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Objectives & Membership |
Objectives
The mission of the Outreach Committee is to aid the IMA Council in identifying programs and activities that have an external focus with the objective to improve the visibility, understanding and appreciation of the IMA and its related commissions and Working groups.
The primary purpose of the Outreach Committee is to recommend and develop research activities, useful and educative outreach materials that will be used by IMA society members, mineralogists, and to a larger extent by Earth scientists including teachers. This will help the interest in Mineralogical Sciences and complementary Earth Sciences. Emphasis will be concentrated on developments of tools for mineralogists, including database development, interactivity between mineralogists through IMA websites development, and communication to members and non-members.
IMA Outreach Committee Handbook
Additional informations are provided in the Outreach Committee Handbook presented to the IMA Council and to the IMA delegates in Vancouver, July 2008.
Membership
The Outreach Committee will include members representative of the different fields of activity that have been defined for the Outreach Committee, as well as members of commissions involved in the activities of the Outreach Committee. The Outreach Committee comprises the following members:
1) Frances Wall, IMA Communication Officer
2) Frédéric Hatert, Vice-Chair of the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification
3) Robert Downs, Chair of the subcommittee on IMA databases on mineral properties
4) David Hirsch,
Chair of the subcommittee on Optic Instruments
5) Maryse Ohnenstetter, IMA Secretary and webmaster of the IMA website
 Subcommittees:
1) IMA Databases on Mineralogical Properties - chaired by Bob Downs
2) Optic Instruments - chaired by David Hirsh
3 ) IMA Website Development - chaired by Maryse Ohnenstetter
4 ) IMA Achives & History
If anybody is concerned by the development of a specific topic related to the Outreach Committee activity, please contact the IMA Secretariat. See the Outreach Committee handbook to have a list of possible field of interest.
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