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Topics for October, 2008

Global Environmental Solutions Require Global Funding

Monday, October 20th, 2008

A group of 26 early career atmospheric scientists suggests that scientific funding agencies around the world create and contribute to a common fund to support global environmental change research and allow the most efficient use of resources available. The group notes that although the organizational infrastructure for global research coordination exists, funding is managed by national and regional agencies individually, with increasing emphasis on local concerns.

As published in Eos.

AGU Governance and Organization Systems: Membership Input Sought

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The AGU Statutes and Bylaws Committee was asked to examine the present system of AGU governance and organization, and to make recommendations for changes, if any seem warranted. Given the importance of this issue, the Statutes and Bylaws Committee is soliciting comments from the AGU membership on their conclusions about the consistency of the present AGU structure with the principles mentioned in their recent article.

As published in Eos.