[NukeNet] Job open at NIRS, new calendar, more updates

[Michael Mariotte]

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912

301-270-6477, nirsnet at nirs.org, www.nirs.org <http://www.nirs.org/> 

 

Some short updates and items from Nuclear Information and Resource
Service:

 

Work at NIRS! We are seeking a permanent, full-time Administrative
Coordinator/Office Manager/Activist. This is a key position at NIRS-this
person is the glue that holds the organization together. The job
description is available on NIRS website at
http://www.nirs.org/about/jobs.htm. To apply, send your resume to
nirsnet at nirs.org with the subject heading: Administrative Coordinator.

 

Got Graphics? NIRS is looking for vibrant images for this new round of
nuke-fighting! If you will donate images to NIRS--both of the nuclear
madness we fight and the positive world we seek to build--we will select
and use them on documents, posters, our web site, possibly T-shirts and
other vehicles for reaching folks to say NO NEW NUKES!  And, of course,
we will give the artist full credit. Send your graphics and ideas to
nirsnet at nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet at nirs.org>  or to NIRS, 6930 Carroll
Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912.

 

Check the Calendar! NIRS has added a public calendar to our website.
We'll be posting comment deadlines, events, protests, conferences,
congressional vote alerts and more. Send items you'd like included to
nirsnet at nirs.org with the word Calendar in the subject heading. You can
access the calendar at http://www.nirs.org/calendar.htm.

 

Help us Help You! Many of you have asked us to make it easier for you to
respond to our Alerts by including ways for you to e-mail your
legislators, send comments to the NRC, etc., directly from our Alerts.
We'd like to make that possible, but the technology to do so is more
expensive than you might think. Some organizations spend $20,000 or more
per year on this kind of technology. We've found a way to do it for much
less, but first-year costs for NIRS would still be about $5,000. We'll
set it up as soon as we can raise the funds! You can help by making your
most generous possible tax-deductible contribution on our secure server
at
https://secure.campagne-online.com/registrant/donate.aspx?EventID=2927&L
angPref=en-CA

 

Save the Date! July 11, 2008, The Center for Science in the Public
Interest will be holding its Fourth National Integrity in Science
Conference. Titled Rejuvenating Public Sector Science, it will be held
at the Ronald Reagan International Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,
Washington, DC 20004. Become part of the growing movement to
reinvigorate public sector science and end corporate and political
influence over the scientific process. Sessions will include: 

Tackling the Climate Crisis: Unleashing Government Research 

Curbing Conflicts in Medical & Environmental Science 

Rebuilding Research Capacity at Regulatory Agencies

Clean Energy -- Do Special Interests Drive the Agenda? 

Endangered Species Protection in a Hostile Climate 

Journals and Disclosure -- Getting It Right 

Who's Backing Whom in the Peak Oil Debate 

Conference details and registration will soon be available at:
http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/conflictedscience_conf.html

Conference co-sponsors include (list in formation): 

Beyond Nuclear 

Endangered Species Coalition 

Government Accountability Project 

Nuclear Information and Resource Service 

OMB Watch 

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility 

The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy 

Union of Concerned Scientists

If you wish to co-sponsor and help build the conference, please contact
kstade at cspinet.org.

 

 

Thanks for all your help, activism, comments and thoughts!

 

Michael Mariotte

Executive Director

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

 

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<http://www.nirs.org/petition2/index.php>  (but please don't sign
multiple times!). If you have signed, please pass this address on to
your friends and colleagues!

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