Standing Rules for the
International Planetarium Society, Inc.
Revised
July 2005
by Lee Ann A.
Hennig, Secretary
AAppendix E (01/01/05):
Ad
Hoc Committees
Armand Spitz Planetarium Education Fund
Function: To maintain a fund and use it to further the ideas
espoused by Armand Spitz. (The duties of this committee are
currently administered by the Finance Committee.)
IPS Education Committee
Function: To work on those areas pertaining to planetaria and education, one of the central tenets of the planetarium profession. The International Planetarium Society (IPS) was previously named the International Society of Planetarium Educators (ISPE). Included in this committee are goals to help educate the public about consumer involvement with astronomy and/or the planetarium field.
IPS Full-Dome Video Committee Function: To facilitate communication between the programmers, manufacurers, owners and operators of full-dome video graphics systems in planetariums, and to provide structure and guidance for the application of these advanced technologies within the planetarium environment. (2004)
IPS History Committee
Function: To compile
and maintain information and materials relating to the history of
the Society, and to collect and maintain a photo history
collection of IPS events and activities. The Chair of this
committee will be called the Historian. (1998)
IPS Language Committee
Function: To
explore the possibilities of translation at conferences and
publishing relevant articles in languages in addition to English,
and to consider other language-related issues. ( In the past, this
committee has been instrumental in getting the IPS brochure
translated into a number of languages. )
IPS Media Distribution Committee
Function:
To initiate, coordinate and oversee (in cooperation with the
appropriate partners and institutions), the cost-effective and
non-commercial adaptation, duplication, distribution and
documentation of media (visuals and other AV materials) towards
free of charge use in planetarium presentations, pre-show and
exhibit areas. The IPS Slide Service and IPS Video Service are
integral parts of this initiative. Appropriate storage media,
formats, distribution methods will be chosen by the Committee in
cooperation with the IPS Technology Committee and vendors.
Documentation and information about the respective media will be
made available to IPS members in the form of a web-based media
library.
IPS Outreach Committee
Function: To
develop and foster contact and communication between IPS and other
professional and educational organizations.
IPS Planetarium Development Group
Function:
To formulate recommendations from IPS members on the subject of
building a new planetarium or renovating an existing facility,
with the guidelines intended for architects, museum directors,
college and school system administrators, and others without much
planetarium experience. (The committee produced the booklet "So
You Want to Build a Planetarium", which offers a brief
overview and a list of questions to consider in embarking on a new
planetarium enterprise.)
IPS Portable Planetarium Committee
Function:
To help those interested in the use of portable planetariums and
to provide a support system to assist portable planetarium users.
(The committee maintains resources including a data base of users
and specialists, curriculum and lesson materials, current mobile
planetarium manufacturers, and low-cost special effects.)
IPS Professional Services Committee
Function:
To research profiles of planetarium jobs; to follow and document
the history and statistics of planetarium jobs; to be available to
give recommendations to candidates and institutions regarding
profiles and applications; to collect job-offers from a variety of
sources (including the internet); to notify members who look for
jobs quickly (via e-mail and a web page linked to the IPS web
site); to support courses, training programs, internships and
workshops/seminars for students and planetarians; to find possible
sources for funding of such training programs on an international
level; to present results for discussion at IPS conferences, in
our journal- and maybe in special publications.
IPS Planetarium Partnerships Sub-Committee (1998)
Function:
To investigate and develop ideas/methods to accomplish mutually
beneficial relationships between planetaria.
IPS Job Information Service Sub-Committee (1998)
Function:
To maintain a list of job openings and to distribute this
information as requested to members.
IPS Script Contest Committee
Function: To
administer the Eugenides Script Contest as provided in the
Standing Rules.
IPS Strategic Planning Committee (2001)
Function: To review the structure of the IPS organization with a focus on evaluating membership services and analyzing the effectiveness of the structure and operations of IPS in support of member services.
IPS Technology Committee
Function: To
monitor and investigate existing and emerging technologies that
have or may have an impact on planetariums, and to communicate on
these matters to the IPS membership.
IPS Web Site Committee
Function: To develop and maintain the IPS web site on the World Wide Web portion of the Internet and to provide information on the Society and its activities, with links to related Web sites.
