June 2016:

The ASA Annual Science Meeting is 3-8 July, and the ASA Early Career Researcher chapter will be running two events at the meeting.

On Monday 4th July at 18:30 in the lecture hall we will host a speed meet-a-mentor event together with the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) chapter. This is a great opportunity to meet senior colleagues and begin to develop new relationships and networks. In addition, we have invited a number of former academic astronomers who have moved into other careers to be part of the mentoring group, and we hope that they will be a very good resource for you. Speed meet-a-mentor is open to everyone regardless of whether you are a member of the ASA or the ECR Chapter, so please plan to be there. There will be refreshments.

On Tuesday 5th July at lunchtime we will have our annual chapter meeting. This is an opportunity for us to tell you about our plans for the upcoming year, and to collect your thoughts on what we can do to be a benefit to you. Student, ECR and senior members of the Chapter are all invited.

May 2016:

The 3rd ASA Early Career Research Mentoring Workshop is taking place on the 30-31st May, at the Yarra Valley Estate, near Melbourne, Victoria.

Elections are now taking place for positions on the 2016 steering committee. The Committee consists of a Chair, five Steering Committee members, a student representative and a senior representative. There is also an ASA council representative, who is ex-officio unless they are also elected to the committee. Terms are held for two years (full representatives) and one year (student representative and senior representative).

We are now inviting nominations for four positions which are student representative, senior representative and two ordinary committee members. These positions are open to all Chapter members, except for the student representative (open to students only) the senior representative (open to our senior or “mentor” members only). Existing Steering Committee members can renominate if they wish. Please contact David Parkinson to nominate.

April 2015:

Elections are now taking place for positions on the steering committee. The Committee consists of a Chair, five Steering Committee members, a student representative and a senior representative. There is also an ASA council representative, who is ex-officio unless they are also elected to the committee. Terms are held for two years (full representatives) and one year (student representative and senior representative).

We are now inviting nominations for five positions which are chair, student representative, senior representative and three ordinary committee members. These positions are open to all Chapter members, except for the student representative (open to students only) the senior representative (open to our senior or “mentor” members only), and the chair (open to ordinary ECR members only). Existing Steering Committee members can renominate if they wish.

If you are interested in nominating yourself, please email the out-going chair and returning officer David Parkinson (d dot parkinson at uq dot edu dot au). Each nomination must include a brief paragraph summarising your interest in the position and how you envisage to contribute to the broad goals of the Chapter. Please note that this information will be made available to voters. Nominations close on the 10th June.

March 2015:

The Science Meets Parliament event will be held on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 March 2015. If you are attending, and requiring briefing on matters relating to Australian astronomy, the ASA briefing sheet can be found here.

June 2014:

Elections are now taking place for positions on the steering committee. The Committee consists of a Chair, five Steering Committee members, a student representative and a senior representative. There is also an ASA council representative, who is ex-officio unless they are also elected to the committee. Terms are held for two years (full representatives) and one year (student representative and senior representative).

We are now inviting nominations for all positions, as up until now, the committee has been interim, with no democratic selection. These positions are open to all Chapter members, except for the student representative (open to students only) and the senior representative (open to our senior or “mentor” members only). Existing Steering Committee members can renominate if they wish.

If you are interested in nominating yourself, please email the returning officer Cathryn Trott (cathryn dot trott at curtin dot edu dot au). Each nomination must include a brief paragraph summarising your interest in the position and how you envisage to contribute to the broad goals of the Chapter. Please note that this information will be made available to voters. Nominations close on the 10th June.

February 2014:

The deadline for nominations for the Louise Webster Prize is 10th March 2014. Self nominations are acceptable, so if there is a piece of research you are especially proud of, that you have done recently, you should consider nominating yourself.

The Science Meets Parliament event will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 March 2014. If you are attending, and requiring breifing on matters relating to Australian astronomy, the ASA briefing sheet can be found here.

December 2013:

The 2013 ECR chapter newsletter is now available here.

August 2013:

There will be a one day workshop of “How to be an effective referee” on the 29th November 2013. It will be held at CAASTRO, at 44-70 Rosehill Street, Redfern, Sydney. Places will be limited to 40 attendees.

May 2013:

There will be a social mixer event at the ASA ASM