MINUTES OF THE ROCHESTER LOCAL SECTION MEETING
December 14, 2006
Attendees: Anne Marie Lanzafame, Dick Cobb, Ben Miller, Henry Gysling, Mary Jane Witkiewitz, Jim Reynolds, Lew Allen, Joan Williams, Richard Hartman, Ken Schlecht
Meeting minutes taken by Anne Marie Lanzafame
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM by Ben Miller at Siam (280 Exchange St.)
Secretary Report (A.Lanzafame):
Nov meeting minutes were approved by unanimous e-mail vote.
Chair Report (B. Miller):
Deadline for the annual report is Feb 15.
Ben will look at the list of Chemluminary Award categories to see what activities apply to us. Suggestions: Consider nominating us for the Strategic Planning Meeting and the Networking Mixers. Also, possibly ACAP activities. Please send suggestions to Ben.
Treasurer’s Report (M.Witkiewitz):
A unanimous vote was made to approve the Treasurer’s Report.
MJ is waiting to hear from the financial planner regarding a meeting to discuss investments.
Jim Reynolds will chair the audit committee and schedule a meeting.
MJ is still trying to get her name on the Fidelity accounts to transfer money.
Thanks to everyone for sticking to their budgets.
Looking into 2007 (D.Cobb):
A list of scheduled events and committees was submitted. Dick will send these electronically to the Executive Committee.
Note that Exec. Comm. meetings will take place every other month, not monthly, and the days of the week will change meeting to meeting. Please see the schedule. Also, the meetings will be used to work on specific topics instead of for committee reports. Please forward committee reports prior to meetings (send to A.Lanzafame & D. Cobb) and they will be included in meeting minutes.
Note: The Undergrad Research Symposium will take place on April 21st at RIT.
Social Events (J.Williams):
The Annual Dinner Meeting with Katie Hunt is Friday, Feb. 9 at Rick’s Prime Rib. Deadline for payment is Feb 5. No Exceptions
Joan will be switching from Social Chair to Nominations/Elections Committee Chair. The LS needs a new Social Chair.
TAG Report (D.Janes):
The Kodak Technician Symposium is scheduled for Fri., Feb. 9 at Kodak Bld 83. This will coincide with Dr. Hunt’s visit to Rochester and she has been scheduled to give the keynote address for the symposium.
The TAG had their final meeting of 2006 on Dec. 13 and Tulienne Molaire volunteered to serve on the TAG executive board.
Deb Janes & Tim Wilson presented their forensics workshop to a class of senior high students at Wayne Central School on Nov. 21 and it was well received. They also presented a science demo to 50 8th grade students at Byron-Bergen Jr. High on Dec. 6. This wraps up the 2006 ACAP schedule.
Jim Reynolds has asked that TAG look into maintaining their own website.
Retired Chemists (L.Allen):
Doug Robello will speak at the next Retired Chemists event at the Wishing Well restaurant on Jan 31st. The topic will be Chemistry in Digital Imaging.
Project Seed (L.Allen):
No report.
Other:
Mark Stachowski will submit our local Volunteerism Award winners (D.Janes/T.Wilson) for the National Award.
Articles for the new electronic newsletter are due to Jim Reynolds on the 25th of every month for distribution on the 1st of every month. This newsletter will replace Chemunications.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 pm and was followed by dinner. The next meeting will take place on Monday, Jan 15th at Kodak Bld 28.
Votes taken:
Nov meeting minutes were approved by unanimous vote.
A unanimous vote was made to approve the Treasurer’s Report.
