Outstanding Graduate Student Outstanding High School Science or Mathematics Teacher Forms are available from the Web by following the MSU home page. At this annual meeting, the constitution and by- laws were modified to remove all mention of provisional status for chapters. The major issue of discussion during the annual meeting was retention of members. Sigma Xi is both a scientific research society and an honor society. Another contributing factor is related to the increase of dues of other professional societies.
Most members also belong to professional societies in their particular research field.
Historically, there has always been some loss of membership due to these factors, but recently the loss of membership has been at a greater rate. At the meeting, local chapters were urged to initiate more members by more aggressively seeking out those that have the qualifications for membership. In addition, the national headquarters is engaged in efforts to enhance the value of membership in Sigma Xi. In order to ensure equal representation, each region currently has two members on the board of Sigma Xi. The explicit question under consideration is whether Canada can be recognized as a region.