1. AGU Fall Meeting Dates Have Changed!
2. Planning Workshop for Two-Year College Faculty (Apply by April 2)
3. NSTA 2013 Session Proposal Deadline Approaching (April 15)
4. NASA's policy on Swag (Executive Order 13589 -- Promoting Efficient Spending)
Act Now – Upcoming Deadlines/Events:
• March 29-April 1 – NSTA 2012 Annual Conference - http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2012ind/
• April 3 – NSF I-Corps Webinar - http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps
• April 15 – Deadline to Submit Sessions – NSTA 2013 http://www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx
• April 20 – Deadline to Submit Session proposals to AGU 2012 http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/
• April 28-29 – USA Science and Engineering Festival http://www.usasciencefestival.org/
• May 16-18 – Helio/Planetary E/PO Retreat in Santa Fe, NM – Just a reminder. If questions, please contact Renee at reneef@ssl.berkeley.edu
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1. AGU Fall Meeting Dates Have Changed!
Submission of proposals for special sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, MONDAY December 3-FRIDAY December 7, 2012 is now open. Visit http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/ for further information about special sessions, to view already submitted session proposals, and to submit a proposal. THE SESSION PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS 20 APRIL 2012 23:59 EDT..
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2. Planning Workshop for Two-Year College Faculty (Apply by April 2)
(Apply by April 2; July 11-13, AGU Headquarters, Washington, D.C.)
Attendees of this workshop will discuss the development of a program within the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to strengthen the role of two-year college Earth and space science students in the future workforce. Support to attend the meeting will be provided for approximately 30 two-year college Earth and space science faculty who are currently engaged in research with their students, or who have a strong interest in developing a research program. Also encouraged to apply are four-year college faculty who are currently partnering on research programs with two-year college faculty. A variety of expert speakers and panelists from two- and four-year schools, professional societies, and federal organizations will help frame and build discussion on best practices in and barriers to building and maintaining such research programs. For more information and to apply, visit http://urecas.agu.org/.
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3. NSTA 2013 Session Proposal Deadline Approaching (April 15)
(Submit by April 15; April 11-14, 2013, San Antonio, Texas)
This is just a friendly reminder that session proposals for NSTA 2013 are due April 15, 2012. For information on how to submit and examples of session proposals, please visit http://www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx.
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4. NASA's policy on Swag (Executive Order 13589 -- Promoting Efficient Spending)
NASA has interpreted the Executive Order 13589 (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/09/executive-order-pr...) in the following way:
Rather than list items that are prohibited, NASA had published an exclusive list of items that are permitted for purchase and distribution: printed materials, stickers, lapel pins, inexpensive mission patches, flown flags. Items not on this list will not be allowed for purchase and distribution. For printed materials and stickers, there needs to be technical or educational information as a part of the product.
