Organizing Committee Election Results

Dear Colleagues,

Attached is the list of new and continuing members of the Organizing Committee (OC) of the Working Group on Active B Stars. The first task for the new OC is to elect a Chair from among the names listed below. The new Chair would consult with Dietrich Baade (the outgoing Chair) on the current status of the Working Group activities, and would work with the OC to plan future activities (primarily related to future meetings).

Dr. Gerrie Peters will be Chairing a meeting of the WG at the IAU General Asssembly on Monday afternoon, August 14, and it would be ideal if she could announce the names of the members and Chair of the OC at that time.

Sincerely yours,
Douglas Gies
Acting Election Officer for the WG

Organizing Committee


C. Aerts          (through 2006)
conny@ster.kuleuven.ac.be

D. Baade          (non-voting, previous chairman)
dbaade@eso.org

J. Bjorkman       (through 2003)
jon@physics.utoledo.edu

D. McDavid        (through 2003, eligible for re-election then)
dam3ma@virginia.edu

V. Niemela        (nominated by Comm. 45)
virpi@fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar

A. Okazaki        (through 2003)
okazaki@elsa.hokkai-s-u.ac.jp

S. Owocki         (through 2006)
owocki@bartol.udel.edu

G. Peters         (non-voting, editor of Be Star Newsletter)
gjpeters@mucen.usc.edu

J. Porter         (through 2006)
jmp@astro.livjm.ac.uk

T. Rivinius       (through 2006)
triviniu@eso.org

S. Stefl          (through 2003)
sstefl@sunstel.asu.cas.cz