Discussion journal of the Mössbauer Community

[John G Stevens <stevensjohng AT gmail.com>]

Colleagues,

Apologies: 45 minutes preceding my email below, as I began to write this 
email, my computer decided to send you an email that was in error.

Clarification: A the end of the paragraph under “Forum” the wording should be 
“...involved with organizing ISIAME 2018.” NOT “involved with organizing 
ISIAME 2016.”

John


> On Jun 28, 2016, at 12:56 AM, John G Stevens 
> <stevensjohng AT gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> 
> Greetings Colleagues,
> 
> Clearly we have a major challenge confronting us in which we need to be 
> much more congenial in order to be able to reach a solution that is in the 
> best interest of our Mössbauer Community and assist all those (organizers 
> and participants) who have invested in ISIAME.  Based on the emails we have 
> all been receiving and other emails, I suggest the following as a way we 
> may be able to proceed:
> 
> 1. Forum. 
> This is not a conference, but it is a symposium.  Let’s go one step further 
> and have the event this September in Cape Town be the International Forum 
> on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (IFIAME).  The forum would be a 
> three day event and would have 20 participants (maybe as many as 30). The 
> agenda of the Forum would be to have (1) scientific oral presentations (no 
> posters) [1 1/2 days], (2) simple social events [up to 1 day], and an  (3) 
> open forum [half day].  The agenda of the open forum would be the state of 
> industrial applications of the Mössbauer Effect and planning for the next 
> ISIAME to be in 2018 and hosted the the Czech group (future ISIAMEs would 
> be every four years after 2018 (2022, 2026…). It is most important that 
> there be representatives at the forum who would be involved with organizing 
> ISIAME 2016.
> 
> 2. Leadership.  
>      Scientific Presentations - Frans Waanders and Krish Bharuth
>      Forum - Missino Carbucicchio assisted by members of the ISIAME 
> Scientific Executive Committee
>      Accommodations - Frans Waanders and Raquel Richardson (this is housing 
> and meeting space)
> 
> 3. Finances.
>        Reduce and simplify the Registration as a single fee - EUR 250
>        All meals to be paid by participants
>        Housing - we were quoted EUR 76 per night / online today at the 
> Lagoon Beach Hotel the posted cost for single is EUR 86 / using KAYAK the 
> cost is EUR 66.  These prices include fees, taxes and service charges.  
> Whatever the actual cost, these numbers seem reasonable at the Lagoon Beach 
> Hotel. I am assuming there would be a meeting room there, or nearby that 
> can accommodate 20-30 people.
> 
> There are a lot of details to contend with, but they are manageable. Others 
> of you I know will have further suggestions to make this work.  As stated 
> in my first paragraph - solution that is in the best interest of our 
> Mössbauer Community and assist all those (organizers and participants) who 
> have invested in ISIAME.
> 
> Hope this might be helpful.
> 
> John
> 
> 
>