[Loops] Loops Workshop SOC
Vinay L. Kashyap
kashyap at head.cfa.harvard.edu
Fri Jul 9 19:51:11 MDT 2010
Hello,
If someone of you are attending the SHINE conference at the end of
this month, would you like to give a brief summary of lessons learned
on the issue of loop physics at the DEM Techniques and Implications
session?
Cheers,
Vinay
> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:55:23 +0200
> From: Leon Golub <golub at head.cfa.harvard.edu>
>
> Helen,
>
> Nice summary. I agree with Ed that we should periodically ask ourselves
> whether what we're doing makes sense, and you have answered it nicely,
> in my opinion.
>
> Leon
>
>
> On 7/9/2010 7:21 PM, Helen E. Mason wrote:
> > Dear Ed and Colleagues,
> >
> > I think the Loops workshops have been one of the most engaging,
> > lively and productive series of workshops which I've ever been
> > involved with (possibly with the exception of the Skylab workshops).
> > ...and in addition, the most fun!
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > 1) a small group of dedicated scientists with a specific
> > focus and goal
> >
> > 2) an international group, not just NASA or European based only.
> >
> > 3) cross-fertilisation between theory and observations (all observations:
> > Hinode/STEREO/SoHO/TRACE)
> >
> > 4) inclusion of younger scientists in a very positive and constructive
> > way
> > (Fanu spoke eloquently about this at the last workshop)
> >
> > 5) a good mailing list which shares information and provokes discussion
> >
> > I personally don't like really BIG meetings such as IAU and COSPAR.
> >
> > Many of the larger meetings, for example the Hinode series simply
> > tend to be folk presenting their own work, with very little
> > opportunity for real discussions and establishing collaborations.
> > Nontheless, I have tried to attend all of them.
> >
> > I find small workshops where folk all work and socialise together
> > much better. The tendancy in bigger meetings is for folk to
> > stick to their own groups, to the people they already know
> > and work with.
> >
> > We haven't yet solved the problem we set ourselves. If we do so
> > in the next meeting, perhaps that should be the last. Otherwise
> > why stop a series of workshops which has been so productive?
> >
> > With respect, I don't think I've seen Ed at many of the Loops
> > meetings, although Hinode/XRT has been well represented,
> > and as a result collaborations have been successfully established.
> > Several XRT team members are regular participants and as a result
> > are now working with other groups, including my own.
> >
> > Before signing a death warrant, I think we should see how the
> > meeting in Spain goes, and decide there whether or not to hold
> > another meeting.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > helen
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Jul 2010, Ed Deluca wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Allow me to present a contrarian point of view.
> >>
> >> As initially conceived the loops workshops were committed to
> >> solving a while defined, but complex science problem:
> >> "What are the physical processes that define the structure
> >> and evolution of coronal loops"
> >>
> >> Three years of observations with STEREO and Hinode (in
> >> addition to continued supporting observations from SOHO,
> >> TRACE and RHESSI) have provided critical observations,
> >> models have evolved and great progress is being made.
> >>
> >> Given this, why are we not planning on closing down the
> >> Loops Workshops, declaring victory and going home?
> >>
> >> There is a real danger in continuing to isolate the "loops
> >> community" from the solar/heliospheric community.
> >> We have seen this in the past with the heliosiesmology,
> >> they spent decades talking to themselves rather then
> >> engaging with the rest of the community. So I would
> >> suggest the the Mallorca meeting be the final
> >> loops workshop and that scientists reintegrate themselves
> >> into the solar community.
> >>
> >> With respect,
> >> Ed
> >>
> >>
> >> Klimchuk, James A. (GSFC-6710) wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear friends,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Coronal Loops 5 will take place next year in Mallorca, Spain,
> >>> and it
> >>> is now time to form the Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC). We
> >>> have
> >>> decided to make the selection of the SOC a more formal process than
> >>> it has
> >>> been in the past. To that end, we have established bylaws for the
> >>> Coronal
> >>> Loops Workshop Series (attached). The first step was to elect a
> >>> Steering
> >>> Committee from among the 20 founding members---those who attended
> >>> at least
> >>> 3 of the first 4 workshops. This has just been completed. The
> >>> next step
> >>> is for the Steering Committee to elect 5 of 7 members of the SOC.
> >>> The new
> >>> SOC chair, Inaki Ugarte Urra, and past chair, Joan Schmelz, are
> >>> automatically members. The purpose of this e-mail is to ask the
> >>> broader
> >>> loops community for nominees to serve on the SOC. A slate of
> >>> candidates
> >>> will then be presented to the Steering Committee for a vote. If
> >>> you would
> >>> like to nominate yourself or someone else, with their permission,
> >>> please
> >>> send me an e-mail at James.A.Klimchuk at nasa.gov
> >>> <mailto:James.A.Klimchuk at nasa.gov> by the end of the day next
> >>> Monday, July
> >>> 12. Sorry for the short fuse, but there are reasons for acting
> >>> quickly.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> P.S. In Mallorca, we will discuss the bylaws and whether they
> >>> should be
> >>> modified.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ********************************************************************************
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> James A. Klimchuk
> >>>
> >>> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Phone: 1-301-286-9060
> >>>
> >>> Fax: 1-301-286-7194
> >>>
> >>> E-mail: James.A.Klimchuk at nasa.gov <mailto:James.A.Klimchuk at nasa.gov>
> >>>
> >>> Home page:
> >>> http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/671/staff/bios/cs/James_Klimchuk_ssi.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> Union, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical
> >>> Union).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
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