[BAA Comets] New Comet Section director

[Erik Bryssinck]

Many thanks to Jonathan for the years of hard work and dedication!
Congratulations to Nick !!I met Nick once and I remember Nick like a very passionate person, a rigthfull successor !

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kind regards, 

Erik Bryssinck 

Brixiis Observatory (B96) - Kruibeke - Belgium
http://www.astronomie.be/erik.bryssinck/ 
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http://cara.uai.it - Cometary Archive for Af(Rho)
http://www.vvs.be - Belgian Association for Amateur Astronomers 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick James" <ndj at nickdjames.com>
To: Comets-disc at britastro.org
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:44:01 AM
Subject: [BAA Comets] New Comet Section director

Following yesterday's 126th BAA AGM at Burlington House, London, I 
became the 12th Director of the BAA Comet Section continuing an unbroken 
line going back to W.F. Denning, the first Director, who was appointed 
in 1891.

I would like to thank Jonathan for the dedication he has shown to the 
section as Director. His directorship lasted 25 years so he certainly 
deserves a break! This duration is second only to Crommelin's second 
directorship, a monumental 32 year stint between 1907 and 1939. 
Jonathan's knowledge of matters related to comets is more extensive than 
anyone else I know and I am very pleased that he has agreed to stay on 
the section committee as visual observations and analysis coordinator.

Becoming the Director of a BAA section carries a great responsibility. I 
know that have a very hard act to follow and it will take me a while to 
get used to the new role. I will post more of my thoughts on the future 
direction of the section shortly but, in the meantime, if you have any 
comments then please post them here or email me privately.

We all know that comets are wonderfully unpredictable objects which is 
what makes them so fascinating to observe. Thanks to Jonathan I am 
taking over a very strong section and I hope to make it stronger still 
over the next few years.

Nick James. BAA Comet Section Director.

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