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		<title>The sky’s the limit for users of theSkyNet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Pete Wheeler, UWA for sending in this article:

Thanks to a new initiative called theSkyNet, you don’t need a supercomputer to help collect data for the next generation of radio telescopes.
This ambitious citizen science project uses a global network of privately owned computers to process astronomical data arriving from galaxies, stars and other distant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Past President and Life Member Profile: Alison Leigh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Alison Leigh:
I didn’t grow up dreaming that one day I would be …. the Editorial Director of the World Congress of Science Producers. No such thing existed. Now it does and like the best things in life &#8211; it evolved.
I emigrated to Sydney from the UK in 1988 – bicentennial year; fully expecting my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC National Conference 2012 – Dec 2011 update</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/conf2011update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full program for the National Conference is now on the conference website, http://2012conf.asc.asn.au/. Increasingly detailed information will be added regularly to the site.
The early bird deadline has been extended to 15 January 2012. As usual ASC members get a significant discount to the non-members rate.
The conference will be at Sydney Masonic Centre from 27-29 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC corporate members – meeting with Scitech</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/asc-corporate-members-%e2%80%93-meeting-with-scitech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest is growing for organisations to become corporate members of the ASC. While I was in Perth for the 2011 ASC AGM I took the opportunity to meet with the management of one of our most recent new corporate members, Scitech.
Scitech is Perth’s and WA’s state-wide active and progressive science centre. Alan Brien, the director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC AGM outcomes</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/asc-agm-outcomes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first ASC AGM held in Perth was well attended and lively with discussion of many matters. Most of those present offered comments and questions which revealed the insight and enthusiasm of ASC WA members.
In brief, the main reports of this meeting held on 30 November were:
From the President:

Progress toward planning the 2012 national conference
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC national conference travel grants</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/15/asc-national-conference-travel-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to four travel grants of $200-400 each are available to ASC members from WA for attending the Australian Science Communicators conference in Sydney in February 2012.
The ASC conference will be held 27-29 February 2012 in Sydney at the Sydney Masonic Centre, a centrally located conference venue. We look forward to ASC members from around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Member Profile: Barbara Hardy AO</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/barbarahardy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sallymiles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Hardy has been working in the environment field in a voluntary capacity since the early 1970s.   During this time she spent five years at the Flinders University of South Australia studying the Earth Sciences (1974-79), following a Science Degree at The University of Adelaide in 1947 (majoring in Chemistry).
She has been a Commissioner of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AGM in Perth, 30 November 2011: reminder about proxies and membership</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/agm-in-perth-30-november-2011-reminder-about-proxies-and-membership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope to see WA members and some from the more easterly states at the AGM. If you are unable to attend please send your proxy to Sarah Lau, slau@chemcentre.wa.gov.au, or someone else you know is attending the meeting.
The WA branch of the ASC has agreed to host this year’s national AGM in Perth. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking an assistant treasurer – advertisement on its way</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/assisttreasurer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/assisttreasurer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the ASC Conference approaching, the coming months will be a great time to get training in a range of financial skills. David Ellyard, our long serving and excellent national treasurer, will be taking someone under his wing as Assistant Treasurer.
An advertisement for the position will be sent soon to the membership. This will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC Corporate Members</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/asc-corporate-members/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/asc-corporate-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ASC now has five corporate members which is an increase on last year. I welcome the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Powerhouse Museum (NSW), Scitech (WA), the CSIRO Energy Group, and one other CSIRO group of communicators.
Each corporate member nominates 10 people as part of their membership group and designates one [...]]]></description>
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