Dear
Colleagues,
It is an honor to me to address
the potential participants of the 2nd Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR
Symposium (APES'99) as well as the potential members of the
Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society. May I take this opportunity to introduce
the Society to you and brief you on the current activities of the Society.
For the benefit of some of
you let me recall that the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society came
into existence at the Inaugural Meeting held during the
1st Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium at CityU,
in January 1997. The 62
researchers from the Asia-Pacific region present have elected
the
Provisional Council of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society
as follows:
President |
Prof.
Czeslaw Rudowicz (Hong Kong, SAR) |
Vice-President |
Prof.
Asako Kawamori (Japan) |
Secretary |
Dr
Yeung Yau-yuen (Hong Kong, SAR)
[nominated later by the
President] |
Treasurer |
Prof.
Hiroaki Ohya-Nishiguchi (Japan) |
Representatives |
Prof.
John Pilbrow (Australia/New Zealand) |
|
Prof.
Asako Kawamori (Japan) |
|
Prof.
R. Y. Zhan (Peoples¡¦ Republic of China) |
|
Prof.
S. V. Bhat (India) |
|
Prof.
S. H. Choh (Republic of Korea)
Prof. N.T. Nguyen (Vietnam)
Prof. A. Ziadtinov (Russia
- Far East) |
A note about the establishment
of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society has appeared in the Proceedings
of the 1st Symposium (published by Springer-Verlag,
Singapore, in January 1998) and the
EPR
Newsletter (vol.8/no.4, 1997).
The current activities of
the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society include the following:
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Organization of the
2nd Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium(APES'99).
It is most encouraging that
we have been able to continue organizing the Symposia under the auspices
of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society. Due to the dedicated effort of
the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), under the skilful leadership of Prof.
Yuanzhi XU, the APES'99 will be held at Zhejiang University in autumn 1999.
To discuss the various organizational aspects of the APES'99, Prof. Kawamori
(Vice-President) and myself met Prof. Xu and the members of LOC in Hangzhou
in September 1998. We were impressed by the facilities to be offered to
the participants of the APES'99. May I take this opportunity to congratulate
Prof. Xu and his team on the commitment and hard work. As you can see
from the 2nd Announcement the organization of the APES'99 is progressing
very well.
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Creation of the Society's
WWW home-page
In order to facilitate communication
between EPR/ESR researchers not only within the Asia-Pacific region but,
to a certain extent, on a 'Global¡¦ scale, a WWW home-page
of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society has been created in January 1998. Our
home-page may help us achieving the Society's major objectives,
i.e. to carry out the activities aimed at: (1) improving the efficiency
of applications of the EPR/ESR techniques and (2) facilitating the
communication between EPR/ESR researchers in the Asia-Pacific region. We
hope that through INTERNET the members will get updated information on
the EPR/ESR related activities in our region, whereas the Society will
get valuable feedback from its members. We expect also to attract more
potential
members to become the MEMBERS. Special thanks are due to Dr Yeung
Yau-yuen, the Society's Secretary and Webmaster, for his effort on
this project. Please visit us on: http://www.ied.edu.hk/has/phys/apepr
and send your comments either to me or Dr Yeung.
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Formation of the local and national
EPR/ESR Users' Groups
Our Society must be a
strong
organization to be able to achieve the above aims. Hence the Society's
activities must be coordinated both internationally and locally. One way
is the top-down approach and as the President of the Society I will
try to do my best in this regard. The other way is the bottom-up
approach,
i.e. the grass root support, which I believe is most important
for any Society. Therefore I would like to encourage all EPR/ESR researchers
within the Asia-Pacific region to join together and form local
EPR/ESR Users' Groups in their areas.
The membership of localEPR/ESR
Users' Groups should be open to all researchers from the Asia-Pacific
region who are active in the EPR/ESR area or
have an interest
in the applications of the EPR/ESR techniques. The EPR/ESR Users' Groups
would provide a forum for informal meetings of all interested researchers
and enable effective sharing of information about current research and/or
opportunities for collaboration. The idea of forming the EPR/ESR Users'
Groups has been well implemented in a number of places in Europe. I am
pleased to inform you that the
Hong
Kong EPR/ESR Users' Group has been formed at the Inaugural
Meeting, held at the City University, on 17 January 1998.
The next step would be to
form the national EPR/ESR Groups like those existing in most European
countries with a sizeable EPR/ESR community. The national EPR/ESR Groups
should be in charge of the local organization and also responsible for
handling the financial affairs of the future Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia.
The logistic support for and coordination of the organization of the future
Symposia will be provided by the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society. The national
EPR/ESR Groups could also directly elect their representatives to the Society's
Council.
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Drafting the Society's Constitution
Several organizational and
technical questions must be solved to give our Society a proper structure.
This work is still in progress. A draft constitution is available
on our home-page for members comments. Your input is very important.
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Other activities
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Information network: We would
like to keep our members informed about the EPR/ESR related activities
within the Asia-Pacific region. If you have any information you would like
us to include in our home-page please send an email to the Secretary, Dr
Yeung Yau-yuen, at <yyyeung@ied.edu.hk>.
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Directory of EPR/ESR centers
within the Asia-Pacific region: We plan to compile a listing of, e.g. available
spectrometers, major research projects, etc., provided we get support from
our members. At present only a database of EPR/ESR researchers compiled
for distribution of the Symposia Announcements is available.
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Election of the Council of the
Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society: Preparations for formal elections are underway.
If possible we would like to carry out the ballot by the electronic mail.
However, a feasibility study must be conducted first in order to check
whether all members (and potential members) have access to this form of
communication. Alternatively, the election may be postponed till the APES¡¦99.
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Future Symposia: Preliminary
talks have been carried out by the President with potential organizers
to hold the APES'01 in Japan and APES'03 in India. If there is sufficient
interest a workshop/training course on experimental and theoretical aspects
of EPR/ESR could be organized during the APES'03 in Bangalore.
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Membership drive
The membership of the Society
is open to all researchers from the Asia-Pacific region who are
active
in the EPR/ESR area or have an interest in the applications of the
EPR/ESR techniques. A strong Society would suit well our regional needs
and ensure that a better coordination of our efforts can be achieved.
Hence
we shall strengthen our membership. Hoping that all our Founding
Members and many more potential members will attend the APES'99.
Then a successful General Meeting may be held in Hangzhou. In the meantime
I
invite all colleagues to express their interest in becoming members of
the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society. A MembershipForm
is attached. It is also available on our home-page. Please pass on a
copy of the MembershipForm
to all interested colleagues.
Your comments on any of
the above matters are most welcome. Hoping to hear from you.
Czeslaw
Rudowicz
Hong Kong, December 1998 |