SAFETY TG BUSINESS MTGJay Pollack, Program Chair

• AGENDA– Background– Money– Program– New/Old business

OFFICERS

Chair- Nancy DareischSecretary: Treasurer:

Webmasters: Katie Berry, Michael SawyerProgram Chair: William Vigilante

Safety TG Finance Report - 2014

• 15,513 balance from last year• 22,139 income• 0 expense• 17,652 current balance

• Membership613 down to 571

SAFETY TECHNICAL GROUPHFES 2014

PROGRAM CHAIR REPORTJAY POLLACK

STG SUBMISSIONS

• RECEIVED 18 SUBMISSIONS– 11 LECTURES– 6 POSTERS– 1 DISCUSSION PANEL

• STUDENT SUBMISSIONS – 5 POSTERS– 3 LECTURES

REVIEW PROCESS

• SUBMISSIONS REVIEWED BY 3 PEERS ON SCALE OF 0 TO 7

• AVERAGE RATING OF ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS WAS 4.9

• SUBMISSIONS WITH AVERAGE RATING LESS THAN 3 WERE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED

RESULTS

• 9 LECTURES AND 1 PANEL WERE ACCEPTED• 2 LECTURES AND 6 POSTERS WERE REJECTED

• 3 SESSIONS WERE GIVEN TO STG• 1 PANEL• 2 LECTURE SESSIONS

• ARNOLD SMALL LECTURE ADDITIONAL

THANK YOU

• TO THE 55 REVIEWERS WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME

• TO THE SESSION CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS WHO ARE MANAGING THE SESSIONS

• TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED THEIR WORK TO THE STG

NEXT YEAR’S PROGRAM CHAIR IS WILLIAM VIGILANTE – THANKS IN ADVANCE FROM STG

Discussions

• Elections: Use mail chimp for voting. Setting deadline for who can vote.

• Newsletters: Need at least two, like 4, got none. Can we fix this?

• Publication issues in Proceedings• New Business?