[Cuga] Brief Users Group Update- A message from John Arrington

[Lorelei Chopard]

Dear Users Group,

Below are a few quick updates I wanted to pass along.  As usual, feel 
free to share them with anyone who might be interested, and let me know 
if there is other information that would be useful for the users.

*JLab Alumni Group:* We have new linkedin and facebook groups that JLab 
users and alumni can join; a first step in providing connections with 
current and former JLab staff, users, postdocs, and students.  Search 
for "Jefferson Lab Alumni Group" under either facebook or linkedin, and 
feel free to point former users who you think might be interested in 
staying in touch or acting as a mentor to students and postdocs at the lab.

*DNP Executive Committee:* A quick reminder that elections for the DNP 
executive committee are currently underway.  Since emails with 
instructions and your ballot ID were sent out shortly before the 
Thanksgiving holiday, you may have missed it.

*Hadronic Physics Meetings*: Mark Manley and I are trying to maintain a 
complete list of workshops and conferences relevant to JLab users:

http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/BRAGmeetings.html

In particular, note that the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics will 
meeting in Baltimore just before the April APS meeting.  If you have 
students or postdocs attending the APS, we encourage you to have them 
come a couple days early for the GHP meeting.  The cost is minimal, and 
the talks provide a broad but detailed view of hadronic physics, which 
we believe is extremely valuable for younger scientists working at JLab 
and other hadronic physics facilities.

Also, of course, the JLab Users Meeting on June 1-3.  Please send me 
your ideas for outside or keynote speakers for the Meeting, as we have 
to contact these speakers earlier.  Any other ideas for making the 
meeting more useful are also welcome!

*JSA Initiative Fund:* Many new and returning proposals were approved by 
the JSA program committee.  A few upcoming deadlines and new proposals 
are mentioned below.  For a full list, see: 
http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFProjects.html

* The JSA is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Outstanding Nuclear 
Physicist Award to be presented at the Annual Users Group Meeting in 
June at the Jefferson Lab. Deadline for submissions is February 2, 2015. 
See details and poster at: http://www.jsallc.org/IF/15ONPAward.html

* The JSA dissertation award and Postdoc research prize will both have 
deadlines early in 2015.  Keep an eye out for the detailed announcements...

* New proposals were approved to provide travel support for users making 
visits to Capitol Hill as part of the Nuclear Physics Day visits, 
support for a JLab Science Colloquium Series (to support JLab-themed 
colloquia at institutions which may not have a regular colloquium 
series), and a new International Fellowships for HUGS.  Again, keep an 
eye out for details on these programs.

Best Regards,

John







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