ISU AMS Meeting Minutes
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/
September 02, 2003
Here is the information from the first ISU American
Meteorological Society meeting of the year from
Tuesday, September 2nd.
**If you didn't turn in your survey, contact Jon, me,
or another officer to turn it in.
Officers for the year were introduced. These include
Jon Hobbs president, Kevin Sullivan vice-president,
Adam Kuban treasurer, Stephen Konarik secretary, Janet
historian, Chase social chair, Nate webmaster, and
Jeremy past-president.
Upcoming social events include the Geological and
Atmospheric Sciences Picnic, which will be held
Thursday, September 4th (tomorrow) from 5-10pm. Foot
will be served at 6. Its location is at Innis Grove
Park, and if you are interested in giving or receiving
a ride, please contact Jon (jhobbs@iastate.edu) as we
will be meeting at Agronomy to carpool. Intramurals
are also beginning. The deadlines for signing up for
Cross Country, Curling, and 8-Player Soccer is
Wednesday, September 10th. Contact Chase at
chaseman@iastate.edu if you are interested in signing
up. Picnics and other activities are in the works.
Also, AMS basketball will take place in Leid Rec
Center Thursday nights at 9pm.
AMS Dues need to be paid in order to be a member,
participate in social activities, and to vote. They
MUST be paid by the 2nd meeting of the year, and were
voted at this meeting to be $5. These can be paid to
Adam (ajkuban@iastate.edu) in the form of cash or
check.
Jeremy will be in charge of the National Collegiate
Weather Forecasting Contest this year, with Janet
helping. The contest consists of 1000 or so
participants (undergrads, grad students, and
professors) from 38 institutions. It consists of
forecasting 4 days a week in 2 week blocks for 13
cities around the nation. You only need to
participate in 8 of the 13 periods to be eligible for
the annual prize. The cost for entering the contest
is $4, which can be paid to Adam. If you want to
write one check for both AMS and NCWFC dues, that's
fine. There will be a meeting on Tuesday, September
9, at 7pm in 3128 Agronomy to discuss the rules and
techniques of the contest, as well as insight on how
to better your forecast. A sign-up sheet was passed
out at the meeting for those interested, but if you
didn't get a chance to sign, contact Jeremy at
jgrams@iastate.edu to do so. There will also be a
local AMS forecasting contest and an ISU contest, with
Dr. Gallus helping. This contest will consist of a
more rigorous 4 days a week all year forecasting for
Des Moines. For more information on that, come to the
NCWFC meeting Tuesday.
Cy's Eyes producers this year will be Mitch and Ryan.
Cy's Eyes is a bi-weekly, 15 minute weather show on
ISU-TV 20, that consists of 4 on-air people and
numerous camera/set crew and technical crew. The show
will take place Mondays and Wednesday at 6:30pm, in
Studio B of the Communications Building. A
training/orientation session will take place
Wednesday, September 10th, in Studio B at 6:30. For
more information contact Mitch (mjkeegan@iastate.edu)
or Ryan (rwest@iastate.edu).
Mitch is also Treasurer and Secretary of the Central
Iowa National Weather Association. The organization
is hoping for more ISU AMS involvement year. Central
Iowa NWA includes a collection of students, NWS
employees, television personalities, and professors.
The hold a Severe Storms Conference every March in Des
moines. The meetings generally take place on Mondays
in the Des Moines area. The first meeting is at 6pm,
Monday September 22 at Godfather's Pizza in Ankeny.
If you are interested in getting a ride, or would like
more information, contact Mitch. Feel free to check
out CINWA's website at www.iowa-nwa.com.
Everyone can join the National American Meteorological
Society. Members receive the bulletin of the AMS and
discounts on journals and conference fees. Visit the
website at www.ametsoc.org/AMS? for more information.
There will also be a National AMS Conference/Annual
Meeting on January 10-15th, 2004 in Seattle,
Washington. Undergraduate Juniors and Seniors have
the opportunity to give research presentations.
Applications are due in October. Students are also
able to work and help out with the conference.
Contact Jon for more information.
Spring events were also briefly mentioned. We will be
participating in Cy's Big Top at VEISHA. We will host
a Spotter Training Seminar in the spring. A spring
break trip is also a possibility. (Locations for the
previous 3 trips were Oklahoma, Colorado, and
Florida).
If you are interested in storm chasing, contact Kevin
at ksully01@iastate.edu
**If you have ordered t-shirts last year but haven't
paid for them yet, PAY. If you haven't been contacted
about this yet, you WILL BE. (contact Jon to pay)
Upcoming events on the calender:
SEPT 4: G&AS PICNIC
SEPT 9: Forecast Contest Meeting
SEPT 10: Cy's Eyes Meeting
SEPT 22: NWA Meeting
week of Sept 22-26: next AMS meeting
early Oct: National Weather Service trip
Oct: TV station trip