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ASPAC News UpdateJune 2010ASPAC welcomes three new Full Members – Australian Museum, Australia; Te Manawa Museums Trust, New Zealand; and Rangsit Science Centre, Thailand. This brings the total ASPAC membership to 62 members across 20 countries and administrative regions across the Asia Pacific region and beyond. ASPAC is contributing to the planning of the 6th Science Centre World Congress to be held in Cape Town, 4-8 September 2011. ASPAC members are encouraged to plan now to attend this high level, triennial meeting which brings together science centres around the world to formulate new directions for the field. Session proposals can now be submitted and the ASPAC representatives on the International Planning Committee (IPC) are available to assist in the preparation of proposals. Please contact Ms Tengku Narasiah IBRAHIM (Petrosains, Malaysia), Mr Brenton HONEYMAN (Questacon, Australia) or Dr Xu Yanhao (China Science and Technology Museum), the ASPAC representatives on the IPC of the World Congress. April 2010Over the coming months, the ASPAC Executive Council is developing a strategic five year plan for the network. An Executive Council working group, headed by Mr Alan BRIEN, is leading this initiative. The Executive Council looks forward to sharing drafts of the plan to seek the comment and input of ASPAC Full Members. March 2010Congratulations to Shimrath Paul and his team at Otago Museum and Discovery World for organising and hosting the successful 2010 ASPAC Conference in Dunedin and Queenstown. Although at the southern extremity of the ASPAC region, the Conference program and the spectacular scenery of the Otago region attracted over 100 delegates from 56 science centres and museums across 19 countries and administrative regions in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. The newly elected ASPAC Executive Council met in Dunedin, New Zealand, for their first meeting on 21 March 2010. This meeting considered the progress of activities of ASPAC since the May 2009 ASPAC Executive Council meeting, noting the growth in ASPAC membership from 51 to 59 full, associate and sustaining members. The meeting appointed Mr Brenton HONEYMAN to a further term as ASPAC Executive Director, Ms Tengku Nasariah IBRAHIM as ASPAC Conference Committee Convenor, Mr Chee-kuen YIP as ASPAC Archives Project Convenor, and Ms Ganigar CHEN as ASPAC Assistant Secretary. December 2009Following a competitive selection process, ASPAC is pleased to announce the three ASPAC Fellows selected to travel to New Zealand to participate in the 2010 ASPAC Conference. Congratulations to:
Congratulations to the following officers who have been elected to positions on the new 2010-2011 ASPAC Executive Council:
Previous News UpdatesASPAC produces an occasional ASPAC News Update in electronic format for distribution to member organisations. Directors and contact officers receiving the ASPAC News Update are encouraged to forward the ASPAC News Update to other staff in their organisation. Click the following ASPAC News Updates to open a pdf version (requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader):
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