VEXAG is seeking a volunteer for VEXAG Steering Committee members to replace those who have successfully completed their service to the community. This new member will start late this year, commencing with the next VEXAG Meeting at APL on November 14-16, 2017. The term will run for three years.
Also, the VEXAG Early Career Scholars Focus Group is looking for interested group members.
If you are interested, send your resume and a statement of how you could contribute to VEXAG to Bob Grimm and Martha Gilmore, VEXAG Chair and Deputy Chair ([email protected]; [email protected]) by August 25, 2017
VEXAG activities for the next three years are expected to be community building with an emphasis on:
- Preparing for the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey,
- Venus Exploration Goals, Objectives, and Strategies,
- Technology Development and Laboratory Measurements,
- International Collaboration, and
- Early Career and Young Scholar Development
VEXAG (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/) is a community-based forum established in July 2005 to assess scientific priorities and strategies for exploration of Venus. VEXAG is currently composed of a chair and five Focus Groups, where the Focus Groups actively solicit input from the Venus community on the topics listed above.