[vslist] AVA membership invitation

[Tom Troscianko]

The Applied Vision Association (AVA) is a registered charity which aims to
promote research work in all areas related to vision and to advance its
application in healthcare and industry.

The AVAís activities include the organisation of regular scientific
meetings, production of a tri-monthly bulletin, and management of the Vision
Scientists Memorial Fund, which provides travel and other grants to assist
junior vision scientists.

Until now, AVA members have paid an annual subscription in order to receive
the bulletin and benefits such as reduced registration fees at meetings.
The system is now changing, however, so that a single, one-off payment will
secure lifetime membership.  At 25 UK pounds for ordinary membership, the
new fee is only slightly increased from the usual yearly charge.

The benefits of membership are as follows:

-	regular receipt of the AVA bulletin by e-mail

-	invitation to attend all AVA meetings (e.g. the AVA Christmas meeting in
Birmingham, December 2004; £25 registration for members)

-	inclusion on the AVA at JISCMAIL.ac.uk address, as a forum for discussion
about vision-related matters

-	eligibility to apply for AVA grants to attend meetings such as VSS and
ECVP

-	annual receipt of a membership list with details of other membersí
interests and contact details, to encourage cross-working.

The AVA would be delighted to welcome new, or renewing, members in to its
fold.  Members should have an active interest in vision and vision-related
matters, and all membership applications are subject to ratification by the
AVAís Executive Committee.  Further details, and an application form, may be
found on the AVA website at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ava/

For any enquiries, please contact the AVA secretariat:

Tom Troscianko	tom.troscianko at bris.ac.uk
Gillian Porter	gillian.porter at bris.ac.uk