<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Hi Kevin,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Just to let you know that travel is out for me next week with the expected arrival of our daughter.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Peter</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 27 Jun 2007, at 9:10 PM, Astronomy education in SA - email discussion group wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Greetings <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">The National Steering Committee for the South African celebrations of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 has been finalized following input from the astronomy stakeholder community. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">This steering committee is made up of the following people: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Byren Archary (DST)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Kim de Boer (SKA SA / MeerKAT) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Marion West (HartRAO) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Shadrack Mahapa (SAASTA) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Peter Martinez (SAAO / ASSA / Space Science Community) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Kevin Govender (SAAO / SALT)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Acronyms:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">DST: Department of Science and Technology <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">SKA SA: Square Kilometre Array <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">South Africa</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">MeerKAT: <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Karoo</ST1:PLACE> Array Telescope </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">HartRAO: Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">SAASTA: South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">SAAO: South African Astronomical Observatory </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">ASSA: Astronomical Society of <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Southern Africa</ST1:PLACE> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">SALT: Southern African Large Telescope</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">We believe that this steering committee is now well equipped for their task with adequate representation from a wide variety of stakeholder communities. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Current activity status: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">The draft business plan for the SA IYA2009 celebrations is being prepared following input from stakeholders in the astronomy field. Once it has been bounced around the steering committee it will be made public on the South African IYA website <A href="http://www.astronomy2009.org.za/">www.astronomy2009.org.za</A>. The steering committee will meet on Monday 2<SUP>nd</SUP> July at the KAT/SKA offices in <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Johannesburg</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>. All activities of the steering committee will remain as transparent as possible with regular feedback to the astronomy community.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">ASTRONOMICAL REMINDERS:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The closing dates for the Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007 conference are imminent (<A href="http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2007/">http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2007/</A>)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Please keep those astronomy resources coming for our national consolidation process (<A href="http://astronomy2009.saao.ac.za/projects/resources/">http://astronomy2009.saao.ac.za/projects/resources/</A>)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Don’t forget to look up - especially around 1<SUP>st</SUP> July when Venus and Saturn will be really close together in the evening sky (<A href="http://www.saao.ac.za/public-info/sun-moon-stars/july/">http://www.saao.ac.za/public-info/sun-moon-stars/july/</A>)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">-<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Please continue to spread the word about this email list (<A href="http://mail.saasta.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/astronet">http://mail.saasta.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/astronet</A>)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Regards<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Kevin Govender<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">0824878466<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> </O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">AstroNet mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:AstroNet@mail.saasta.ac.za">AstroNet@mail.saasta.ac.za</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mail.saasta.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/astronet">http://mail.saasta.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/astronet</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>