Four nominees for President-Elect of the Society gave presentations with Bill Carroll and Elsa Reichmanis selected as candidates. One of these will be chosen by members in the fall.
The Council also voted to elect Donald Clarke for a vacant position on the Society Committee on Nominations and Elections.
President Pavlath reported his efforts to find Committee appointments for Councilors. He has initiated a review of the support of the Society for K-12 education programs with a focus on what we can do for the future. He also plans to conduct a broad member poll on member needs. U. S. Representative Ellen Taucher (California) and Representative Mike Rogers (Michigan) reported by videotape in honor or the 125th Society Anniversary.
President-Elect Pearce reported on the new strategic plan referred to as the 3 I's relating to (i) Individual membership needs, (ii) Innovative Internet use and (iii) International programs. He spoke of increased activity of divisions in regional meetings. He also talked about his Congressional testimony on Federal research budgets.
Past President Bush reported on a Task Force on Equal Employment for Women in Chemical Sciences, ACS leadership programs, Federal funding and science education.
Chair of the Board Nina McClellan discussed her priority to bring the Board and Council together. The Board has examined the gender gap in upper corporate and educational institutions. The Board transferred the control of PRF funds from Morgan Trust to the Board of Directors. She also reported that an outside consultant evaluated senior ACS staff compensation and assured Council that it was in line with other professional societies.
The Executive Director reported that ACS's web site has been changed to chemistry.org. The CAS has significantly increased its information storage space in Columbus.
The petition to amend the bylaws to increase the size of standing committees was passed with the amendment that the maximum size be set at 20.
Paul Anderson reported that the Budget and Finance (B&F) Committee report stated that the 2000 year-end revenue had $8.3 million net contribution (excluding PRF, etc.) to assets. The total net assets were down $2.2 million, mainly due to investments. Budget and Finance approved three initiatives of i) $100,000 to assess standard and assessment processes in the chemical enterprise, ii) $105,000 for an exhibit on technological milestones in chemistry in Chicago and iii) $300,000 for divisions and local sections in need. I made a brief statement to B&F on behalf of the divisions. The Council accepted the dues escalation for 2002, which will set dues at $112. (Dues were not increased last year.)
The Committee on Chemical Education reported on its efforts, including more than 700 student papers at this meeting.
Membership Affairs reported on a 94% retention rate for Society members. The total membership for 2000 was 163,016.
The Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs reported that 208 employees posted over 800 positions at the employment clearing house in San Diego. They also continually monitor the economic status of the members. A new on-line salary comparison web site is not on the ACS web pages. Council approved the "Academic Professional Guideline". These will be distributed in due course.
The Local Section Activities Committee reported on the possible collaboration between divisions and local sections at regional meetings. The Council approved changes in local sections in Georgia.
Publications reported on C&E News and electronic publications. Of particular interest was the electronic preprints statement published in C&E News. It was reported that this policy did not apply to division preprints.
The Council meeting was adjourned at ll:30 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Meetings and Expositions reported that 17,824 registrants and 252 exhibitors were present in San Diego. From the attendee standpoint, this was the second largest national meeting. The Committee plans to carefully review the costs associated with national meetings. For this meeting, LCD projectors were put in each meeting room.
Frank D. Blum, Councilor
South Central Missouri Section
A detailed agenda book is on file in my office. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns or new ideas for the Society. As Councilor, I serve on the Publications Committee and as Chair of the Divisional Activities Committee. In addition, I served on the Council Policy Committee, and the Presidential Task Force for Divisions and Local Sections (including Allocation and Representation), Leadership Planning Conference and Industrial Advisory Board. Most importantly, a report we published on Division and Local Sections is available at http:llmembership.ACS.org/p/ptf/.