December Minutes for the Executive Committee Meeting of the Richland
Section of the ACS.

Meeting: 5:00 PM on December 8^th^, 2007 at 2309 Harris Ave. Richland,
WA.

Attendees:

WD Samuels

Sam Bryan

Dick Hermens

Jeff Woodford

Anna Cavinato

Kayte Denslow

Dennis Wester

Steve Krogsrud

Karen Grant

Lee Burger

Bruce McNamara

1)  The minutes from the November meeting were inspected and passed with
    some corrections.

2)  The finalized budget as of December 2006 is attached.

3)  EOU giving \$1000, University of Idaho 2500, WSU giving \$1000 to
    cover registration, lodging, food.

4)  EOU Student Affiliates Chapter has applied to ACS National for
    \$2800 for speakers, social events.

5)  Innovative Program Award: 3000\$ would go to the Richland Section.
    The grant was to enable Community College Students to attend
    meetings.

6)  *Action item*?? ACS Local Section Activities Committee
    (LSAC) disburses more than \$140,000 annually to local sections
    through the Local Section Innovative Projects Grant Program (IPG).
    The program encourages local sections to conceive of and implement
    innovative projects to strengthen the functioning of the local
    section. Projects which support local section interaction with other
    ACS local sections, ACS divisions, ACS committees, other
    professional associations, or community groups and programs which
    foster inclusiveness and participation of diverse section
    membership are especially encouraged. 

> Application deadlines occur twice yearly:  March 1 and August 1.
>  Proposals are reviewed by LSAC, and local sections will be notified
> of funding before June 1 and November 1 respectively. Funds will be
> distributed by June 15 and November 15.
>
> 8)      Sam mentioned there were several confirmed sessions at
> Norm-07. He said they might need some help with leading technical
> sessions.
>
> It was reiterated that DOE will no longer sponsor speakers at the
> Regional (or National) conferences.
>
> 9)      NCW
>
> Kayte talked a bit about National Chemistry Week. Activities are
> complete for the year.
>
> About 50 to 55 people attended Carole Berg's talk at the CBC
> Performing Arts Building. There are pictures for the Annual Report
>
> Karen mentioned that there had been 31 posters at CBC *(what event was
> this)* and she had pictures for the Annual Report.
>
> Steve talked a bit about the Scout Merit Badge activity for NWC. He
> said there were 12-13 instructors and 25 boys showed up for the event.
> Unfortunately, no girls were present. The activity was supported by
> CBC who donated classrooms and the labs.
>
> The Nuclear Merit Activity run by Sandy Fiskum is normally held in
> March.

10) Jeff mentioned that a good place to have the Science Café would be
    the NORM Meeting. ACS National is offering \$500 in support of
    Science Café activities. Jeff suggested that we get a feature
    speaker to inspire and facilitate conversation.

11) Bill said 23 ballots had been returned for voting of the Local
    Section's officers.

12) Student Posters-FY07: Jeff said he had sent out a letter to the 2
    and 4 year colleges in the Local Section's area. This was an
    announcement of support for attending an ACS sponsored meeting. The
    application deadline is January 10^th^, 2007.

** **

> **New Business**
>
> 1)     The next Board meeting will be held at EOU in La Grand
> Saturday, January 13^th^, 2007 in Badgley Hall, Eastern Oregon
> University La Grande, Or. Jeff wants to have a morning session
> followed by lunch. The afternoon session will be followed by a tour of
> the new chemistry building. He expects the event to last until about
> 3:00.
>
> 2)   The speakers for FY07 will be Shedrinsky at CBC on February 22,
> 2007, Steven Dutch in April 3^rd^ at EOU, Robert Bates May 15^th^, and
> William Carrol at the Battelle Auditorium on October 22.
>
> 3)    The Annual Audit will be done by Jim *Jewit* and is due on the
> 15^th^ of February.
>
> 4)   A question was raised for events such as speaker events- is the
> Section liable if somebody gets hurt. ACS headquarters provides
> liability insurance for such occurrences.
>
> 5\) Some discussion if the junior high Science Fair award was
> appropriate --usually it is a CRC. This seems to come up every year
> --we can't seem to find a replacement that might be more appropriate.
>
> 6\) Bill said he was going to send Carole Berg a card for doing the
> Madame Curie talk at CBC 12/7/06.
>
> 7\) The Meeting Adjourned at 6:00 and refreshments were served at the
> wine and cheese social. Bill thanked the volunteers that helped with
> running the Local session in FY06 and presented Anna Cavinato with an
> award for doing such an outstanding job for the Girls in Science
> Activity.
>
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