Northeastern Section of the ACS Monthly Board Meeting Holiday Inn, Brookline MA October 8 th , 2015 Members and guests in Attendance: M. Chen, C. Costello, T. Gilbert, D. Harris, M. Hoffman, L. Johnson, K. Lee, D. Lewis, R. Lichter, F. Lucci, J. Maclachlan, J. O’Neil, D. Phillips, J, Phillips, J. Piper, R. Pokhrel (guest), A. Scholte, M. Simon, M. Singer, S. Strah-Pleynet, S. Su, R. Tanner, The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm with Kathy Lee as the Chair. The minutes from September 2015 were approved as presented. Chair: K. Lee We need two representatives from the Board to serve on the 2016 nominating committee. If you are interested, please contact either Kathy Lee or Cathy Costello. We would like to hold the Board election for the 2016 nominating committee at the November meeting. The nucleus will be going green (electronic copy) in Jan 2016. Efforts are still being made to get the word out to the membership. The Process Chemistry Event being held today is very well attended. Chair Elect: J. Jasinski No written report Past-Chair: C. Costello No written report Secretary: M. Singer No written report document.doc 1 of 16
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Northeastern Section of the ACSMonthly Board Meeting
Holiday Inn, Brookline MAOctober 8th, 2015
Members and guests in Attendance: M. Chen, C. Costello, T. Gilbert, D. Harris, M. Hoffman, L. Johnson, K. Lee, D. Lewis, R. Lichter, F. Lucci, J. Maclachlan, J. O’Neil, D. Phillips, J, Phillips, J. Piper, R. Pokhrel (guest), A. Scholte, M. Simon, M. Singer, S. Strah-Pleynet, S. Su, R. Tanner,
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm with Kathy Lee as the Chair.
The minutes from September 2015 were approved as presented.
Chair: K. Lee We need two representatives from the Board to serve on the 2016 nominating
committee. If you are interested, please contact either Kathy Lee or Cathy Costello. We would like to hold the Board election for the 2016 nominating committee at the November meeting.
The nucleus will be going green (electronic copy) in Jan 2016. Efforts are still being made to get the word out to the membership.
The Process Chemistry Event being held today is very well attended.
Chair Elect: J. Jasinski No written report
Past-Chair: C. Costello No written report
Secretary: M. Singer No written report
Treasurer: J. Piper The National allotment for local dues arrived in September. Normally, this
allotment arrives in July. No explanation was provided for why the allotment was late.
Emily Coombs has volunteered to serve as Assistant Treasurer. She will start working with the Treasurer to learn about NESACS financial operations.
See Treasurer’s report appended at the end of this report. The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented by the Board.
Archivist: K. Mattes Salem State University staff has ordered the supplied needed for the initial
processing of the Archives. A recent History graduate has been hired to work on the arrangement and description of the Archives. Expectation is to have the organization completed in early spring. Then work can begin on digitalization.
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Trustees: R. Tanner The NESACS Trust saw an 8% drop due to recent market fluctuations. While preparing the 2016 budget – everyone should be aware that the 2015
additional allotment from the Trustees may not be available in 2016. See Trustee’s report appended at the end of this report.
Councilors:Councilor reporting No written report
Standing CommitteesBudget Committee: J. Piper All committees – please see call for 2016 budget requests appended at end
of these minutes. 2016 Budget requests are due in November 12th, 2015.
Awards: D. Phillips The 2015 Henry A. Hill Award will be presented tonight to Christine Jaworek-
Lopes.
Chemical Education: M. Hoffman for M. Schwartz The 2016 Connections to Chemistry program has been cancelled.
Board of Publications: K. Lee and J. Phillips Efforts continue to identify a new business manager following the retirement
of Karen Piper. Vince Gale will not be rehired as the Nucleus advertising manager. There will
be a transition in advertising manager and redesign of the website.o The Board of Publications will continue to explore new ways of
generating advertising revenue. The presentation and position of content in the Nucleus may change as the
Nucleus goes to an electronic friendly viewing option. Exploring teleconferencing options for NESACS meetings and presentations. The 2016 Heyn Award is in place for the November section meeting.
Nucleus Editor: M. Filosa No written report
Constitution & By-laws: C. Costello No written report
Membership: M. Chen A total of 246 “Welcome New Member” letters (138 new members and 108
transfers from other sections to the Northeastern Section) were sent on 11th of September 2015 to invite them to our October 8th Thursday monthly dinner meeting at Holiday Inn Brookline, 1200 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02446. Copies of Volunteer Brochure were included. This list was received from Manager of the Nucleus on August 3rd.
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Nominations: C. Costello During the meeting J. Phillips and R. Lichter expressed their willingness to
serve on the 2016 Nominating Committee. The Board approved their election by voice vote.
Professional Relations: M. Chorghade No written report
Public Relations: J. Maclachlan for J. Driscoll
1. A short write-up on the two NESACS ChemLuminary awards at the ACS National Meeting in Boston is given in the following link: https://goo.gl/f7mq8q
2. A short write-up of the two scientists who became ACS fellows at the ACS National Meeting in Boston is given in the following link: https://goo.gl/B4pkNe . In addition, Peggy Cebe of Tufts University also became an ACS Fellow at the Boston meeting.
3. National Chemistry Week:
a) Boston Children's Museum 11-4pm on Saturday October 24, 2015 Learn more here: http://www.nesacs.org/section_act_ncw.html#ncwinfo
b. Cape Cod Celebrates National Chemistry Week with the Boy Scouts at Camp Greenough on Saturday October 24, 2015 12pm-4pm Cambridge Science Festival's Science on the Street will join us for a third consecutive year. Learn more here: http://capecodsciencecafe.tumblr.com/
c) NCW at Museum of Science including the Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture by Bassam Shakhashiri on Sunday November 1, 2015 Learn more here: http://www.nesacs.org/section_act_ncw.html#ncwinfo
4) Local Section Public Relations Webinar:Last week, Jennifer Maclachlan was a presenter at the joint ACS National Committee on Public Relations and Communications (where Jennifer serves as the Communications Technology Subcommittee Chair) and Local Section Activities Committee webinar titled How to Communicate with the Public about Local Section Events. Over 50 people tuned into the live webinar which was recorded and the program link will be emailed to Local Section officers in about a week.
5) Planning for STEM Journey 2016The third annual STEM Journey will take place on Saturday April 2, 2016 at Cape Cod Community College and the theme is Transportation: Air Land & Sea.
6) PR Call for Member ParticipationPublic Relations email calling for member participation at NCW events will go out this week
7) The Chemistry Nobel Prize was announced today. Efforts are underway to contact the U.S. awardee Dr. Aziz Sancar to be a future NESACS speaker. Dr. Sancar is a 29 year member of the ACS.
Special CommitteesFundraising: M. Tebbe No written report
Government Relations: D. Lewis A Chemistry Alert is out for sending communications to Congressmen and
Senators. See the ACS website for details and sign up to receive the latest chemistry alerts via e-mail.
There is a nice article in the Nucleus from Emily Lewis on her experience as an ACS Chemistry Fellowship
Esselen Award: K. Hansen No written report
Medicinal Chemistry Group: A. Scholte December meeting will be hosted by Genzyme / Sanofi in Waltham. Planning is underway for a day long symposium in April 2016.
National Chemistry Week: C. Jaworek-Lopes No written report
Norris Award: P. Mabrouk No written report
NERM: M. Hoffman The next Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) will be hosted by the
Binghamton Local Section of the ACS, and will take place Wednesday-Saturday, October 5-8, 2016, at the Binghamton University Downtown Center in Binghamton, NY. The meeting website is <http://nerm2016.sites.acs.org/>.
NERM 2016 will also be the occasion for the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Region of the ACS, Inc. (NERACS), which consists of representatives of the following local sections: Binghamton, Central Massachusetts, Central New York, Connecticut Valley, Cornell, Corning, Eastern New York, Green Mountain, Maine, Mid-Hudson, New Haven, Northeastern, Northern New York, Penn-York, Rhode Island, Rochester, Western Connecticut, Western New York. The officers of NERACS are Anthony Noce (Eastern New York), Chair; Willem Leenstra (Green Mountain), Vice Chair; Alyssa Thomas-Kuelling (Central New York), Secretary; Wayne Jones (Binghamton), Treasurer.
Project Seed: C. Schnitzer No written report
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Richards Award: M. Hoffman The Committee consists of Morton Hoffman (Chair, July 1, 2015-June 30,
2016) and Jerry Jasinski (Chair, July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017) whose terms end on June 30, 2017, and Mary Jane Shultz and Sheila Hauck whose terms will run through June 30, 2019.
The 2016 Richards Medal Award will be presented at the NESACS monthly meeting in March 2017. The second Thursday of that month is March 9; it would be appropriate for the Richards Award meeting to be held that evening. Preparations will be made in due course. For information, the ACS national meeting in San Francisco is scheduled for April 2-6, 2017.
The Richards Award Plaque is still under design.
Summerthing: D. Lewis Contact with the Red Sox for 2016 event is underway. Discussion was held about identifying other venues for Summerthing
activities. New specific ideas and people willing to coordinate and lead are required.
Women’s Chemist Committee: P. Mabrouk No written report
YCC: F. Lucci NSYCC Social Mixer
o On September 23, 37 young chemists attended our Fall networking event at Tavern in the Square. The evening recruited new members as well as regular participants. Networking occurred between graduate/undergraduate students from local universities and industry
Regional Meeting of the Green Mountain Section (GMS) of the American Chemical Society
o Representatives from NSYCC plan to attend to evaluate if there are any opportunities to establish relationships young chemists in the surrounding regions
Industry Tour Serieso Vertex (early December) and Genzyme (January) has agreed to host
NSYCC for tours of their facilities Reverse Science Fair
o Planning chemistry demonstrations for local middle school students. We are currently looking for a location to host the event. Potential locations include the Cambridge Public Library or East Boston High School
Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference and Career Symposium
o Saturday April 23, 2016 and Sunday April 24, 2016o Currently seeking established chemists to speak at Career Symposium
and to be judges
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o In order to offset the costs of this year’s program, we are planning on charging a nominal fee ($5 - $10) for the conference and seeking industrial sponsors
YCC / GDCh exchange: L. Johnson / F. Lucci Please see our November article in The Nucleus for a full report. Also, for the consideration of the NESACS board: Through the Young Chemists Crossing Boarders program, NESACS has
the one time opportunity to send local delegates to the 2016 European Association for Chemical and Molecular Science Congress (EuChemMS) in Seville, Spain. This unique opportunity will inspire and cultivate future section leaders with international connections.
This program builds upon the success of the joint exchange program during the ACS National Meeting in Boston which was recently reported by the German Exchange Steering Committee.
o We reported the 15th ongoing exchange between NESACS-YCC and the GDCh-JCF. We greatly appreciate the ongoing financial support of the board and the generous support of funding organizations and corporate sponsors.
o We also reported the joint exchange that included 10 members of the Younger Chemist Committee (YCC) and the European Younger Chemists Network (EYCN) entitled Young Chemists Crossing Borders (YCCB).
o 12 members of NSYCC actively participated in the programing which enhanced the enthusiasm and motivation of the committee. As a result of the program, NSYCC has been inspired to increase interactions between our local section, national ACS, and other international young chemists’ organizations.
The 2015 exchange in Boston connected local section young chemists with leaders of other international organization for young chemists. Shown are participants including Jackie O’Neil (NSYCC chair 2015), Felicia Lucci (NSYCC chair 2016), Fernando Gomollón Bel (EYCN chair), Sebastian Sobottka (GDCh-JCF vice-chair), Bart Verbraeken (Board Member Royal Flemish Chemical Society), Christine Dunne (YCC) and Jens Breffke (YCC).
Younger Chemists Crossing Borderso The YCCB is in its 5th year providing an opportunity for local young
chemists to experience the chemistry community of Europe and the United States. Each YCCB exchange is followed the next year with
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representatives of the host section sending leaders who are younger chemists to the EuChemMS Congress.
o 2012, the YCC delegates from Denver (immediately after 2011 ACS Meeting) went to Prague
o http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/event/836571/4th_EuCheMS_Chemistry_Congress.html
o in 2014, the YCC delegates from Indianapolis (immediately after 2013 ACS Meeting) went to Istanbul
o http://euchems2014.org/**Importantly, the Indiana Local Section won a 2015 ChemLuminary award for their 2014 exchange program.
For NESACS, the opportunity is as follows:o Send delegates from NESACS (and adjacent or proximal local
sections) to Seville Spain for the 6th EuChemMS Congress September 10 -16, 2016.
o http://euchems-seville2016.eu/euchems-venue/ o Young chemists already actively involved in our section will have
the opportunity to develop relationships with European peers. They will present both their research and involvement in NESACS internationally.
o This opportunity will inspire and develop future leaders of our section. The 2016 programming includes workshops on leadership, career development, and interpersonal skills.
o Delegates (<35 years of age) will be selected from NESACS who are actively involved in NESACS, demonstrate strong engagement and commitment to the field of chemistry, exhibit high standards of scientific qualifications, and have excellent interpersonal skills
Our steering committee is seeking financial and logistical support from NESACS and the German Exchange Steering Committee members.
What we would like from NESACS is:o Backing by the NESACS board for the travel (only) expenses for 4-6
members of the delegation to Seville, Spaino This could total 7500 dollars (1300 USD x 6= 7800 USD)o Note: Registration, accommodations and programming will be
supported by the EYCN Ways we will seek to reduce expenses
o Seek applications from younger chemists in industry (with self-funding)o Seek applications from young faculty (with academic support)o Seek applications from those outside our section (with other LS
support)o The Steering Committee will diligently apply for all manner of support
including corporate sponsorship and travel grant support (this financial support may cover all of the travel expenses (or none)
o 11,500 dollars in ACS-related grant opportunities. o Seeking financial support from National YCC
There was much discussion by the NESACS Board on the value of this program to the attendees and the value to the section and the ACS in supporting the EuChemMS Congress in Spain. As such: the following motion was presented (D. Phillips) and seconded (M. Hoffman)
Motion: The NESACS Board gives nominal support for a 4 to 6 member delegation to attend the 6th EuChemMS Congress in Seville Spain and for the YCC / GDCh exchange committee to conduct fundraising in support of the event.
The Motion passes unanimously by voice vote
BAGIM: K. Mattes No written report
Long Range Planning: R. Tanner No written report
National Historic Chemical Landmark: J. Driscoll No written report
New Hampshire Area Committee : M. Hoffman for J. Jasinski The event involving NESACS, the Green Mountain Local Section, the
Connecticut Valley Local Section, and the Central Massachusetts Local Section on October 22 was cancelled due to extremely low registration numbers.
Southeast MA area Committee (SE-MA) : J. Driscoll No written report
Senior Chemists: M. Chen The next meeting of the Senior Chemists will be on October 20 th, 2015.
Old Business None
New Business None
The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Michael SingerSecretary
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NORTHEASTERN SECTIONAMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
October 8, 2015
To: NESACS Officers and Committee Chairs
From: J. Piper, Treasurer
Re: Calendar Year 2016 Budgets, due November 12
The Budget Committee has begun the budget review process for the coming year. The budget is presented as information at the January Board meeting and presented for adoption at the February meeting. New committee chairs will therefore have the opportunity to modify their budgets after the January meeting.
Would you please submit your estimate of expenditures for 2016 along with amounts and sources of offsetting income, if any. Note that all expenses must be budgeted even if you expect some of them to be covered by income. Any itemization and/or justification of expenditures which you can supply will be helpful since the Budget Committee often has to cut requests.
Please note that extraordinary income was obtained from the Trust funds in 2015 to balance the budget, but similar funds are unlikely to be available in 2016. Therefore, budget requests should be conservative.
Please return this information to me by November 12, by mail to 19 Mill Road, Harvard, 01451, email at [email protected], or at the November Board meeting.
