NPSS Newsletter

Is it relevant?Do we want to continue it?

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Newsletter History

• Begun October 1969 as Nuclear Science Group Newsletter. Jack Osborn, GE Nuclear is Editor until 1994

• 1970 Nuclear Science News• 1973 February First Nuclear and Plasma

Sciences Society Newsletter• 1994 Ken Dawson, TRIUMF, becomes editor• 2004 Albe Larsen, SLAC, becomes editor

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Newsletter Content

• Since beginning, conference information• Info about AdCom including C&BL• Info about people• Later: more detail about Society business,

Society Honors and Awards• Articles about frontline work (1980s on)

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What Should Newsletter Be?

• Is content right?• What should be added or eliminated?• Is electronic only better?• What is relevant?• Who reads this?

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AdCom Role

• For Newsletter to continue, if wanted, AdCom needs to provide content:– Conference info and Conference Closing Reports: TC

chair’s responsibility to make sure Conference Chair, Conference PR people submit this with hi res photos as separate files!

– Technical Committee Reports– Awards Reports: Separate short reports on award

recipients – brief bio with emphasis on work recognized, award citation, good photos of recipients. Limited length but not buried in TC or conference report

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AdCom Role 2

• Functional Committee Reports – yearly at least. Need deadlines, application info where appropriate, enough time for response.

• Liaison Reports – yearly at least with info on what the body with which you’re liaizing is doing and relevance to NPSS

• Technical Reports: Each TC and elected AdCom member should be looking for interesting work to present to all. One article per TC per year

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AdCom Role 3

• Reports on significant community events: new leaders; loss of leaders, etc

• Meet deadlines!• Other?