MILWAUKEE SECTION
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

MINUTES OF THE BOARD MEETING

November 11, 2003 at 6:23PM
Todd Wehr Chemistry Bldg. - Marquette University

Present:

Tony Antony, Bud Duhitt, Kevin Glaeske, Dimitri Gorjestani, Kathy Hinkfuss,, Steven Levsen, Tom McLinn, Kristene Surerus, Holger Foersterling,, Alan Thompson and Pam Chvilicek.

Minutes:

The minutes for the previous meeting were approved as read.

Chair's Remarks:

Steve took care of some billing issues with national ACS. The next meeting will be held at UW-M (Jan. 27, 2004) in Room 271 in the exam institute. Alan will put a map in the next Amalgamator. He also provided some dates for the long range planning committee (2/10/04, 4/13/04 and 10/12/04).

Past Chair's Remarks:

Tom is still working on the by-laws. He also restored the award plaques for the local section award. There is a mystery about where the missing plaque(s) along with the missing nameplates. The total award cost $88.27.

TAG Report:

This group has been busy getting dues and planning meetings. They have 12 members in the group. Currently, they are involved in getting a budget together for the next year. They also reported on expanding their role during National Chemistry Week. They have two people on the MATC advisory board.

Amalgamator:

Alan talked about the addition of the information of the TAG group. He further droned on about the last of an advertiser. He is planning ahead to a special issue for when the section turns 100 years old. Next year is also the 60th anniversary of the Amalgamator and Alan is looking for historical documents from the first 38 years of the section's history.

Chemical Education:

Teacher of the year nominations are being solicited and the Chemical Olympiad is being planned as well. He also provided a proposal concerning the Instrument Donation Program. Peter Petersen is the point person for this program. There are several items that have been donated. Details of the program will be put on the web page and the Amalgamator.

National Chemistry Week:

Steve will have 60 citations to sign pertaining to the poster contest. Maybe next year we could do some mall shows. Steve was going to ask Mike Schuder for a summary from this past year.

Treasurer:

Beth gave her report, which will be printed in the March issue of the Amalgamator.

Long Range Planning:

The meeting was Oct. 7, 2003. The committee is looking at the next Great Lakes Regional meeting. Tom promised that the by-laws would be done by the section's 100th anniversary.

Councilors:

National is not keen on having the Great Lakes Regional Meeting at UW-M due to the lack of hotel space close to UW-M. However, the dates and times are set for the meeting (June 2006). Also, three or four places (downtown Hilton, downtown Hyatt and the Pfister hotel) are possibly bidding for hosting the meeting. A contact will be most likely be signed by the next board meeting. Pertaining to the hotels. Tom will be looking for chairs for the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:04

Respectfully submitted, Kevin Glaeske, Secretary