<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear WFC,<br><br></div>A few weeks ago I alerted you to the proposal by the chair of the<br></div>IAU FWG to make a drastic change to the voting procedures and<br></div>
to dispense with the regional committees - yes, the WGAS FITS<br></div>Committee would cease to exit.<br><br></div>The comment period for this proposal has ended and a vote by the FWG<br>is imminent.<br></div>But I thought it would only be reasonable to give all of you a role in<br>
</div>this process, too - it likely will be a final act for this committee.<br><br></div>The proposal in its final form is at:<br> <a href="http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/FITS/Proposal/newrules.html">http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/FITS/Proposal/newrules.html</a><br>
<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>I call for a straw vote on this proposal (procedures do not allow for a real vote).<br><br></div><div>Please send you vote on this proposal: <br>Do you support the changes in the voting rules of the IAU FWG, as<br>
proposed by Lucio Chiappetti and do you recommend disbanding the WFC?<br><br>YES, NO, or ABSTAIN.<br><br></div><div>I intend to call the result one week from now, around 2013-11-26T19:00:00 (UTC).<br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>
<br></div><div> - Arnold<br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arnold H. Rots Chandra X-ray Science Center<br>
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory tel: +1 617 496 7701<br>60 Garden Street, MS 67 fax: +1 617 495 7356<br>Cambridge, MA 02138 <a href="mailto:arots@cfa.harvard.edu" target="_blank">arots@cfa.harvard.edu</a><br>
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