Board Mandate

Committee Mandate

Astronomy is all about looking up and observing what you see. The RASC Observing Committee provides resources and programs designed to help members get the most out of their observing experiences and helps to coordinate observing efforts and special projects across the country.

Committee Mandate

The Nominating Committee’s mandate is to ensure that elections to the Board are conducted in accordance with the Society’s By-Law, to undertake, organize, and execute the annual Board elections, and to consider other matters related to the nomination of candidates. The role of the committee is to present a list of volunteers willing to serve in soon-to-be vacant Board positions prior to the General Assembly.

The committee has the authority to:

The Light Pollution Abatement (LPA) Committee is a Permanent Committee of the RASC Board of Directors. It co-ordinates and expands the RASC's efforts to fight the detrimental effects of light pollution on human health, the environment, and (of course) the night sky, while helping to encourage energy conservation.

The Information Technology Committee is a Permanent Committee of the Board. Its terms of reference are

• Consists of up to 13 members of the Society, plus one liaison from the Board.
• Committee can appoint positions that become vacant or were not filled by Board.

Committee Mandate

Committee Mandate

The Finance Committee assists the Treasurer in the performance of his or her duties and undertakes to analyze specific issues in relation to the Society's finances and make recommendations to the Board. In recent years the Finance Committee has been involved with: