North Carolina Local Section Administration Form 2011

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1 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM North Carolina Local Section Administration Form 2011 Local Section Administration Form - Governance 1. How many times did the executive committee conduct governance business during 2011?* 2. How many members were there in the executive committee during 2011?* 3. How did the executive committee communicate with one another during 2011?* (Check all that apply.) Teleconference ACS Network 4. What percentage of your councilors were in official attendance at the Spring and Fall ACS Council meetings?* 92% 5. Did a member of your local section attend the Local Section Leaders Track at the 2011 ACS Leadership Institute?* 6. Did your local section have a succession and/or leadership development plan during 2011? 7. How did your local section identify future leaders and get them into the leadership pipeline during 2011?* (Check all that apply.) Self-nomination Solicitation or advertising Identify active committee members Formal leadership training Long term plan Outreach to new members Arm-twisting annual electronic election form 8. Did your local section conduct an officer election during 2011? * 9. Did your local section conduct its elections electronically during 2011?* 10. How many members voted in your local section officer election in 2011?* Questions provide the opportunity for your section's leadership to communicate successes, challenges, goals, and progress towards meeting those goals. We want to hear from you! Please use the required comment boxes to share your thoughts about your section. In questions 12 and 13, do not feel limited by having spaces indicated for the top three goals. Other goals can be added in the comment box if needed. 209 Page No - 1

2 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM Chair's report: Please provide a narrative of the past year's activity/successes/challenges:* IYC: One of my goals for this year was to have several activities related to the celebration of the International Year of Chemistry. Our first IYC activity was a science café held on Tues., Feb. 1, in Chapel Hill. The topic was climate change and featured Dr. Frank Princiotta, Director of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division of the US EPA. The topic was climate change. Over 30 people attended this very interesting talk on an extremely important current interest. There was a lively discussion after the talk. The 2nd IYC event was a dinner meeting in May. Dr. L. Lazarus, NIEHS, gave a very enthusiastic presentation "Color and Visual Perception in Art: Chemical and Physical Analyses, Neuroscience Insights and the Psychology of Art." The next Section activity was October 25, when we continue our celebration of the International Year of Chemistry with a nod to one of the earliest advances in biochemistry, brewing. The meeting was held at Aviators Brewery and a discussion of beer brewing and a tasting were the foci of the evening. A second goal was to sponsor joint meetings with our local affiliated discussion groups to help emphasize that they are part of the ACS. We also tried to tie the talks into the IYC foci. Our first joint meeting was with the Triangle Chromatography Discussion Group. This was a half-day workshop titled "Features and Benefits of a Paperless Calibration System." This workshop, targeting practicing chromatographers, took place on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 from 8:25 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. The workshop lecturer was Jim Bufano, Senior Consultant with PCI, LLC. This half-day workshop was intended to provide practicing chromatographers with a working knowledge on setting up and maintaining paperless system calibrations. The workshop tackled the pros and cons, and also provided an in-depth look on ensuring that compliance requirements (GLP, cgmps) are met for their laboratory systems. The instructor then demonstrated how such a system can be used to better track out of tolerance data, provide better analytical records, and reduce costs. Lastly, the requirements for implementing the changeover with regard to hardware, SOPs, and training of laboratory personnel were defined. The second co-meeting was held in September with the Triangle Area Mass Spectrometry discussion group. The speaker was Dr. Andy Hoofnagle, U Wash, and the topic was Clinical Protein Analysis. The third co-sponsored meeting was with TriMR, the Triangle Magnetic Resonance discussion group. This meting was held on December 1, in Kannapolis, NC, at the David H. Murdock Research Center. A more detailed account of the overall activities of the Discussion Groups is in the supplemental materials. 125th NC ACS Section Conference: Of primary importance was to have a successful Section Conference. Our 2011 Conference was held on September 30, at the NCSU College of Textiles and was exceptionally successful. There were ca. 225 attendees. Food and beverages were provided for all attendees. The scientific program started with 129 poster presentations by high school, undergraduate, and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows and non-students. Cash prizes were presented to three presenters in each of the high school, undergraduate, and graduate student sections. The program is submitted as supplemental material. An important part of the Conference is the awarding of Section Undergraduate Research Scholarships. A more detailed summary is provided in the supplemental material. Prof. Nicholas H. Oberlies, currently at UNC Greensboro, was honored as the 2011 Section Distinguished Speaker. Prof Oberlies presented a seminar on Needles in the Hay Stack: Structurally Diverse Anticancer Leads from Page No - 2

3 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM Filamentous Fungi. The eight new 50-year and five new 60 year ACS members were honored as were the four new ACS Fellows from the NC Section: Prof. Al Crumbliss, Duke University; Prof. Mike Ramsey, UNC; Prof. Al Tonelli, NCSU; and Prof. Orlin Velev, NCSU. National Chemistry Week: The Section planned two activities during the week. The first activity took place on Saturday, October 15, at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, and the second activity was held at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC, on Saturday, October 22. Details of the activities can be found in the supplemental material. SEED. The local section fully supports the activities of the SEED program at the local level. In 2011, 8 SEED II students and 18 SEED I students were supported. The local section provided $10,655 direct support. SERMACS The Section is sponsoring the 2012 SERMACS meeting which will be held in Raleigh, NC. Planning is advanced with over 35 Symposia planned in addition to Divisional sessions. The web site for the conference is available at Chair's goals for the Section Other Activities: Chemistry Olympiad: The NC Section supported the 2011 local Olympiad, which was overseen by Dr.Myra Halpin, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Dr. Halpin has been chosen to be a member of the National Committee which will host the 2012 International Chemistry Olympiad, to be held in Maryland. North Carolina Science Teachers Association Meeting: Section Past-Chair, Marc ter Horst, attended the North Carolina Science Teachers Association meeting in Greensboro in November, where he interacted with over 100 teachers. He learned that many teachers visit the website, LearnNC, which is through the UNC Education School. Marc met with a person involved with the LearnNC site, and they are interested in partnering with the Local Section events, such as a dinner event for science teachers, or SERMACS webinars. The Local Section financially supported the NC Academy of Sciences annual meeting. ACS Publications held a two day meeting, ACS on Campus, at UNC-CH, February The meeting included seminars, networking and training. a. Please list your top 3 goals: Increase overall participation of NC ACS members in Section activities. Increase diversity (professional/geographic/demographic) of NC ACS members participating in events. Improve public relations and marketing outreach to NC ACS members and their communities. Page No - 3

4 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM b. What are your concerns and challenges?* Although our Section has a relatively diverse membership profile, in part because it includes the state capitol, major universities, and the Research Triangle Park, a relatively small group of regularly volunteering members is involved with Section activities. If we are ultimately going to achieve the objectives that consistently appear on our monthly executive committee minutes (for example, expanding educational involvement of K-12 teachers, enhancing outreach activities for the community, increasing underrepresented populations in STEM activities, etc.), we must first increase the participation of our approximately 2,500 members in Section activities. The regular volunteers simply do not have the bandwidth to accept additional responsibilities Chair-Elect's goals for the Section Increasing the diversity of participating members would also ultimately result in a deeper volunteer pool. For example, although a significant percentage of our Section's membership work as industrial chemists, this group is not proportionally represented at volunteer activities. Greater participation by industrial chemist volunteers might lead to increased funding for other activities. Many of our members are students or have recently graduated; increased participation by this demographic would pay dividends to the Section down the road. To facilitate increased overall and demographic participation in activities, our Section must do a better job marketing itself to NC ACS members and their communities. As a Section, we have many accomplishments to be proud of. Traditionally, however, we have not effectively communicated or built upon our successes. A challenge for the coming year will be to identify ways in which our Section can proactively increase its visibility throughout the area. a. Please list your top 3 goals: Increase participation of NC-ACS members in Local Section activities. Improve outreach to K-12 educators, especially high school teachers. Improve the public relations and marketing efforts of NC- ACS. Page No - 4

5 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM b. What are your concerns and challenges?* As the 2012 Chair pointed out, the involvement of the local section members in our section activities is not as diverse as it could be. We need to focus on activating more members to participate in local section activities, which we could do by targeting specific populations such as college and grad students, industrial members, retired members, postdocs, high school teachers, recruiters, etc. In particular, we also need to improve professional development services provided for section members, particularly job placement and retraining for unemployed members. We have considered asking our local industries to host sectional activities at their locations, thus exposing their businesses to a targeted audience as well. My biggest concern about increasing the involvement of the local section members is how to reach them in an effective way. It is my understanding that ACS National is developing a new listserve system for local sections, which could help greatly in these efforts. Our 2012 chair has been proactive about reaching out to various constituents, such as students and faculty at the smaller colleges, by physically visiting them at their locations when possible, which had a significant impact on not only our scholarship program but also participation in our local section activities. We have also been striving to improve the public relations and marketing efforts of the section. We have recruited someone to chair the Marketing committee, but have yet to identify someone to lead our Public Relations efforts. I spoke with some people from the National ofice at the ACS Leadership Institute about this issue, and they notified me that National can help us with these recruitment efforts; they can also help us target press releases to the appropriate news media. In addition, we could improve these efforts by establishing partnerships with other non-profit, professional organizations within the area (RTP) and region on community outreach, education, service oriented activities whenever applicable. Finally, we have also been attempting to improve our interactions with high school teachers, and have been seeking one to serve on our executive committee. My major concern in this area is how to reach them. Our past chair attended the North Carolina Science Teachers Association meeting last fall, and we plan to do that again this year. I learned at the ACS Leadership Institute that National has some material that we can use during these types of events, so we plan to utilize those. Local Section Administration Form - Organization 1. Did your local section have any active committees with two or more members during 2011?* a. If the response to 1 (above question ) is YES, please select the committee and enter the chair's name. Awards Budget/Finance Career assistance/employment Chemistry Olympiad Community Activities Continuing Education Educational EHS Environmental Government Affairs Industry Relations Long Range Planning Membership/Membership Retention Mentoring Minority Affairs Newsletter/Publications Nominations Professional Relations Marc ter Horst Joan Bursey Myra Halpin Chemistry Week - James Harrington Richard Palmer Bill Switzer Lyn Francisco Marc ter Horst Page No - 5

6 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM 2. How many subsections were active in your local section during 2011?* 3. How many subsection meetings were held by your local section during 2011?* 4. How many topical groups were active in your local section during 2011?* 5. How many topical group meetings were held in your local section during 2011?* 6. Did your local section support (financial or otherwise) an existing Technician Affiliate Group (TAG) during 2011?* 7. How many dues-paying affiliate members were in your local section during 2011?* 8. What was the approximate number of active volunteers in your local section during 2011?* 9. Please estimate the number of new volunteers in your local section during 2011?* 10. Please indicate all the ways that your local section recognized volunteers during 2011.* (Check all that apply.) Project SEED Public Relations Senior Chemists Women Chemists Younger Chemists Other Certificates Awards Letter to volunteer supervisor Letter to volunteer Recognition at an event Recognition on web Recognition in newsletter Ken Cutler Laura Sremaniak Marketing-Suraj Dhungana Web Site - Melinda Box IYC - Angela Stewart Scholarships - Jeremy Feducia Local Section Administration Form - Communications 1. How many local section meetings were held during 2011?* 2. On average, how many members attended a local section meeting during 2011?* 3. How did Councilors report to your local section members about national ACS matters during 2011?* (Check all that apply.) At a section meeting At an executive committee meeting In the newsletter On the local section web site 4. Did your local section have a representative on your Regional Meeting Board or Steering Committee during 2011?* 5.How does the sections leadership communicate information to its members?* 5a How Often do these communications occur: 5a1 Number of newsletters published:* 3 5a2 Number of meeting notices:* Did your local section have a website during 2011?* 6a. If the answer to 7 (above question) is YES, what was the URL for your local section's website? 7. Did your local section post its Annual Report on your website during 2011?* Via: quarterly news letter; web page; . Page No - 6

7 Report name : Local Section Administration Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :13 PM Local Section Administration Form - Nomination 1. Our Section would like to self-nominate for the Local Section Outstanding Performance Award.* 2. Please provide a summary self-nomination statement of 500-word or less. The summary statement should highlight local section's 2011 activities to support your nomination. Local Section Administration Form - Supporting Materials File Name File Size Brief Description NCACS125-program conference.pdf NCACS 2011 DG and Committee reports.doc NCACS 2011 Scholarship Report.doc 125th NC ACS Conference final report.doc 0.67 MB NCACS 125th Section Conference Program 0.03 MB NCACS DG and Committee Reports 0.03 MB NCACS 2011 Scholarship report 0.08 MB Summary of Annual Conference Local Section Administration Form - Approval Comments I believe the number of Affiliate Members ( Page 6, no. 7) may have been confused with the number of regular members. Otherwise OK. Approved & Submit for Review Richard Palmer 02/15/2012 This form has been submitted for your approval. Please review each tab for completeness and accuracy, make any necessary edits, and save all changes before approving this form. After the form is approved, it will be submitted for review. The approved form will be placed in read only mode and no additional edits will be allowed. Your approval will submit this form as part of your official annual report to ACS. Local Section Administration Form - Reasons for Return Approver Return Comments Contributor Return Comments ---- END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 7

8 Report name : Local Section Financial Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM North Carolina Local Section Financial Form 2011 Local Section Financial Form - Revenues and Expenses Revenues Amount(USD) 1. Annual ACS Allotment New member commissions Donations, contributions a. Bequests and/or trusts (list amount separately from line 3) 4. Rebate from ACS for Councilor travel expenses ACS Awards or Grants received (e.g. IPG) Program revenue (includes newsletters, short courses, lecture series, national or regional meetings, etc.) 7. Local section dues, affiliate dues Interest, dividends Special events and activities (describe and itemize in document uploaded to Supporting Materials Tab; the purpose of these is to raise funds other than contributions to finance exempt activities. Include events such as dinner dances, raffles, bingo games, etc.) 9a. Gross revenue (not including $ of contributions reported on line 3) 9b. Less direct expenses other than fundraising expenses c. Net income (or loss) from special events and activities (line 9a less line 9b) 10. Meals (include total meals revenue) Other revenue (describe and itemize) Total Revenues (Add lines 1 through 8 and 9c through 11) 50, Expenses 13. Subsidies to subsections, topical groups or affiliate groups Awards, scholarships, grants, etc Administrative expenses (not including postage, printing, and shipping) 15a. Salaries, other compensation b. Professional fees and payments to independent contractors c. Occupancy, rent, utilities, and maintenance d. Total administrative expenses (add lines 15a through 15c) 16. Printing, publications, newsletters, meeting announcements, postage, and shipping 4, Local meetings (include speakers expenses) Meals (include total meal expenses) Travel subsidies to Councilors Travel subsidy and fee for Local Section Track at the ACS Leadership Institute Other expenses (describe and itemize) $350 NC Student Academy of Science, Meeting Support $250 NC Student Academy of Science, Student Awards $1200 Check to support Timothy Woodard (SEED student), travel abroad $ Chemistry Olympiad $ SERM Planning $!0,655 Support for SEED students 22. Total Expenses (add lines 13, 14 and 15d through 21) 71, EXCESS (DEFICIT)(Line 12 less line 22) -21, Local Section Financial Form - Balance Sheet Page No - 1

9 Report name : Local Section Financial Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM Description 24. Investments (estimated current market value of stocks and bonds) 25. Restricted Funds - Of the amount cited in line {1}, indicate how much is restricted by external donor stipulation for uses such as awards, funds, building funds etc. List individual accounts, if possible. Amount(USD) 44, a. Name of the Fund :a b. Name of the Fund :b c. Name of the Fund :c d. Name of the Fund :d 0.00 Total Restricted Funds (add lines 25a, 25b,25c, 25d) CDs, Money Markets 25, Cash on hand (passbook savings and checkbook) 12, Other assets (describe and itemize) Total Assets ( add lines 24,26,27, and 28) 81, Average interest earned on assets (%) Liabilities, if any Net assets, 12/31/2011 (line 29 less line 31) 81, Last year's Net assets, 12/31/2010 (line 31, 2010 report) 93, EXCESS (DEFICIT) (line 32 less line 33) -11, EXCESS (DEFICIT) (from line 23 in Revenues and Expenses tab) -21, Explain the difference between lines 34 and 35 The difference between lines 34 and 35 is $11, in unplanned Project SEED expenses. Our Project SEED coordinator made an error in filling out forms for his annual budget for Project SEED requesting support from ACS National and did not indicate that the NC Section DID have grant support from the Wellcome Foundation for the program. As a result of this error, the National SEED Office did not provide support for all of the 27 students in the SEED program. Because of NC Section reserves, the NC Section was able to supply support for the Project SEED students to replace the student support that was not supplied by the National SEED office. Local Section Financial Form - Tax Information Description Public Support Test or Reason for Non-Private Foundation Status Local sections must normally receive more than 33 1/3% of its support donations from the general public and not more than 33 1/3% of its support from investment income. NOTE: A section that fails the test for 2 consecutive years loses its public charity status and becomes a private foundation. 37. Public Support Ratio Gifts, Grants, Contributions, Membership Dues and Exempt Function Revenues Gifts, Grants, Contributions, Membership Dues, Exempt Function Revenues, Interest, Unrelated Business Income, Tax Revenues, Value of Services and Facilities, Other Sources Note- Exclude any unrelated business income PASS 38. Gross Investment Income Ratio 0.07 Gross income from interest and dividends Gifts, Grants, Contributions, Membership Dues, Exempt Function Revenues,Interest, Unrelated Business Income, Tax Revenues, Value of Services and Facilities, Other Sources * Exclude any unrelated business income PASS 39. Which Form 990 did your local section file with the IRS for the Tax Year 2010? Form 990-N(Electronic Postcard) Form 990-EZ Form 990 Page No - 2

10 Report name : Local Section Financial Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM 40. What is your local section's Employment Identification Number (EIN)? EIN is an all-number 10 character format. For example, Does your organization want to continue to be included under the umbrella of the American Chemical Society's Group Exemption Letter? Local Section Financial Form - Supporting Materials 42. Did your section prepare a Budget for 2011? 43. Did your section prepare a Budget for 2012? File Name File Size Brief Description ncacs2011.xls 0.13 MB ncacs2011, complete 2011 budget acspobug2012.xls 0.03 MB acspobug2012, Proposed Operating Budget Local Section Financial Form - Approval Comments Submitted for review for Sara Paisner Approved & Submit for Review Latrease Garrison 02/25/2012 This form has been submitted for your approval. Please review each tab for completeness and accuracy, make any necessary edits, and save all changes before approving this form. After the form is approved, it will be submitted for review. The approved form will be placed in read only mode and no additional edits will be allowed. Your approval will submit this form as part of your official annual report to ACS. Local Section Administration Form - Reasons for Return Approver Return Comments Contributor Return Comments Comments from the Approver were resolved by telephone discussion END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 3

11 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : National Chemistry Week Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM North Carolina National Chemistry Week Event Form 2011 Event - Overview Name of the Event* Brief Description* Organization* Year Held* 2011 First time event? Primary Contact* Category(ies)* Which strategic goal(s) from the ACS Strategic Plan does this event support? Event Phase* Event Frequency* National Chemistry Week Event included table displays and demonstrations. There were 80 volunteers throughout the course of the day; industry, academic, and students. Attendance at the museum was 1750, which is impressive considering there was competition with the State Fair that day. The 2nd activity was at the NC Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC, on Saturday, October 22 which included a series of 30-minute interactive laboratory sessions, minute classroom group activities, and table displays. North Carolina James Harrington Available Options (Section) Governance Awards Career Services Chemistry Olympiad Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Communications Education (Teachers/Students) Family/Spouse Activities Government Affairs Industry International Year of Chemistry IYC2011 Joint Meeting K-12 Student K-12 Teacher Member Survey Minority Affairs MPPG (thematic program) National Chemistry Week National Lab Day National Meeting Professional/Leadership Development Programming Outside of The National Meeting Project SEED Public Outreach Regional Meeting Science Cafes Science Fairs & Festivals Section Meeting or Event Senior Chemists Social/Networking Student Member Supporting Activities Symposium Women Chemists Younger Chemists Other Selected Options (Section) Governance Education (Teachers/Students) National Chemistry Week K-12 Student 1. Provide Information. Be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and indispensable provider of chemistry-related information. 2. Advance Member Careers. Empower an inclusive community of members with networks, opportunities, resources, and skills to thrive in the global economy. 3. Improve Education. Foster the development of the most innovative, relevant and effective chemistry education in the world. 4. Communicate Chemistry s Value. Communicate chemistry s vital role in addressing the world s challenges to the public and policymakers. Completed One time Event Date Selection From 10/15/2011 To 10/22/2011 Page No - 1

12 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : National Chemistry Week Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM Event - Participation and Assistance Supporting Committees Available Options Awards Budget/Finance Career Assistance/Employment Chemistry Olympiad Community Activities Continuing Education Education Environmental EHS Government Affairs Industry Relations Long Range Planning Membership/Membership Retention Mentoring Minority Affairs Newsletter/Publications Nominations Professional Relations Project SEED Public Relations Senior Chemists Women Chemists Younger Chemists Selected Options Budget/Finance Other- National Chemisty Week Event Partners (ACS) Event Partners (Non ACS) NC Museum of Life and Sciences and NC Museum of Life and Science Estimated Number of Volunteers Members 1 80 Non Members 79 Estimated number of hours your volunteers spent on your section's/division's activities Estimated Number of Attendees Members Public 2000 Estimated Total Cost (USD) Outside Funding or Support IPG-LSAC Division Grants Industry In-Kind Donations LSAC Mini/NanoGrant No Outside Funding or Support Other ACS Grants IPG-DAC Event Coverage Radio Television Web newspaper Event Promotion ACS Network C & EN Newsletters Social Network Page No - 2

13 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : National Chemistry Week Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM Website Event - Narrative and Nomination No award(s) are nominated for this event. Event - Evaluation Evaluate the success of the program on a scale of 1-10 (1-least successful & 10-most successful) What were the greatest successes of this event? Lessons Learned/Suggestions to improve this event Share this event with other local sections and technical divisions. 8 number of people attending the event. Better communication from/to one of the sites as to what is expected from each organization. Event - Supporting Materials File Name File Size Brief Description None Web Link/URL for the Event None Brief Description ---- END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 3

14 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Science cafes Generated Date : Jan 8, :15 PM North Carolina Science cafes Event Form 2011 Event - Overview Name of the Event* Brief Description* Organization* Year Held* 2011 First time event? Primary Contact* Category(ies)* Which strategic goal(s) from the ACS Strategic Plan does this event support? Event Phase* Event Frequency* Science cafes Science cafe was held at a local high school focused on careers in science. Another science cafe was held on February 2 to inaugurate the celebration of IYC2011. The topic was climate change and the discussion leader was Dr. Princiotta from USEPA. North Carolina Kenneth Tomer Available Options (Section) Governance Awards Career Services Chemistry Olympiad Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Communications Education (Teachers/Students) Family/Spouse Activities Government Affairs Industry International Year of Chemistry IYC2011 Joint Meeting K-12 Student K-12 Teacher Member Survey Minority Affairs MPPG (thematic program) National Chemistry Week National Lab Day National Meeting Professional/Leadership Development Programming Outside of The National Meeting Project SEED Public Outreach Regional Meeting Science Cafes Science Fairs & Festivals Section Meeting or Event Senior Chemists Social/Networking Student Member Supporting Activities Symposium Women Chemists Younger Chemists Other Selected Options (Section) Governance Education (Teachers/Students) IYC2011 K-12 Student Science Cafes 1. Provide Information. Be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and indispensable provider of chemistry-related information. 2. Advance Member Careers. Empower an inclusive community of members with networks, opportunities, resources, and skills to thrive in the global economy. 3. Improve Education. Foster the development of the most innovative, relevant and effective chemistry education in the world. 4. Communicate Chemistry s Value. Communicate chemistry s vital role in addressing the world s challenges to the public and policymakers. Completed Annual Event Date Selection From 2/2/2011 To 5/12/2012 Event - Participation and Assistance Supporting Committees Page No - 1

15 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Science cafes Generated Date : Jan 8, :15 PM Available Options Awards Budget/Finance Career Assistance/Employment Chemistry Olympiad Community Activities Continuing Education Education Environmental EHS Government Affairs Industry Relations Long Range Planning Membership/Membership Retention Mentoring Minority Affairs Newsletter/Publications Nominations Professional Relations Project SEED Public Relations Senior Chemists Women Chemists Younger Chemists Selected Options Budget/Finance Event Partners (ACS) Other Event Partners (Non ACS) Wakefield High Schoool and Top of the Hill Restaurant Estimated Number of Volunteers Members 1 Non Members 1 Estimated number of hours your volunteers spent on your section's/division's activities Estimated Number of Attendees 2 60 Members 20 Public 40 Estimated Total Cost (USD) Outside Funding or Support IPG-LSAC Division Grants Industry In-Kind Donations LSAC Mini/NanoGrant No Outside Funding or Support Other ACS Grants IPG-DAC Science cafe Event Coverage Radio Television Web Event Promotion ACS Network C & EN Newsletters Social Network Website Page No - 2

16 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Science cafes Generated Date : Jan 8, :15 PM Event - Narrative and Nomination No award(s) are nominated for this event. Event - Evaluation Evaluate the success of the program on a scale of 1-10 (1-least successful & 10-most successful) What were the greatest successes of this event? Lessons Learned/Suggestions to improve this event Share this event with other local sections and technical divisions. 8 number of attendees, especially non-members. Do more often Event - Supporting Materials File Name File Size Brief Description None Web Link/URL for the Event None Brief Description ---- END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 3

17 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Section Conference Generated Date : Jan 8, :15 PM North Carolina Section Conference Event Form 2011 Event - Overview Name of the Event* Brief Description* Organization* Year Held* 2011 First time event? Primary Contact* Category(ies)* Which strategic goal(s) from the ACS Strategic Plan does this event support? Event Phase* Event Frequency* Section Conference Annual Section Conference with poster and poster awards, food and beverages, Section awards, especially scholarships and poster session awards, Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Nick Oberlies. North Carolina Keith Levine Available Options (Section) Governance Awards Career Services Chemistry Olympiad Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Communications Education (Teachers/Students) Family/Spouse Activities Government Affairs Industry International Year of Chemistry IYC2011 Joint Meeting K-12 Student K-12 Teacher Member Survey Minority Affairs MPPG (thematic program) National Chemistry Week National Lab Day National Meeting Professional/Leadership Development Programming Outside of The National Meeting Project SEED Public Outreach Regional Meeting Science Cafes Science Fairs & Festivals Section Meeting or Event Senior Chemists Social/Networking Student Member Supporting Activities Symposium Women Chemists Younger Chemists Other Selected Options (Section) Governance Awards Communications Section Meeting or Event Senior Chemists 1. Provide Information. Be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and indispensable provider of chemistry-related information. 2. Advance Member Careers. Empower an inclusive community of members with networks, opportunities, resources, and skills to thrive in the global economy. 3. Improve Education. Foster the development of the most innovative, relevant and effective chemistry education in the world. 4. Communicate Chemistry s Value. Communicate chemistry s vital role in addressing the world s challenges to the public and policymakers. Completed Annual Event Date Selection From 9/30/2011 To 9/30/2011 Event - Participation and Assistance Supporting Committees Page No - 1

18 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Section Conference Generated Date : Jan 8, :15 PM Available Options Awards Budget/Finance Career Assistance/Employment Chemistry Olympiad Community Activities Continuing Education Education Environmental EHS Government Affairs Industry Relations Long Range Planning Membership/Membership Retention Mentoring Minority Affairs Newsletter/Publications Nominations Professional Relations Project SEED Public Relations Senior Chemists Women Chemists Younger Chemists Selected Options Awards Budget/Finance Nominations Project SEED Event Partners (ACS) Other Event Partners (Non ACS) NCSU College of Textiles Estimated Number of Volunteers Members 6 Non Members 0 Estimated number of hours your volunteers spent on your section's/division's activities Estimated Number of Attendees Members 225 Public 0 Estimated Total Cost (USD) Outside Funding or Support IPG-LSAC Division Grants Industry In-Kind Donations LSAC Mini/NanoGrant No Outside Funding or Support Other ACS Grants IPG-DAC Event Coverage Radio Television Web Event Promotion ACS Network C & EN Newsletters Social Network Website Page No - 2

19 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Section Conference Generated Date : Jan 8, :15 PM Event - Narrative and Nomination No award(s) are nominated for this event. Event - Evaluation Evaluate the success of the program on a scale of 1-10 (1-least successful & 10-most successful) What were the greatest successes of this event? Lessons Learned/Suggestions to improve this event Share this event with other local sections and technical divisions. 10 High attendance Location and advertising Event - Supporting Materials File Name File Size Brief Description NCACS125-program conference.pdf 0.67 MB Conference program 125th NC ACS Conference final report.doc 0.08 MB Section Conference Report Web Link/URL for the Event None Brief Description ---- END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 3

20 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Chemistry Olympiad Generated Date : Jan 8, :16 PM North Carolina Chemistry Olympiad Event Form 2011 Event - Overview Name of the Event* Brief Description* Organization* Year Held* 2011 First time event? Primary Contact* Category(ies)* Which strategic goal(s) from the ACS Strategic Plan does this event support? Event Phase* Event Frequency* Chemistry Olympiad Support high school student chemistry olympiad North Carolina Myra Halpin Available Options (Section) Governance Awards Career Services Chemistry Olympiad Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Communications Education (Teachers/Students) Family/Spouse Activities Government Affairs Industry International Year of Chemistry IYC2011 Joint Meeting K-12 Student K-12 Teacher Member Survey Minority Affairs MPPG (thematic program) National Chemistry Week National Lab Day National Meeting Professional/Leadership Development Programming Outside of The National Meeting Project SEED Public Outreach Regional Meeting Science Cafes Science Fairs & Festivals Section Meeting or Event Senior Chemists Social/Networking Student Member Supporting Activities Symposium Women Chemists Younger Chemists Other Selected Options (Section) Governance Chemistry Olympiad 1. Provide Information. Be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and indispensable provider of chemistry-related information. 2. Advance Member Careers. Empower an inclusive community of members with networks, opportunities, resources, and skills to thrive in the global economy. 3. Improve Education. Foster the development of the most innovative, relevant and effective chemistry education in the world. 4. Communicate Chemistry s Value. Communicate chemistry s vital role in addressing the world s challenges to the public and policymakers. Completed Annual Event Date Selection From 2/12/2011 To 10/12/2012 Event - Participation and Assistance Supporting Committees Available Options Selected Options Page No - 1

21 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Chemistry Olympiad Generated Date : Jan 8, :16 PM Awards Budget/Finance Career Assistance/Employment Chemistry Olympiad Community Activities Continuing Education Education Environmental EHS Government Affairs Industry Relations Long Range Planning Membership/Membership Retention Mentoring Minority Affairs Newsletter/Publications Nominations Professional Relations Project SEED Public Relations Senior Chemists Women Chemists Younger Chemists Chemistry Olympiad Event Partners (ACS) Other NC section Event Partners (Non ACS) North Carolina School of Science and Matn Estimated Number of Volunteers Members 1 Non Members 0 Estimated number of hours your volunteers spent on your section's/division's activities Estimated Number of Attendees Members 0 Public 0 Estimated Total Cost (USD) Outside Funding or Support IPG-LSAC Division Grants Industry In-Kind Donations LSAC Mini/NanoGrant No Outside Funding or Support Other ACS Grants IPG-DAC Event Coverage Radio Television Web Event Promotion ACS Network C & EN Newsletters Social Network Website Page No - 2

22 Report name : Event Form 2011 Event name : Chemistry Olympiad Generated Date : Jan 8, :16 PM Event - Narrative and Nomination No award(s) are nominated for this event. Event - Evaluation Evaluate the success of the program on a scale of 1-10 (1-least successful & 10-most successful) What were the greatest successes of this event? Lessons Learned/Suggestions to improve this event Share this event with other local sections and technical divisions. Event - Supporting Materials File Name File Size Brief Description None Web Link/URL for the Event None Brief Description ---- END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 3

23 Report name : Review Form 2011 Generated Date : Jan 8, :14 PM Publish Comments North Carolina Review Form 2011 Michael Singer:Hello North Carolina Section First, let me express to the entire section leadership, my apologies for the late review of your 2011 Annual Report. The fault is entirely mine. Now on to the good stuff. Looking over your 2011 Annual Report - it appears that the North Carolina section had a very strong year. The NCW event is very impressive both for the attendance and the amount of non- ACS member volunteers! I applaud you for organizing hands on lab sessions as part of the NCW event. I am glad to see you participated in the Science Cafe. In this economy - science careers is always a valuable topic. The Section Conference is a nice merger of young chemists presneting their work and acknowledgement of the 50/60 year members. I like the idea of bringing the generations of chemists together. Your executive committee seems strong. I commend you on attendance at the 2011 ACS Leadership Institute. Your 2011 Goal of increasing interactions with science educators is a great goal. The Chemistry Olympiad is a goodstep in that direction. I hope you have active student affiliate chapters. Also a good way to involve the youth and teachers as mentors. Your website and TarHelium publication are very impressive. The website is easy to navigate, full of current content and a nice balance of archival information. Expanding to include Social media such as Linked In is certwainly riding the wave of the future. Some items of inconsistency I noted - you listed only 1 section meeting, but 11 meeting notices. Certainly TarHelium indicated more than 1 section meeting. Your financials do not appear to be completely in order. I see the fix you attempted in Project Seed. The deficit lines do not seem correct. I will pass this along to LSAC so someone better at finaincial data can review. I see you conducted your section election via Survey Monlkey. I did not check, but have you updated your section bylaws to permit electronic balloting. I see that there is an effort to create a standard operating procedure / policy for communicating to local section members without an active address. Overall appears to be a good year for local section activities in North Carolina. Continue the good work. File Name File Size Brief Description Response To Review Comments Dear Michael, On behalf of the North Carolina Section, I d like to thank you for your review of our 2011 annual report. We very much appreciate your comments concerning our NCW, Science Cafe, and Sectional Conference events and for recognizing our commitment to greater interaction with science educators. Our newsletter editor and webmaster work very hard to produce quality, user-friendly products, so we are thankful for your recognition of their efforts. We also value your feedback concerning (1) - meeting notices, (2) - Project SEED financials, and (3) - electronic voting. For your consideration, please find additional clarification on each of these items, below. (1) Meeting Notices: Review Comment: You listed only 1 section meeting, but 11 meeting notices. Certainly TarHelium indicated more than 1 section meeting. Response: Please note that there were 11 meetings of the executive committee, which are also open for any member to attend. The sectional meeting was a one-time event at North Carolina State University with a poster/presentation scientific program. (2) Project SEED Financials: Review Comment: Your financials do not appear to be completely in order. I see the fix you attempted in Project Seed. The deficit lines do not seem correct. I will pass this along to LSAC so someone better at financial data can review. Response: A follow-up conference call about this topic was conducted on July 19, 2012 with several ACS staff. To ensure full transparency and cooperation, all NC ACS financial information from was sent to Mary Kirchoff in electronic format (Excel) on July 20 and 22. The confusion appeared to stem from the SEED and non-seed student designation (the NC ACS SEED Program is unique, to the best of our knowledge, in this regard). (3) Electronic Voting: Review Comment: I see you conducted your section election via Survey Monkey. I did not check, but have you updated your section by-laws to permit electronic balloting Response: Please note that our Section s by-laws were revised (effective May 22, 2006) to permit electronic voting. Specifically, references to a mail ballot were removed. If we can provide you with any additional information concerning the 2011 annual report, please don t hesitate to ask. Thanks, Page No - 1

24 Keith Levine 2012 NC ACS Chair ---- END OF REPORT ---- Page No - 2