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AFAS (ACT)
Inc.
Australian-French
Association for Science and Technology (ACT) Incorporated
Our Annual
General Meeting 2007
was held on Tuesday, 23 October on the ANU campus, RSPhysSE
Professor Rod Boswell,
President, reported on the events of last year, and the Treasurer circulated an
income and expenditure report.
The committee for 2007–08 will
comprise mainly the same members as last year, namely: Professor Rod Boswell,
Peter Judge, Dr Irina Borissova, Dr Neville Exon, Professor Joe Gani, John
McKenna, Dr Doug Mackenzie, Professor Roye Rutland. Dr Rowena Ball and
Professor John Love are now full members of the committee (formerly they were
co-opted members). Dr Borissova
stood down as Secretary/Vice-president, but will remain on the committee as
Public Officer. Since the meeting, Dr Paul Tregoning has been welcomed onto the
committee and Belinda Barbour has agreed to act as secretary to the committee.
In accordance with the
Constitution, the committee elected from among its members the holders of the
executive positions:
President Professor John Love, Vice-president Professor Rod Boswell FAA,
Treasurer Peter Judge. Their email contact details are available here.
AFAS is a non-political, non-profit organisation.
Its office in the ACT
is in the French Embassy.
AFAS aims to:
·
foster
contacts between French and Australian scientists, engineers and other
professional and technical specialists
·
maintain
ties of friendship between its members and the two countries
·
promote
scientific, educational, cultural and social activities.
Click here for a more detailed explanation of AFAS and its
activities, and here for a list of officers of AFAS (ACT) Inc. with
their email addresses. The Constitution is also available on this web site, if
you wish to see it.
The printed review, French Science and Technology, which has been published regularly for
16 years, finally ran out of budget and ceased publication. The last issue, No.
49, is dated December 2004. Some recent issues, numbers 39 to 49, are still
available on the French Embassy website. There is also a list of all the
articles in these issues, which you can search using the 'find' command in your
browser.
AFAS groups are closely linked
to the activities of FEAST-France. To see how these relationships work, click here.
Any questions about AFAS? Want to get on our mailing list? Contact the hon. sec.
The French Embassy
To learn more about the Science
and Technology activities of the French Embassy in Canberra, look at its web
site www.ambafrance-au.org, and
click on 'scientific section'. You will find information on French-Australian
scientific cooperation; Higher Education, Research and Technology in Australia
and in France; Financial support - how to find the right grant or scholarship
for you; FEAST, the Forum for European-Australian Science & Technology
cooperation, and much more.
Web site created and maintained by
Peter Judge
Last updated 9/4/08