BAMOS Vol 31 Special Issue October 2018 Bulletin Vol 31 Special Issue 01 2018

4 BAMOS Special Issue AMOS 30th anniversary— celebrate, connect, engage Mary Voice 30 years of AMOS service, Fellow of AMOS, President 2016–2017 A professional society performs a valuable service both to its members and to the broader community and AMOS has now been doing this for 30 years. AMOS, just like other professional societies, aims to publish professional journals, to develop professional excellence, to raise public awareness, and to make awards. We also help to define and set standards for our professional fields and to promote high standards through codes of conduct, forms of recognition, etc. Membership of AMOS gives people opportunities via: We decided to host a special symposium, showcasing our sciences across the wide range of our AMOS disciplines. It is rare that we get the chance to span our disciplines in that way, since often at regular conferences, we face many parallel sessions and necessarily spend most time in sessions closely relevant to our current field of work. As part of a framework of national and international institutions, AMOS also bears some responsibility in enabling a vision for the use of our sciences for the national good. The symposium was accompanied by side events, such as a citizen science data rescue workshop. An international flavour arose from the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) joining the celebrations (Ellie Highwood President, Liz Bentley Chief Executive and Brian Golding) since RMetS very much facilitated the establishment of the precursor to AMOS in Australia. And we were also lucky to have international participation from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) via President, David Grimes, and David Carlson. Their participation added extra perspective and that all-important element of collaboration across boundaries (be they coastal, national, distance-driven or expertise-based). Over and above these ongoing activities, during its 30th anniversary year of 2017, AMOS considered how to celebrate our organisation, its people and the professions we represent. The program (weather, oceans, water, climate, with history interludes) worked well, and was generally appreciated by the audience. Showcasing new developments in our sciences to • distribution of knowledge, • continuing education, • professional development, • networking, and • collaboration. International collaboration at AMOS 30th anniversary: Ellie Highwood (President RMetS), Liz Bentley (CEO RMetS), the Hon. Linda Dessau AC (Governor of Victoria), Mary Voice (President AMOS), Stephanie Downes (Ed&Outreach Chair, AMOS)

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