Commission on Small Angle Scattering

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The Commission's Terms of Reference define the scope of its activities

The Members of the Commission represent the interests of the worldwide Small-Angle Scattering community.

Check out our list of Selected Readings in Small-Angle Scattering.

Those who are interested in knowing how these things get started should take a look at the Background Material that we have provided.

The Commission collaborates closely with national small-angle scattering interest groups.

Building a Worldwide Small-Angle Scattering Community

Individual members of the worldwide SAS community are hereby asked to:

• 1 - Express their support by subscribing to the  small-angle scattering listserver. Use this communication forum to its fullest. The free exchange of information, questions, and views on matters pertaining to SAS through this medium will do much to enhance the SAS community worldwide.
  
• 2. Join in the work of the Commission by providing additional content for this web site. This can include:
  
  • a. Notices of and links to upcoming meetings featuring SAS sessions.
    
  • b. Information about facilities, research opportunities, standards, etc.
    
  • c. Links to publications, textbooks, SAS examples, and other tutorial materials.
    
  • d. Other material as appropriate
    
• 3. Support their national associations of crystallographers by becoming a members.
  
• 4. Enroll in the World Database of Crystallographers, taking special care to include small-angle scattering as one of your research interests. This will help us to find you when we need you and it will allow outsiders to find help for their SAS needs. Enhanced visibility for our interests should also result.
  
• 5. Promote the work of the Commission and its affiliated national interest groups by recruiting their colleagues as members of the community whenever and wherever they encounter them.
  

Instructions for subscribing to and using the SAS Listserver:

The sa_scat listserver is an electronic mailing list that any member of the SAS community can use. Any notices that are posted to the mailing list go to all subscribers. This approach was chosen for its convenience, its immediacy, and its open nature. The importance of free and open communication in a community of a few hundred souls spread all over the surface of the globe cannot be overemphasized. Anyone who wishes to enroll as a subscriber to the SAS listserver need only visit the sa_scat list info page.

The standards for discourse on this mailing list are naturally the same as those that would prevail in any public gathering of technical professionals.