Shawna Richard and Rosemary Effiong attended the 2024 Spring ACS Meeting in New Orleans, March 17-21st. Below is their report:
Report of ACS Conference Spring 2024
Shawna (Councilor) and Rosemary (Alternate Councilor) attended the conference in-person.
Prior to the meeting:
- Voted pre-conference Primary and Special Election
- Watched video ‘ACS Councilor Information Session’
- Read entire Council Agenda
Attended:
- New Councilor Orientation
- President-Elect Town Hall
- District VI Councilor Caucus Highlights
-Dues will not change for 2025
-Members in 2023: 100,060. More than 50% of members are international
-Budget: $65.9M 2023
- Committee of Local Section Activities (LSAC) Open Meeting:
- ACS Speaker Directory (1000+).
- Monthly webinars
- National Chemistry Week (NCW): 2024 Picture Perfect, 2025 Chemistry of Spices
- Program-in-a-Box is coming back
- District VI meeting Highlights:
- Discussed the new councilor travel reimbursement
- Regional Meeting 2025: California and Silicon Valley
- Council Meeting Highlights
- Voted for 2 of 4 potential candidates to be the next President-Elect: Rigoberto Hernandez and Laura Sremaniak
- Flint Lewis retired (Secretary after 30 years)
