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BAMOS
Special Issue
Question and Answer Session at the AMOS 30th Anniversary Symposium
stakeholders was one element of the Symposium and was rated
as valuable. in Australia, and may well assist with similar southwest Pacific
history matters.
Bonuses emerged from hosting an international flavoured
anniversary: AMOS today
1. A special edition of RMetS Weather
One very welcome contribution came from James Galvin, Editor
of Weather, who compiled a collection of articles (AMOS 30th
Anniversary Virtual Issue), free to read and accessible at: https://
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1477-
8696.AMOS_ANNIVERSARY_VI.
Many thanks to James for this interesting collection of articles.
2. Education and students
David Grimes (WMO President) reminded us that meteorological
societies can help young people develop their scientific skills.
Students who were able to attend found the Symposium
useful from several counts—presentations, inspiration and
meeting speakers. David Grimes posed the challenge to our
society in even stronger terms—if we are thoughtful in our
approach to scientific skills development for budding research
and operational scientists, we indirectly help young people
establish their values, and help to build trust in and respect for
science. Surely, this is a challenge worth pursuing further.
3. A new history group for AMOS and our sciences
One other outcome from holding anniversary events has been
the proposal to establish an AMOS History Special Interest Group.
This group will range widely over histories of meteorology,
oceanography, people and supporting institutions and archives
All AMOS Councils over the past 30 years have endeavoured to
maintain the national flavour of the Society. Executive Meeting
#1 in February 1988 discussed ways to encourage the formation
of centres of the AMOS in all the states. This was followed by
further discussion at the first AMOS Council meeting two weeks
later, where plans were made to establish the first AMOS Centre
in NSW and President Peter Baines was in discussion with people
at the Air-Sea Interaction conference about the potential in
other states.
Thirty years on, as the 2018 membership statistics show, the
challenge of maintaining vibrant centres in each of the states
continues. These pie charts help to identify strengths and
weaknesses in the current AMOS membership base.
With these membership challenges in mind, the 2018 Council
is planning to host forthcoming AMOS Annual National
Conferences in Darwin and Perth as part of that continuing
effort to include regional aspects of Australia’s meteorology
and oceanography, as well as to promote our sciences across
the nation.
AMOS continues to consider ways to serve its members and
the broader community and is in a good position to do so for
another 30 years.
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