Report
from the Council, 238th ASC National
Meeting,
Meeting
registrants: 15,603.
Candidates for
President-Elect and Board of Directors
The
candidates for the fall 2009 ACS national election were announced as follows:
President-Elect 2010
Nancy B. Jackson, International Chemical Threat Reduction Department
Manager, Sandia National Laboratories,
Cheryl A. Martin, Currently on sabbatical; former Corporate Vice President and
General Manager, Rohm and Haas Company,
Mary Virginia Orna, Professor of
Chemistry, College of
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Petitions for Action
·
The Council received two amendments to the ACS
Constitution and Bylaws for action: The Petition on Candidate Selection by
Member Petition – (to be considered for Urgent Action) and the Petition on
Election Timelines and Procedures 2009.
o The
Petition on Candidate Selection by Member Petition proposes to permit
candidates to be selected by a petition process from members. To be considered for urgent action, the
petition required a ¾ affirmative vote.
After considerable discussion, a vote to consider the petition at the
2009 fall meeting FAILED. Absent urgent
action, the Petition on Candidate Selection by Member Petition will now be up
for action at the 2010 spring meeting of the Council.
o
Next, the Council discussed in great detail the
Petition on Election Timelines and Procedures 2009. This petition proposes to shorten certain
election timelines and change petition candidates (who go straight on
the ballot if they obtain enough signatures) to petition nominees (who
need to be screened by Council along with other nominees chosen by the
Committee on Nominations and Elections).
After rejecting a request to have a recorded vote, the Council VOTED to
recommit the petition to the Committee on Nominations and Elections with
instructions. Following this action,
N&E sought input through a nonbinding survey to help guide their revisions.
A revised petition will likely be up for
action at the 2010 spring Council meeting.
(For Consideration)
The Council received one petition for consideration: the Petition on Admissions Committee. This petition removes the Admissions
Committee from the Bylaws and transfers its functions to the Council Committee
on Membership Affairs. Action is
expected on the petition at the 2010 spring meeting.
Committee Review and
Committee Change in Status
·
As part of a regular performance review, the
Council VOTED to continue the Committees on Chemical Safety, Minority Affairs,
Chemical Abstracts Service, Technician Affairs, and Analytical Reagents. Continuing the first three committees
requires Board of Directors concurrence.
Registration Report
and 2010 National Meeting Registration Fee
·
As of August 19, 2009, the ACS fall national
meeting had attracted 14,319 registrants. This was the largest
The Society’s
Membership
·
The provisions of the Petition on Membership
Categories and Requirements were fully implemented this past June with the
transfer of former Student Affiliates to Student Member status, and Associate
Members to regular Member status. As of
July 31, the Society had 9,732 Student Members – 6,500 of them former Student
Affiliates and more than 3,000 of them new Student Members.
Dissolution of the
Division of Chemical Technicians
· At the 2009 spring Council meeting, the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC) reported that it had voted to accept a recommendation from the Division of Chemical Technicians (TECH) that the division disband and to recommend this action to Council in the fall. On recommendation of DAC, as recommended by TECH, the Council VOTED to disband the Division of Chemical Technicians effective December 31, 2009. DAC agreed that TECH has accomplished its mission of enhancing the status of technicians in the American Chemical Society, and now they are integrated into the other technical divisions.
Changes to Charter
Bylaws for New Local Sections and International Chemical Sciences Chapters and
Bylaws for Divisions in Probationary Status
· The Council VOTED to accept changes to charter bylaws for new local sections and international chemical sciences chapters, and bylaws for divisions in probationary status. These changes, which were developed in cooperation with the Committees on Divisional Activities, Local Section Activities, and International Activities, are a result of changes to the Constitution and Bylaws made as a result of the Petition on Membership Categories and Requirements, which became effective on June 30.
Respectfully
submitted,
M.
Chan
Councilor,
Carolina-Piedmont Section
Committee
of Minorities Affairs, Member
Project
SEED, Liaison from CMA
Committee on Constitution and ByLaws
Divisional Activities Committee, Liaison from C&B