The
meeting of the CVS/ACS Executive Board was called to order at 7:50 P.M. at
Trinity College, Hartford, CT with Dr. Sanborn, Chair, presiding.
MEMBERS
PRESENT: E. Anderson, R. Archer, J.
Corbett, L. Craine, G. Crundwell. J. Douville,
P. R. Douville, M. Ferrier, K. Gorski., C. Jones, J. Knox, A. Kozlowski,
D. Meyers, T. Mitzel, R. Moyer, J. Sanborn, J. Smist, F. Torre, E. Turner, R.
Wikholm
I. INTRODUCTIONS. The
Chair introduced Mr. Jeff Corbett who has been appointed recently to chair the
Committee on CT Public Affairs and Legislation.
II.. MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER
13, 2004
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED to accept the minutes.
Under members present Myers was misspelled and
should be changed to Meyers; On page 2, Martha Knox should read Martha
Morton. .
MOTION PASSED with the corrections.
III. FINANCIAL
REPORT
The financial report for the period January 1 –
November 15, 2004 (see enclosure) was
distributed by Ms. Jane Knox..
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED to accept the
report. MOTION PASSED.
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
● Ballot for the 2005 CVS Slate of
Officers. The ballot has been mailed
to the membership.
● End of Year Committee Reports. The Chair requested that all Committee Chairs turn
in activity reports by the end of December for incorporation into the 2004 CVS
Annual Report.
● WOMEN
CHEMISTS COMMITTEE (ACS). The
Committee is seeking nominations for their recognition award. Nominations are due on Feb. 1, 2005 and all
nominations remain on a candidate list for three years.
V. OFFICERS AND CHAIR REPORTS.
● Undergraduate Research Symposium – Ms. Knox. No
progress was reported. A meeting of the
ad hoc committee (J. Knox, G. Crundwell, J. Sanborn, and T. Mitzel) to examine
the issues and problems with the annual event will be scheduled in late
December (after the Budget Committee Meeting).
● Electronic
Communications – Dr. Sanborn. He
asked the editor of the VALCHEMIST to place an item in the next issue requesting
section members to email Dr. Sanborn if they wish to be notified of section
business via electronic mailings. His
purpose would be to build a list. This initiative would ultimately reduce the
section cost for member communication.
Requests for member email addresses from the national ACS office has met
with concerns for member confidentiality.
Further discussion will take place at the January 2005 meeting.
● SEED
PROGRAM – Dr, Sanborn. He asked the
Board if the Section wanted to participate in the program. Several members of the Board spoke about
their experiences (good and bad) with the program in the past. In addition, the Section in the past has
assisted the program financially. The
Chair will investigate what other sections of comparable size to CVS is
budgeting for their SEED program. A
deadline of February 1, 2005 has been set for applications. It was suggested that the program be
publicized in the next issue of the VALCHEMIST.
● SECTION
MEETINGS – Ms. Knox. A section
dinner meeting is planned for February 10, 2005. The after dinner talk given by an ACS tour speaker and the topic
will deal with coffee roasting. A fall
meeting is planned for October 10, 2005, with an ACS tour speaker who will talk
about how art changes with time.
● LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE REPORT – Ms. Knox. She
reported on her recent attendance at the conference. Some of the issues that the ACS are keenly interested in are
membership, younger member participation, greater collaboration with other
organizations, joint award meetings, and encouraging innovative programs
● NERM
– Dr. Smist. NERM 2004 reported 400
papers submitted with an anticipated 700 registrants. It is expected that financially the NERM should end in the
black. The books were closed on NERM
2003 and made approximately $2,000.
Under the new rules 40% of the this amount goes back to the NERM
steering committee and 60% goes to the host section. The steering committee
gave an advance of $1,000 to the host
section of NERM 2004. NERM now has to
fund the high school teaching award.
NERM 2005 is being hosted by the Western Connecticut Section at Sacred Heart University in
Bridgeport CT in July 13 – 17, 2005.
Assistance is being sought from all the sections contiguous to the
section. Help in organizing symposia
for the conference is being sought.
Looking ahead, NERM 2006 will be held in Binghamton, NY. There will be no NERM in 2007. NERM 2008 will be hosted by the Northeast
Section at the University of New Hampshire.
The NERM By Laws have been returned from the lawyer and the anticipated
date of incorporation is July 17, 2005
●
NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK - Mr. Turner & Dr. Anderson.
A CVS mall activity in celebration of NCW was held in Amherst, MA. About 50 – 75 people visited the
display. It was reported that the mall
gave no prior advertising of the event.
Also, 2500 copies of CHEM MATTERS were distributed to 56
requesters.
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●
SECTION AWARDS - Dr, Crundwell. No
nominations were received for the Burlew Award. Another announcement will be placed in the next issue of the
VALCHEMIST. The High School Teachers
Award Committee has been dormant. The
committee was reconstituted with Dr. Gorski, Mr. Ferrier, and a high school
chemistry teacher (preferably a past award winner).
The next meeting of the Board will be held on Tuesday evening, January
18, 2005, at The University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT beginning at 7:45 P.M.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Ralph O. Moyer, Jr.
Secretary,
American Chemical Society, Connecticut Valley Section