{"content":[{"text":"this year we posted the citations, acceptance \n speeches, and award lectures for the Leonard and \n Barringer Medal on our Society website. \n Next year, the Annual Meeting will be in \n Chicago, Illinois, USA. We look forward to this \n event organized by Philipp Heck and his team. \n Information and updates on this meeting can be \n found at: https://www.metsoc2021-chicago.com/ \n Finances \n Overall, The Meteoritical Society continues \n to be financially sound, in large part due to the \n contribution from our membership dues, but also \n thanks to generous donations from our members. \n Our dues have remained stable over quite a \n long time now. The only change in the fees agreed \n to by Council concerns the cost of the printed \n version of our Society’s journal, Meteoritics and \n Planetary Science. As indicated last year, this \n simply reflects the increasing costs of a limited \n production run. We are clearly transitioning to \n new forms of media that offer greater flexibility \n and generally better quality of materials to readers. \n Inevitably, the nature of journal articles \n themselves is changing, with far more online \n supplementary materials that cannot be made \n easily available in print. \n The Meteoritical Society Funds are used to \n support awards for outstanding efforts in \n meteoritics and planetary sciences (such as the \n Nier and McKay Funds, and the newly established \n Jessberger Fund), as well as travel awards for \n attendance at the Annual Meeting (such as the \n TIM Travel Fund and the Richard O. Norton \n Fund). Members can also make a donation to \n particular Funds as part of their annual \n membership renewal. And, of course, we continue \n to rely on, and are extremely grateful for, the \n generous contributions of those who have \n consistently supported our mission (in particular, \n our annual meetings) over the years: the Barringer \n Crater Company, Tim Swindle, the International \n Meteorite Collectors Association, the Planetary \n Studies Foundation, and the Macovich Collection.","bbox":{"left":0.074118,"top":0.091347,"width":0.40137799999999996,"height":0.7864760000000001}},{"text":"The Endowment Committee (EC) \n recommends to Council projects that should be \n funded by the Meteoritical Society Funds. In the \n past this has largely been on an ad hoc basis; that \n is, the EC considered a proposal when it came in. \n With an increasing number of requests, the EC \n has found itself in a position where the funding \n allocation could be consumed early in a given \n year thereby prejudicing consideration of later \n proposals. To address this issue, the EC recently \n formulated new policies concerning consideration \n of proposals such that they do so only at two \n different times of the year. As such, members \n considering proposing to the EC should note that \n they may need to make a request up to 6 months \n in advance of any activities that are proposed to \n be supported. If you are considering proposing, \n please consult the new EC funding guidelines \n posted on the Society website \n (https://meteoritical.org/grants) or get in touch \n with the Society Secretary. \n A more detailed Treasurer’s report of the \n state of the Society’s financial standing is \n provided later in this newsletter. \n Awards \n Our Annual Meeting is also the time to \n celebrate the scientific achievements of our \n colleagues. This year, the Leonard Medal was \n awarded to Michael E. Zolensky. Mike is \n recognized for his work on aqueous alteration in \n carbonaceous chondrites and IDPs, his discovery \n of high temperature components in comets \n through findings of CAIs in Stardust returned \n samples, and other contributions that have led to a \n better understanding of asteroid formation and \n diversity. Next year, the 2021 Leonard Medal will \n be presented to Katharina Lodders. \n This year the Barringer Award was presented \n to Joanna Morgan for her tireless efforts in the \n geophysical exploration of the Chicxulub crater \n and its global consequences. The Barringer Medal \n for 2021 is to be awarded to Gordon Osinski. \n Every even numbered year, the Meteoritical \n Society recognizes a new class of Fellows who \n have distinguished themselves in their research","bbox":{"left":0.529412,"top":0.091347,"width":0.39648700000000003,"height":0.821324}},{"text":"- 2 -","bbox":{"left":0.491608,"top":0.93771,"width":0.03266700000000006,"height":0.01677899999999999}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}