News Letter No. 5 
of
Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee (SREAC)
November  2007 - January 2008
by 
Eleni LIVANIOU- ROVITHIS, the SREAC Chair, Greece
Nedelia POPESCU, the Secretary, Romania

This is the fifth and first for 2008 News Letter of SREAC and concerns the interval November 2007 – January 2008. 
A:  Concerning the last two months of the previous year, a year with too many activities in the region, like the School of Spectroscopy & a lot of Conferences, it is rather natural that there are not too many things to be reported.  Even so, we think there is something very interesting, which has to be specially mentioned and to which all of us have to pay special attention.  It is the message Prof. Gordana Apostolovska sent to all of us, (and for this reason we don’t attached it again in this NewsLetter), and concerns the various collaboration projects. 
As is known it needs a lot of time even to look and pass carefully through the above mentioned package, and much more if you try to complete it. So, first we need at least one volunteer to pass via it and knowing our scientific research interests and capabilities to inform us what can be done. (Perhaps smaller groups have to be formed). Then, we have to find the experts in such proposals. So, please, inform us who could undertake such a labor job. 

B: As regards the elections for the new SREAC’s Chair & Secretary for the year 2008, most of the various countries representatives proposed/and voted for the old group to remain, (attached you can find details).

C: Prof. Panov, submitted to UNESCO-BRESCE the final report for the IBSP project (2006-2007). As it was sent to all of you, it is not re-send.

News:
•	During the Athens Meeting the 5th SREAC’s Meeting was made, too.  It was then decided to try to do something, (a Meeting, a School, something else?), all together for 2009, which as it is known will be the year for Astronomy.  As the place and the time were not decided, all ideas and suggestions are welcome.
•	The Bucharest Observatory will celebrate its Centenary with an International Meeting title: “Exploring the Solar System and the Universe”, 8-12 April 2008.  
•	The ISYA 2008 will be carried out at Instabul, (Constantinople), next July (1-21). More information can be found in: http://www.yuzyisil.k12.tr/isya2008/