SERMACS Steering Committee Home Page
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Inc.

Welcome

This web page serves as a resource for the Board of Directors ("Steering Committee") of the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Inc. (SERMACS). Here you will find links to documents, meetings, and other SERMACS information. Occasionally you may encounter an encrypted document, which means it has not yet been approved for public release. Please contact Paul Deck (SERMACS Secretary) with your comments, corrections, or questions.

Announcements

SERMACS 2007 Greenville, South Carolina, October 24-27, 2007. Our last meeting in Greenville was an incredible success! Just click that logo ...

Information for Meeting Planners

Prebid deadline for SERMACS 2011: October 1

Current SERMACS Bylaws

Memorandum of Understanding

Link to Planning Guidelines at ACS National

Regional Activities Coordination Team (REACT) Resources for ACS local sections, regional meeting planners, and region boards. See planning documents, bid guidelines, budget templates, and much much more! Click here to link up with ReACT resources. If you are even thinking about maybe hosting a regional meeting, you need to study the ReACT materials thoroughly and carefully.

Current Board Business

Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting (conference call 01/24/06)

Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting (conference call 01/10/06)

Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting (conference call 11/21/05)

Draft minutes from 2005 Steering Committee Meeting (Memphis)

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of SERMACS comprises five Officers elected by the membership and three meeting General Chairs.

Officers

• Past Chair: Bill Switzer, North Carolina Section.
• Chair: Greg Grant, Chattanooga Section.
• Chair-Elect: John Struss, Tampa Bay Section.
• Treasurer: Sol Levine, North Carolina Section.
• Secretary: Paul Deck, Virginia Blue Ridge Section.

General Chairs

• Augusta 2006: Chris Bannochie, Savannah River Section.
• Greenville 2007: Tim Hanks, Western Carolinas Section.
• Nashville 2008: Tom Furtsch, Nashville Section.

Documents

Current SERMACS Bylaws

The SERMACS Archives. Old minutes, agendas, final reports, and much more! Watch for this site to grow!

Meetings

Meeting web sites -- past and future.

ACS Regional Meeting Calendar.

Regional Awards -- Calls for Nomination

This section has not been updated since September of 2005. It will be updated in mid-May 2007.

• Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences
• Regional Industrial Innovation Award
• Regional Award for Volunteer Service
  • Note New Deadline - September 1, 2006 - for the service award!
  • General Information. (PDF format)
• Nominator Form. Use this form to nominate someone for the Service award. Choose whichever format is most convenient: (MS Word DOC format) (PDF format) (webform)
• Support Form. Use this form to support an existing nomination for the Service award. Choose whichever format is most convenient: (MS Word DOC format) (PDF format) (webform)
• The Regional Education Award (Regional High School Teacher Award).
  • Note -- The RHSTA will not be given at SERMACS 2006.
  • Letter from Mort Hoffman to Bill Switzer Re 2007 Award
  • Information and Guidelines for Publicizing the Award
  • Award Program Details
  • Award Timeline
  • Award Nomination Forms
    • Suggested hardcopy implementation
    • Draft Webform (to supersede hardcopy form)
  • Award Scoring Rubric
• Questions about Southeastern regional awards? Contact Paul Deck.