Report on UKIESIAM Activities (August 2007 to July 2008)
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Background.
The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland section of SIAM was
established at the end of 1996. 
(The petition was approved by the council on 13th December, 1996.) 

This year saw an election for the post of secretary / treasurer of the section:

     Sue Dollar    37 votes
   Rob Scheichl    21 votes

Sue Dollar took up the position on 1 April.

The current officers are:

          President: R. Davies       (until 31/3/09)
     Vice-President: C. Please       (until 31/3/09)
Secretary/Treasurer: S. Dollar       (until 31/3/10)

All SIAM members resident in the UK and Republic of Ireland are
automatically members of the section (no section fees are levied).
The current membership stands at 405 (versus 187 members when 
founded and 370 last year). 252 of these are non-student members.

Sponsored meetings. 

The section has provided financial support for the following
meetings, which are listed in chronological order.

Jan 2008 Annual section meeting, Southampton University
         A report on the meeting was published in the May 2008 edition of SIAM 
         News. Full details can be found at 
         http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/people/hsd/ukiesiam/SIAM08report.pdf

Feb 2008 Oxford Golub-around-the-world event.  The section provided £100 support
         for this meeting.
         
Apr 2008 BAMC held at the University of Manchester.
         The section sponsored prizes totalling £250 for the best presentations
         by a PhD student.  A list of prizewinners can be found at 
         http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/people/hsd/ukiesiam/prizes.html

Jul 2008 BAIL 2008 Boundary and Interior Layers - Computational and Asymptotic Methods, 
         held at the University of Limerick.  
         The section sponsored one prize of £50 for the best presentation by a PhD student.   
         Details of the prizewinner can be found at 
         http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/people/hsd/ukiesiam/prizes.html

Plans for the future.

1. The ANNUAL MEETING will be held at the University of Limerick
   on Friday January 9th 2009. 

2. We intend to sponsor student prizes at future BAMC.

3. We intend to sponsor student prizes at 23rd Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis, University of Strathclyde.

4. We are keen to support other relevant meetings, workshops and 
   conferences in the UK and Ireland. 

   Requests for such support are welcome at any time.

Sue Dollar
Secretary, UKIESIAM 
November 2008