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    <title>The Australian Institute of Physics COMMITTEES</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 03:29:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Welcome to our new 2023 volunteers!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.aip.org.au/resources/Pictures/AdobeStock_109188500_Volunteer.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="250" height="176" align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"&gt;We are grateful for every one of our volunteers. They give their time, energy and effort to better the AIP, and without them we wouldn’t exist!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;The AIP welcomes our &lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt; 2023 Committee Members for the AIP Executive, the Branches and the Topical Groups. The new members are:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AIP EXECUTIVE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;President:&amp;nbsp; Nicole Bell&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Vice President: Stu Midgley&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Honorary Treasurer: Dongchen Qi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Special Project Officer Finance: Judith Pollard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STATE BRANCHES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;ACT Committee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Secretary: Taiki Tanaka&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;QLD Committee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Chair: Hayden Petrick&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Treasurer:&amp;nbsp;Diego Bernal Garcia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;SA Committee:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Chair:&amp;nbsp;Stephen Warren-Smith&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Vice Chair:&amp;nbsp;Darryl Jones&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Secretary:&amp;nbsp;Chris Perrella&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;VIC Committee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Chair:&amp;nbsp; Andrew Martin,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Vice Chair:&amp;nbsp; Valentina Baccetti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Secretary:&amp;nbsp; Elizabeth Hinde&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Treasurer:&amp;nbsp; David Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;WA Committee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Chair: Jingbo Wang&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Vice Chair:&amp;nbsp;Kyran Williamson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Secretary: Stuart Midgley&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;TAS Committee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;No new members. Thank you to our continuing members!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;NSW Committee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;No new members. Thank you to our continuing members!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TOPICAL GROUPS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Atomic and Molecular Physics Group:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Chair: Julian Berengut&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Physics Education Group:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Chair: Jacinta den Besten&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Volunteering is a great way to stay active, expand your network, build new skills, and contribute to the physics community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Would you like to volunteer&amp;nbsp;with us?&lt;/strong&gt; We offer training and support in a variety of roles on committees, all things event management, and in day-to-day organisational operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Lato, sans-serif"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:aip@aip.org.au" title="mailto:aip@aip.org.au"&gt;&lt;font color="#003366"&gt;aip@aip.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to register your interest in volunteering with us.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://physics.au/Committees/13114586</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AIP National Executive Nominations for 2023/2024</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The AIP 2022 National Executive has &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;nominated&lt;/span&gt; the following candidates:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nicole Bell (as President)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stu Midgley (as Vice President)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kirrily Rule (as Honorary Secretary)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stephen Collins (as Honorary Registrar)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dongchen Qi (as&amp;nbsp; Honorary Treasurer)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Joanna Turner (as Awards Officer)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Lato, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The new Council members will take office at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Lato, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;he Annual General Meeting of the AIP in February 2023.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://physics.au/Committees/12857257</link>
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