IRC Business
Meeting
Bremen, Germany
22 July 2010
IRC Business Meeting Agenda
1.
Welcome
2.
Approval of Agenda
3.
President’s Report
-
4.
Remembrances
Treasurer’s Report
Web site Update (www.irc-iamas.org) - maintained by Paul Przyborski, Webmaster
Recent IRC Activities (Publications, Meetings)
IRS Proposals: Ground Rules, Analysis
Presentation of IRS 2012 Bid Proposals
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Berlin (Fischer, Macke, Orphal) followed by Questions and Comments
Vallodolid (Cachorro-Revilla) followed by Questions and Comments
Comments from past IRC Presidents
5.
Vote on IRS 2012 venue
6.
Working Group/Rapporteur Presentations
- 3DRT
- CIRC
- ITWG
- CR
Marshak
Marshak
Larar
Kinne (informal)
- ASA (file only)
- GEB (file only)
- BSRN (file only)
7.
Proposed new Working Groups - UV
- ARTM
8.
Next IRC Business Meeting – IUGG 2011 (28 Jun – 7 Jul), Melbourne, Australia
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9.
Groebner
Mayer
IRC-sponsored/co-sponsored sessions at IUGG 2011 (Melbourne)
Other business
In keeping with eco-friendly best practices, this meeting will be PAPER-FREE
President’s Report
-
Remembrances
-
Treasurer’s Report
-
Web site Update (www.irc-iamas.org) - maintained by Paul
Przyborski, Webmaster
-
Recent IRC Activities (Publications, Meetings)
-
IRS Proposals: Ground Rules, Analysis
In Remembrance
Jack Eddy
2009
Joanne Simpson
Stephen H. Schneider
2010
Hal Woolf
19311923-2010
19451940-2009
Treasurer’s Report
IRC Fund Dollar Account
Date
Descriptions
2009. 2 Transfer from U. Tokyo
2009. 9
2009. 9
IRC BM expenses
(Montreal)
2010. 1
BAMS article publication
fee
Spending
$17,245.90
Local expenses (transfer
fee etc)
2009.9.16 From IRS2008
Total
Income
Remarks
$17,245.90
$500.00
$10,237.39
$27,483.29
Balance
$16,745.90
Converted to KRW and deposited in a separate
acct
$26,983.29
$744.81
$26,238.48
To Carol, NASA Federal Credit Union
$1,250.00
$24,988.48
To Hans Volkert, Dresdner Bank
$2,494.81
$24,988.48
Account balance is approximately US$25K, of which US$10K was raised by IRS2008,
held in C publications. IRC requests continued support from IAMAS at a similar level as in
the previous 4-year term. This support is needed to enable IRC to continue to widen participation.
Web site
Update
Resources Page
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- Recent IRC Activities
• Publications
(IAMAS) Radiation and Ozone, Catalysts for Advancing International
Atmospheric Science Programs for over Half a Century, by
G. Ohring, R. D. Bojkov, H.–J. Bolle, R. D. Hudson, and H. Volkert
• Recent Meetings
The Eleventh Biennial HITRAN Conference (united with the
10th ASA Conference), 16-18 June 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts
AMS Joint 13th Conference on Cloud Physics and 13th Conference on
Atmospheric Radiation, 28 June-2 July 2010, Portland, Oregon
• Upcoming: 3rd APRS, Seoul, 25-28 August 2010
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Ground rules for IRS proposal selection:
•
Presentation by each team Highlight any changes from written submission
•
Discussion with Q’s from anyone present
•
One (1) questioner at a time has the floor
•
One (1) vote per each voting member; voting members
from the proposing countries are recused from voting
•
Ten (10) total votes or more constitute a quorum
•
No email votes unless there is no quorum at the business
meeting
•
Simple majority rules (i.e. Integer part of N/2 + 1, or more)
4.
5.
Presentation of IRS 2012 Bid Proposals
(i)
Berlin (Fischer, Macke, Orphal)
- Questions and Comments
(ii)
Valladolid (Cachorro-Revilla)
- Questions and Comments
(iii)
Comments from Past IRC Presidents
Vote on IRS 2012 Venue
6.
Working Group/Rapporteur Presentations
- 3DRT
- CIRC
- ITWG
- CR
Marshak
Marshak
Larar
Kinne (informally)
- ASA (on file)
- GEB (on file)
- BSRN (on file)
7.
Solicitation of proposed new Working Groups
(1) UV
Groebner and Blumthaler
Propose change in status from Rapporteur to Working Group
(2) ARTM Advanced Radiative Transfer tools
for new satellite missions Mayer and Emde
8.
Next IRC Business Meeting – Concurrent with IUGG 2011 (28 Jun – 7 Jul)
Melbourne, Australia
- IRC-sponsored/co-sponsored sessions at IUGG 2011 (Melbourne):
M01 - Solar UV Radiation – Blumthaler, Groebner
M03 - Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Radiation Interactions – Feingold, Koren, Stephens
M08 - The Impact of Solar Variability on the Earth – Langematz, Schmutz
M09 - Three-dimensional Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere – Marshak
Detailed information on the sessions can be found at:
http://www.iugg2011.com/program-iamas.asp
9.
Other Business