December Midland Section ACS Board Meeting December 3, 2018 Agenda - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

American Chemical Society December Midland Section ACS Board Meeting December 3, 2018

Agenda Time Topic Presenter Call to Order, Approve Minutes for both 7:00 Wenyi October and November Board Meetings 2019 Board Election Results and New Board 7:05 Wendy Member Introduction 7:15 Fall Scientific Meeting Updates Eve 7:25 Women Chemists Committee Updates Lauren 7:35 ACS Day at Dow Diamond Michelle 7:40 National Chemistry Week Updates Michelle 7:50 The Midland Chemist Newsletter Summary Steve/Vickie 7:55 Other Board Matters? Team 8:00 Adjourn Wenyi American Chemical Society 2

Agenda Time Topic Presenter Call to Order, Approve Minutes for both 7:00 Wenyi October and November Board Meetings 2019 Board Election Results and New Board 7:05 Wendy Member Introduction 7:15 Fall Scientific Meeting Updates Eve 7:25 Women Chemists Committee Updates Lauren 7:35 ACS Day at Dow Diamond Michelle 7:40 National Chemistry Week Updates Michelle 7:50 The Midland Chemist Newsletter Summary Steve/Vickie 7:55 Other Board Matters? Team 8:00 Adjourn Wenyi American Chemical Society 3

Agenda Time Topic Presenter Call to Order, Approve Minutes for both 7:00 Wenyi October and November Board Meetings 2019 Board Election Results and New Board 7:05 Wendy Member Introduction 7:15 Fall Scientific Meeting Updates Eve 7:25 Women Chemists Committee Updates Lauren 7:35 ACS Day at Dow Diamond Michelle 7:40 National Chemistry Week Updates Michelle 7:50 The Midland Chemist Newsletter Summary Steve/Vickie 7:55 Other Board Matters? Team 8:00 Adjourn Wenyi American Chemical Society 4

Nominations & Elections Updates Position Agreed to Run Chair-elect (1) Robbyn Prange Mark Jones Secretary (1) Soham Dutta Treasurer (1) Michelle Rivard Kshitish Patankar Director (3) Lauren McCullough Dan Dermody Kevin Wier Hunter Woodward Nomination & Michelle Cummings Elections (1) Alternate Councilor Lauren Jackson (1) American Chemical Society 5

Statistics of the Election • Total votes by ACS # - 111 (out of 575 potential members) 19.3% • 107 votes for Chair – Elect • 102 - Secretary - Soham Dutta • 103 – Treasurer - Michelle Rivard • 103 – Chair N&E - Michelle Cummings • 101 – Alt. Councilor – Lauren Jackson American Chemical Society 6

Chair Elect = Mark Jones Jones Prange 47.66% 51 56 52.34% American Chemical Society 7

Dan Dermody 57 Lauren McCullough 93 Director Kshitish Patankar 59 Kevin Wier 64 Hunter Woodward 35 Dan Dermody Lauren McCullough Kshitish Patankar Kevin Wier Hunter Woodward 19.16% 20.78% 11.36% 30.19% 18.51% American Chemical Society 8

Comments Received • A smooth and easy process • A-OK. • Appreciate the nominating efforts! • A meet-the-candidates opportunity at the Oct or Nov Board meeting would be much appreciated. • Thanks Wendy This was very easy to complete. Thank all the candidates for agreeing to stand. Some great work in developing there bios. American Chemical Society 9

Agenda Time Topic Presenter Call to Order, Approve Minutes for both 7:00 Wenyi October and November Board Meetings 2019 Board Election Results and New Board 7:05 Wendy Member Introduction 7:15 Fall Scientific Meeting Updates Eve 7:25 Women Chemists Committee Updates Lauren 7:35 ACS Day at Dow Diamond Michelle 7:40 National Chemistry Week Updates Michelle 7:50 The Midland Chemist Newsletter Summary Steve/Vickie 7:55 Other Board Matters? Team 8:00 Adjourn Wenyi American Chemical Society 10

2018 Fall Scientific Meeting ACS-FSM 2018 Large attendance from # Oral presentation 9 CMU Honor Prgm - # Poster presentation 41 Chemistry professor # Participants 158 encouraged attendance through a class Pre-registered 102/120 assignment On-site registered 56 Total expenditure $3,060.96 Presentation Award Winner:  Benjamin Appiagyei, MSU Poster Award Winners:  Alicyn Stothard, CMU  Nicodemus Monear, U of M, Flint American Chemical Society 11

2018 Fall Scientific Meeting SVSU, October 13, 2018 American Chemical Society 12

2018 Fall Scientific Meeting Collected Comments/Feedback  Interesting subjects presented.  Having a lapel microphone for the oral presenters would have improved the ability for the audience to hear  Keynote speaker should not be at the end of the day  Signage or send out maps in advance of the event - external signage for "meeting this way"  Topics to consider in future years: Green Chemistry, Sustainability, Climate Change  Better Advertisement American Chemical Society 13

2018 FSM Budget Expenses 2018 ACS-FSM Value Number Actual Facility Banquet Rooms $ 400.00 2 $ 800.00 6 am charge $ 50.00 $ 50.00 Conference Coordinator $ 35.00 8 $ 280.00 AV Fees Data Projector $ 250.00 1 $ 250.00 Lectern w/ mic $ 120.00 1 $ 120.00 AV Technician $ 40.00 8 $ 320.00 Catering $/gallon Estimated Actual Assorted muffins $ 19.99 4 Assorted bagels $ 19.99 4 $ 199.90 Assorted Danish $ 19.99 2 Water $ 7.99 7 9 $ 71.91 Tea $ 9.99 2 3 $ 29.97 Coffee $ 18.99 2 13 $ 246.87 Miniature (pm) $ 1.49 120 $ 178.80 Lunch at Marketplace $ 9.50 81 $ 627.00 Misc Honoraria $ 75.00 5 $ 375.00 Registration Supplies $ 9.63 Team Lunch $ 92.88 Poster Session Prizes $ 175.00 Income Prepaid lunch tickets $ 9.50 28 $ (266.00) SVSU Chemistry Club $ (500.00) Total Expenditure $ 3,826.96 Net Total $ 3,060.96 American Chemical Society 14

2018 Committee Recognition & 2019 Committee Recommendation 2018  Chair: Jennifer Larimer  Co-Chair: Eve N. Suthiwangcharoen  Oral Presentation Chair: Elizabeth Santos  Poster Presentation Chair: Luqing Qi  Registration Chair Noel Chang  Registration Chair Manaswee Malugari 2019: Individuals Interested in the Planning Committee  Steven Yenglin Delta College  Hunter Rethman Delta College  Manaswee Malugari Dow  Jennifer Larimer Dow Recommend the creation of a “Communication Chair” to help with event advertisement creation and management (posters & social media). American Chemical Society 15

Agenda Time Topic Presenter Call to Order, Approve Minutes for both 7:00 Wenyi October and November Board Meetings 2019 Board Election Results and New Board 7:05 Wendy Member Introduction 7:15 Fall Scientific Meeting Updates Eve 7:25 Women Chemists Committee Updates Lauren 7:35 ACS Day at Dow Diamond Michelle 7:40 National Chemistry Week Updates Michelle 7:50 The Midland Chemist Newsletter Summary Steve/Vickie 7:55 Other Board Matters? Team 8:00 Adjourn Wenyi American Chemical Society 16

WCC Activity Summary 2018 • Tina Leaym & Lauren McCullough American Chemical Society 17

General Updates • WebEx meetings to discuss business (weekdays at lunch time) • Quarterly social hours for networking & to meet new members • Steering team: 28 members, 15 new members, ~12 active members American Chemical Society 18

February 10, 2018 Skills Beyond the Bench: • Collaboration with Detroit WCC • Logistics: A half-day workshop at University of Michigan - Flint • Attendance: 51 • Description: Over lunch, a panel of 5 speakers at various points in their career (early through director level) gave talks about what non-technical skills are essential to a successful career. After the talks, there was a Q&A session for the panel and a coffee & cookies networking hour. • Outlook: SBTB 2019 is actively being planned & IPG funding secured “Leadership with a Conscience” American Chemical Society 19

May 9, 2018 ACS Rising Stars & Bourbon Tasting • Logistics: A weekday evening at Midland Country Club • Attendance: 33 • Description: The WCC organized an evening of small plates and bourbon tasting to celebrate the 5 Dow employees who had recently won ACS Rising Star awards. The event got great reviews – the food was excellent, the talks were interesting, and the bourbon was poured generously! American Chemical Society 20

October 24, 2018 STEM Night • Organized by Michelle Cummings • Logistics: A Wednesday night at Chestnut Elementary School • Attendance: ~80 students visited the WCC Table • Description: a statistics experiment with paper clips (designed by Wendy Flory) and a shrinking polymer experiment (designed by Anne-Catherine Bedard) American Chemical Society 21

November 15, 2018 Design In Women • Organized by Meera Shete • A collaboration with YRC • Logistics: A weekday evening at MSU-St. Andrews STEM Center • Attendance: 21 • Description: YRC funded and WCC organized an event focused on using Design Thinking to address inclusion challenges in the workplace. Beata Kilos and guest speaker Eranda Nikolla (Wayne State) led the workshop. American Chemical Society 22