Association for Symbolic Logic

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ASL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2001 • The 2001 ASL Election. Enclosed with this Newsletter is the ballot for the 2001 election for the positions of Secretary-Treasurer, two members of the Executive Committee of the Council, and two members of the Council. All terms are for three years beginning January 1, 2002. There were no nominations by petition and thus there are no contested seats. The Nominating Committee consisted of John Burgess, Chi Tat Chong, Dirk van Dalen, Neil Immerman, Julia Knight, Peter Koepke, and Carol Wood (Chair). To be counted, ballots must be returned to the ASL office in Poughkeepsie by December 31, 2001. All ASL members are urged to vote. • Foundation for Polish Science Annual Award to Newelski. The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) recently announced that Professor Ludomir Newelski of the Mathematical Institute of Wroc law University and the Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has been awarded an FNP Annual Award. Four of these awards are granted each year to Polish scholars and scientists for remarkable achievements or findings in the exact sciences, medicine and the life sciences, the humanities and social sciences, and the technical sciences. The awards carry a cash prize of approximately $10,000. The award ceremony is traditionally held in the beginning of December in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The FNP, currently regarded as the most significant non-governmental sponsor of Polish science, was registered in 1991 as an independent, self-financing, non-profit institution whose mission is to support Polish science, humanities, and technology.