The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. The Council heard from four nominees for ACS President Elect. Council chose Charles Casey and Alvin Kwiram, who will run in the Fall election.

President E. Pearce reported on his efforts, especially those to increase diversity in the Society and also for encouraging divisional programming at regional meetings. He also spoke of his efforts through the Society Committee on Education to reinvent what we teach in the chemical curriculum.

President-Elect E. Reichmanis spoke on increasing communication with our nationıs leadership and also the public. She also spoke about technical programs in rapidly developing areas and participation by all groups within the Society.

Immediate Past President Pavlath described his efforts to communicate with Society members and the membership survey that was sent to Society members last year. He also spoke of the need for support and cooperation of Divisions and Local Sections.

Chair of the Board N. McClelland reported on the Board actions. The Board has acted to adopt a financial policy that would allow for deficit spending of $2M in 2002, $1M in 2003 and a balanced budget in 2004. The Board chose the 2003 Prestly Medalist, Ed J. Vanderberg, an industrial chemist. The Board has changed the focus of a small amount of the PRF Funds.

Executive Director J. Crum reported on staff focus on such items as Job Spectrum. For the near term, the Societyıs expenses for various programs will be closely examined.

Council approved a motion to continue the Committee on Science.

Council voted to change the status of the Womenıs Chemist Committee to a Joint Board Council Committee from Other Committees of Council.

A petition to change the size of Council-Related Committees was postponed until the Boston meeting.

The Committee of Budget and Finance reported on the 2001 year ending with a net deficit of $8.3M. The Societyıs investment program and Publications Division were, in part, contributors to the deficit. [Although I should note that it was perhaps impossible to predict the occurrences of September 11.]

The Council voted to accept the full dues escalator of $4, and the 2003 dues will be set at $116.

Membership Affairs reported that the year-end membership roles were 163,502 members, with a 94% membership retention rate.

The proposal to address the funding of Local Sections and Divisions for consideration at this meeting was withdrawn. A new proposal will be prepared for consideration in Boston. [I strongly supported this proposal and have been involved in two Presidential Task Forces on it, and was a petitioner.]

The Employment Clearinghouse had 131 employers, with 189 job openings, and over 2,000 interviews at this meeting.

A petition for a change in the Minnesota Local Section territory was approved.

Meetings and Expositions reported that there were 14,308 attendees, with 12,246 technical session attendees and 262 exhibition-only attendees in Orlando.

The Publications Division reported that it has scanned the prior issues of all ACS Journals. Job Spectrum is advancing and helping members find jobs and also to help with career planning.

The Committee on Professional Training reported on its concerns about the costs of journal and chemical abstract access, especially for smaller schools. Approximately 1,050 chemistry programs exist in the US and 620 of these are ACS approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

This year, 24 journals will have web submissions of manuscripts. The Publications Division has scanned 11,000 back issues of ACS journals (500,000 articles) at 600 dpi back to 1879. These will be available on the web soon. There is a pricing schedule which goes by the size of the school and usage.

During the ACS meeting, I spent most of my time attending governance-related meetings. I serve on the Joint-Board Council Committee on Publications and as Chair of the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC) which represents the interests of 33 Technical Divisions and 116,000 Divisional memberships. I also served on the Task Force for Division and Local Section Support. I hope that over the next year we will be able to change the Societyıs Bylaws and get increased financial support for the Societyıs most member-active groups.

I have a detailed agenda book in my office and if you would like more information, please contact me.

Respectfully submitted,

Frank D. Blum, Councilor

South Central Missouri Section, ACS