IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM127)
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Time: 20:00 UTC
Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09
Contents
Agenda
- Roll call and agenda
- Review and approval of TM126 Minutes
- Review of ACTIONS_for_TM127.pdf
- Exec Membership Updates
- Recognition of Ajit Khembavi's association with IVOA for over 20 years
- Recognition of Sudhanshu Barway as new VO-India representative on Exec
- IVOA Communication Channels
- IVOA Web Assets Organization and Efforts
- Interest Group Scope
- IG/WG Chairs and Vice Chairs Terms
- Future Interop meetings
- Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
- Northern Spring 2026
- Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
- Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
- Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
- CSP Report
- IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
- Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
- Date of next Exec meeting
- AOB
- Review of new actions
Reports from the Projects
NOVA (Argentina)
ArVO (Armenia)
ASVO (Australia)
BRAVO (Brazil)
China-VO
Minor Planet No. 657932 was named as "Cuichenzhou" by IAU WG Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) on May 15, 2025.
- (657932) Cuichenzhou = 2017 DW32
- Discovered at Xingming on 2017-02-18 by Z. Xu and X. Gao.
-
- Chenzhou Cui (b. 1976) is a Chinese astronomer specializing in Virtual Observatories and astro-informatics. He has made outstanding contributions to astronomical-data interoperability, data sharing and open access, and citizen science, and has significantly advanced the integration of amateur and professional astronomy worldwide. [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 5, #9, 22]
CVO (Canada)
ESA (Europe)
Euro-VO (Europe)
GAVO (Germany)
JVO (Japan)
Kazakhstan VO
NLVO (Netherlands)
OV-France
RVO (Russia)
SA^3 (South Africa)
SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)
SVO (Spain)
USVOA (United States)
VO-India
VObs.it (Italy)
Report from the TCG
IAU Working Group Report
Report from the CSP