Club members,

Please cast your votes today and tomorrow for club officers.  If you do not require anonymity, simply email your vote to me at eball2@mscd.edu (save a copy in your sent box for proof — you never know when hanging chads might rear their ugly heads!).  If you do require anonymity, please write your vote on a piece of paper and drop it into the ballot box which will be at Mary Kay’s desk in SI 323.  When you vote, please sign the voter’s log so we can be sure nobody votes “Chicago style” (early and often).

The only contested position is for VP, between Patricia Witte and Jonathan Miorelli.  The rest of the slate of officers is in the previous announcement.  If you do not cast a vote you are assumed to agree with the uncontested positions, and abstain from voting on the VP position.

I have received this bio from Jonathan:

“Hey, I am Jonathan Miorelli and I am running for the position of Vice President.

Now, I know that most of you already know me but just be sure I will introduce myself. I am a chemistry major, physics minor who has been an active part of the chemistry for almost a year now. I am also the lead chemistry tutor at the MSCD Tutoring Center. Here are the reasons why I think I would make a good VP:

• I work on campus
• I am able to make most if not all meetings and am usually easy to get a hold of, if need be.
• Devotion to shorter emails (after this one).

Recruiting-

• In the Tutoring Center, I was able to make chemistry the #2 (previously #6) tutored subject (second only to math). Surpassing much larger departments such as biology, psychology, and business.
• I can help increase chemistry club membership/involvement
• I have a deck of cards with scientists on them.

Devotion to chemical instruction-

• I am a trained and certified CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association) tutor, which means that have experience helping people understand chemistry
• I have represented Metro at CRLA functions, including last year’s national meeting in Portland. I am currently trying to prepare a presentation for this year’s conference.
• Several times a year I go to various High School science classes and give a lecture on how nuclear technology works and how nuclear issues affect our lives (with several engaging demonstrations).
• I can cut a deck of cards with one hand (see bullet #4).

Ok, I hope that’s enough to go on. Hope it wasn’t too long. “