Membership Committee
From the IAU Working Rules:
10. The standing Membership Committee advises the Executive Committee on its behalf on matters related to the admission of Individual, Junior and Honorary Members (Statute 13f.).
10.a Three months before a General Assembly, the Membership Committee shall prepare a list of at least 10 Individual Members of the Union who accept to serve on the Committee for the next triennium if elected, including a nominee for Chair. The General Secretary shall forward this list to the National Members and invite additional nominations from them with a deadline of one month before the General Assembly. The Membership Committee shall verify that the resulting slate complies with the rules in Statutes 13 and with general principles of scientific, geographical and gender balance. Members shall not normally serve more than two consecutive terms, and it is desirable that roughly half of the members are replaced at each election. The Chair of the Membership Committee shall present the resulting slate of nominations to the National Members together with the report of the Committee on the previous triennium at the beginning of the General Assembly, for final election at its closing session.
From the IAU Statutes:
13.f. The General Assembly appoints a standing Membership Committee to advise the Executive Committee on its behalf on matters related to the admission of Individual Members. The Membership Committee consists of not more than 8 members of different national affiliations, including a Chairperson, proposed by the National Members, and remains in office until the end of the next General Assembly.
Chair:
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Dr
Baltimore MD 21218-2410
Maryland (MD)
United States
Phone: +1 410 338 4543
Email 1: drs
stsci
edu
Email 2: soderblom
stsci
edu
Organization website: http://www.stsci.edu
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
February 14, 2019
Member:
Soňa Ehlerová
— National Outreach Coordinators
— National Astronomy Education Coordinators
Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
Astronomical Institute
Boční II 1401
141 00 Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 226 258 441
Fax: +420 272 769 023
Email: sona
ig
cas
cz
Organization website: http://www.cas.cz/en/
NCA adherence: Czech Republic
Last updated:
December 8, 2020
Member:
Observatoire de Genève
Department of Astronomy of Geneva University
51 chemin des Maillettes
1290 Sauverny
Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 379 23 61
Fax: +41 22 379 22 05
Email: laurent
eyer
unige
ch
Organization website: http://www.unige.ch/sciences/astro/
NCA adherence: Switzerland
Last updated:
November 15, 2018
Member:
Member:
Member:
IISER Kolkata
Department of Physical Sciences and Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India
IISER Kolkata, Mohanpur
District: Nadia
Mohanpur 741246
West Bengal
India
Phone: +91 9748606215
Email: dnandi
iiserkol
ac
in
Personal website: http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/
Organization website: http://www.cessi.in/
NCA adherence: India
Last updated:
February 24, 2020
Member:
Leiden University
Leiden Observatory
Huygens Laboratory, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA
Leiden
Netherlands
Phone: +31 020 35495838
Email: viti
strw
leidenuniv
nl
Organization website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/star
NCA adherence: United Kingdom
Last updated:
June 15, 2020