08:00:47 From Patrice Okouma to Everyone: Good afternoon everyone. 08:01:11 From Josiah Faniyi to Everyone: Good afternoon! 08:01:31 From tolu to Everyone: tolu_biressa@yahoo.com 08:03:48 From Zouhair Benkhaldoun to Everyone: hello every ones 08:04:02 From Zouhair Benkhaldoun to Everyone: zouhair from Morocco 08:27:30 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: We can go to questions for Melvin after Kevin, since he has to leave. Vanessa, will you stay for the discussion? If yes, we can continue Bernard with all LoIs and leave all questions, including OAD for the discussion. 08:29:01 From Dejene Zewdie to Everyone: UK radio astronomy group collaborates with six SKA partner countries, and you provide scholarships to students from those countries. Are there any opportunities for students from other countries that are interested in radio astronomy? 08:31:52 From Vanessa McBride to Everyone: Yes I am here for discussion. 08:32:29 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Thanks Vanessa. Much appreciated. Bernard, after Melivin's questions let us then continue with LoIs presentations. 08:32:45 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Thanks Kevin and Melvin 08:32:57 From Caroline Ungersbock to Everyone: Great Presentation. Thank you 08:38:03 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: Please @Kevin is it yet possible to apply for the general assembly? and what is the link to apply? Thank you 08:39:24 From tolu to Everyone: I have question, comment. 08:40:04 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: I think we will have to continue unfortunately for not delaying much other presentations. Can you Tolu please leave the question in the chat? 08:41:10 From Vanessa McBride to Everyone: Ndongmo - yes it is possible to apply still for the GA2024. The meeting is only in 2024, so registrations will open in early 2024. Does this answer your question? 08:41:37 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: ok great thanks 08:42:25 From Raymond to Everyone: Very interesting discussion, sorry but I have to leave to attend another meeting. 08:42:57 From Melvin Hoare to Everyone: Thanks everyone - I have to leave now. Any further questions then send to m.g.hoare@leeds.ac.uk. 08:43:13 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: THank you Melvin! 08:43:46 From tolu to Everyone: In the white paper: I think for future quality education and research development in the discipline across Africa we should consider STEM(The basics science, ..). 08:44:43 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: I agree with you Mr Tolu 08:45:49 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Link to join Astrophysics&Cosmoslogy WG subgroups if you still didn't do it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGblR09qHUDikGiK0UG-SY1ZFX0pVGV-ChThClrZhLqHJroA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 08:50:26 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Please put your questions for George in the chat. I think he has also to leave at 15:00 CAT/CEST 08:55:35 From Lerothodi (Lero) Leeuw to Everyone: Hi Mirjana. I think radio astronomy has a huge footprint in Africa at the moment with big projects that have made their own footprints. I would therefore not push to combine all the radio astronomy white papers, because their individual significance and impact could be lost that way. The white papers can be coordinated though; but, we don't have to combine them. Cheers, Lerothodi 08:56:15 From Michael Backes to Everyone: suppotted, Lero 08:58:48 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Yes, I understand your point Lero. We can discuss on that latter on. Also we can organise a meeting on radio astronomy only with all parties to discuss and find the best approache. But good point. 09:02:26 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Thanks George. Much appreciated. 09:11:24 From George Miley to Everyone: That would be great Zouhair. I have been trying to make a list of possibly interested ionospheric physics and solar physics people in North Africa and the Middle East. Could you help? 09:12:18 From George Miley to Everyone: Thanks Mirjana 09:12:33 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: George, if you are still around, we shall speak at some point more about the possibility of including Ethiopia. Will you be in Valencia next week? 09:16:01 From Zouhair Benkhaldoun to Everyone: Yes George of course our tam work on Solar and ionospheric Physics. And with ISWI initiative and ArAS help, we can establish a list of others partners from North Africa and Middle East 09:18:08 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Thanks Michael, great summary. Can you still stay will us for questions after? 09:18:37 From Michael Backes to Everyone: Thanks, Mirjana. I shall br around still for a while. 09:18:50 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Perfect, thanks 09:24:44 From tolu to Everyone: Much appreciated Ndongmo! 09:25:26 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Thank you very much Ragil for sharing your LoI and all comments and challanges. They shall be definitely a part of the Strategy. 09:26:04 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: Thank you very much Mirjana!:) 09:28:59 From Naini Heeralall-Issur to Everyone: I just joined as I was in another meeting & some technical issues. 09:29:06 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Ragil, I hope the Strategy, in terms of the connections that we are establishing, can also help with some of the challanges that you mentioned. 09:30:23 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: You shall get in touch with Cosmology groups that we have in Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Africa, etc. We can help with that. 09:34:13 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Link to submit additional Letters of Interest: https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/?p=340 09:34:21 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Please get motivated and share your ideas 09:34:42 From Mirjana Povic to Everyone: Thank you Patrice!! 09:38:21 From Naini Heeralall-Issur to Everyone: I would like to join the transients and pulsars group if still possible. 09:44:48 From Bernard Asabere to Everyone: Link to join Astrophysics&Cosmoslogy WG subgroups if you still didn't do it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGblR09qHUDikGiK0UG-SY1ZFX0pVGV-ChThClrZhLqHJroA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 09:45:05 From Naini Heeralall-Issur to Everyone: Also about sustainability of observatory sites - maybe through Astro-tourism etc. 09:53:51 From Vanessa McBride to Everyone: Please excuse me, I will need to leave the meeting just before 4pm. 09:54:00 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: Please @Patrice Does the Society for Astronomy and space science in Gabon available on social media? then central Africa community could be notified... Thank you 09:55:38 From Patrice Okouma to Everyone: Hi Ragil. Please, drop me a mail here Okouma@gmail.com and your details. Thanks. Patrice 09:56:07 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: Alright thank you 09:58:23 From Farida Fassi to Everyone: Please Ragil, contact ASFAP-YoungPhysicists-ASFAP Young Physicists Forum ASFAP-YoungPhysicists-admin@cern.ch 09:59:26 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: Well noted thanks Farida 10:04:37 From tolu to Everyone: I do have comment to add on the strategic plan. 10:09:52 From Ndongmo Ragil Cosmos to Everyone: Hi! This is my facebook page https://web.facebook.com/Ragil-Ndongmo-Cosmologue-199006387489340 Cheers 10:16:25 From Patrice Okouma to Everyone: Hi Bernard. TART is a fully functional Radio Interferometer (open hardware). 10:18:57 From Michael Backes to Everyone: There is the AfAS effort on the "continental optical observatory" (D. Bucley et al.) 10:21:29 From Naini Heeralall-Issur to Everyone: To mitigate brain drain problem, we need s strategy like part-time (few months or online) hiring of well qualified local Astronomers who are working abroad. 10:23:58 From Naini Heeralall-Issur to Everyone: Thanks a lot Mirjana! 10:24:18 From Nnaemeka Njoku-Achu to Everyone: Thank you all. cheers 10:24:49 From Patrice Okouma to Everyone: Thank you. 10:24:50 From Nnaemeka Njoku-Achu to Everyone: could you please re-share the link?