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		   American Arab Scientific Society
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The American Arab Scientific Society is a non-profit, non-political
and non-religious organization dedicated to spreading the benefits of
science and technology to people of Arab origin, in the US and
throughout the world.  The society has set up four chapters in four
states: New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and California.  Up to
now, the activities of the society have chiefly been:

   o  Collection  and  distribution  of  academic   and   technical
      literature to institutions of the Arab World upon request;

   o  Organization of  lectures  and  seminars  on  scientific  and
      technical issues relevant to the Arab World;

   o  Promotion of contacts among institutions and  individuals  in
      Arab countries and their counterparts in the US;

   o  Collection of funds for  the  assistance  of  scientific  and
      educational institutions in the Arab World;

   o  Organization of  social events in which members  and  friends
      can get to know each other better. These allow non-members to
      become familiar with the goals and activities of the society;

   o  Publication of  a quarterly newsletter which  contains  short
      articles on topics related to the goals and activities of the
      society as well as announcements.

   o  Establishment of an electronic repository of software and information
      at Boston University, accessible through the Internet.

All work is done on a voluntary basis and mostly at member's expense,
therefore the more members the larger the tasks that can be carried
out.  With this in mind, the society would like to diversify and
expand its activities to attract business people and social scientists
as well as teachers and artists in addition to the core members with
scientific and engineering backgrounds.  The society especially
welcomes retired and semi-retired individuals whose experience and
free time could be an invaluable resource.  People with part-time work
or those who are not working and can donate their time and effort are
also welcome.

In order to make more of a mark the society will have to increase the
level of the activities enumerated above and include new activities.
Some of the new activities we would like to include are:

   -  Sponsorship of student essay contests on the applications  of
      science and technology to the Arab World;

   -  Dissemination of information to a more general audience on the
      nature of scientific and technological progress, discovery,
      invention and innovation.  This touches on social issues:
      commerce, investment and other economic issues, as well as on
      psychological issues and matters of rationality;

   -  Promotion of technical exchanges among Americans of Arab origin.

Although these activities call for only a modest increase in the
financial requirements of the society, the infrastructure which will
develop to support them will in the long run be substantial.  So far
the only routine expenses are the mailbox and the Newsletter;
ultimately we will need a telephone, office space and further down the
road, a library-research facility.

If you would like to be part of this enterprise, please write us a
letter explaining how you think you can help and send it to:

	American Arab Scientific Society
	P.O. Box 541
	Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA

	Email: amass-request@cs.bu.edu
	Anonymous FTP:  ftp://cs-ftp.bu.edu/amass/
	World Wide Web URL:   ftp://cs-ftp.bu.edu/amass/home.html

							9 January 1995
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