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1. New Navigation
   A few of the navigation "buttons" have been changed in order to make the individual sections more useful and to make navigation more simple. A site map will soon be added to the site explaining in detail what can be found under each section.
   "Support" became "Get involved"
   "Gallery" moved to become part of "Resources"
   "For Scientists" became "IHY Science"
   
   
2. Newsletter Archive
   A newsletter archive has been added. This is where you will be able to view any current and past newsletter. In the future, rather than sending the newsletter through email, we will send a link through email which will point to the current the newsletter in the archive. This will avoid clogging up your emails with attachments and should improve dissemination. You will find the archive at the following URL: http://ihy2007.org/newsroom/newsletter.shtml
   
   
3. Addition of IHY Science Coordination Database
   We have now placed multiple links to the IHY Science Coordination Database you can access them through two sections: IHY Science and Get Involved. The URLs are below. We encourage everyone to sign up and make sure that their "observatories" are added to the list!
   
4. IHY "Events" Page
   Our "Events" page has been updated with scientific meetings throughout our fields of research. However, this update is not complete: please send notices of your upcoming meetings to ihy@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov. We have introduced an icon-based classification system so you can be aware of the IHY-related activities at each meeting.

Additionally, we are attempting to identify at least one "IHY Contact" at each meeting. The IHY Contact is available to members of the scientific community who are interested in learning about IHY or participating in IHY. If you are going to attend a scientific meeting and are able to serve as an IHY Contact, please let us know.

There have been a number of updates on the IHY website regarding these and other activities, and we would also like to announce that the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) website has been launched at www.egy.org

The IHY North American Community Science Planning Workshop will be held in Boulder, CO 16-18 February, 2005. Details about the meeting can be found on the
meeting home page. All IHY community members are welcome!

We are grateful to all of you who have joined the IHY Science Coordination Database and who have encouraged others to do so. We have a broad international representation, and as we identify coordination activities and support opportunities, we will begin to rely more heavily on the database.

Thank you to everyone for your support! Have a wonderful December.

1. We are pleased to announce that the plans for the IHY North American Community Science Planning Workshop are almost finalized, and we have opened the web page for registration. You can access the page through the "Events" Section of the IHY website, just scroll down to February 2005. Lodging and meeting information is available on the site. If you find any glitches, please report them to ihy@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov!

2. There will be several special sessions on IHY science at the upcoming Spring AGU Meeting:

SA02: The Response of Planetary Atmospheres to Solar Irradiance
SA07: Comparative Studies of Planetary Thermospheres and Their Dynamics Using GCMs
SH09: Universal Physical Processes in the Solar System
C02: International Polar Year 2007-2008

3. The Abstract Deadline for the Spring AGU is February 10. Several other important IHY meeting deadlines are approaching. The 20-24 June 2005 Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Meeting will be featuring a special session on IHY and will also host the first Asia-Pacific IHY Regional Planning. The AOGS Abstract Deadline is rapidly approaching, January 31, and the European Geosciences Union (EGU) deadline is 21 January, 2005.

The IHY Team wishes you a very happy 2005!

Details about the meeting location, agenda and lodging can be found at
http://ihy2007.org/events/2005feb_ihy.shtml

All IHY community members are welcome!

2. The AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) has extended the Abstract Deadline for the 2nd Annual AOGS Meeting to 1 March, 2005. There is a special session on IHY, and this will also be the site of the first IHY Asia/Oceania Planning Meeting. The meeting will be held June 20-24, 2005 in Singapore. Meeting information can be found at http://www.asiaoceania-conference.org

3. The Abstract Deadline for the Spring AGU (American Geophysical Union) Meeting is 10 February 2005. The meeting will be held May 23-27, 2005 in New Orleans, and will feature several special sessions focussing on IHY science.

4. We are grateful to all of you who have joined the IHY Science Coordination Database and who have encouraged others to do so. We have a broad international representation, and as we identify coordination activities and support opportunities, we will begin to rely more heavily on the database.

Thank you to everyone for your support!

The website has been updated with a great deal of information. Please refer to the IHY home page at http://ihy2007.org. In particular, many new "Resources" have been added, our "Newsroom" is full of new material and announcements, and there is a lot of information in the "Get Involved" section. Your help is needed to keep the website current! Suggestions and corrections may be sent to ihy@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov.

2. Mail list update:

A number of new members have been added to the ihyinfo mailing list. Welcome to IHY! Please encourage colleagues to join the list if they'd like to receive up-to-date information on IHY activities. All members of IHY Planning Committees should be subscribed to the mailing list. Information on IHY activities and the mailing list can be found in the "Get Involved" section of the IHY home page.

3. Upcoming events: IHY Town Hall meeting at the EGU
EGU-2005 Vienna, Thursday April 28, Room #12, 19h-20h

From: Carine Briand carine.briand@obspm.fr

On the fiftieth anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) an international program of scientific collaboration will be conducted, focusing on fundamental global questions of Earth and space science, called the International Heliophysical Year (IHY).

You are invited to an open forum to shape the International Heliophysical Year activities in Europe.

Agenda:
- status of IHY, IPY and eGY (by representatives of each organization)
- role of IHY-Europe
- existing programs and efforts in Europe (COST, Space Weather, National Programs, existing tools, etc.)
- discussion on shaping the IHY-Europe activities
- education and Communication

Looking forward to seeing you in Vienna.

Best regards

Jean-Louis Bougeret and the IHY-Europe Committee

4. Upcoming events: Balkan/Black Sea Region IHY Coordination Meeting June 6-8, 2005.

This meeting will be held in the beautiful town of Sozopol, Bulgaria, and the Lead Scientific Contact is Katya GEORGIEVA ( kgeorg@bas.bg). For updates, please refer to the Meeting Home Page.

5. Upcoming events: 2005 IHY Asia/Pacific Regional Planning Meeting

This meeting will be held during the AOGS Meeting in Singapore, June 20-24, 2005. For updates, please refer to the meeting entry in the "Events" section of the IHY home page.

6. Upcoming events: First IHY International Planning Meeting & Workshop

All Regional and National coordinators are invited to attend! The meeting will be held during the IAGA meeting in Toulouse, FRANCE on July 22-23. For more information, please contact Joe Davila) or refer to the meeting entry in the "Events" section of the IHY home page.

7. Upcoming events: Mini-workshop on IHY, eGY and IPY during the GEM/CEDAR Meeting

A special 2-hour workshop will be held during the GEM/CEDAR meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The preliminary schedule has the workshop occurring the afternoon of Tuesday, 28 June. This will be a great opportunity to approach IHY science with respect to the GEM and CEDAR activities, as well as ensuring coordination with the IPY and eGY programs. For more information, please contact Marina Galand ( mgaland@bu.edu) or look for updates in the "Events" section of the IHY home page.

8. Science Coordination Database update

A warm thank-you to all of you who have helped to collect observatory and participant information for the Science Coordination Database! Those of you who have additional information, please go to the database through the "Get Involved" section of the IHY home page.

The database is undergoing a massive overhaul, in anticipation of major challenges in science and observatory coordination! The new database will feature the following:

1) Complete "Events" page with a searchable interface
2) Automated notification to IHY Contacts at scientific meetings, informing them of the resources and the materials available on the IHY site for their use as an IHY contact
3) Automated updates to the International and National Coordination Teams, informing the team members of new participants in their region or country
4) User-friendly interfaces, for entering participant information, observatory information, or events

9. IHY Newsletter: Items needed

Bala Balasubramaniam (bala@nso.edu), the IHY Newsletter editor, is in the process of assembling our April 2005 Newsletter. If you have an item to submit to the newsletter, please let him know. This is a great place to advertise upcoming IHY events and activities, and we also welcome articles on exciting IHY science!

Thank you to everyone for your support!

The CIP registration page is at http://www.ihy.rl.ac.uk/CIP_form.htm

There is no deadline for the entry of CIPs into the database, but we hope to get a wide range of CIPs by the end of 2005. CIPs can be modified and updated after submission.

2. Results from the Balkan/Black Sea Regional IHY Team Meeting

The Balkan/Black Sea Regional meeting, with sponsorship from EOARD and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, held their first planning meeting June 8-10, 2005 in Sozopol, Bulgaria. Their website has a detailed summary and presentations for all to enjoy. We extend our congratulations to Katya GEORGIEVA and all the meeting planners. Meeting results and summary can be viewed at http:// www.stil.bas.bg/IHY/

3. Mark your calendars: International Heliophysical Year European General Assembly in January 2006

The IHY-EUROPE Regional coordinators, Jean-Louis BOUGERET and Carine BRIAND, and the rest of the IHY Europe General Assembly Organizing Committee invite you to the International Heliophysical Year European General Assembly in Paris, France, January 10-13, 2006. A preliminary programme is available, and abstract submission and registration pages are coming soon. The meeting will join scientists from across Europe and around the world to prepare for science activities and begin the planning of the IHY Coordinated Investigation Programmes (CIPs).

4. Second Announcement: First United Nations/ESA/NASA IHY Workshop on Basic Space Science in Nov. 2005

The Second Announcement for the UN/ESA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year IHY 2007 is now available at http://www.ihy.uaeu.ac.ae The workshop will be held November 20-23, 2005 in Abu-Dhabi and Al- Ain, United Arab Emirates. Applications for participation are due September 1, 2005, and authors will be notified of acceptance by October 1, 2005. The goal of the workshop is to stimulate space science activities in developing nations, and the workshop will focus on the deployment of instrumentation in developing nations. For more information about the United Nations/IHY Basic Space Science Initiative, please go to the IHY UNBSSI Program Website.

5. "IGY Gold" Program Nomination Solicitation

The "IGY Gold" Program nomination form is now online on the IGY Gold Program website.

Do you know someone who participated in IGY 1957? Do you have any materials (such as memoirs, photos, correspondence) from the IGY 1957? The "IGY Gold" Program is dedicated to preserving the history and memory of IGY 1957. This is a joint program of the IUGG IGY+50 celebration and IHY. Members of the "IGY Gold Club" (participants in the IGY 1957) receive a certificate of appreciation and an IGY Gold pin. The "IGY Gold" commemorative lapel pin has been specially designed for the 50th anniversary of IGY, and only members of the IGY Gold club will be issued this pin. Nominate someone today!

For more information on IGY Gold Program activities, please go to the "Get Involved" section of the IHY home page or contact Barbara Thompson at barbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov.

6. Items for the IHY Newsroom and News Notes

The IHY website has several resources to make the community aware of IHY activities. We have a "Newsroom" section on our website for updates on recent activities, the "Events" section of the site is a comprehensive list of scientific meetings in space physics, IHY activities, and other relevant activities. Additionally, we send out information, such as this IHY News Note, to the IHYinfo email list. To post an item to any of these resources, please email us at ihy@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Thank you to everyone for your support!

The CIP registration page is at http://www.ihy.rl.ac.uk/CIP_form.htm

There is no deadline for the entry of CIPs into the database, but we hope to get a wide range of CIPs by the end of 2005. CIPs can be modified and updated after submission.

3. United Nations/ESA/NASA IHY Workshop on Basic Space Science in United Arab Emirates, Nov. 2005

Updated information on the U.N./ESA/NASA Workshop can be found on the meeting website at http://www.ihy.uaeu.ac.ae The workshop will be held November 20-23, 2005 in Abu-Dhabi and Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. Applications for participation were due September 1, 2005, and authors will be notified of acceptance by October 1, 2005. If you missed the application deadline and are still interested in attending, please contact one of the workshop organizers immediately. The goal of the workshop is to stimulate space science activities in developing nations, and the workshop will focus on the deployment of instrumentation in developing nations. For more information about the United Nations/IHY Basic Space Science Initiative, please go to the "Observatory Development" portion of our website. 4. Special Sessions at the Fall 2005 AGU Meeting Abstract Deadline: 8 September 2005

There will be a number of special sessions on the IHY and the eGY (electronic Geophysical Year, http://egy.org) at the Fall 2005 AGU Meeting! Additionally, there will be special events and activities which allow community members to participate in the plans for 2007-2008 activities. Please remember that the deadline for online abstract submissions is 8 September 2005.

http://submissions4.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp

5. IHY Newsletter Status

The IHY website has several resources to make the community aware of IHY activities. We have a "Newsroom" section on our website for updates on recent activities, the "Events" section of the site is a comprehensive list of scientific meetings in space physics, IHY activities, and other relevant activities. Additionally, we send out information, such as this IHY News Note, to the IHYinfo email list.

We are pleased to announce that the IHY Newsletter is back by popular demand! The News Notes (such as this message) are used as a means of providing brief notices and rapid updates to the IHY community. The IHY Newsletter will feature articles, discussions, and will provide a forum to bring awareness of scientific, educational, or other IHY planning activities. We extend our appreciation to K.S. "Bala" Balasubramaniam (bala@nso.edu) of the National Solar Observatory for his willingness to serve as the IHY Newsletter editor. We hope you will continue to give him your earnest support.

To post an item to any of these resources, please email us at ihy@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Thank you to everyone for your efforts!

IHY News Note #8
30 January 2006

Contents:
- New team members welcome
- Congratulations to IHY-Nigeria on a successful planning meeting
- Report from IHY/U.N. Workshop in Al-Ain, UAE
- IHY/UNBSS instrument deployment begins!
- New IHY National Programs Coming Online
- New IHY Multi-Lingual Brochure
- Items for the IHY Newsroom and News Notes

Dear IHY Community:

1. IHY Welcomes New Regional Leaders

he IHY Team is happy to announce several new leaders to the IHY team. Professor Hamid M.K. AL-NAIMIY of the United Arab Emirates University began his term as IHY Regional Coordinator for West Asia and hosted the First United Nations/ESA/NASA IHY Workshop on Basic Space Science November 20-23, 2005 (see news item #3 below). Dr. Donald HASSLER of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder will make use of his extensive experience in coordinating international campaigns as the new IHY Regional Leader for North America. We also welcome Dr. Roger SMITH of the Geophysical Institute at U. Alaska Fairbanks as IHY U.S. National Coordinator!

2. Introducing M. Cristina RABELLO-SOARES, the new IHY Education and Public Outreach Coordinator

Dr. M. Cristina RABELLO-SOARES of Stanford University has agreed to serve as the Education and Public Outreach Coordinator for IHY. She is already working on a number of exciting activities, and you will be hearing a lot from her. Welcome to the team, Cristina!

3. Report from the 2005 U.N./ESA/NASA Workshop on IHY

A publication is available describing the presentation, participants, instrumentation, and recommendations from the First United Nations/ESA/NASA IHY Workshop on Basic Space Science, held in Abu Dhabi and Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates 20-23 November, 2005. The report is now available for downloading.

The 4-day workshop was hosted by the United Arab Emirates University, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan, Minister of Education and the Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University, and on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government. The meeting was co-organized by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the Department of Physics at the UAE University. The local organization was also provided by the Department of Physics at UAE University.

Workshop participants represented 44 United Nations member states, including a significant portion of North Africa, the IHY-West Asia region, as well as leadership from the remaining six IHY international regions. There were special sessions on IHY instruments and host institutions, as well as IHY science, global scientific initiatives, education programs, astrophysical research in Arab nations, and the 2005 World Year of Physics. Special discussions also included planning for the IHY-Africa initiative, education and outreach activities, and the establishment of a working group on Infrastructure and Sustainability Issues in Global Space Sciences.

The excellent presentations and intensive planning discussions set the stage for a number of successful IHY programs and regional activities, and near-term plans were established for continued instrument deployments. Details are listed in the conference report.

4. IHY/UNBSS Instrument Deployment Begins!

IHY Scientists Joe DAVILA, Mehdi BENNA and Bob SENSENEY began the deployment of IHY/United Nations-sponsored instrumentation in Tunisia last October. There was a great of excitement among the local students deal of local news coverageThe University of Tunis will host an "AWESOME" Space Weather Monitor as part of a growing global network of IHY instrumentation. For more information on the U.N./ESA/IHY Observatory Development Program, please go to the program home page .

5. IHY National Programs Coming Online

A number of IHY Programs in individual nations are being established, and new information is continually being added to the IHY Regional and National Coordinators Page. You can visit the home pages for IHY-Turkey, Azerbaijan, Japan, Poland, Romania, among others. New IHY Home Pages for many nations are being launched - is yours next?

6. New IHY U.N. Brochure Available in Six Languages

Have you looked in the "Resources" section of the IHY website lately? The IHY Logo has been translated into many new languages, and is available in the "Images" section of the Resources page. Additionally, a new IHY Brochure produced by the U.N. Basic Space Science Program is available, and you can view the new brochure in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Thank you to everyone for your support!

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