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International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC)

During June 2000, a notice was distributed via this medium from Tim Oke (University of British Columbia) announcing the intention of forming an organization for urban climatology (also in EURASAP Newsletter issue 38, June 2000). This notice also explained how to affiliate with the organization and provided an opportunity to put forward one's name as a candidate for the ten-member Board and/or the positions of President and Secretary. At the end of June, a second notice was distributed explaining the procedure for voting for these positions.

As a result of this balloting, the following (in alphabetical order) have been elected to the Board.

Arnfield, John (The Ohio State University, USA) - Secretary
Bitan, Arieh (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Bornstein, Bob (San Jose State University, USA)
Eliasson, Ingegard (Goteborg University, Sweden)
Grimmond, Sue (Indiana, University, USA)
Mayer, Helmut (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Nakamura, Yasuto. (Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan)
Oke, Tim (University of British Columbia, Canada) - President
Roth, Matthias (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Voogt, James (University of Western Ontario, Canada)

In October 2000 the members of the new organization voted to choose its name. The final tally was as follows:

International Association for the Urban Atmosphere	41 votes
International Association for Urban Climate	89 votes

Accordingly, it is henceforth known as the

International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC)