SCHB Councilor Report, Fall 2024
ACS Fall 2024 was held August 18 – 22, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. 11,569 registrations (10,245 in-person and 1,324 online). If you attended, it was nice to see you. If not, please plan to attend an upcoming ACS national or regional meeting.
Actions of the Council, August 21, 2024
Election Results (SCHB members denoted with “ * ”)
Council Policy Committee (CPC), the Council elected Donna Friedman, Matthew Grandbois, Diane Grob Schmidt (*), Kimberly Woznack, and Sheila Murphy.
Committee on Committees (ConC), the Council elected Allison Aldridge, Mary Engelman, Katherine Johnson, Daniel Rabinovich, and Brian Mathes.
Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E), the Council elected Peter Dorhout, Holly Davis, Kevin Edgar, and Donivan Porterfield (*).
Council approved the Petition for Global Representation on Council. This petition allows for the creation of Global Electoral Zones for the election of Councilors by ACS members living outside the territory of existing Local Sections. Councilors elected by Zones and Councilors elected by Local Sections will be combined for the purpose of calculating the 80/20 ratio of Sections and Zone to Divisions. This petition will be referred to the ACS Board of Directors for confirmation.
Council approved the Petition to Amend the Name of the Committee on Technician Affairs (CTA) to the Committee on Chemical Technical Professionals (CTP).
Council approved continuance of the Committees on Ethics; Nomenclature, Terminology and Symbols; and Project SEED and, subject to the concurrence by the ACS Board of Directors, the Committees on Chemical Safety; Chemistry and Public Affairs; Community Activities; Minority Affairs; Professional Training; Science; Senior Chemists; Women Chemists; and Younger Chemists.
Council approved the Academic Professional Guidelines, as amended to reflect the shared responsibility and accountability with the academic institution, faculty, and other mentors in creating a safe environment.
From the ACS Board of Directors
The Board voted to approve the advance member registration fee for 2025 spring and fall meetings: $549 for in-person and $249 for virtual.
Thank you to all SCHB members who provided opinions before or at the ACS Fall meeting in Denver.
If at any time you have comments or suggestion about ACS or SCHB, do not hesitate to contact SCHB Councilor Joe Sabol, email: councilor@acs-schb.org
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SCHB Member News Procedure
Are you an SCHB member, or know of an SCHB member who has been cited in the news media?
If so, please send a short (250-300 characters) write-up for SCHB to share in our newsletter, on our website, and via social media. It’s best if the write-up is ready to go, the way the member wants it to appear, including a link to the source.
Send by email to news@acs-schb.org with “SCHB Member News [followed by the member’s name]” in the subject line.
SCHB Communications Team will do the rest, including acknowledging when and where the citation was shared.
