NPSS Newsletter Is it relevant? Do we want to continue it?

Newsletter History Begun October 1969 as Nuclear Science Group Newsletter. Jack Osborn, GE Nuclear is Editor until Nuclear Science News 1973 February First Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Newsletter 1994 Ken Dawson, TRIUMF, becomes editor 2004 Albe Larsen, SLAC, becomes editor 2amlarsen AdCom Retreat 1Mar2013

Newsletter Content Since beginning, conference information Info about AdCom including C&BL Info about people Later: more detail about Society business, Society Honors and Awards Articles about frontline work (1980s on) 3amlarsen AdCom Retreat 1Mar2013

What Should Newsletter Be? Is content right? What should be added or eliminated? Is electronic only better? What is relevant? Who reads this? amlarsen AdCom Retreat 1Mar20134

AdCom Role For Newsletter to continue, if wanted, AdCom needs to provide content: – Conference info and Conference Closing Reports: TC chair’s responsibility to make sure Conference Chair, Conference PR people submit this with hi res photos as separate files! – Technical Committee Reports – Awards Reports: Separate short reports on award recipients – brief bio with emphasis on work recognized, award citation, good photos of recipients. Limited length but not buried in TC or conference report 5amlarsen AdCom Retreat 1Mar2013

AdCom Role 2 Functional Committee Reports – yearly at least. Need deadlines, application info where appropriate, enough time for response. Liaison Reports – yearly at least with info on what the body with which you’re liaizing is doing and relevance to NPSS Technical Reports: Each TC and elected AdCom member should be looking for interesting work to present to all. One article per TC per year 6amlarsen AdCom Retreat 1Mar2013

AdCom Role 3 Reports on significant community events: new leaders; loss of leaders, etc Meet deadlines! Other? 7amlarsen AdCom Retreat 1Mar2013