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the general public: IUVSTA (including a
description, short history, its administrative
structure and officers); Member National
Societies (listings, contact details and links
to their own websites where these exist);
Administrative Procedures (as described
above for the former publication); Divisions
and Committees (objectives and activities);
IUVSTA Prizes (inaugurated in 1998);
Scholarships (Welch Scholarship and
student awards); Executive Council and
General Meetings (historical information
of dates and locations, but not minutes,
plus information of dates, times, agenda,
accommodation, and travel arrangements,
for forthcoming meetings); Scientific
Workshops and Schools (historical listings
of these events run by IUVSTA with links
where further detailed information is
available); IUVSTA Conferences (listings of
the conferences organised and controlled
by IUVSTA including the IVC, ICSS, ICTF,
ECOSS and EVC); Calendar of Events
(a list of IUVSTA meetings and international
conferences relevant to the fields of
IUVSTA, with links to the Calendars of other
related societies); Education (including
the Visual Aids Program, and links to the
Short Course Program, Summer Schools,
and the Welch Scholarship); News Items
(current items of interest to members);
News Bulletin (see Section 11). In 2002 a
Useful Information section was introduced
by the Education Committee. It was
overseen by Angus Rockett (USA) and
contains information such as periodic
tables, vapour pressure curves, sputter
yiels charts and many links to other sites
where a wide range of relevant information
can be obtained.
In addition, a Members Only area of
the site has been added, which is
accessible only to persons who are
appropriately associated with the
Union, as described in Section 8
above. This area contains material
such as ECM and GM minutes,
Committee and Divisional Mee
tings minutes, and the Membership
Directory. Access is restricted by a
password, obtainable through the
Secretary General.
SUMMARY