Midland Section ACS Board Meeting November 4, 2019 Agenda Time - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

American Chemical Society Midland Section ACS Board Meeting November 4, 2019

Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (October) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones Steve Keinath & 7:15 The Midland Chemist Update Vickie Langer Tom Bekemeier & 7:25 Fall Scientific Meeting Elizabeth Santos 7:30 Project SEED Michelle Rivard Gina Malczewski & 7:40 National Chemistry Week Celebrations Michelle Rivard 7:45 ACS Garden Gina Malczewski 7:50 Other Items All 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 2

Nominations & Elections • Local Section Election - voting ends Nov 11, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST • National Election Results – President-Elect, H.N. Cheng USDA Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana – Directors-at-Large, 2020-2022 • G. Bryan Balazs Retired, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California • Dorothy J. Phillips Retired, Waters Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts – Director, District II, 2020-2022, Christina C. Bodurow PharmaDOQS, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana – Director, District IV, 2020-2022, Lisa Houston Petroleum Analyzer Company, L.P., Houston, Texas American Chemical Society 3

2020 ACS Leadership Institute • January 24-26, 2020 in Atlanta, GA • Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel and Convention Center • Registration opens first week of December - covers meals, two nights lodging and conference materials. • First delegate is $425 + travel • Additional delegates $800 per person + travel American Chemical Society 4

Forms On-line Report Management System (FORMS) Event/Program 1 Event/Program 2 Event/Program 3 Event/Program 4 Overview Name of the Event Brief Description First time event? Primary Contact Categories (Awards, career services, chemistry olympiad, chemists celebrate earth day, communications, education, family/spouse activities, government affairs, industry, international year of chemistry, joint meeting, K-12 student, K-12 teacher, • member survey, minority affairs, MPPG, 2019 Annual Report Submission national chemistry week, national lab day, national meeting, professional/leadership development, project SEED, public outreach, regional meeting, science cafes, science fairs and festivals, section meeting or event, senior chemists, social/networking, student member, supporting activities, symposium, women chemists, younger chemists) • Nov 1, 2019 – Feb 15, 2020 Which strategic goals: 1. Provide Information. Be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and indispensable provider of chemistry-related information. 2. Advance Member Careers. Empower an inclusive community of members with networks, opportunities, resources, and skills to thrive • in the global economy. 3. Improve Education. Need your help! Foster the development of the most innovative, relevant and effective chemistry education in the world. 4. Communicate Chemistry’s Value. Communicate chemistry’s vital role in addressing the world’s challenges to the public and policymakers. Phase (planning, completing, or – cancelled) Committee chairs - committee Event frequency (annual, bi- monthly, monthly, one time, quarterly, other) Event date(s) activities Participation and Assistance Supporting committees (awards, budget/finance, career assistance/employment, chemistry olympiad, community activities, continuing education, education environmental, EHS, – Amanda to email offline government affairs, industry relations, long range planning, membership/membership relations, mentoring, minority affairs, newsletter/publications, nominations, professional relations, project seed, public submission form relations, senior chemist, women chemist, younger chemist) Event partners (ACS) Event partners (non-ACS) Member volunteers Non-Member volunteers – Estimated number of volunteer ChemLuminary Award hours Member attendees Non-member attendees nominations Estimated total cost Outside funding Event coverage (emal, radio, television, web) event promotion Evaluation – CERM? Success rating (1 least, 10 most) Greatest successes Lessons learned, suggestions Share event with other local sections? Supporting Materials File name (attach file to email) Brief description File name (attach file to email) Brief description File name (attach file to email) Brief description File name (attach file to email) Brief description Chemluminary Which ChemLuminar should this event/program be considered for? https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/fu nding-and- awards/awards/community/chemlumi nary.html American Chemical Society 5

Committee on Community Activities ACS Outreach Volunteer of the Year • One per local section, per year • Extraordinary outreach volunteer service 2020 • Email suggestion to Amanda Palumbo & Diana Deese by Dec 1 – Name – Email Address – Summary of outreach involvement or activities ( 100 words or less ) • First year CCA will select National Outreach Volunteer of the Year American Chemical Society 6

Volunteer Appreciation - Tomorrow Tuesday, November 5, 5 – 8:00 PM When: Where: Herbert D. Doan Midland County History Center 3417 W. Main St, Midland Activities: Dinner served at 5 PM Exhibit celebrating Midland ACS centennial and commemorating the contributions of members. Listen to Sam Kean , New York Times Best Selling Author of “The Disappearing Spoon” starting at 6:00 PM. Book signing to immediately follow. Books available to purchase. Food, fun, and an award-winning speaker – ALL FREE RSVP by Nov 5 link American Chemical Society 7

Chemistry and Materials Engineering for Industry – FREE Meeting When: Fri, Dec 6 th at 2 – 6 pm • • Where: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1600 E Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48207 • Invited Speakers : – Shel Zhang, Dow, 2:30 pm, Title TBD – Judit Puskas, Ohio State University, “Sustainable Polymers: Closing the Loop”, 3:00 pm • Networking Reception and Poster Session: Appetizers and refreshments begin at 3:30 PM • Announcement and Presentation of Best Posters: 5:00 pm • RSVP by Nov 15 Jacob.Brutman@BASF.com, Raymond.Neff@BASF.com American Chemical Society 8

Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (October) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones Steve Keinath & 7:15 The Midland Chemist Update Vickie Langer Tom Bekemeier & 7:25 Fall Scientific Meeting Elizabeth Santos 7:30 Project SEED Michelle Rivard Gina Malczewski & 7:40 National Chemistry Week Celebrations Michelle Rivard 7:45 ACS Garden Gina Malczewski 7:50 Other Items All 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 9

Midland Chemist – 2019 Summary • As of October 23, 2019: • Email open rate is consistently greater than the industry average • x-axis shows February 2018 through October 2019 American Chemical Society 10

Midland Chemist – 2019 Summary • Options suggested by MailChimp to collect new contacts: • Add a pop-up form to the website and collect contacts up to 50% faster • Create a landing page to collect new contacts and promote product (newsletter). American Chemical Society 11

Midland Chemist – 2019 Summary • Email engagement, newsletter specific Total Opens Clicks Date Day Time Announcing Subs # % # % 10/11/2019 Friday 8:13 PM October 2019 newsletter 829 223 27.2 79 9.6 9/19/2019 Thursday 6:38 PM September 2019 newsletter 826 211 25.6 73 8.9 8/9/2019 Friday 7:31 PM August 2019 newsletter 831 217 26.4 86 10.4 7/14/2019 Sunday 8:26 PM July 2019 newsletter 835 241 29.1 89 10.7 6/4/2019 Tuesday 9:02 AM June 2019 newsletter 840 214 26.3 83 10.2 5/9/2019 Thursday 9:40 PM May 2019 newsletter 847 259 30.8 99 11.8 4/1/2019 Monday 10:59 PM April 2019 newsletter 851 258 30.5 95 11.2 3/12/2019 Tuesday 6:36 PM March 2019 newsletter 853 248 29.2 87 10.3 1/28/2019 Monday 9:16 PM February 2019 newsletter 859 247 28.8 91 10.6 1/7/2019 Monday 11:28 PM January 2019 newsletter 864 263 30.5 107 12.4 newsletter subscribers 2019 trend 870 865 860 855 850 845 840 835 830 825 820 Dec-18 Feb-19 Mar-19 May-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Oct-19 Dec-19 January 2019, 864 subscribers October 2019, 829 subscribers Difference of -35 American Chemical Society 12