
> envision to interface with the cornerstone projects to bring them to 
> the youngest astronomers among us:
> http://unawe.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=261&Itemid=27
> We would be very grateful of you could send us your remarks and 
> suggestions so that we can reach out to all astronomers, potential and 
> future included!"
>
> /Galilescope/
> The Galileoscope conceptual design study has been concluded after many 
> months of work! More info: 
> http://www.astronomy2009.org/files/reports/Galileoscope_Progress_Report.pdf
> Please return the pre-order form to iya2009 at eso.org before 30 June 2008.
> *
> Upcoming IYA2009 meetings:*
> Our colleagues in the United States have prepared a huge meeting 
> dedicated to the IYA2009, during the /AAS 212th and ASP Meeting/ (St. 
> Louis, USA), 31 May - 5 June 2008. Check the schedule on: 
> http://www.astrosociety.org/events/meeting.html
>
>  Upcoming IYA2009 meetings:
>
>     .    /APRIM2008/ (Kunming, China), 3 - 6 August 2008 -
>     http://aprim.ynao.ac.cn/
>     .    /JENAM2008/ (Wien, Austria) - 8-12 September 2008 -
>     http://www.univie.ac.at/jenam2008/ or
>     http://www.roe.ac.uk/ukatc/test/symposium.html
>
>
> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Pedro, Lars and Mariana
> IYA2009 Secretariat
>
> -- 
> _________________________________________________
> Pedro Russo
> International Year of Astronomy 2009 Coordinator
> International Astronomical Union
> e. prusso at eso.org  
> p. +49 (0) 89 320 06 195
> f. +49 (0) 89 320 06 703
> w. www.astronomy2009.org
> a. IAU IYA2009 Secretariat
> ESO/ESA/ST-ECF
> Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
> D-85748 Garching bei München
> Germany
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