President Casey called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. A resolution in honor of deceased Councilors was read.

Elections were held for the following committees (3-year terms, except where noted):
Committee on Committees‹Barton, Dulany, Krannich and Orna were elected.
Council Policy Committee‹Boggs, Cooke, Rhodes and Stacy were elected.
Nominations and Elections Committee‹Blum, Doyle, Duane, Hathaway and Schultz, Eiss (2-year term) and Stechel (1-year term).

President Casey reported on his efforts to affect legislation, Green Chemistry, and graduate student employment opportunities.

President-Elect Carroll spoke on his themes for next year, Enterprise 2015, involvement of high-school teachers, and outreach. These are on his website at Billcarroll.org.

Immediate Past-President Reichmanis reported on the value of the Society and on how we all need to assist in recruiting and retaining members.

Chairman of the Board James Burke reported on his activities. AICHE and ACS will both meet concurrently in New Orleans in. The Board approved funding for Chemcensus. The Board did not act on a leadership initiative and requested more information. The Board also approved funding for PROGRESS (advances for women in science). The 50th Anniversary of the PRF fund was celebrated at this meeting.

Executive Director Jacobs reported that the finances of the Society are sound. Chemical Abstracts Service and Publications are both doing quite well. Publications will introduce Chemical Biology in 2006. Publications will discontinue Today¹s Chemist at Work and Modern Drug Discovery. Plans are to sell the Belmont Conference Center. The Board also voted to enhance its fund-raising activities. A member satisfaction survey will be sent out a week after the meeting.

A motion to recommend that the Committee on Nominations and Elections reestablish the 1,000-word limit on statements of nominees for national office was defeated (196 for and 206 opposed).

A motion to establish an Ethics Committee was referred back to committee by Council. It would have been an ²other² Committee of Council.

The petition to change the Constitution and Bylaws to allow electronic balloting was passed by Council. The petition will need to be sent to the membership for ratification of the Constitution changes.

Budget and Finance reported that 2004 is projected to have a net contribution to reserves of around $1.5 M. The Society will also move to a 3-year budgeting program.

The Society Committee on Education reported on a number of initiatives, especially on support for government funding.

Council was given a presentation on the diversity of Chemistry as a discipline. The Society would like input on how it could be best structured to meet the diverse needs of chemists.

Membership Affairs reported on its efforts to retain members, especially transitioning student members to become regular members. As of June 30, 2004, there were 154,945 members, a 1% decrease from last year.

The petition to change the membership requirements for teachers was passed.

The petition to change the Annual Report deadline for Divisions was approved.

Council approved a revised set of professional employment guidelines.

Just over 1,000 people interviewed for approximately 300 jobs at the Employment Clearinghouse.

Outstanding Awards for Local Sections were given to Chicago, Delaware, Princeton, Richland, Peoria, and Indiana-Kentucky Border.

Council approved the name change from the Peoria Section to the Illinois Heartland Section, and the changes in territory for the Wichita Falls Section.

There were 13,805 attendees at the Philadelphia National Meeting. The locations for the 2014 meetings are to be Washington (Spring) and San Francisco (Fall).

I currently serve as an associate on the Budget and Finance Committee. In 2005,

I will be an elected member of the Council Committee on Nominations and Elections. This committee picks the nominees for, among other offices, President of the Society.

I have a detailed agenda book in my office if you are interested in more information on the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Frank D. Blum, Councilor

South Central Missouri Section, ACS