1. IOTA -ME annual report
Marjan zakerin

2. Content Introduction of office Memberships and work groups
Publications
Newspapers
Cooperation with magazines and websites
Book
4. Workshops, conferences and observations

3. Where is the office?

4. Aims and goals Why did we start?
To follow the aims and goals of IOTA society.
To provide opportunity for practical and more scientific activities for amateur astronomers.
Establishing faithful and direct international cooperations.
Current status?
IOTA-ME has reached up to 70% of the first goals inside the country

5. Membership and work groups
The registration announcement is once a year for 2 months in summer
The applicants should submit their CV plus the membership application form
Memberships are provided in 4 workgroups
Occultation and Trans Neptunian objects
Exoplanets
Eclipsing variable stars
Development of astronomical tools
One year of education for all accepted people. In cooperation with iran aerospace agency and astronomz magayine. Later the highly motivated trained members would educate the new cmembers for the following year. 68, shiray uni. Sayman fazaee and iran astronomical society

6. Publications: newspapers
It is monthly
Number of issues: 22.
Number of pages: 15 – 20 and in 2 languages
Distribution: sent by s to 1200 amateur astronomers, physicists and astronomers, and an average download of 300 times from website

7. Publications: magazines, websites and a book
2010 – 2011
An interview with David Dunhum in
An interview with Paul Maley in
2 articles by Mohamad Reza Mirbagheri in
8 articles by Atila Pero
2012
The first book “Occulation” by
Paul Maley and Atila Pero

8. Workshops, conferences and observations
3 days of eclipsing variable stars workshop
in Esfahan – 115 participants
Sponsored by Space Agency of Iran
Aerospace agencz/ 16 ich mead telescope and ccd SBIG CM, dr williams

9. Workshops, conferences and observations
Occultation workshop,
Tabriz - 35 participants
Occultation workshop,
Gonbad e kavos
National occultation workshop in Tehran – 52
National occultation workshop, Damghan
International occultation workshop in Dezful –
46 participants
Occultation workshop, Shiraz
Third international occultation in Tehran, 1-3 November 2012

10. Observations: Venus transit
Activities within 4 months before the transit
2 bulletin only for Venus transit– more than 140 pages
More than 128 teams including 400 people registered from all over the country.
Booklets teaching observation and timing of event were prepared, and distributed
Preperation of a form for event recording by Atila Pero and John Talbort .

11. Observations: Venus transit
Achievements
Collecting 77 standard reports
2 reports from Australia and USA
Collaboration with John Talbort – Royal astronomical society of New Zealand
2 articles in IOTA- ME newspaper and Iranian astronomical journal.
9 teams which had better timing were appreciated by space agency
One day seminar: to gather all the groups.
Credit:IOTA- Me, Space agency observatory, Mahdasht,
Telescope: meade 16

12. Outlook Despite all the challenges, we have make the promise to
Do our best………

13. Thanks for your attention