CAP 2010 Closing Comments

Dennis CrabtreePresident – IAU Commission 55

• Personally found this the most interesting CAP meeting yet!– Approximately 45 countries represented at CAP2010– Thanks to everyone for making the meeting a success

• Wonderful to hear SPoC reports on activities during IYA2009– Ingenuity, enthusiasm and tireless effort

• Incredible variety of activities and locations• Some common themes– Importance of amateur astronomers– Desire to carry momentum of IYA2009 forward

C55 Working Groups• Washington Charter - Dennis• CAP Meetings - Ian• New Media – Pamela and Lars• VAMP – Robert Hurt• Pro/Am Collaboration - TBD• WG members and volunteers welcome

• Thanks to LOC - Shukrani LOC– Ian particularly wants to thanks Encarni for all her work on

helping him on keeping on track of the participants and programme changes during the last three hectic weeks

– Special thanks to Kevin for ALL of his announcements

• Looking forward to CAP2011 - currently looking at last two weeks of Sept or first two weeks of Oct 2011