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:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
314, Koramangla
Sarjapur Road
Bengaluru 560034
Karnataka
India
NCA adherence: India
Last updated:
February 18, 2022
Member:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sensor Science Division
100 Bureau Drive
MS 8444
Gaithersburg
Maryland (MD)
United States
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
April 3, 2023
Member:
Observatoire de Genève
Department of Astronomy of Geneva University
51 chemin des Maillettes
1290 Sauverny
Switzerland
NCA adherence: Switzerland
Last updated:
September 7, 2021
Member:
Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences
Al-Jubiha
P.o.Box 782- 11941 Amman
Jordan
NCA adherence: Jordan
Last updated:
March 28, 2023
Member:
Astronomical Institute AS CR
Stellar Physics
Fričova 298
25165 Ondřejov
Czech Republic
NCA adherence: Czech Republic
Last updated:
September 7, 2021
Member:
IAFE - CONICET/UBA
Institute for Astronomy and Space Science
Ciudad Universitaria
CABA C1428ZAA
Buenos Aires
Argentina
NCA adherence: Argentina
Last updated:
February 16, 2023
Member:
Leiden University
Leiden Observatory
Huygens Laboratory, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA
Leiden
Netherlands
NCA adherence: United Kingdom
Last updated:
September 7, 2021
Member:
ODTÜ
Physics
Dumlupinar Cad.
Universiteler Mah. No:1
06800 Ankara
Turkey
NCA adherence: Turkey
Last updated:
September 7, 2021