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AMS Representatives to the Mathematical Council of the Americas

General Description

Members are appointed by the AMS President. One of the three members is to be selected from the Secretariat.

Principal Activities

The principal activity of this committee is to represent AMS on the Mathematical Council of the Americas. The Council meets in person once every four years, at least, in conjunction with the Mathematical Congress of the Americas. Physical or virtual meetings can be convened at any time by the Executive Committee of the MCofA or at the demand of one quarter of the Regular Members of its Council.

The Mathematical Council of the Americas is the umbrella organization with the responsibility of organizing the Mathematical Congress of the Americas, a series of conferences to be held every four years, starting in 2013. As a Regular Member of the Mathematical Council of the Americas (MCofA), the AMS is entitled to designate three representatives to the Council.

Miscellaneous Information

The Committee does its work by email, videoconference, and one face-to-face meeting every four years in conjunction with the Mathematical Congress of the Americas. Members are reimbursed for attending meetings of the MCofA; attendance at the Congress itself is not reimbursed by the AMS. Normal expenses such as communications fees also reimbursed by the Society. This committee has been designated as LEVEL B.

Authorization

Past Members

A list of current and past members is available at
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/mca-past.html