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At the 2011 Austin Business Meeting a proposal to hold the 2013 meeting in Brazil was approved
At the 2011 Austin Business Meeting a proposal to hold the 2013 meeting in Brazil was approved
- Concerns: foreign location, need to develop final conference venue and plans, worry about reduced attendance
- Positives: support in the DDA for a Brazil venue, has been discussed several times in the past; LOC Chairs identified, are known to the community, and have successfully organized meetings previously (ACM, IAU): Sylvio Ferraz-Mello and Daniella Lazzaro
- There is a large dynamical astronomy/astrodynamics community in South America which will likely fill the “seats” opened by decreased US attendance.
- Current DDA Chair Scheeres will meet with Lazzaro/Ferraz-Mello in early December to develop details.
- Back-up options include Estes Park, Scheeres as LOC Chair.