Hello everyone,

The Ice Core Lab visit is tomorrow!

We will plan to depart from Metro at around 10:00 AM.

I have Ford Excursion, so anyone who wants to ride with me cartainly can.

Let’s meet in our usual club meeting lab room between 9:30 and 10:00.

thanks,

James

Hello Everyone

I have managed to schedule a Tour of the Labs at the National Ice Core Laboratory! (ok, not my original idea, but cool just the same) (no, literally very cool). The laboratory manager, Todd Hinkley will arrange a customized tour for our knowledge level.  We will learn of the chemistry that is applied to the ice cores from around the world, (including Antarctica) that helps understand about earth’s environment in the past. Part of this tour is in warm areas, and part of it in sub zero temperatures.  You must bring cold weather gear etc…  Friday March 14th 11:00 AM, is the scheduled tour time.  We will plan to depart from Metro at 10:00 AM, so that we may carpool.  It is at the Federal Center.  PLEASE rsvp with me at jkingiv@comcast.net  asap. He really needs to know how many people are attending to arrange for it with the lab.  

Check out their website:  http://nicl.usgs.gov/prewho.htm

Thanks,

James King

p.s.  Keep a lookout at the Events section of the website, we’ve got LOTS of cool tours coming up!

Club members,

The election results for the VP position are:

9 votes for Jonathan Miorelli
1 vote for Patricia Witte

There were three paper ballots and seven votes by email.
Thanks for voting!

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. “

Club Members,

The calendars are on my door.  There’s one for the mornings, and one for the afternoons.  Please cross out any time that does not fit your schedule.  If a time is crossed out already, please add another little “x” so the Club can find a “best” time if there’s no perfect time.

Dr. Ball

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