There are lots of things you can do within APECS and we are always looking for excited people with great ideas. APECS has a number of working groups and committees for a variety of interests. These groups are listed below, along with a brief description of the group and contact information. There are also a number of national committees you can check out. If there are specific things you would like to help with, work on, or like to see APECS doing, please contact any one of the APECS Council members.
- Check to see if your country has a national group – If they do, contact them, if not, consider starting your nation’s APECS chapter.
- Get up to speed on APECS activities. Browse the website and the web forum. If you’d like more details on some of the programs let us know. Some of the major programs (the website, Polar Discovery Conference, Polar Contests) have proposals that you can look through to learn more.
- Investigate the APECS working groups/committees and see if you would like to participate or lead any of them. Let us know and we’ll get you signed up. Again please introduce yourself to these groups when you begin working with them.
- Start talking! Make posts to the web forum and on working groups.
- Contact us and tell us a bit about yourself and let us know you’re interested getting more involved and describe your interests and the areas you would like to help.
NATIONAL COMMITTEES
One of the biggest assets of APECS is the number of national committees that work together on various activities as well as networking and professional development. At a national level, APECS concentrates on country specific programs. This work can take many forms, always focusing on polar research, education and outreach. For example, New Zealand focuses their energy on the New Zealand portion of the Polar Contests program while in Canada the national level of APECS has developed a series of programs distinct from those being undertaken by the international APECS. Essentially national APECS groups tailor their work to what is most appropriate within their country. This tailoring goes beyond programs. For example, Portugal focuses most of their efforts on the kindergarten to high school age group, whereas the United States and Germany do more work with university students and post-docs. The strength is that all of these national groups are united under one large umbrella organization, APECS, which allows sharing of resources, activities, peer mentoring, and the opportunity to develop new exciting collaborations.
No matter where your national committee decides to focus its energy the important part is to spread the importance of polar research and education as much as possible and get as many young people from your country involved as possible. This involves a lot of outreach work. Many national committees take care of this outreach through websites, presentations in schools, community presentations and connections with polar organizations within their countries.
WORKING GROUPS – COMMITTEES
Recently several committees have been established around various topics of interest in early career polar and cryosphere researchers. These committees are open to all to join and help shape the future of this organization. Many of these groups are using the wonderful tools available through Google Groups. Below the group summaries you will find the homepages of the groups. If you would like to contact the whole group, you can use the address provided under the homepage address.
APECS Science Directives
This group is designed for all those interested in discussing the future of polar sciences; designing new questions, making connections with other researchers, and the like.
Contact Person: Arthur Mason (amason4_at_asu.edu)
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/APECS-science
Group email: APECS-science_at_googlegroups.com
APECS Career Development
For those of you interested in planning, sharing ideas, etc about ways we can improve our career development - from planning workshops, to sharing resumes that work, to finding jobs, to teaching tricks, etc. If you are interested in hosting an APECS event, please contact this group for planning assistance.
Contact Person: Liz Thomas (LITH_at_bas.ac.uk)
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/apecs-career-development
Group email: apecs-career-development_at_googlegroups.com
APECS Education and Outreach
APECS is committed to integrating education and outreach into every research project we undertake. This group has been set up to share E&O ideas, thoughts, resources, etc for educating people about polar sciences.
Contact Person: Melianie Raymond (melianieraymond@yahoo.co.uk) or
Rhian Salmon (ipy.ras@gmail.com)
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/apecs-education-and-outreach
Group email: apecs-education-and-outreach_at_googlegroups.com
APECS Financial Portal
This is the place where APECS members can exchange funding proposals and work together to make APECS activities happen. If you are interested in hosting an APECS meeting, please contact this group for help finding financial support.
Contact Person: Narelle Baker (narelle.baker_at_gmail.com)
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/apecs-finance
Group email: apecs-finance_at_googlegroups.com
APECS Ethics and Social Responsibilities:
For the APECS members interested in outlining our environmental, ethical and social
responsibilities as the next generation of polar science leaders.
Contact Person: Tina Tin (tinatintk_at_gmail.com)
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/APECS-ethics
Group email: APECS-ethics_at_googlegroups.com
Polar Discovery Conference
The purpose of this group is to plan and organize the APECS Polar Discovery Conference.
Contact: Amber Church (amber_at_alkhemedia.com) or
James Cheshire (mail_at_jamescheshire.co.uk)
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/polar-discovery-conference
Group email: polar-discovery-conference_at_googlegroups.com
To learn more about the APECS Council, the main governing body, please visit the Council page or contact any of the representatives
Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/apecs-council
Group email: apecs-council@googlegroups.com
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