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first thing I would like to note is that this is the first of FOUR
Newsletters that you will be receiving this year. The publication
schedule is now March, June, September and December since we felt
that there was too much of a news gap between September and March;
hence I hope you will be thinking of contributions to these issues.
Not only do we want conference reports and news of awards and solicitations
for papers and award nominations, we are also happy to see articles
on areas in our fields of interest written for technical but nonspecialist
audiences. Our broad technical community does all sorts of truly
fascinating and cutting edge work. Let’s share it with each
other. And, as always, I look forward to your comments and criticisms
to help make this an outstanding Newsletter and of the greatest
value to you, our Society members.
The NPSS AdCom met last in Dresden, Germany on October 25, following
the biggest NSS/MIC/RTSD conference ever. See the detailed report
above. As this was the annual meeting it was one of thanks and goodbyes
to some AdCom members who have served well over their terms. These
are noted in Craig Woody’s report above. It was also the alternate-year
AdCom meeting at which we affirmed the election of our new president,
Craig Woody, thanked our wonderful past president, Jane Lehr, for
her outstanding service, and elected a new Vice President and President-elect,
Bob Reinovsky of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Because there are many articles detailing other activities and conferences,
I will simply highlight actions taken at the meeting:
It was moved, seconded and passed that, with the intent of bringing
the Electromagnetic Launch Symposium under the Pulsed Power Science
and Technology Technical Committee, NPSS will technically cosponsor
the 2010 Electromagnetic Launch Symposium.
It was moved, seconded and passed that the NPSS AdCom ExCom (Executive
Committee – see definition in our on-line Constitution and
Bylaws) shall have the authority to send e-mails to the NPSS membership.
This is also the year in which we will do our assessment of Society
membership through a questionnaire. It is important that you reply
because it is on the results of this questionnaire that our elected
AdCom seats are apportioned. There will also be questions about
your satisfaction or otherwise with our society and its publications.
It is through your answers that we can make our society and its
conferences and publications best meet your professional needs.
Albe Larsen, NPSS Secretary and Newsletter Editor, can be reached
at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, MS66, 2575 Sand Hill
Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone: 650-926-2748; Fax: 650-926-5124;
E-mail: amlarsen@slac.stanford.edu.
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