Discussion journal of the Mössbauer Community

[Nagy Denes Lajos <nagy AT rmki.kfki.hu>]

Dear Colleagues,

the security level of the IMC group has already been changed from "secret" 
to "closed". Indeed, this is the only way that someone who is not yet in 
the group may apply for membership.

Below you find the modified description.

Please visit

     http://www.facebook.com/groups/mossbauer/

for applying for membership.

With best regards,

              Denes L. Nagy

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DESCRIPTION

The International Mössbauer Community (IMC) is a group created by the 
International Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (IBAME). 
IMC aims at directly connecting all Mössbauer spectroscopists of the 
world. "Mössbauer spectroscopy includes laboratory Mössbauer spectroscopy, 
elastic and inelastic nuclear resonance scattering of synchrotron 
radiation (NRS and NIS), synchrotron radiation perturbed angular 
correlation (SRPAC) as well as other related techniques and theories. The 
group will host and disseminate information on highlights, conferences, 
schools, workshops, programs, instrumentation of the field. In this sense, 
IMC is the successor of MIX, the Mössbauer Information Exchange, a project 
dating back to 1992. However, in contrast to the traditional approach of 
MIX, IMC is a social network based on Web 2.0 principles; the members of 
IMC will shape the group and its content. Therefore, IMC is nothing but 
"MIX on Facebook" or, abbreviated, MIX@FB.

Members of IMC may create further thematic and action groups under the 
auspices of IMC provided that the purpose and the scope of such groups 
accords with those of IMC and that the IMC page and the new group page are 
mutually displayed on each other. Matters of dispute will be decided by 
IBAME.

All Mössbauer spectroscopists are invited to join IMC. However, to keep a 
high professional level of the Community, only administrators can approve 
requests to join the group. You may certainly apply for the IMC membership 
simply asking for joining the group. In this case your application will be 
refereed by IBAME who, in case of doubt, may ask for additional evidence 
of your professional quality (list of publications, etc.). However, you 
may preferably approach a member of IBAME to support your application. 
Should your application be submitted by an IBAME member (i.e., he or she 
will ask for adding you to the group) this request will be approved 
without any further inquiry.

IMC is a closed group, which means that anyone is able to see the group, 
who's in it, however only members will see posts and other documents. At a 
later stage, an additional public page of IMC containing public 
information of the Community will be set up, nevertheless the Facebook 
group will retain closed.

At the moment, IMC is not more than a Facebook group, i.e. no legal entity 
like a society is behind. Consequently, IMC membership is free. After some 
time, the foundation of a society with well-defined services and 
membership fee may be considered, an issue that, among many others, may be 
discussed in the IMC group.