Draft

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

Meeting: 6:00 PM on Tuesday, February 2^nd^ , 2006 at the Richland
Library, Richland, WA.

> Tom Jones (Past Chair)
>
> Bill Samuels (Present Chair)

Sam Bryan (Treasurer)

Jeff Woodford (Chair Elect)

Dick Hermens

Lee Burger

Bruce McNamara (Secretary)

-   The Minutes from the January Meeting were approved with some
    corrections (FY to CY, and proper officer titles corrected).

-   Bill had disseminated an agenda for this second meeting of the year

-   Wrap up of 2005 business

> Ron Kelly a past Treasurer will be acting as Auditor for CY05 records.
> The final budget is accurate as of 2/2/06 and is attached.
>
> The Budget audit needs to be complete by February 15^th^, 2006.
>
> The Section's Annual Report is also due February 15^th^, 2006 and Tom
> Jones is tasked with engineering the completion of that project.

-   The Quarterly News Letter came out and the budget was in it. So the
    membership has been notified.

-   Sam said that the new Budget so far is the same as the proposed CY06
    Budget. The proposed budget is repeated (attached) below for
    purposes of records keeping.

-   Bill mentioned that Royce Aiken who runs the Chemistry Olympiad had
    sent a letter out the Practical was to be held on a Wednesday.

-   Bill mentioned that Glenn will be speaking on February 16^th^ in the
    Battelle Auditorium. A dinner at Henrys is scheduled after the talk.
    Dinner for the next speaker will likely also be at Henrys.

-   Anna Cavinato had requested money for Project SEED support. She
    requested \$100 and that was moved on and passed. The money will
    likely come out of the Family Affair budget since that activity cost
    less last year.

-   The Science Fair at the Columbia Center Mall is in March. The two
    awards normally awarded the finalists are needed for the event. This
    year's fair will be held March 9^th^, 10^th^, and 11^th^ at the
    Columbia Center Mall. Judging for the special awards must be done on
    Thursday March 9^th^ by 9:00 PM. Although projects will be available
    for viewing between 9:30 AM and 9:00 PM it is encouraged that
    judging be done when the students are present. We need judges and
    somebody should be at Kamiakin to award the Section's finalists.

-   The awards for the two finalists will be two CRCs and these have
    been ordered already.

-   The Science Fair organizers requested the Local Section donate
    \$250. The request in past years has been \$200. The motion was made
    seconded and passed.

-   The organizers also requested an additional \$250 to fund a student
    for Summer Camp activities. The members of the Executive Committee
    that were present decided against this request.

-   A letter request was made by Mary Moore who teaches at Jason Lee
    Elementary School in Richland. The request was for about \$500. The
    money was to be used for 25 Lab coats at (\$20 each). The members of
    the Executive Committee that were present decided against this
    request. The reasoning for the denial was that granting the request
    might open the Section to a floodgate of similar requests and not
    enough funds are available for that eventuality.

-   Steve will be running the Boy Scouts Merit Badge 4^th^ or 11^th^ of
    November. A \$50 was request was made for the activity. A motion was
    made, seconded, and passed. The money is to come out of the K-12
    outreach fund.

-   It was noted that we need a National Chemistry Week Coordinator.

-   Bill mentioned that there was one 50 year member to recognize at the
    Geezerfest and found another that had not been continuous. Sam
    mentioned that we do a "grab a geezer" that is pick thes folks up
    and drive them home after the event.

-   Bill also mentioned that 3 members had died since January and it
    might be a good idea to have an obituary section in the Quarterly
    Newsletter.

-   Janet, Anna, and Megan need some assistance for the Expanding your
    Horizons activity.

-   The Meeting Adjourned at 7:00.

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