The African Astronomical Society (AfAS) is a pan-African professional society of astronomers, with multiple committees set up to implement its objectives. The Outreach Committee is tasked with enhancing the interest in astronomy amongst the public and facilitating the development of outreach practitioners across Africa.
AfAS would like to expand the Outreach Committee by inducting new members into it. This is an open call for nominations to the Outreach Committee, according to the following guidelines:
- Nominations are invited for experienced and motivated outreach practitioners currently living in Africa (the nominee).
- Nominations can be made by anyone who is involved in astronomy in any capacity, from anywhere in the world. Self-nominations are also invited from the nominees themselves.
- Apart from self-nominations, it is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that they have the consent of the nominee and that all documents submitted are valid.
- The nomination should describe the outreach work of the nominee in detail. In particular, it should discuss the specific programs that the nominee has been a part of and their role in them, programs that have been collaborative either regionally, nationally or internationally, and the impact these programs have had.
- The nomination should also be accompanied by the CV of the nominee, which includes details of their academic and outreach background, a list of online or published links to their outreach work if applicable, the various outreach networks that they are a part of, and the languages they are comfortable with.
- The nominator should mention in what capacity they are familiar with the work of the nominee if it is not a self-nomination.
- All documents should be in English. If that is not possible, please contact AfAS ahead of the deadline to arrive at alternative solutions.
- The Outreach Committee will shortlist candidates from the submissions and forward them to the Executive Committee of AfAS for final selection.
- The decision of the Executive Committee will be final and will be taken keeping in mind diversity of experience, skills, geographical representation and gender diversity.
- The last date for nominations is 25 September 2020 and should be sent to niruj@africanastronomicalsociety.org following which, an acknowledgement will be made.
- The final decision will be made about a month after this deadline.
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