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Minutes of the 68th meeting of the Canadian National Committee of URSI
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The meeting started at 9h am on 11 May 2009 in room D1-173
at Lawson Health Research Institute, St.Joseph's Hospital, Univ. Western Ont.
220 Cheapside St., London, Ont., Canada N6A 4V2
A breakfast was provided earlier in the room, starting at 8h am.
Members present:
+Amaya, Cesar (CRC/Ottawa, Comm. F)
+Antar, Yahia (RMC/Kingston, Past Chair)
+Caloz, Christophe (Polytechnique/Montreal, Comm. D)
+Despins, Charles PromptQuebec/Montreal, Comm. C)
+Fear, Elise (UC/Calgary, Comm. K)
+Freundorfer, Al (Queen'sU/Kingston, Comm. A)
+Gray, Andrew (NRC-HIA/Penticton, Comm. J)
+Petosa, Aldo (CRC/Ottawa, Comm. B)
+Prato, Frank (UWO-LHRI/London, CNC Chair)
+Shafai, Lot (UM/Winnipeg, Comm E)
+Vallee, Jacques P. (NRC-HIA/Victoria, Secretary & member)
Temporary presence:
+Dubois, Brenda (LHRI/London, trust account accountant)
Absent members/guest:
+Koustov, Alexandre (U.Sask/Saskatoon, Comm. G+H)
Agreed agenda:
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Start-up:
01. Welcome and Introductory remarks (Prato)
02. Approval of the Agenda (Prato)
Secretariat:
03. Approval of the Minutes of the 67th Meeting (Vallee)
NB: minutes on CNC managerial web site www.ursi.ca/2008min.html
04. Business arising from the Minutes (Prato)
05. Acting treasurer's report (Vallee)
a. NRC HIA [Fahlman] fund for CNC's annual mtg [$3 900 cdn]
b. NRC CNC [Vallee] trust fund for seed/promotion
[LHRI has $35 885 from ANTEM and $29 266 from NRC HIA]
c. NRC CS [Pinard] fund for the HQ in Belgium [$12,600 cdn]
d. Other NRC contributions [HIA Secr.; CorpServ deleg. URSI-GA]
06. Canadian URSI Membership lists, by Commissions (Vallee)
NB: current lists sent to all CNC members on 2009 May 6
07. Annual Performance Review (Vallee)
General reports:
08. Chair's report (Prato)
09. Short 5min reports (one from each CNC commission rep.)
10. Past Radio Conferences (Antar)
a. URSI GA08m Chicago, August 2008
b. URSI International Board Meeting, April 2009
Future radio conferences (Prato):
11. Toronto 2010 IEEE-APS/URSI CNC/URSI US-NC internat. symp.
Ottawa July 2010 ANTEM-AMEREM (Shafai)
Canada 2015 IEEE APS & Joint NRAS (Antar)
Promotion:
12. Candidatures for URSI Medals & URSI positions (Prato)
13. CNC student awards (Prato)
14. New CNC appointments or reappointments (Prato)
15. Soliciting new ideas on: (Prato)
-how to promote Radio Science in Canada
-how to publicize our activities within the community
Wrap-up:
16 Other businesses (Prato)
17. Tentative date & place for next URSI CNC meeting (Vallee)
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01. Welcome & Introductory remarks
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Dr. Frank Prato, CNC Chair, welcomed all CNC participants to London.
02. Approval of the Agenda
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The Chair asked for any change to the agenda.
Dr. Prato & Dr. Caloz moved for the approval of the agenda. Unanimous.
03. Approval of the Minutes of the 67th Meeting
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The Minutes were available on the URSI CNC managerial web site at
www.ursi.ca/2008min.html
The Chair asked for any change to the Minutes. No change.
Dr. Prato & Dr. Petosa moved that the Minutes be approved. Unanimous.
04. Business arising from the Minutes
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See below.
05. Acting Treasurer's report
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a. NRC HIA fund [Fahlman] for travels to CNC's annual mtg: NRC-HIA
Victoria paid the travels of the CNC members attending the CNC annual
meeting on 2008 April 20 in Montreal, Que. amounting to a total of $3 900.
NRC Travel Expense Claim Forms for this year's meeting were sent by email.
b. NRC CNC trust fund [Vallee]
*** Goals - this trust fund is used for startup money for future conference
partnerships, seed money for conference center reservations,
travel to decision meetings, student awards, promotional efforts, etc.
Sadly, new NRC accounting rules for the CNC trust fund were imposed in the
last 12 months (full closure on 31 March, no advance reservation of
conference centers beyond current fiscal year, no upfront money for a
business contract, no student honorarium for conference awards, etc).
NRC HIA is bound by federal regulations that URSI CNC, using a
non-Government entity, would not be subject to.
The URSI CNC trust acount held at NRC HIA in Victoria, which was re-created
in 1998 September, was closed on 2009 Feb. Over its 11 years, it collected
$77 435, disbursed $48 169, and the remainder of $29 266 was
sent to LHRI in care of Brenda Dubois.
The URSI CNC trust account held at ANTEM in Winnipeg, which was created
in 2008 April, was closed on 2009 March. Over its 1 year, it collected
$55 885, disbursed $20 000, and the remainder of $35 885 was
sent to LHRI in care of Brenda Dubois.
The URSI CNC trust account held at LHRI in London, which was created
in 2009 February, has the total of $29 266 and $35 885 as explained above.
*** LHRI accounting rules for the CNC trust account, are (Brenda Dubois):
-payment approvals (by email) needed from 2 out of 3 people (CNC Chair,
CNC Past Chair, CNC Secretary)
-authorized signature of cheques by Don Atkinson don.atkinson@lhsc.on.ca
-clerical processing by Brenda Dubois bdubois@lawsonimaging.ca
-multi-year account (no annual termination date, no fiscal year limit)
-available for advance conference setup, upfront contribution (invoices)
-maximum of $500 honorarium per student award (not taxed; no limit on
no. of students each year)
-travels to meetings: all travel and food receipts required
c. NRC CorpServ fund [Pinard] for the URSI HQ in Belgium
NRC-CorpServ in Ottawa has paid 7960 Euros [about $12,600] to URSI
Headquarters in Belgium for the annual canadian contribution
[representing 8 URSI votes for Canada at the GA].
d. Sum and other NRC contributions
-The sum for the items (a,b,c) is $81 651 for URSI matters [as of 1 April].
-In addition, NRC-HIA in Victoria pays for the staff involved in
CNC activities, annual meeting, maintaining trust fund, managerial web
site, annual review for CISET, student certificates, etc.
-NRC-CorpServ in Ottawa contributes towards the travel of 1 voting
delegate at the URSI GA [excluding federal government members].
06. Canadian URSI Membership lists, by Commissions
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Dr. Vallee noted that current lists were sent to CNC members on 2009 May 6.
Each CNC member updates his Cdn commission's list.
There is no election and no fee for memberships on these lists.
People can seek commission membership; these conditions were approved:
-Canadians who still publish research or work in industry in these fields
-must be based in Canada (excepted for past Canadians outside Canada)
-students in Canada (must have a reference; approved by commission Chair)
-emeritus status (approval by CNC commission Chair)
07. Annual Performance Review
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Dr. Vallee explained the CNC Annual Performance Report, as sent to NRC
CISET in January 2009 [23 pages]. This was the second annual report,
the first one having been sent in Febr. 2008 [20 pages].
Dr. Prato noted that our CNC is one of the best that were ranked
by NRC CISET. He noted that NRC CISET has only $400 000 to spend on
about 33 CNCs, the same amount each year; but he noted that
the fees raised by the international organizations rise each year.
The CNC is in agreement with the "Thank you" letter sent by Dr. Antar
to the NRC HIA Director General Dr Fahlman on 2009 May 7.
In it, Dr. Antar noted that CNC and the scientific community served need
the support of NRC and HIA and hoped that this support will continue in
the future.
08. Chair's report
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Dr Prato noted the revitalisation of the CNC memberships, and of the
new trust account. He expects the same when the public web site comes up.
Dr. Sujeet Chaudhuri reported on May 9 that the $15 000 cheque received
from URSI CNC forms the foundation of the Canadian account APS/URSI-2010.
Preparations for the Toronto 2010 conference are progressing well.
Dr. Dean McNeill reported on May 10 on the creation and progress of the
CNC's public web site, following the receipt of the CNC's $4 500 cheque.
Software is in place to permit each commission chair to enter and
administer their own information on the site; still to complete are
tasks for mailing list management for each commission, and user management
by commission chairs.
He noted that Dr Yahia Antar was elected Vice-President of URSI,
and was the "CNC Official Delegate" at the URSI GA in Chicago in 2008.
The CNC thanked Dr Prato for his detailed report and for his work
in the last months.
09. Short 5min reports (one from each CNC commission representative)
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Each CNC member spoke about on-going activities & developments in their
field. Some concerns expressed were outside the purview of the CNC mandate.
Each commission representative should try to disseminate, to the Cdn
members of their own commission, the information about URSI & meetings.
* Summary of report received from Al Freundorfer (A):
Things done in Commission A in the past year:
-email membership list about; MEASUREMENT 2009 - 7th International
Conference on Measurement (this aided in updating the membership list.)
-URSI Student Award for Chicago AGM
-emailed membership list about Chicago.AGM
-Prof Antar represented Canada Commission A at Chicago.AGM
-2010 IEEE APS/URSI Call-For-Papers as Chair of the CNC/URSI commission A.
* Summary of report received from Aldo Petosa (B):
-XXIX URSI General Assembly (Chicago, 2008)
(a) Co-Chair of Commission B Poster Session. Was co-chair of the Poster
Session for Commission B, along with Prof. David Jackson from the USNC.
With the help of Prof. Lot Shafai, we were responsible for reviewing and
categorizing 160 papers.
(b) CNC Student Paper Competition. Organized a Canada-wide student paper
competition to encourage participation in the URSI General Assembly. 10
student papers were submitted for this competition, of which 5 were selected
to receive awards. Dr. Vallee prepared the certificates and notified the 5
winners. The awards also included travel reimbursements of up to $1,000 for
the winning students who attended the General Assembly.
(c) Young Scientist Award. Acted as one of the judges for the 15 Canadian
entries for the URSI Young Scientist Award. Six young scientists from Canada
were chosen for the Young Scientist Award.
-IEEE APS/ URSI USCN/CNC Toronto 2010
As Co-chair of Publicity in the IEEE/URSI 2010 Steering Committee for this
conference, helped in preparing publications to advertise the upcoming joint
IEEE/URSI meeting to be held July 2010 in Toronto.
- ANTEM/URSI 2009 (Banff, 2009)
Organized the final judging of the Student Paper competition held at the
ANTEM/URSI conference in February 2009 in Banff. One student was awarded a
CNC/URSI prize for $500.
* Summary of the report received from Charles Despins (C):
-Commission C efforts have been focused on attracting internationally
recognized events to Canada for the benefit of the Canadian research
community but also to use such events in order to raise the profile of URSI
within this community. The upcoming public URSI Canada web site will provide
an invaluable tool to do this and to provide the commission Chairs with input
from their own community in terms of URSI-relevant activities. The two
following events will also serve to raise the profile of URSI.
- Efforts are on-going to bring a major IEEE conference (with Commission C
related themes) to Canada through which URSI could gain visibility as a
sponsor and/or coorganizer (i.e. the CNC). Two potential targets are the
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) and the IEEE Wireless
Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). WCNC is smaller than ICC
but still significant (1000 attendees) and more focused on URSI's interest
group. The Commission C Chair is currently interfacing with IEEE to bring
WCNC to Canada within two to three years (2011 or 2012). Further developments
are expected on a commitment and a date for the event in the late fall of
2009.
-The impact of information and communications technologies (ICT) on climate
change is substantial both in negative terms as an increasingly large source
of greenhouse gas emissions and in positive terms as a provider of solutions
to reduce GHG emissions through the all-pervasive use of ICT. Radio science
is an important component of ICT and as such, Green Radio is based on
improved energy efficiency, life-cycle management as well as disaster relief
and prevention activities. ITU-T has started to mobilize the international
community to achieve these goals. Efforts are now on-going to bring to
Canada an ITU climate change event in 2010, either in the fall or spring.
This theme could notably be of interest to a number of URSI commissions,
not only commission C.
* Summary of the report received from Christophe Caloz (D):
-URSI GA 2008
Organization of a joint Commission-B / Commission-D special session:
"Physical Limitations of Electromagnetic Metamaterials", with Ari Sihvola,
Arthur Yaghjian (both of Commission-B)
-Participation to a full-day course "Metamaterials and Applications,"
including two presentations by CNC-URSI members, C. Caloz and G.V.
Eleftheriades.
* Summary of report received from Lot Shafai (E):
-The main event in 2008-2009 was the XXIX General Assembly of the URSI which
was held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from August 07-16, 2008. The Commission
E Business Meeting at the GA, Chaired by Prof. Canavero, was attended by
Joe LoVetri as the CNC delegate. Two important decisions made at that
meeting were:
(a) Prof van Deursen was elected as ViceChair for the next three-year period.
(b) A new title of the Commission was suggested and put forward to the
Council. The new title accepted by the Council is "Electromagnetic
Environment and Interference".
-A joint session between commissions K B and E entitled Biomedical
Applications: Microwave Breast Imaging was organised at the GA by Joe
LoVetri and Susan Hagness. The session consisted of 10 invited papers that
dealt with electromagnetic (and hybrid-electromagnetic) imaging systems
using microwave frequencies for breast imaging and the detection /
identification of breast tumors.
* Summary of report received from Cesar Amaya (F):
Major Comm F activities:
-1) Review of papers for a number of URSI-sponsored conferences.
-2) There was a attempt to bridge Comm F activities with remote sensing
activities in Canada via an URSI student prize at the Canadian Remote
Sensing Symposium. A prize was given out in 2007, but nothing since.
It turns out to be a difficult task to transfer money to the student
from a government account.
-3) Promotion of URSI activities within the Canadian Remote Sensing Society.
* Summary of report received from Alexandre Koustov (G + H):
-Over the last year, the G and H Commission communities were doing well.
The overall research funding has been stable for a number of previous years.
Surely, everyone is a bit concerned about the ongoing changes at NSERC
(first of all, the Discovery Grant program). We had quite a debate over
e-mail last summer, ended with a meeting of the community representatives in
July (Montreal, during COSPAR-2008 Assembly). Many, including recent
retirees, continue research aggressively with ongoing NSERC and CSA support.
We lost several researchers in Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon, but most of
them were replaced with new ones.
-New members:
U of New Brunswick: Dr. Dmitri Pokhotelov, from the US/Australia
U of S: Dr. Pavlo Ponomaranko, from Australia/Ukraine Dr. Chad Bryant,
newly grad from the U of Calgary
U of C: Dr. Jun Liang, from CSA/Montreal
CSA: Dr. J. Ma, newly grad from the U of S
NRCAN geomagnetic lab, Ottawa: Research Scientist R. Fiori
Corrections of the G/H lists with full addresses of new people will be
updated in coming several weeks.
-The G and H communities are involved in a number of satellite and
ground-based multi-national long-term experiments with significant radio
component. Examples of space-based projects are e-POP mission funded by the
CSA (radio propagation, irregularities, effects of ionosphere modification),
SWARM under the ESA leadership (plasma drift measurements), and ORBITALS in
cooperation with the USA researchers (radiation belt physics) expected to be
funded in near future. New ground-based experiments are CHAIN - high Arctic
network of ionosondes (meas the ionosphere), and optical imagers. This
experiment is led by the U of New Brunswick. CFI proposal for the
construction of modern incoherent scatter radar at Resolute Bay has been
submitted (led by the U of C). The outcome is expected in June. Positive
decision would provide Canadians high visibility of scientific activities in
the Canadian sector of Artic.
-URSI GA in Chicago went quite well. Overall, 22 presentations were made by
members of the Commissions G and H. Among these are 3 graduate student
papers. R. Fiori (U of S) was among winners of the International student
competition. New International chairs were elected. They are Michael
Rietveld (EISCAT Scientific Association, Norway) for Commission G and Ondrej
Santolik (Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Charles U, Czech Republic)
for Commission H. Dr. Rietveld has been very active since then, made
international e-mail list of the Commission G members, sends regularly
information on upcoming meetings and informs on various events activities.
-Many Canadian G/H members participated in a series of national Meetings in
Banff, AB, last February: Canadian Geospace Monitoring meeting (CGSM),
Division of Aeronomy and Space Physics (DASP) annual meeting under Canadian
Association of Physicists umbrella and CSA Space Science workshop to develop
plans for next 10 years. Grad students were supported by the CSA so that
many students from across the country were able to come and make lots of
presentations (talks, posters). Students got organized in a grad student
informal organization whose goal is networking and promoting science they
are doing in respective institutions. U of Alberta was able to bring even
several undergrads.
-Future looks very positive for the communities. Change of the generations
is going on and it is going fairly smoothly. We are looking forward for
Toronto URSI 2010.
* Summary of report received from Andrew Gray (J):
NDLR: in view of the rather long report, the CNC recommended that it
be sent to Radio Science Bulletin. It will also appear on the URSI CNC
managerial web site.
* Summary of report received from Elise Fear, with help from Frank Prato (K):
-As Frank Prato served as both our Canadian Commission K representative on
our CNC and also chair of Commission K for URSI, much of his contributions
were to raise the level of Canadian participation at the 29th Gen. Ass. of
URSI held in Chicago August 7-16, 2008. There were 134 Commission K
presentations in 13 oral and two poster sessions and one commission K
tutorial. Canadian participation was significant including 6 chairs of
sessions, 6 invited presentations and 16 presentations overall. In addition
the Commission K tutorial was also given by a Canadian.
-Frank Prato also authored, with Bernard Veyret of France, Commission K
"Emerging Issues" document and Frank Prato will serve, over the next
triennium, on the URSI Long Range Planning Committee. Also as Commission K
chair for URSI, Frank Prato expanded the terms of reference for the
Commission where in the frequency range for Medical applications was changed
from "static to terahertz" to "static to optical". This will allow optical
imaging, in which Canada is a leader, to be "officially" part of the URSI
program.
-Also Canadian URSI members have participated as abstract reviews and
session chairs for the June 2009 Bioelectromagnetics meeting to be held in
Switzerland. Recently Frank Prato gave an invited lecture at the 5th
International EMF Seminar in China April 16-19, 2009 in Hangzhou. Frank
Prato is also on the Japanese AP-RASC'10 (2010 Asia-Pacific Radio Science
Conference) International Steering Committee which will take place in Toyama
Japan September 22-25, 2010.
-As Frank Prato had stepped down as Commission K representative on the CNC
he is particularly pleased that Dr Elise Fear from Calgary has agreed to
join the CNC as Canada's commission K representative. Dr Fear's interest in
imaging will help guide URSI into directions of importance for Canada.
-The 2009 ANTEM meeting was held in Banff, and included a session on
"Medical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields." This session was
co-organized by Profs. Maria Stuchly (Canadian Commission K member) and
Paul Meaney. Paper presentations included 4 contributions from Canadian
commission K members. There were a total of 10 papers in the biomedical
session.
10. Past radio conferences
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a. URSI GA08, Chicago August 2008. Dr. Antar reported that 1037 members
attended the GA. The URSI annual dues will be linked to the US inflation.
The URSI CNC had 3 members in attendance. Canada was awarded 6 Young
Scientist Awards, and URSI CNC sponsored 5 CNC awards at $5000 each.
Dr. Antar was elected as Vice-President of URSI. The next GA will be held
in Istanbul Turkey in August 2011.
b. URSI International Board Meeting, April 2009. Dr. Antar attended as
URSI V-P. Various concerns were raised: the length of the AGA, the Long
Term Plan, the URSI web site, White papers, etc.
11. Future radio conferences
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a. Toronto 2010 IEEE-APS/URSI CNC/URSI US-NC internat. symp.
URSI CNC sent $15 000 to Dr. Sujeet Chaudhuri as Cdn contribution.
Profit will be splitted between IEEE and URSI (USA and Cdn).
b. Ottawa, July 2010 ANTEM-AMEREM. Dr. Shafai explained this conference.
Dr. Shafai then asked whether URSI and ANTEM could join forces in future
ANTEM conferences. There will be an ANTEM conference in 2012; should it
be done with URSI (same place, same time, but joint or separate sessions)?
Dr. Antar proposed, seconded by Dr. Petosa, that the CNC should explore
a participation in ANTEM in 2012. Unanimous.
c. Canada 2015 IEEE APS & Joint NARS meeting. Dr. Shafai noted possible
Cdn Western locations.
12. Candidatures for URSI Medals & URSI positions
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None up for this year. In 2009, many URSI medals went to the USA.
13. CNC student awards
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In 2003 April, the CNC agreed that such student awards should be for:
-work done in Canada
-conference held in Canada
-student must be at a Canadian university
The CNC Award consists of a Certificate, as well as the amount stated.
Since the inception of CNC awards for best student
presentation, the CNC trust fund in Victoria has granted $16 300 to
37 students as follows:
- 2000 Aug. - ANTEM Winnipeg - $500 to A. Grbic
- 2002 Aug. - ANTEM Montreal - $500 to R. Curiac
- 2002 Aug. - WIRELESS Calgary - $500 to G. Cheung
- 2004 Aug. - ANTEM Winnipeg - $500 to M. Heshmatzadeh
- 2004 June - CASCA Winnipeg - $250 to M. Livingstone & $250 to K. Douglas
- 2006 Aug. - ANTEM Montreal - $500 to J. Schwartz
- 2006 Sep. - WIRELESS Montreal - $500 to V. Vivekanandan
- 2007 July - URSI-NARS Ottawa - $6 000 awards ($300 each to 20 students)
- 2007 July - ISSSE Montreal - $500 to H. van Nguyn & $500 to S. Fatah
- 2007 Oct. - CRSS Ottawa - $500 to S. Soenen
- 2008 June - CRSS Whitehorse - $300 to T. Nguyen
- 2008 June - URSI GA Chicago - $5000 awards ($1000 each to 5 students)
The CNC trust fund in Winnipeg has granted $500 to 1 student:
- 2009 March -ANTEM 2009 Banff - $500 to S. Podilchak
The new CNC trust fund in London will give student awards as follows:
* A $500 URSI CNC award was proposed by Shafai, seconded by Petosa,
for the best Cdn-based student paper at the
ANTEM-AMEREM conference in Ottawa in 2010 July. Agreed.
* A $500 URSI CNC award was proposed by Fear, seconded by Shafai,
for the best Cdn-based student paper at the
IEEE Canadian conference on Electronic & Computer Engineering in
Calgary in 2010 May. Agreed.
In 2010 January, CNC will announce whether CNC will have some student
awards for the Toronto 2010 IEEE-APS/URSI CNC/URSI US-NC internat. symp.
14. New CNC appointments or reappointments
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Comm. D: it was proposed by Prato, seconded by Despins, to ask HIA
to extend Christophe Caloz's term for 3 years, to 28 Feb. 2013.
15. Soliciting new ideas on:
-how to promote Radio Science in Canada
-how to publicize our activities within the community
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There were considerable discussions, relating to the promotion of
Radio Science in Canada, and how to publicize our activities within our
community.
ACTION 1. A URSI Workshop around the CNC annual meeting was discussed.
Frank proposed, seconded by Christophe, to explore the incorporation at
our next CNC annual meeting of a Highly Qualitied Personel event.
Unanimous. Action 1 Group Volunteers: Elise, Christophe, Frank.
ACTION 2. A formal letter to NSERC for student support was discussed.
Charles proposed, seconded by Lot, to solicit continuous NSERC support
for URSI in Canada for graduate students, and Highly Qualified Personnel.
Unanimous. Action 2 Group Volunteers: Yahia, Charles, Lot.
ACTION 3. A URSI-Canada Fellowship (with Certificate, forever) was
discussed. Lot proposed, seconded by Frank, that CNC establishes a
URSI-Canada Fellowship based on outstanding research contributions.
Unanimous. Action 3 Group Volunteers: Aldo, Al, Andrew, Cesar.
16. Other business
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Dr Antar started a discussion on whether we should invite at our next CNC
meeting the organizers of the Toronto 2010 NARS conference. Given the
unanimous understanding, Dr Antar will then invite Dr. George Eleftheriades
(using his own conference travel fund).
17. Tentative Date and Place for the next URSI CNC meeting (Vallee)
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There was a suggested or pencilled-in date for Calgary, Alb.
near the first Tuesday in May 2010, hosted by Dr Elise Fear, with
potentially a Lectureship for students on Monday evening.
Dr. Prato thanked all members present for their work on the CNC.
Dr. Prato thanked Dr. Vallee for his hard work, corporate memory & reminders.
Dr Vallee thanked all members on behalf of NRC-HIA for helping Radio
Science in Canada, and encouraged them to fill their NRC Travel Claim Form
and to send them to him at NRC-HIA in Victoria.
Dr Despins moved to close the meeting. The CNC meeting ended near 15h50m.
A tour of the Lawson Health Research Institute, organized by Dr Prato,
was provided at 16h.
PS: Minutes written by J.P. Vallee [except for commission reports in item 9].