Transcript S3-03-HK Meteorological Society - the International Forum of

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Xiamen, China
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Thanks
IFMS invitation
CMS Hospitality
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Xiamen International Conference Center Hotel
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Xiamen International Conference Center Hotel
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Hong Kong Meteorological Society
Bulletin
By K.S. Lam
www.meteorology.org.hk/Bulletin.html
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HK Meteorological Society
Non-Government
Non-profit making organization
Funding Solely comes from Membership fee
and
Ex-Chairmans’ donations.
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Office Bearers for the session 2011 - 2012
Chair - C.M. Shun (HKO director)
Vice Chair – P.W. Li
Secretary – W.H. Kung
Treasurer - David H.Y. Lam
Committee Members:
Clarence C.K. Fong (HK Weather Underground)
Alexis K.H. Lau (HKUST)
C.N. Ng (HKU)
Edward Y.Y. Ng (CUHK)
K.S. Lam (PolyU)
Francis C.Y. Tam (CityU)
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Society Membership
As of August 25, 2011
Honorary Fellow
1
Fellow
93
Full member
51
Student member
37
Corresponding member
11
Total
192
First Volumn Published in 1991
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1991 - Two Volumes per Year
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Last Half Year Volume in 1997
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1998 – One Volume per Year
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Society Bulletin Content
• Meteorological, Climate Change and Related
Papers from Meteorologists and Local and
Overseas Academics.
• International Conference Special Issues, 1992.
• Society’s Outreach Project – Acid Rain 2003
• Painting Competitions.
• Report on Society’s Functions – Technical Visits.
• Summary of Popular Science Lectures.
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2002 Meteorological and Related Papers
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1992 Volume 2.1 Special Issue on Climate Change
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2003 Special Issue for Society’s Outreach Project – Acid Rain
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2009 Art Work from Painting Competitions and Society Events
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Society Bulletin
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
C.Y. Lam (Ex-HKO director, Ex-HK Met Soc. Chairman)
David H.Y. Lam
Clarence Fong
Olivia S.M. Lee
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Society Bulletin
Sharing & preservation of Knowledge
2010 –
Open access of bulletins through Society's Webpage
Vol 1 up to Vol 18 (2008)
Objective – Open Knowledge. Attract more readers
and Papers
We have
Institutional and Individual subscribers
Should we give up the revenue after open access?
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Pros and Cons of Modernization
Printing of the Society’s Bulletin cost about 90% of
our Society’s overall annual expense.
Publishing e-books can avoid this considerable
expenditure item.
It is understandable that quite a number of readers
still prefer hardcopy.
Printing a small number of hardcopies is
economically not feasible.
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Challenges
About 3 to 4 academic papers per year.
Need to attract more academic paper submission.
Indeed China and Hong Kong are not short of
academic papers.
Most of them in Chinese.
New Effort: Trying to translate 5 Chinese academic
papers to English for the Volume 20, 2010 issue.
Now we discover the manpower for language
translation is enormous.
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Challenges
How to attract high quality papers?
Indeed China and Hong Kong are publishing many
academic papers in meteorology.
Possibility of SCI list journal?
• What are the requirements?
• What are the procedures?
• What are the cost?
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Publication Policies
and Consensus
Should Society news and events report be excluded?
Solely meteorology, weather and climate content?
Cross discipline but meteorology related
Disaster
Air pollution
Satellite
Computer
Energy
Health
Transport
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Exchange with other
Meteorological Societies
• The Executive Board will consider possibilities of
more interactions with other meteorological
societies and engaging more with other partner
organizations.
• Shenzhen Meteorological and Disaster Mitigation
Society is visiting our Society this coming
Saturday November 5, 2011.
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Thank You
Your comments and ideas
are most valuable
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