Northeastern Section of the ACSMonthly Board Meeting

Written Reports Tufts University, Medford MA

May 9th, 2013Members and guests in Attendance: J. Driscoll, T. Gilbert, M. Hoffman, C. Jaworek-Lopes, D. Lewis, D. Phillips, J. Piper, J. Sanders, M. Schwartz, L. Shao, M. Shultz, M. Singer, M. Strem, R. Tanner and M. Tebbe.

The meeting was called to order at 4:15pm with L. Shao as the Chair.

The minutes from April 2013 were approved as presented.Chair: L. Shao Introduce Jacob Sanders to the Board. Jacob Sanders is from Harvard

University and is currently a mentor to students for the International Olympics Camp.

Attended ACS national meeting in New Orleans. On April 9th, during the National Awards Banquet, NESACS was recognized for its 50 years of support of the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry. Received the certificate from ACS G&A Chair Valerie Kuck; Presented the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry to Professor Ned A Porter, Vanderbilt University.

Also at ACS national meeting, met Dr. Kohei Tamao, president of The Chemical Society of Japan, and discussed briefly on future collaboration for international exchange program.

Provided support letters for ACS fellow nominees. Thanks Mukund for your efforts, NESACS submitted 2013 nomination on time.

Myron Simon has agreed to speak at the upcoming Dallas ACS meeting session on the 50th anniversary of the James Flack Norris Award symposium.

Chair Elect: C. Costello No written report

Past-Chair: R. Tanner No written report

Secretary: M. Singer No written report

Treasurer: J. Piper See Treasurer’s report appended at the end of this report. The Treasurer’s report was approved as presented.

Archivist: T. Frigo No written report

Trustees: M. Strem See Trustee’s report appended at the end of this report.

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The NESACS trusts are at their highest value since 2009.

Councilors:Robert Lichter I attended the meeting of the Society Committee on Budget and Finance (B&F), where I

participated in the discussions of and voted on various budget-related issues. I continue as Chair of the Subcommittee on Program Funding Requests (PFR), which will begin its review of new or reauthorized program funding requests in June 2013, for recommendations at the Fall ACS meeting in Indianapolis.

As a subcommittee chair, I serve on the B&F Advisory Committee, which meets by conference call before each B&F meeting to shape and review the agenda. B&F continues to review and discuss ACS’s financial status. ACS continues to meet or exceed four of its five financial guidelines. Details are in the Summary of Governance Actions, which have been distributed.

In the absence of the Chair, in my role as Vice Chair of the Committee I represented the B&F Committee at a meeting of the Council Policy Committee and at a New Councilor Orientation.

Although I continue to be a member of the Program Review Advisory Group (PRAG), PRAG’s activities have been suspended for 2013 while a Board Oversight Group on Society Program Portfolio Management completes its work to develop a process for effectively and efficiently enabling the Society to routinely manage, prioritize and rebalance its portfolio of diverse Society programs. I serve on the Oversight Group and one subgroup, and am chairing a second. The work is expected to be completed for implementation in 2014. I participated in several organizational meetings for this effort during the National Meeting.

I continue to serve on the Advisory Board to the ACS Development Office, which meets twice a year by teleconference, and annually in person in the Fall.

Among other activities at the ACS meeting, I attended: The Committee on Minority Affairs luncheon; The Women Chemists Committee luncheon; Part of the Senior Chemists Committee breakfast; The Board of Directors open meeting; The Charles Parsons Award address by Geraldine Richmond; The reception honoring donors to the ACS Scholars Program; The Town Hall for nominees for the 2014 ACS President-Elect. Note that NESACS

member Charles Kolb is one of the two candidates selected by the Council. The Presidential Symposium on Climate Science; The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture by Christy Haynes; A symposium on “How to Succeed in the Global Chemical Enterprise,” in which former

NESACS German Exchange Program participant Jens Breffke talked about that program’s value and implications;

The Presidential Symposium on Graduate Education, which comprised a hefty discussion about the recently released report of the Shakhashiri Task Force on Graduate Education;

The District I Caucus; The ACS Awards dinner and presentations, including the Priestley Medal address by

2013 recipient Peter J. Stang; Several evening receptions; Several technical sessions;

I also attended and took part in discussions at the Council meeting. Outcomes are in the Summary of Governance Actions.

Mary Jane Shultz I attended the 244th meeting of the American Chemical Society held in New Orleans, LA. It

was a packed meeting starting with the Women’s Chemists Committee (WCC) Meeting all day Saturday. My major activity with the WCC consists of organizing the Rising Star Symposium. This symposium honors ten women chemists from diverse employment sectors: government, industry, nonprofit, primarily undergraduate, and graduate academic programs. This year’s collection of awardees also represents the breath of the chemical enterprise from pharmaceuticals to nonlinear optical materials. Winners were selected from nearly 60

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nominees. The one sector with fewer than desired nominees is the government sector. We discussed methods for increasing that number. Competition is particularly intense in the research intensive academic sector. Two of the awardees were unable to make it to New Orleans (one with newly delivered twins, the other sequestered with no travel allowed by the government agency). True to the flexibility of WCC we arranged for these two to deliver their addresses remotely and for audience members to engage in discussion at the end of the presentations. I chaired the well-attended symposium, held all day Monday.

I presented two technical talks: One in the Colloid and Surfaces division concerning photo oxidation with TiO2-based ultranano materials, the second concerned hydrogen-bonding at the ice surface and was presented at the award symposium honoring Heather Allen for encouraging women in the chemical sciences. This latter symposium was sponsored by WCC.

Wednesday morning I attended to Council Meeting. The ongoing issue of balancing the electoral districts is moving forward with a recommendation at this meeting to be voted on at the Indianapolis meeting. Dues are adjusted to $154/year. The reported attendance was 15,596; about one-third is students. It appears that the attendance slump is, at least temporarily, abated. Council also discussed revised procedures for Presidential elections, local dues allocation, and a name change for the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry to the Division of Colloids, Surfaces and Nanomaterials. This will be voted on in Indianapolis.

Michael Singer I am a member of the Local Section Activities Committee. As part of that committee I review

other Local Section annual reports. It is a very enlightening experience to compare NESACS against the other very large local sections. I was also able to bring up for discussion our local section issues related to archiving. We now have additional ACS resources looking into possible solutions.

Dorothy Phillips I attended the ACS Spring national meeting from Thursday, April 4 to Wednesday, April 10,

2013. My report is written based on participation in governance, events and programs. Member of President Miranda Li Wu Task Force, Vision 2025: How to Succeed in the Global

Chemistry Enterprise Members of the task force presented to and discussed with twenty-six stakeholders within

ACS the seven recommendations that we had developed. On Friday and Sunday I made presentations and gained insight on these recommendations from the Committee on Meetings and Expositions, Society Committee on Education (SOCED), and the Division of Business Management & Development (executive committee). The Council talking points includes the input from the open discussion at Council meeting on April 10.

A two day symposium was also held on Vision 2025; I attended the session where international chemical societies spoke about their programs addressing the chemistry enterprise and how they would like to collaborate with ACS in this endeavor.

The Task Force had a conference call on May 1, 2013 to discuss the input from stakeholders, the Council meeting and the symposium; next steps for the task force will be covered in a future call.

Member of SOCED Undergraduate Programs Advisory Board (UPAB) UPAB was formed from the SOCED group working on undergraduate programs. I accepted

the invitation to join this Board for a three-year term from 2013-2015; thus, this was my first meeting. During the full-day Saturday meeting we reviewed the plans and tasks for the NOLA meeting, worked on the programs for the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 meetings. We explored the how should the Fall and Spring undergraduate programs should differ since two to four times more undergraduates normally attend the Spring versus the Fall national meetings. I was also assigned three of the undergraduate programs during the NOLA meeting to attend and provide feedback. All UPAB members are asked to greet a specific set (grouped mainly by discipline) of presenters at the large undergraduate poster session held on Monday, April 8.

I participated in the Undergraduate Speed Networking with Chemistry Professionals. I would appreciate feedback or input from other NESACS councilors or members who also participated in this program.

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Councilor Policy Committee (CPC) Member (2011-13) I am Chair of the CPC Sub-Committee on Nominations which has the tasks of preparing the

slate of candidates for the committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E) for voting at the Fall Council Meeting. The Sub-committee met on Monday, April 8 to prepare a report for CPC executive session on Tuesday. We also drafted the duties and characteristics of members of N&E to review with CPC and N&E.

CPC meets on Tuesday mornings from 7:30 to 12Noon. All oral reports for the Council Meeting are reviewed for content and length (3 minutes maximum). A new CPC task force will assess the costs for councilors to attend national meetings and decide if it is appropriate to recommend an increase; there has been a noticeable increase in the average amount spent per councilor to attend these meetings. If any NESACS councilors have kept records of their total expense (not just the amount reimbursed, then I would appreciate receiving this information to forward to the CPC task force.

Other Governance Activities o Town Hall for Q&A with the four ACS 2014 president-elect nominees, Sunday, April

7, 2013o District 1 Caucus, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. District 1 Director Tom Gilbert, NESACS

Councilor, conducted the meeting.o Council Meeting, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. I addressed the Council on the special

topic. My name is also given as one of the candidates for Director-at-Large in the Council Talking Points.

Events o ACS Board and Staff Reception on Monday, April 8, 2013. NESACS Chair Liming

Shao was my guest.o Women Chemist Committee Luncheon on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The Garvan-Olin

Medalist awardee for 2013 and luncheon speaker was Dr. Susan Kauzlarich, University of CA-Davis.

o ACS Awards Banquet on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Waters sponsors two ACS Awards. I was hostess for the table with the Separation Science and Technology award recipient Dr. Fred Regnier, Purdue University. NESACS councilor Dr. Catherine Costello joined my Waters colleagues at the banquet table with Dr. David Russell of Texas A&M University, recipient of the Field and Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry.

Technical Sessions o Symposium honoring Dr. Fred Regniero Symposium honoring Dr. Isiah Warner, Louisiana State University, ACS Award in

Analytical Chemistry

Ruth Tanner: Member statistics are given in the Summary Report of the Council (attached). I will be the

MAC liaison to the Advisory Board for the newly named ACS National Association of Teachers of Chemistry (NACT). This Board is looking at ways to fulfill the professional needs of high school chemistry teachers and others interested in joining the proposed Chemistry Teachers Association (CTA), the first national association dedicated to the teaching of chemistry.

Morton Z. Hoffman: Saturday: I attended the open meeting of the ACS International Activities Committee (IAC)

and the meeting of the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East as an observer; I was also invited to attend the IAC luncheon.

Sunday: As a member of the Division of Chemical Education (CHED) International Activities Committee (CHED-IAC) and as the CHED Representative to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), I attended the CHED-IAC meeting and reported on the plans for the International Conference on Chemistry Education (ICCE) that will be held in Toronto in July 2014. Afterward, I participated in the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Malta Conferences Foundation (of which I am Treasurer) where the plans for the next Conference on Science Research and Education in the Middle East, which will be held in Malta in

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November 2013, were discussed. In the afternoon, I attended a symposium on inorganic spectroscopy. In the evening, I attended the IAC International Welcoming Reception, and met with my former Ph.D. students and her research undergraduates.

Monday: In the morning, I presented a talk in a CHED symposium on “International and Multicultural Perspectives,” Providing International and Multicultural Perspectives for the Education of Undergraduate Science Students, and then attended the meeting of the senior Chemists Committee of which I am a member. In the afternoon, I attended the “Vision 2025” symposium, participated in the Undergraduate Speed Networking Session, and attended the Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lecture by Dan Nocera. I was honored to have been invited to the ACS Board-Staff Reception by Madeleine Jacobs in the evening.

Tuesday: In the morning, I attended the Senior Chemists Breakfast, the CHED symposium in honor of George Fisher for encouraging diversity, and heard a talk in a Presidential Symposium on international activities. I attended the luncheon meeting of the Executive Board of the Northeast Region of the ACS, Inc. (NERACS) as the NESACS representative, where the NERM in New Haven in October was discussed in detail. I attended some talks in the CHED symposium in honor of Conrad Stanitski for receiving the Pimentel Award and visited the Exposition. Later, I attended the District I Councilor Caucus and the ACS Awards Reception and Banquet.

Wednesday: I attended the ACS Council Meeting as a NESACS Councilor.

Mike Filosa I arrived in New Orleans on Friday and attended the Committee on Chemical Abstracts

(CCAS) Executive Session. Chemical Abstracts continues to compete successfully in a constantly changing and competitive business. Consequently, because they have maintained their business and closely managed costs, they have been able to continue to contribute a substantial surplus to the ACS. This along with the surplus produced by ACS Publications enables the funding of many of the activities of the ACS. CAS CEO Bob Massie missed this meeting because of a medical issue and Vice-President of Marketing, Christine McCue represented CAS leadership in his absence. Grace Baysinger of Stanford took over as CCAS Chair replacing Spiro Alexandratos who moved on to CONC (Committee on Committees). This is my third year as a member of CCAS and I sent in my preference to continue as a member of CCAS.

I also attended the Town Meeting on Sunday and listened to the four candidates for President Elect. I also was very pleased to see that a NESACS member, Chuck Kolb, was one of the candidates. He later was selected to be one of the two candidates to run for 2014 ACS President Elect in the upcoming election. In addition I attended the District 1 Councilor’s Caucus, the Awards Banquet, and the Council Meeting. I attended several technical sessions including an overview of Green Chemistry by Paul Anastas as part of the Symposium on Green Chemistry organized by Bruce Lipshutz for the Organic Division.

The May Nucleus also took a significant part of my time at the ACS Meeting. It was in the final proofreading and editing stage on Sunday and Monday. The proof was waiting for me on Thursday when I got home from the meeting and approved before I left Thursday afternoon for a Thursday evening to Sunday Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (M.A.S.S.) Board retreat in Greenfield, NH with my son (http://www.mass-advocates.org/ ). Thanks to Mindy Levine for proofreading on the fly at the meeting while preparing for her own presentation the next day.

Standing CommitteesBudget Committee: J. Piper No written report

Awards: D. Phillips Tonight the Levins award will be awarded for the first time in several years. ACS Fellows Subcommittee: M. Chorghade

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I assisted the Section in submitting nominations for the following individuals for ACS Fellowships. 1) Dr. Thomas K. Abraham, Research Professor at Northeastern 2) Prof. Mary Schultz at Tufts 3) Jack Driscoll.

We are entitled as a Section for 16 nominations and we are not even close to using our full quota. There are too many lacunae in our Section’s systems for identifying, evaluating and submitting nominations for Fellows: this does no credit to our distinguished members and does not add luster to our Section. If you will all agree, I am willing to take on the responsibility of identifying Fellows for 2014 now and will set up- the appropriate procedures (as a “Fellows Czar”?)

Discussion pointso Can the Committee Chair be a Fellowo Need a strong leader for the committee to meet the deadlines and file

the paperworko Try to engage NESACS fellows to participate on the committeeo Need to establish the NESACS Fellows nomination process.

Local Arrangements: M. Burgess No written report

Chemical Education: M. SchwartzNorris/Richards Summer Scholars

Fifteen applications for Norris/Richards Summer Scholarships have been received. The four Scholars are:

o Sean Dwyer (Stonehill College)o Claire Harmange (Harvard)o Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater State University)o Amanda Stubbs (UMass Dartmouth)

Theodore William Richards Award for Excellence in Teaching Secondary School Chemistry A call for nominations has gone out. Nominations were due April 15, 2012. See

tonight’s program for the results.

Philip L. Levins Prize A number of nominations were received, and the prize will be given tonight.

NSCRC/Brauner Book Award Was cancelled due to the events surrounding the Boston Marathon.

Education Night (May) Is tonight! Enjoy. Thomas Gilbert from Northeastern University is the speaker.

Lyman Newell Grants A call for applications has gone out (the Lyman Newell Grants are for high school

teachers to attend the summer NEACT conference). There is no deadline for

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applying; the summer conference this year is August 5-8, so awards will likely be made in July.

Thanks to C. Jaworek-Lopes and M. Shultz for their efforts in organizing tonight’s events.

Still looking for 1 additional workshop leader for Connections to Chemistry on October 16th, 2013. There will be 2 workshops on this year’s NCW theme.

Chemical Education: S. Lantos This year's Avery Ashdown Chemistry Exam competition was held on

Saturday, April 6 at Simmons College. The exam also serves as a qualifying exam for the US National Chemistry Olympiad exam. This year we had 140 students, age range 14-18, from 30 schools, and two home-schoolers, participate in the 100-minute, 85-question exam competition. This year's first place award winner was Nihal Gowravaram from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (teacher David Baumritter).

We had 26 students among the top scorers qualify for the USNCO, held on Saturday April 13 again at Simmons College. This nationally-administered exam involves three parts: a 90-minute 60-question multiple choice section, a 105-minute 8-question 'free response' section, and finally a 90-minute 2-question laboratory practical section. Dr. Michael Berger, Simmons College Chemistry Dept., graciously arranged space for students to sit for the exam and oversaw the lab set-up. Unfortunately, this year none of our students qualified among the top 20 scorers nationwide to attend the USNCO Study Camp. We look forward to next year's Ashdown and USNCO competition, and thank all of the section's outstanding chemistry teachers for preparing their students and having them participate!

Board of Publications: J. Piper reporting Ballot materials in the outer envelope of the May Nucleus mailing were not

received by everyone. It appears the address labels were not complete. The missing information was the institution / company name.

Known incorrect labels were sent replacement mailings (mainly MIT) Constant Contact will be used to communicate to the NESACS membership.

The Board of Publications will work with the Nominating Committee for wording the mail message.

Nucleus Editor: M. Filosa The editor is enjoying the brief respite in the Nucleus schedule between the

May and Summer issues. The editorial deadline for the Summer Issue is June 15th although content can be accepted until June 22nd. The deadline for the September issue is July 15th. I expect to reprint the full page flyer (included in the April Issue) for the Golf Tournament in the Summer issue since the tournament is being held in early August. I also expect to publish a detailed remembrance of Truman Light as well as a report on NESACS activities at the New Orleans National Meeting.

A major issue at this point is the poor job our printer, Turley, did with the May Issue and the enclosed ballot. Apparently, not only we incomplete ballots

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included with many of the mailings, a large number of the address labels were either improperly printed or neglected entirely. Karen Piper has been concerned for a long time about the lack of professionalism she experienced when dealing with Turley. Harvey and I have seen less of this and we have been quite satisfied with the printing of the Nucleus. However, the sheer incompetence exhibited in this additional job by their mailing team has caused us great concern and jeopardized the validity of the 2013 election. We intend to investigate alternatives to Turley for both printing the Nucleus and the additional work mailing the ballots. Karen reports we never had such a problem with Saltus.

Web Report: M. Levine No written report

Constitution & By-laws: C. Costello No written report

Membership: M. Chen 69 “Welcome New Member” letters were sent on 12 April 2013 (of which 48

are new members and 21 are transfers from other sections to the Northeastern Section).

They were invited to the May Monthly Dinner Meeting at Tufts University on May 9th, “The Education Night”.

Nominations: R. Tanner The ACS NESACS membership list for voting is dated 3/27/2013 and lists

6,575 members. Based on the ACS protocol, only those members on this list may vote in the 2013 election.

The ballots for the 2013 election were sent out on April 19, 2013 with the May issue of THE NUCLEUS. Those members who had previously signed up for the “E-copy only” of THE NUCLEUS also received a paper copy for May. Some members did not receive the addressed envelope for returning their ballots. A Constant Contact notice was sent to all Section members with directions for returning their ballots. It is not known, at this time, where the problem occurred in the assembly and mailing process by our vendors, and if this is the only problem.

Electronic voting was discussed recently in the ACS Webinar, Best Practices for Election Procedures in ACS Local Sections. Considering the process for establishing the necessary procedures for electronic voting, including having our revised Bylaws approved by the ACS Constitution and Bylaws Committee, the earliest the Section could begin voting electronically, if we so choose, would be the 2015 NESACS election.

Professional Relations: M. Chorghade I had a very busy and productive visit to the ACS Entrepreneurship Summit in

Philadelphia and in the ACS Spring National meeting in New Orleans.

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I have presented a large number of talks as outlined below: these talks spanned the gamut of synthetic chemistry, biomimetic catalysts to entrepreneurship stimulation.

o Mukund S. Chorghade*, “A new approach to Biofuels”, Special Seminar delivered at ACS Entrepreneurship Summit, Philadelphia, March 27, 2013

o Mukund Chorghade , Anjali M. Rahatgaonkar* and Raksha P. Dhankar, “Phase transfer catalysed synthesis of bis-isoxazoles: 1, 3 Dipolar cycloaddition of isoxazole-4-carbaldehyde oximes and alkyne in toluene-water biphasic system”, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Symposium on Heterocycles and Aromatics, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 7-11 April, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana

o Mukund Chorghade * and Anjali M. Rahatgaonkar, “Pre-treatment of bagasse: A chemist's approach to lignin depolymerization”, ACS SCHB Symposium on “Algae, Biofuels and CO2” symposium, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 7-11 April, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana

o Mukund Chorghade *, “Building Businesses Based on Integration of Basic and Applied Research: Value Creation and New Opportunities for Chemists”, ACS Presidential Event Symposium on “How to Succeed in the Global Chemical Enterprise” symposium, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 7-11 April, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.

o Mukund Chorghade *, “Vision 2025: Helping ACS Members Thrive in the Global Chemistry Enterprise”, ACS Presidential Event Symposium on “How to Succeed in the Global Chemical Enterprise” symposium, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 7-11 April, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.

o Mukund S. Chorghade*, Chiara M. Chapman, Graham B. Jones, James Glick and Anjali M. Rahatgaonkar, “Metalloporphyrins as Cytochrome P-450 Mimics”, ACS Medichem Poster Session”, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 7-11 April, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.

o Mukund Chorghade *, “When is a good time to start a business?”, ACS SCHB Symposium on “True Stories of Success from Chemical Entrepreneurs” symposium, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 7-11 April, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana

I was part of Marinda Wu’s Globalization task force. I am pleased to attach a copy of the report. ACS members have been especially hard hit by the continued mass layoffs in the chemical industry and particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. This report summarizes the Task Force recommendations to address some of these challenges we face in the current global chemistry enterprise. In NOLA 19 Presidents of the other Chemical Society’s in the world were presented and stimulated fascinating discussions on collaboration

It is critical to continue working together to address these challenges and turn them into opportunities. Marinda is considering as her Presidential Theme for 2013, “Partners for Progress and Prosperity,” which will highlight some

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actions to address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities. Our section should support her with all our might.

Public Relations: J. Driscoll ACS national meeting- Jennifer Mac was one of the organizers of the 2 day

arsenic in foods. There is a 4 page article in C&EN May 6, 2013 that is entitled “Eating Arsenic” & discusses 10 of the nearly 40 papers in the Symposium presented including ours, PID analyzers.

I am working with the Boy Scouts of Cape Cod developing a STEM room for use by the Boy Scouts and the Cape Cod Schools

The Cambridge Science Café (CSF) on Climate Change will be rescheduled for this summer as a Science in the Street event on Cape Cod. It was originally cancelled as a result of the tragedy on Marathon Day.

Technology Transfer Conference between NESACS & UMA will be held at the Sept. monthly meeting at Nova Biomedical – tentatively on Sept. 5, 2013. The ACS national meeting is the next week so it is on the first Thurs. I sent an email to Cathy and Liming this morning. (May 10).

o Discussed during the meeting – this is the same day as Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

Brought a guest with me- Jacob Sanders, Harvard Univ.(PhD candidate) – Peer Mentor for USA training camp for the International Chemistry Olympiad- Selected by the ACS

On LinkedIn, we now have > 2,000 members an increase of 700 since Jan.1

Special CommitteesContinuing Education: VACANT No written report

Fundraising: M. Tebbe General comments

o The fund-raising committee met on Thursday, April 18. Topics were around reviewing lists of potential donors, brainstorming on donors, approaches, etc.

Names and contacts for funding sourceso Lists of possible donors were assembled by each member.o We have a considerable list now from all sources to contact.

Discussion of appreciation for donors. o Possible NESACS meeting dedicated to donors. It was discussed that

a breakfast might be better than dinner due to availability to attend.o Press release with list of donating companies

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PR committee could give other info about how to recognize donators through existing media channels (Mass Bio, Mass high Tech, etc.) sites

o Award for largest or most consistent giving Could award Merck this “prize/recognition” for commitment to

the NESACS this year and set things up for the coming year and indicate we will be doing this for the 2013 donors.

Discussion of letter asking for fundingo Talked about tailoring 2-3 letters for large pharma, small

company/biotech, companies not physically located in MA, possibly 1-2 other categories so that the letters are more personally suited to that business without needing to create a truly individualized letter for each company, but making it seem more targeted than a totally generic request to cover every company.

o Could use advise from a professional fundraiser? Does it make sense to hire one?

Actions:o Begin to craft 3-4 letters asking for support from the different

categories mentioned aboveo Mark will contact executive NESACS board to arrange dinner meeting

to discuss fund raising before the summer breako Contact PR committee to discuss some thoughts about recognition -

unassigned

Government Relations: D. Lewis Please let the committee know of any meetings NESACS members may have

with their elected representatives at any level of government.

Esselen Award: A. Sromek No written report

Medicinal Chemistry Group: R. Rajur No written report

National Chemistry Week: C. Jaworek-Lopes The NCW event/Brauner lecture at the MOS-Boston will be on October 27,

2013 from 12-4. Bassam Shakhashiri will once again be the featured lecturer. The NCW event at the BCM will be on November 9, 2013 from 11-4. Alisha Davis will be receiving a Salutes to Excellence Award at tonight’s

meeting.

Chemists Celebrate Earth Day: Dr. Jayashree Ranga NESACS held Chemists Celebrate Earth Day event at MoS, Boston on the

28th of April, 2013. The event was originally scheduled on April 21, 2013 and had to be postponed due to situation in Boston. In spite of change in

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schedule, more than 50 volunteers from Beyond Benign, Emmanuel College, Fitchburg State University, Gordon College, Kehillah Schechter Academy, Museum of Science, Northeastern University, Salem State University, and Suffolk University participated in this event. Organizations brought hands-on activity to share with visitors. The Museum had 2,821 visitors that day and about 400 individuals participated in our CCED activities at the Suit Cabot Lab, MoS.

Our Section also participated in the CCED-2013 Illustrated Poem contest. The winners for the NESACS were:

o Erin Joyce - Grade K (K - 2nd Category) School/organization: Girls Club, Teacher/Mentor: Bridget Cahill

o Hailey Moon – Grade 5 (3rd-5th Category) School/organization: The Lane School, Bedford, Teacher: Sarah

Dorero Anna McCarthy – Grade 6 (6th - 8th Category)

School/organization: Girls Club, Teacher: Cadette troop – 80337 Each student received a gift certificate to www.amazon.com and the

mentor/teacher received a gift certificate to www.teachersource.com.

Norris Award: M. Shultz The nominees for the 2013 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding

Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry have come in. I am pleased to report that we have eight new nominations. Along with the one carry over from 2011 and the two from 2012, we have a total of eleven nominations to select from. I want to take this opportunity to thank all who helped get the word out.

NERM: M. Hoffman The meeting of the Executive Board of the Northeast Region of the ACS, Inc.

(NERACS) was held in New Orleans on April 9 on the occasion of the ACS national meeting. In attendance were the following: Julianne Smist (Springfield College), Chair; Richard Cobb (Eastman Kodak, retired), Vice-Chair; Christopher Masi (Westfield State University), Secretary; Wayne Jones (SUNY Binghamton), Treasurer; Willem Leenstra (University of Vermont); Richard Hartmann (Nazareth College); Martha Holloman (Liaison to Meetings & Expositions); this reporter.

NERM 2013 will be held Wednesday-Saturday, October 23-26, at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, CT; the host will be the New Haven local section. The abstract submission system is now open, and will close on September 2. The University of New Haven Student Chapter has received grant funding for the organization of programming for undergraduates. The website for the meeting is <http://nerm2013.sites.acs.org/>.

No NERM will be held in 2014. The meeting in 2015 will be held in June at Ithaca College; the host will be the Cornell local section. A bid is being prepared by the Binghamton local section to host the 2016 meeting. The Syracuse, Rochester, and Green Mountain sections are interested in hosting subsequent meetings.

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Richard Hartmann, Chair of NERM 2012, reported that the meeting in Rochester had a total income of $116K, expenses of $77K, and a net surplus of $39K. In accordance with the bylaws of the Region, a check for $15,657 was presented to NERACS, bringing its treasury up close to $50K.

The following awards will be presented at NERM 2013 at the banquet on Friday evening, October 25. The deadline for the awards for high school teaching, volunteer service, achievements in the chemical sciences, and industrial innovation is July 1, 2013. The deadline for the diversity award is August 3, 2013. For more information about the awards and the nomination process, visit the NERM 2013 website.

o The Division of Chemical Education NERACS Award for excellence in high school teaching

o The E. Ann Nalley Regional Award for volunteer service to the ACS o The Northeast Region Award for achievements in the chemical

scienceso The ACS Regional Industrial Innovation Awardso The Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for advancing diversity in the

chemical sciences

Project Seed: C. Schnitzer No written report

Richard’s Award: J. Jasinski No written report

Speakers’ Bureau: VACANT No written report

Summerthing: D. Lewis Tickets are available for tomorrow night’s Red Sox game.

Women’s Chemist Committee: P. Mabrouk No written report

YCC: H. Teng No written report

YCC / GDCh 2013 exchange: M. Strem / H. Teng Steering committee is meeting monthly in preparation of the October 2013

exchange. There will be 4 days in the Boston area and 3 days in New Haven at the NERM meeting.

BAGIM: K. Mattes No written report

Long Range Planning – R. Tanner The Task Force initially defined the SE-MA area as being the counties of

Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Bristol, and Plymouth. The NESACS

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members within those counties were identified from their zip codes from the NESACS membership list. This initial survey showed our members in these designated areas to live principally in Bristol and Barnstable counties. The next meeting of the Task Force will be on May 14th in Sandwich. A projected date for the first SE_MA event is the first week in October at UMass Dartmouth, hosted by the Chemistry Department.

The Local Section Innovative Project Grant submitted to the ACS to Exploring the Feasibility of Establishing Subsections was approved for $1500.00. ($3000 was initially requested.)

Old Business None

New Business Climate change toolkit grants are available through National ACS. See M.

Hoffman for additional information.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted

Michael SingerSecretary - NESACS

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Morgan Stanley Trust Market Values      Total Value 03/31/2013 12/31/2012 12/31/2011 12/31/2010 12/31/2009

           Consolidated 1,984,108.93 1,842,318.70 1,798,247.86 1,888,541.24 1,752,906.47Esselen 599,337.51 586,592.78 563,499.85 560,914.14 528,382.03Levins 13,075.69 11,611.19 10,054.33 10,444.09 9,473.44Brauner 45,585.13 42,158.48 39,301.47 35,630.15 31,482.28Hill Income 37,145.08 33,340.29 26,652.00 26,710.34 22,466.16Norris Income 426.98 7,426.92 1,577.79 3,652.65 432.51Permanent Income 105,223.71 90,680.25 84,465.29 75,978.91 63,598.86Publications Income 90,177.07 83,133.27 77,387.92 65,971.68 51,745.02Richards Income 7,195.76 6,579.76 9,034.20 34,627.03 33,165.72

             2,882,275.86 2,703,841.64 2,610,220.71 2,702,470.23 2,493,652.49

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A Quarter of NESACS Science Outreach 4/13These three months were a very busy time for NESACS science outreach programs. Check our website at http://www.NESACS.org for additional events. Any NESACS members interested in volunteering for future events please contact Jack Driscoll, PR Chair at pidguy@aol.com. Age is no barrier whether you are younger chemist or a senior chemist.February 16-17, 2013- Family Science Days at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Meeting, Hynes Convention Center Boston MAThis spectacular science outreach event was sponsored by AAAS and co-sponsored by the Cambridge Science Festival. This free two day event was attended by 3,700 people. The American Chemical Society: Northeastern Section of the ACS (NESACS) together with the ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses (SCHB) reserved and staffed a booth. The ACS Office of Public Affairs provided several hundred copies both of Kids Discover Chemistry magazine and

the Celebrating Chemistry Nanotechnology National Chemistry Week handout in addition to Chemistry Ambassador sashes, stickers and pins for distribution at this event. There were more than 60 organizations at the Family Science Days. Our hands-on materials were provided by National Chemistry Week Coordinator, Chris Jaworek-Lopes. David Sittenfeld of the Museum of Science not only donned a Chemistry Ambassador sash and put in volunteer hours at the booth, he also arranged for us to borrow the MoS demo kits that we utilized in addition to the NCW supplies. We had three experiments: sun screen, surface area & nanosand. The latter was the most popular. I mentioned to booth visitors that the ACS had some very educational nanotech videos on their YouTube channel. When thanked for his time at the booth, Mark Jones (pictured

right above next to Jack Driscoll) replied that the experience was “surprisingly enjoyable”. Mark Jones is a Keynote speaker at the 2013 ACS Central Regional Meeting (CERM) and was volunteered to us by his Dow Chemical colleague, Katie Hunt, 2007 President of the ACS, who knew that we had booked an ACS table at this AAAS event.We had about 350 parents and children visit us on the first day and about 250 on the second day. The audience was primarily K-6 but we did talk to several sophomores about careers in chemistry. One Post Doc mom asked me whether I would make a video to invite her 6 year old son to the Expo the next day. I did that and met her son the next day. On Sunday, Lisa Shatz from Suffolk University, brought a number of EE gadgets including a Mendocino motor driven by a flashlight, solar cells and magnets, a robot, a Gauss meter, a magnet & a tube of iron filings that could be used to demonstrate a magnetic field. We were graced with the most amazing volunteers from the ACS Small Chemical Businesses Division, Northeastern Local Section of ACS (NESACS), Mid-Hudson Local Section of ACS, Dow Chemical (MI & MA), Suffolk University Department Chairs including a Trustee and Museum of Science Boston (MOS). We couldn't have staffed the six hours each day (Saturday and Sunday) without this team of volunteers: Mukund Chorghade, Jack Driscoll, Chris Gilmore, Mark Jones, Jennifer Maclachlan and Family, George Ruger, Lisa Shatz, David Sittenfeld, Sonja Strah-Pleynet and Family, Tricia Vickrey and Dennis Walczewski.Workshop at AAAS : “Learn how to Satisfy your Entrepreneurial Career Cravings”- NESACS/SCHB (4/17/13)Jennifer Maclachlan coordinated and facilitated the workshop while Jack Driscoll and Mukund Chorghade talked about their entrepreneurial experiences. We had about 25 people in attendance. Two of the people talked to us afterward about starting their own small chemical

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business and a reporter interviewed Mukund. AAAS provided a lounge area after the talks where we met additional people and continued the discussion on starting small chemical businesses. Science on the Street - At the Brewster Museum of Natural History in Brewster, MA, Sat. March 23, 2013. By Jennifer Maclachlan, NESACS, Public Relations Committee MemberI spent Saturday afternoon at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History participating in the Cambridge Science Festival, Science on the Street STEM outreach event. This was an event I had planned to attend with my family but instead we ended up as exhibitors, representing the American Chemical Society & NESACS. My eight year old daughter (pictured left) enjoys the VIP experience of working at science festivals for several reasons: getting there before the public is allowed to enter, as the kid of a volunteer she gets to try all the cool activities before everyone

else since the exhibitors are eager to practice on a real kid and the best is having a spot to rest between doing fun activities. Since both of my girls had planned to assist me at the ACS table, I told each of their teachers about it. The second grade teacher suggested I make a flyer that she would send home with the students in the class plugging the event with a call-out box stating that their classmate would be at the Chemistry Table and we hoped to see them there. As a result of our *backpack marketing* each of my girls had a classmate attend. We talked to more than 100 interested children. Before my six year old (picture above in goggles on the *worker* side of the table) went to sleep that night she told me that this festival was the best one we have ever done. It was her favorite. I told her it was my favorite too. Some serious mother-daughter bonding

took place while working the chemistry table together. I'm glad we decided to volunteer instead of just attend. Sometimes it really pays to be a VIP. 

Something’s Brewing in the Bayou moderated by Jack Driscoll of NESACS at ACS NOLA 4/9/13Jack Driscoll of NESACS was the moderator for the Brewmaster Panel representing three local breweries: Abita, Covington Brewery and NOLA Brewing. After a short presentation on the history of brewing, this panel answered questions for two hours in front of an audience of 25 chemists organized by the ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses.

April 13-20, 2013- Cambridge Science Festival-this is the second consecutive year that NESACS has participated. “pH measurements of common household solutions” Prepared by Jackie O’Neil, PR for NSYCC

While we got off to a chilly start on Saturday at the Science Festival, we were quickly surrounded by plenty of kids ready to learn some chemistry. We started the afternoon off with pH paper experiments of commonly encountered “chemicals”—table vinegar, orange juice, cranberry juice,

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lemonade and window cleaner. For the older students, we had pH meters to determine how accurate the pH paper actually was. A pH scale with a hamburger on the acid side and broccoli on the basic side is a favorite of the children. Over 100 children between the ages of 4 and 16 were taught about the effect that acids and bases have on the body and how scientists use pH to learn about chemicals and liquids around us. We were conveniently located next to the NE Aquarium’s table explaining the effect of pH on the ocean, so this provided an additional level of understanding with children who participated at our table. NESACS Climate Science Café at the Cambridge Science Festival scheduled for April 15, 2013 was postponed due to the tragic events occurring at the Boston Marathon.Efforts to reschedule are underway. Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference and Career Symposium scheduled for April 21, 2013 was cancelled due to city-wide investigations and concerns for public safety related to the Boston Marathon tragedy. April 28, 2013-(12-4PM)-–Earth Day at the Boston Museum of Science (originally scheduled for April 21, 2013 and was postponed due to city-wide investigations and concerns for public safety related to the Boston Marathon tragedy). Prepared by: Jayashree Ranga, NESACS CCED CoordinatorThe Chemists Celebrate Earth Day event was a very busy and productive time with a wide range of activities at the Suit Cabot Lab - MoS.  Our efforts here in NESACS and MoS reached more than 400 visitors with positive messages about green chemistry and the environment! Photo of green chemistry in action provided by Beyond Benign. The volunteers were absolutely great and enthusiastic. In spite of change in CCED event schedule and finals weeks, we had more than 50 volunteers at the event. This event would have been impossible without you all, great job volunteers! David Sittenfeld was great in rescheduling this whole event in such a short notice. Thank you David! CCED-2013 was a fun and joyful celebration of Chemistry at MoS!

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COUNCILOR TALKING POINTS SUMMARY OF GOVERNANCE ACTIONS/REPORTS

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 245th ACS NATIONAL MEETING

NEW ORLEANS, LAAPRIL 7-11, 2013

The following summary is provided to help Councilors report to their local sections and divisions on key actions of the ACS Council and Board of Directors at the 2013 spring national meeting. ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL Election Results

The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to the Council the following nominees for selection as candidates for President-Elect, 2014: G. Bryan Balazs, Charles E. Kolb, Jr., Carolyn Ribes, and Diane Grob Schmidt. By electronic ballot, the Council selected G. Bryan Balazs and Charles E. Kolb, Jr. as candidates for 2014 President-Elect. These two candidates, along with any candidates selected via petitions, will stand for election in the Fall National Election.

The Committee on Nominations and Elections announced the results of the election to select candidates from the list of nominees to serve as Directors from District II and District IV on the Board of Directors for the term 2014-2016. Nominees for District II included George M. Bodner, Jed F. Fisher, Alan A. Hazari, and Robert A. Pribush. Nominees for District IV included John P. Fackler, Jr., Rigoberto Hernandez, Larry K. Krannich, and John A. Whittle. By mail ballot, the Councilors from these districts selected George M. Bodner and Alan A. Hazari as District II candidates; and Rigoberto Hernandez and Larry K. Krannich as District IV candidates. Ballots will be mailed on or before October 10 to all ACS members in District II and District IV for election of a Director from each District.

Candidates for Directors-at-Large

The Committee on Nominations and Elections announced the selection of the following candidates for Directors-at-Large for a 2014-2016 term: Susan B. Butts, Thom H. Dunning, Jr., Dorothy J. Phillips, and Kathleen M. Schulz. The election of two Directors-at-Large from among those candidates and any selected via petition will be conducted in the fall. Ballots will be mailed to the Council on or before October 10.

Committee Election

Two vacancies on the Committee on Committees were created by the election of Ingrid Montes to the ACS Board of Directors and the appointment of H.N. Cheng as chair of the Committee on International Activities. Prior to the New Orleans meeting, the Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to the Council the following slate of candidates for membership on the Committee on Committees beginning 2013: Christopher J. Bannochie, Arindam Bose, David Lohse and Jason Ritchie. Christopher J. Bannochie and Jason Richie were selected to fill three-year and one-year terms, respectively.

Committee Review

As part of a regular performance review, the Council VOTED unanimously to continue the Committees on Chemical Abstracts Service, Environmental Improvement, and Younger Chemists. Continuation of these three committees requires Board concurrence.

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Re-alignment of Electoral Districts

At the 2012 fall meeting, Councilors called for a broader and long-lasting solution to requirements that Board electoral districts have parity in member populations. At this meeting, the Committee on Nominations and Elections reported on their discussions of a revised redistricting proposal which brings all six election districts within 400-1,000 members of the mid-point of the permissible range. This proposed action is designed to eliminate the need for frequent small changes for some time to come. The proposal will be up for vote at the fall Council meeting in Indianapolis.

Society Finances

Despite the sluggish economy, ACS generated favorable operating results in 2012. Total revenue was $490.7 million, which was $6.1 million or 1.3% greater than the approved budget, and 3.9% higher than 2011. The Net from Operations was $20.2 million, or $4.3 million favorable to budget. This was largely attributable to better-than-expected performance by ACS Publications and CAS, and represents the Society’s 9th consecutive year of positive operating results. While operating performance was favorable, Unrestricted Net Assets declined $1.4 million to $100.6 million. Finally, ACS ended the year in compliance with four of the five Board-established financial guidelines.

2014 Member Dues

The Council VOTED to set the member dues for 2014 at the fully escalated rate of $154. This rate is established pursuant to an inflation-adjustment formula in the ACS Constitution and Bylaws.

Petition to Amend the Constitution and Bylaws

(For Action)

After discussion, a vote to approve the Petition to Amend National Election Procedures FAILED (85% against, 15% in favor). The petition sought to shorten the campaign period for candidates for President-Elect and to charge the Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E) with proposing two candidates for President-Elect. Currently, N&E proposes four nominees from which Council selects two candidates. Under the petition, Council would no longer vote on a list of nominees. In collaboration with the Committee on Nominations and Elections, the Council Policy Committee authorized a joint task force on election timelines and procedures. This task force will examine the entire election system.

Member Statistics

Society membership at the end of 2012 was 163,322 - 893 lower than the total for year-end 2011 despite recruiting 24,943 new members. The net loss occurred primarily in the Regular, full member category. There was continued growth in both the Student Member undergraduate and international categories, which helped mitigate the overall decline in membership. The Membership Affairs Committee approved five pilot market data tests to increase membership.

Attendance Report

As of this morning (April 11, 2013), the ACS spring national meeting had attracted 15,596 registrants, including 8,105 regular attendees and 5,793 students. The meeting had 11,232 papers presented.

Academic Professional Guidelines

The Council VOTED to approve the Academic Professional Guidelines as submitted by the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs. These guidelines apply to those members of the academic community whose job function impacts directly or indirectly on scientists practicing the profession of chemistry.

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Local Section Allotment Formula

The Council VOTED to approve a new formula for the distribution of allocations to individual Local Sections beginning in 2014. The new allocation will be divided as follows: base allotment (49%); per member allotment (43%), and LSAC program funds (8%).

Divisional Activities Name Change Request

The Divisional Activities Committee (DAC) received a request from the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry to change its name to the Division of Colloids, Surfaces and Nanomaterials. Six divisions have registered opposition to the proposed name, largely due to the use of the term ‘nanomaterials’. DAC will ask Council to vote on the new name in Indianapolis, with a recommendation to approve.

Revision to Charter Bylaws for the International Chemical Sciences Chapters

The Council VOTED to approve changes to the Charter Bylaws for New International Chemical Sciences Chapters. These changes will guide the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws in reviewing bylaw changes before proposed changes are approved by the membership of the new chapter.

New International Chemical Sciences Chapter

The Council VOTED, in concurrence with the Board of Directors, to approve the petition to charter the Romanian International Chemical Sciences Chapter, consisting of the Territory of Romania.

Special Discussion Item

A special discussion item was put on the Council agenda for this meeting. ACS President Marinda Li Wu presented and moderated a discussion on “What else should ACS do to help members to thrive in the global chemistry enterprise?” ACS has established a strategic goal to “Empower an inclusive community of members with networks, opportunities, resources, and skills to thrive in the global economy.” In support of this goal, President Wu commissioned a task force entitled, “Vision 2025: Helping ACS Members Thrive in the Global Chemistry Enterprise,” to identify globalization opportunities and engage members in advocacy for improving the business and job climate. Following the presentation, 29 Councilors engaged in a robust discussion on what the Society currently offers or could offer to help members thrive in the global chemistry community.

ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board’s Committees and Working Groups

The Board of Directors received reports from its committees on Grants and Awards (G&A), Executive Compensation, Professional & Member Relations (PM&R), Planning, and the oversight group on Society Program Portfolio Management.

The Committee on Grants and Awards presented the Board with screened lists of nominees for the 2014 Priestley Medal and the Award for Volunteer Service to the ACS. The Board VOTED to approve the screened lists, and will now vote on, and announce, the winners of these two awards at its June meeting. The Board also VOTED to approve a Society nominee for the National Medal of Science.

On the recommendation of the Committee on Executive Compensation, the Board VOTED to approve several actions relative to compensation for the Society’s executive staff. The compensation of the Society’s executive staff receives regular review from the Board of Directors.

On the recommendation of the Committee on Professional & Member Relations, the Board VOTED to approve an alliance with the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ) and to renew an alliance with the Chinese Chemical Society. The signing ceremony for alliances with the Chinese Chemical Society and the South African Chemical Institute (which was previously approved)

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took place prior to the open meeting of the Board of Directors. The signing ceremony for FLAQ will take place at the fall national meeting.

The Committee on Planning led a discussion based on its initial findings from the ACS Environmental Scan/Strategic Context Research; and the oversight group on Society Program Portfolio Management briefed the Board on its current activities, including plans for the remainder of 2013. In 2012, the oversight group outlined a process to effectively and efficiently enable the Society to routinely manage, prioritize and rebalance its portfolio of diverse Society programs. Currently, the oversight group is developing the necessary processes, tools, and documentation related to the initiative to put a process in place for 2014.

The Executive Director/CEO Report

The Executive Director/CEO and her direct reports updated the Board on the following: highlights of accomplishments from 2012; the major challenges and projects facing the Society in 2013; and the activities of CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service), the ACS Publications Division, and the Society’s General Counsel. As part of the Publications report, the Board VOTED to approve journal editor re-appointments and an appointment to the ACS Governing Board for Publishing.

Other Society Business

The Board ratified several of its interim actions, including an appointment to the Committee on Executive Compensation.

The Board also received reports from the Presidential Succession on their current activities and plans for the remainder of 2013 and the beginning of 2014; a briefing from the new director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®; and a report on the newly instituted ACS Career Pathways™ Workshops.

The Board’s Open Session The Board held a lively, well-attended open session which featured a special forum focused on two

questions: 1) “What one thing would you like from ACS that you don’t get now?” 2) “What one thing do you get from another organization that you wish you got from ACS?” Members attending this standing-room only session received a brief overview of current Society offerings followed by an exchange of several ideas on future services and products.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR COUNCILORS

The following is a list of URLs and email addresses presented on slides at the Council meeting. You will find the information noted on these sites helpful.

m.wu@acs.org – contact information for ACS President Marinda Wuwww.acs.org/leadscopeqa - ACS vs. Leadscope questions and answers www.acs.org/newmember - information on “Why should I join the ACS?”nomelect@acs.org – email address for the Committee on Nominations and Electionswww.acs.org – then click on “About Us” and scroll down to ACS Financial Information for information on the Society’s financessafety@acs.org – email address for comments and suggestions about chemical safety to the Committee on Chemical Safety www.acs.org/bulletin5 - ACS governing documents including information on petitions and certified bylaws for all unitsbylaws@acs.org – email to send petitions (deadline May 22)www.acs.org/ei - information on the ACS Entrepreneurial Initiative www.acs.org/sequester - location for completing the survey on sequestration www.acs.org/supportfedscience - information on ACS materials related to federal S&T fundingwww.acs.org/ethics - information on the ACS Committee on Ethics http://nationalethicscenter.org – “Ethics CORE” web address and the chemistry landing page which links to chemistry related ethics content (click ‘resources by discipline’ then click ‘chemistry’)

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Local Section Resources www.acs.org/getinvolved - grant information, important deadlines and officer resources www.acs.org/forms - submit annual reports, record meetings, activities and events year round speakers@acs.org – nominate speakers for Online Speaker Directory outreach@acs.org – information on “Celebrating Chemistry” for 4th – 6th graders

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