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2013 IOTA Conference

Recognizing outstanding contributions to occultation science and IOTA work. Learn about Homer F. DaBoll and David E. Laird Awards, past winners, selection process, and 2013 awardees.

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2013 IOTA Conference

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  1. 2013 IOTA Conference IOTA Annual Meeting October 4 - 6 David Dunlap Observatory Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

  2. IOTA Awards Presentation2013 Homer F. DaBoll Award And David E. Laird Award

  3. Background DaBoll Award To recognize significant contributions tooccultation science and to the work of the IOTA • Name honors Homer F. DaBoll (1920 – 1990) • Organizer of grazing occultation expeditions in Midwest USA beginning in late 1960’s • Suggested the name “International Occultation Timing Association” • Founding officer of IOTA 1975 (secretary/treasurer) • First editor of Occultation Newsletter, from 1974 through 1990 • Previous awardees: 2007 Dave Herald, 2008 Edwin Goffin, 2009 Steve Preston, 2010 Hristo Pavlov, 2011 Scotty Degenhardt and 2012 Kazuhisa Miyashita

  4. Background Laird Award To recognize those who, more than 15 years ago, made significant contributions to occultation science and to the work of the IOTA • Name honors David E. Laird (1931 – 1968 ?) • Physics teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio • Organizer of grazing occultation expeditions in Midwest USA beginning in early 1960’s • Published articles “Have Telescope: Will Travel” Oct 1966 • Confirmed existence of a giant impact basin on the Lunar far side • Suffered from Leukemia and died in 1968 at age 37. • Previous awardees: None

  5. 2013 Award Selection • Nominations were solicited in September • Participating award committee members were • Dave Herald, NSW, Australia (recipient 2007 award) • Edwin Goffin, Belgium (recipient 2008 award) • Steve Preston, USA (recipient 2009 award) • Hristo Pavlov, Australia (recipient 2010 award) • Scotty Degenhardt (recipient 2011 award) • Kazuhisa Miyashita (recipient 2012 award) • Colin Haig, Ontario, Canada • Robert Buchheim, California, USA • Terrence Redding, Florida, USA (chairman) • Award committee goals: • select recipient of 2013 DaBoll and Laird awards

  6. Who is eligible for the award? Anyone who has made significant contribution to occultation science or the work of the IOTA Excluding sitting IOTA officers & award committee IOTA membership not required Who can make Nominations? No defined restrictions at this time “Call for Nominations” made via Yahoo group effectively restricts nominators to active occultation community Eligibility (current)

  7. Deliberations • Total of 15 nominations received. 6 for the DaBoll and 9 for the Laird. • All were excellent candidates • All communication conducted by e-mail • private to the committee • independent of IOTA officers • This year we again made a deliberate effort to encourage others to forward the request for nominations to other lists, mail groups and astronomy related organizations world-wide

  8. Deliberations, cont. • Approach was “discussion to reach a consensus” (not “majority voting”), considering: • Documentation provided with nominations • Experience & personal knowledge of the candidate’s contributions. • Members were asked to select their top picks to be considered and discussed. • The selectee was unanimous at the end of first round for the DaBoll • The selectee was unanimous at the end of the second round for the Laird.

  9. Graham L. Blow • Graham has been President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ) Occultation Section, for over 20 years. • • Has been central in all efforts to keep occultation observing active in our region, including; • - running the RASNZ website; http://www.occultations.org.nz/ • - compiling the Newsletter (known as OccSec Circular) • - posting predictions to observers not on-line • - Developing the Trans Tasman Symposium on Occultations, now planning for TTSO8 in Melbourne, Australia 2014

  10. Hal Povenmire • Hal was one of the first graze observers, Oct 8 1963 • Has led over 500 graze expeditions • One expedition with Paul Maley obtained 235 chords – the largest number for any single event – 1983 • Published the 1st book on Grazes on 1977, and co-authored an Occultation Observers Handbook – 2006 • Has published over 250 articles on occultations and other fields associated with solar system material (meteories, space travel, Tektites, and has authored books on other subjects • Has not one, but two asteroids associated with his name! 12753 Povenmire for Katie and 15146 Halpov for Hal

  11. The Importance of Awards • Allows an organization to state clearly what it values in its members • Recognizes the significant contributions made by Members • Permits us to honor those we admire and whom we wish to emulate • Provides a permanent record of the significant work done by those we have sought to honor • Thus we have one more award to confer

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  13. Awarded for His Dedication • The father of modern day occultations • For organizing and leading IOTA • For his decades of dedication and commitment to the organization and all things associated with occultations • For the inspiration he has been to the hundreds if not thousands of observers who have followed in his • For his thoughtfulness and consideration of others

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