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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Victoria Centre
Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Saturday, November 17, 2007
held at the Gorge Vale Golf Club, Victoria, BC
See the photos
6:15pm - COCKTAILS - no host bar
7:00pm - DINNER - buffet
8:30pm - SPEAKER
 NEPTUNE Canada
Regional Cabled Observatory -
Brian
Bornhold, Project Scientist, NEPTUNE Canada
Presentation (6.5Mb
pdf) In
2007 and 2008, NEPTUNE Canada will be installing an 800 km long regional
cabled ocean observatory across the northern Juan de Fuca tectonic plate.
Across the network, high resolution seismic information will elucidate
tectonic processes such as earthquakes and strain, and a tsunami system will
allow determination of open ocean tsunami amplitude, propagation direction,
and speed.
At Endeavour Ridge, complex interactions among volcanic, tectonic,
hydrothermal and biological processes will be quantified where new volcanic
seafloor is created. On the abyssal plain, ODP borehole monitoring systems
will track realtime changes in crustal temperature and pressure,
particularly as they relate to events such as earthquakes, hydrothermal
convection or regional plate strain at this mid-plate site. Experiments
around Barkley Canyon, on the continental slope off southern Vancouver
Island, will allow quantification of changes in biological and chemical
activity associated with nutrient and sediment transport around the
shelf/slope break and through the canyon to the deep sea. There and north
along the mid-continental slope, shallowly buried gas hydrates occur.
Various experiments will monitor changes in their distribution, depth,
structure, properties and venting, particularly related to earthquakes,
slope failures and regional plate motions. At inshore Folger Passage, near
the entrance to Barkley Sound, understanding controls on biological
productivity will help evaluate the effects that marine processes have on
fish and marine mammals. NEPTUNE Canada will transform our understanding of
biological, chemical, physical, and geological processes across an entire
tectonic plate, from the shelf to the deep sea. Real-time continuous
monitoring and archiving allows scientists to capture the temporal nature
and characteristics of these natural processes in a way never before
possible.
RASC
Victoria Centre AGM 2007 - photo gallery 9:30pm - BUSINESS AGENDA
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Call to order
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Minutes of 2006 Annual General Meeting
as approved
(pdf
Members Only)
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Secretary's Annual Report (pdf
Members Only)
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Financial Report
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National Representative Report
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Election of officers:
President - Joe Carr
Vice President - Sid Sidhu
Second Vice President - John McDonald
Treasurer - Martin Shepard
National Representative - Chris Gainor
Secretary and Recorder - Li-Ann Skibo
Past President - Scott Mair
Librarian - Charles Banville
Telescopes - Sid Sidhu
Sky News Editor - Scott Mair
New Members Liaison - Bruno Quenneville
Website Editor - Joe Carr
Members at Large - Bill Almond (Centre Historian), Sandy Barta, Dave
Bennett, Jim Hesser, David Lee, Ed Maxfield, Bruno Quenneville, Colin Scarfe,
Malcolm Scrimger, Dirk Yzenbrandt
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Newton-Ball Award - congratulations to David Lee
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Awards for Astrophotography - congratulations to Charles
Banville, John McDonald, and Guy Walton. Certificate of Appreciation to
Stephen Courtin for his participation in the Centre's public outreach
programs.
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President's Message
(pdf)
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New business from the floor - none
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Closing comments - get outside and observe
Comet 17-P
Holmes
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Door prizes
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Newton/Ball Service Award 2007
This certificate is awarded to
David Lee
RASC Victoria Centre
In his various positions on Victoria Centre Council as President, Past
President, National Representative, and Webmaster, David Lee has contributed
a great deal to our membership over the last decade. David is the consummate
�volunteer� and has dedicated himself to RASC's mission of bringing
information about astronomy to the general public in innovative ways: by
creating our first website; by bringing astronomy to tourists; and by
teaching astro-photography to the public. He has brought his enthusiasm for
astronomy to virtually all of Victoria Centre's public events, as well as to
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