XVII International Astronomy Olympiad: Important Notes for interested participants

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Euro-Asian Astronomical Society

The International Astronomy Olympiad
2012

Important Notes for Interested Participants

The Supplementary Instructions N 3

Supplementary Instructions N 3 in Russian
(not ready now)

It is a short issue of the Supplementary Instructions N 3 - actually for IAO-2012

Participants. Groups of participants. General (# 4.5. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations) and temporal (according to # 4.5.8. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations) rules valid for 2012:

4.5.1. [Since founding of the Olympiad] The Olympiad participants are not supposed to study at any institutions of higher education (university or school which can be considered technical colleges). Students who finished their school examination in the year of the Olympiad cannot be members of a team even if they did not start university studies.

[Since founding of the Olympiad] School children of two groups take part in the Olympiad. These groups are defined by the following:

4.5.2. Requirements for the junior group students (conjunction of all points):

4.5.2.1. [Since Olympiad 2006] Only the first time participating in IAOs students. Note: Exception may be done for the second time participating in IAOs students not older than 14.00 years on January 1st of the year of the Olympiad (i.e. born after January 01, 1998).
4.5.2.2. [Since Olympiad 2000] For the first time participating in IAOs students: Participants should be not older than 15.00 years on January 1st of the year of the Olympiad (i.e. born after January 01, 1997).
4.5.2.3. [Since Olympiad 1998] The last Form educating student cannot participate in the junior group.

4.5.3. Requirements for the senior group students:

4.5.3.1. [Since Olympiad 2009] For the first time participating in IAOs students: Participants should be not older than 18.00 years on January 1st of the year of the Olympiad (i.e. born after January 01, 1994).
4.5.3.2. [Since Olympiad 2000] For the first of second time participating in IAOs students: Participants should be not older than 17.00 years on January 1st of the year of the Olympiad (i.e. born after January 01, 1995).
4.5.3.3. [Since Olympiad 2003] For the third time participating in IAOs students: Participants should be not older than 16.00 years on January 1st of the year of the Olympiad (i.e. born after January 01, 1996).
Note: It is recommended for the countries' internal rules to restrict for every participant the participation in IAOs by two times.
4.5.3.4. [Since Olympiad 1998] The last Form educating student may participate only in the senior group.

4.5.4. [Since Olympiad 2005] Participants of the both groups must be not younger than 14.00 years on December 31st of the year of the Olympiad (i.e. born before December 31, 1998).

The age rules 4.5.2-4. presented in table

4.5.6. [Since Olympiad 2003] A student who won I or II Diploma at the N^th IAO takes part out of quota at his/her next time participation at IAO (at (N + 1)^th or (N + 2)^th or later till age limit allows).

5.3. [Since Olympiad 2005] There must be exactly two team leaders in every team. Participation with the only team leader or with larger number of team leaders is forbidden.

5.3. [Since founding of the Olympiad] It is recommended that team leaders to be be at least 26 y.o. (Note: LOC may use this restriction as an official limitation).

For the initial period of the Olympiad (1996-2012) in order to popularisate the Olympiad the following temporal rules of forming the country's teams are established:

1. Temporal rules for the case of absence of a National team from a country.

In the case of absence of a National team from a country, the regions, cities and towns or individuals of this country are responsible (by a permission of the Olympic Coordinating Council) to take part in the Olympiad.

Team of region, city, town:

not more than 2 participants in the younger group.
not more than 1 participant in the senior group.
IAO I-Diploma winners and II-Diploma prizewinners (at their previous participation in IAO), not older than the age limit, who did not used such a possibility before at IAO or APAO.
exactly 2 team leaders (specialists in astronomy or astronomy education).

national representation

2. Status of a country, starting activity in IAO.

For the Olympiads since 2004 only the countries participating in IAO the first or the second time (including participating as town teams from the country) are considered as countries, starting their activity in IAO. That is for IAO-2012 the following countries are not considered as countries, starting their activity:

Armenia (Am)
Bulgaria (Bg)
China (Cn)
Crimea (Cr)
Croatia (Hr)
Czechia (Cz)
Estonia (Ee)
Indonesia (Id)
India (In)
Italy (It)
Kazakhstan (Kz)
Korea (Kr)
Lithuania (Lt)
Moscow Land (Ml)
Romania (Ro)
Russia (Ru)
Serbia (Sr)
Sweden (Se)
Thailand (Th)
Ukraine (Ua)

For the initial period of the Olympiad (1996-2012) in order to popularisation the Olympiad a few temporal rules for membership at IAO are established.

Additionally to the point # 5.1.3.

the following special possibitity is actual for Olympiad 2012:

5.1.3.7. [Since Olympiad 2007 for IAO organized at the "historical territory" and equivalent Olympiads] for any interested country by special common permission of the Olympic Advisory Committee and Local Organizing Committee.

Those who are interested to get further information about the Olympiad are welcome to contact the Advisory Olympic Committee 2012 in English or Russian.

Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Chairman of the Advisory Olympic Committee
of the XVI International Astronomy Olympiad (2012),
ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute street 2, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/2012/
e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
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