Poll will close 5pm on Friday, February 15.

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. “

Hello Everyone!

My name is James King.

I am running for president of the Chemistry Club.  I originally wanted to run for King or Emperor, but neither was available.

For those of you who don’t know me, I am applying to the MD/PhD Program at CU later this year. I am a chemistry major here at Metro. I love all things chemistry, and their immediate practical application to the world around us.

I have taken this year off from all work in order to complete my degree, and will have a lot of time to devote to the chemistry club.  I have run more than one highly successful business for many years, and can bring this experience to the chemistry club.

I think that the chemistry club can bring a lot of valuable information to its members. And, much of its ability to do so, is as of yet, untapped.  I believe that there are many of us out there that would love to have someone from a medical school admissions committee come in and give a talk about getting into med school.  Or what about research opportunities in graduate school?  Perhaps some of you want to get into Dental school or Pharmacy school. I think that we as a club have the ability to get people in who have been there, to talk to us about these things.  And not just faculty.  Maybe we could bring in a med student, and get the inside story.

Of course there are some of you who don’t have Grad school ambitions, but just love chemistry.  We are here for you too.  We have the ability to set up field trips to various chemical laboratories, to SEE chemistry in real life. Last fall we went and visited the analytical lab at New Belgium Brewery. (plus we got to drink free beer).  From what I have seen the chem club has only just begun to realize the opportunities available to us as members.

Today at the meeting it was brought up by Eckhard, that we may be able to get an upcoming tour at the US National Ice Core Laboratory. These guys have ice core samples from Antarctica. How cool would that be.

My goal would be to help us get as many of these events as I can. From tours of chemical labs to guest speakers.  Chemistry develops a whole new feel and really comes alive when we can see it and experience it in real world applications. This is after all, the reason so many of you are chemistry majors. Right?

The primary functions of the chemistry club are two-fold as I see it:   

First, is to help keep the future of chemistry strong.  And, we will do so through various community events.  The second, is to help you get the most amount of fun out of your chemical education.  I will help the chemistry club to direct activities that will be nothing less than a fascinating side to the chemistry that all of us are dying to see!

Sincerely,

Presidential Hopeful

James King

Hello Chem Club Members,

Dr. Ball will be posting a sheet on his office door for people to stop by and indicate their preferred meeting times for the club. 

Here is how it will work;  All Chem club members should stop by and indicate the times that they CANNOT attend meetings by blocking out the given times that they are not available for such meetings.  When all have done so, there is hope that there will be some empty time slots during the week. 

These time slots will be the ones that are chosen to be the club meeting times.  We are shooting for an afternoon slot, and a morning slot. 

We are also shooting for meetings to occur like this: Two meetings in a week, (one morning, and one afternoon).  And, for there to be Two monthly meeting cycles.  So, approximately every other week we can meet, and twice in that weekly cycle. 

We feel this would give the vast majority of members the opportunity to attend.  Your attendance is encouraged, as we have a lot planned for this upcoming year.  And everyone’s ideas are valued.  The meetings will always be posted here, under the calendar of events.  This way you can see well in advance of when they are.

So, please, everyone who can,  make an effort to stop by this week and cross off the times when you aren’t available, so that we can begin with the schedule.

Thanks,

James King

Club members,

Elections for club officers will take place this week, but this is an opportunity to nominate yourself or another.
The current nominees are:

President:  James King
VP:  Patricia Witte and Jonathan Miorelli
Secretary:  Hannah Oliver
Treasurer:  (incumbent) Angel Decatur

Please send your nominations to me at eball2@mscd.edu no later than 5pm tomorrow (Wed) and I’ll then send out an announcement asking for your votes.  Voting will occur Thursday and Friday.

I will add a brief bio to any nominee’s name if they provide it, so if you want to advertise your qualifications, please get them to me asap for inclusion in the ballot.

Thanks!

Dr. Ball

Hello club,

From what I’ve gathered we will meet Tuesday morning @ 9:30 in the PChem lab (SI 312)
some of the agendas at this or a near-future meeting:

* Order books for ACS study guides
* Make a poster for New Orleans
* planning the election of new officers to replace anyone stepping down
* an awesome new T-shirt idea (thanks to Mary Kay!)
* revenue: selling T-shirts, books, etc.
* Feb 20 local section meeting at CSU (coal-to-liquids technology) –
Did anyone go to the Jan meeting at UNC?
* Chem Day, April 18.
* 2008BCCE (The ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Indiana
University, July 27-31)
* COSAC 2008? (I’ll make some inquiries prior to our meeting)

Hey girls & guys,
I’m writing to all of you, so that we can stay in contact about our spring New Orleans trip, and make some decisions both personal and group wise. For starters below are some IMPORTANT dates some of which need to be retrieved. Mostly what we, Metro Chemistry Club, needs from ALL club members is a conformation of desire to attend the 235th ACS national meeting in New Orleans, so that we can properly accommodate everybody. You will not be accounted for if you DO NOT announce your commitment to attend. This can be done by contacting our Secretary Christa Loux just click her name on the http://www.mschemclub.org/contacts/ page ,and you’ll get a prompt to email her. (Thank You Christa For keeping tabs ;p)
Two ideas were brought up on Friday’s meeting, due to the close proximity of Spring break and the ACS trip, we will be flying in order to save time, and if enough people plan to attend who would like to stay together it maybe more cost efficient to rent a house rather than two or three rooms for our stay there.

Spring break March 23-28
ACS National Meeting April 6-10
Chemistry Day @ Metro April 18th
Deadlines-
Applications for money to
Go to ACS meeting (new Orleans) Feb 4
Help sponsor Chem Day Feb 4

Cancellations of hotel rooms March 11th (not yet reserved) $200 a day + tax = two beds & a pull out coach NO KITCHEN

Still to be added is (if we do them!!)
Poster Contest submission Date???
Demo extravaganza submission Date???

Thank you,
BOFH

The next meeting will be held at 11:00:00 am in the Science building computer lab.

Hi gals & guys,

Who:
This is a notice and reminder to all chem club members that last Friday we made a few decisions that have not yet been announced.

What:
Mostly regarding a trip to New Orleans for the National ACS meeting.

Where and when:
We are meeting Friday the 14th at 11:00 in SI 124C (MAC computer lab), which is reserved from 11am-12:15pm. We’ll probably be there longer as it seems there is a bit to do, and since nobody makes time during the semester we should try an get as much done before we go our separate ways during break.

Why (the goods):
What goods?! MONEY!!! We need to fill out the paper work to receive funds from the school to help the financial burden of going to this meeting. There are five essays involved, and it would be nice to have five writers and five editors in order to streamline things. I am not an officer, but I’d bet they might agree that this would be an IMPORTANT place to make a presence if you are interested in going to New Orleans. While there on Friday, I believe, we are going to also attempt to:

1. Save hotel rooms in New Orleans.
2. Salvage any possible work ideas at Chemvention inorder to present one as a demo in New
Orleans.
3. Talk about the poster project for New Orleans.
4. Do a brief presentation on the web site in an attempt to try and get members to
understand how to use it, as to allow us to have a single location to communicate, store,
and organize our information. We will also be giving user names and passwords for those
of you who wish to participate, and we can reissue forgotten ones for those of you who have
done such. (you know who you are!)

Opinions:
Some of you might be asking, “why do I care about a National ACS meeting? Poster? Demo projects? Sounds like extra work for no grade!” I’ve done my own questioning, and the results are that there are representatives and students from practically every major school affiliated with ACS, so there ARE a lot of palms to grease and people to meet, and if you’re interested in going to a graduate program this would be a great opportunity to talk to a lot of representatives all in one place. Van, last years Secretary to the Chem Club, has filed information regarding this event that might help us accomplish our goals easier. He also added that this is a more than worth wild event to attend to, and continued by expressing that the post event especially was good practice in skills that are not often required of you by being a student. Van mentioned that many graduate students are showing off there work via a poster, and that these posters are often studies, cases, findings of things yet to be published in a peer review journal, so they are cutting edge. Wouldn’t it be nice to get your fingers wet before the big game, and experience some of these skills?

A note to the Officers:
Most importantly itt would be nice to scrounge up some green backs to buy some pizzas (

Happy crammings,
BOFH

Upset your Prof’s didn’t leave you with enough studies to keep you busy this week? Well, here’s you chemistry answer! Good luck

Chemoku #18

Instructions:

The following nine chemical elements appear nine times each in the grid above:

Br C Cl F I N O S Se

Hint: the center row has the top nine elements by electronegativity, in order by electronegativity. (We’ve tried to arrange the grid so you CANNOT solve it without figuring out that order!)

This is a great opportunity for us to get involved at the 2008 ACS National Meeting in New Orleans. Plus, winners get funds to show case there idea. I think James has offered a great idea, and I for one am looking forward to being part of a team that develops this task, and show case it in NEW ORLEANS. This will be a awesome time, and look great on a resume for grad schools in case anybody needs any extra motivation. Being that the DEADLINE is 11/16/07 I suggest we decide if there are other ideas, or if this is the one we like by this weekend.

Contest entries are due to the ACS Office of Community Activities on Friday, November 16.

Challenge: The theme for NCW 2008 is ³Having a Ball with Chemistry²
(chemistry and sports). Affiliates will develop a hands-on activity for
elementary school children that depicts how/where chemistry is connected to
sports materials (shoes, equipment, clothing, etc.) and/or performance
(metabolism, nutrition, physiological)
Rules and guidelines can be found at www.acs.org/ncw

If there are any questions about Chemvention or NCW, please contact Judith
Jankowski in the ACS Office of Community Activities at oca@acs.org
or 800-227-5558, ext.
6078.