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ISU AMS Meeting Minutes
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/
January 17, 2007

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a nice Winter Break and is ready to get involved with plenty of activities to get involved with.

Science Nights- is a great way to get involved with the community by teaching elementary students a little about weather while having a fun time doing it. Activities consist of making clouds with cotton balls, anemometers with Dixie cups and of course running the tornado machine! Everyone is welcome to help out, a signup sheet was passed around at the meeting, but if you were unable to attend and would like to help contact Chris at cjohn@iastate.edu or Rachel at rbutter@iastate.edu for further information. There are two opportunities to participate in:

Edwards Elementary Science Night-Tuesday January 22, 2008 from 6-8pm

Sawyer Elementary Science Night-Thursday January 31^st from 6-8pm

Alumni contact list- a list was made up with contact information of former students. Information consists of email addresses and their current employment. This list will be available in the map room soon and can be a very useful tool for anyone looking for guidance in the field as well as mentors for research.

We still have some AMS Calendars and apparel for sale if anyone is interested contact cjohn@iastate.edu for further information.

The AMS is happy to announce the new additions to our meteorology family: Lillian Grace Clark and Isaac David Flory. Congratulations! The chapter purchased gifts and cards for the families. The cards were signed at the meeting by all members.

Severe Weather and Doppler Radar Conference- March 27 - March 29 2008 at the
West Des Moines Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center. Great opportunity to attend many great presentations on some of the latest breakthroughs in weather topics. For further information about this conference visit: http://www.iowa-nwa.com/.

Pam Daale scholarship- The scholarship is dedicated to Pam Daale, who was a popular meteorologist in Iowa and Colorado before her death from cancer. Last Year's Pam Daale Scholarship was awarded to Chris Schaffer, a Junior in Meteorology at Iowa State University. Applications are still being accepted and can be found at: http://www.iowa-nwa.com/conference/scholarship.php. Deadline for applying is February 8^th, 2008.

Lecture series ?Running on ice January 29^th, 2008 7pm in Gallery Memorial Union

Tours ?we will be taking tours of Des Moines National Weather Service and ABC5 sometime later this semester. Dates will assigned later. Attending these tours can give a sense of what actually occurs behind the scenes at these weather offices. Also gives the chance to ask questions about their jobs and what they do on an everyday basis.

Storm Ready-we will be assigning groups and team leaders to try and start making some progress in making the Iowa State University more storm ready. This will consist of posting signs about where to go during a severe weather event. Most signs that are posted now are out of date and many buildings don?t even have directions on where to go during severe weather events. This is another way that we as an organization can get involved in our community and do our best to try and keep the public safe during these events.

Tornado Machine: Contact Ben McNeill hinshaw@iastate.edu if anyone is interested in helping work on making improvements to the machine. This machine is used for many community involvements and will reflect our organization better with a few improvements. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Treasurer: Current balance: $990 After all transactions have taken place with calendar sales, our new balance will be: $2638.18. Fundraiser ideas are currently being taken, please email Bree at aubreys@iastate.edu with any ideas. Also members of Cy's Eyes need to pay Bree their $6 dues ASAP!

Academic: Class schedules were taken and will be compiled by Chris and then section leaders will be assigned and review sessions held. Be sure to tell your section leaders when tests are so they can arrange review sessions. If you were not able to attend the meeting, send Chris your schedule at: schaffec@iastate.edu. Attending these review sessions is like having a free tutor, so take advantage of them.

Social: One team intramural opportunity which is team bowling. A sign-up sheet was passed around and teams will be assigned if enough interest is expressed.

Seven Oaks ski trip-Saturday February 9^th, 2008 from 4-9pm at Seven Oaks which is located west of Boone on Highway 30. Tentative leaving time is 3:30pm from agronomy. A sign-up sheet was passed around for those interested signed up. Cost is $22 per person for rental and lift fees. Can bring friends, the more the merrier! This is a great opportunity to get away from your studies and have fun with all of your meteorology friends.

Forecast contests

National- January 29^th, 2008 is when the contest starts back up. The first city of the new year is New Orleans. If interested in joining this semester email japrenti@iastate.edu by Wednesday January 23^rd, 2008. Cost is $3. View all updates on the WxChallenge website at: http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/wxchallenge/.

Local- Forecasting has already begun in the local contest currently forecasting day 2 for Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Ottumwa and Mason City. Anyone can still join this contest and the cost is free. For further information visit: http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/AFC/.

Kaleidquiz-radio quiz challenge that lasts 4pm march 7th to 6pm March 8^th. Questions are asked every 7 minutes about various topics. A sign-up sheet was passed around for those interested. For further information about this event contact jpatton@iastate.edu.

AMS Spring Break: The choices for destinations for the trip have been narrowed down to: Kansas city which has Science City, NWS Aviation Weather Center, and NWS Missouri Basin River Forecast Office. Twin cities which has Science Museum, Meteorolgix and NWS North Central River Forecast Center. Boulder Colorado which has NCAR and UCAR, which are well known research organizations. A sign-up sheet was passed around for those interested any further ideas contact Jason Patton-jpatton@iastate.edu or Scott Lincoln.

Community Page ? getting a community page set up on the AMS homepage that represents the club as a whole and what we do for the community, etc. This will be a great new addition to the website.

Cy's Eyes- last show wasn?t held because miscommunication with studio supervisor. Also are in the process of getting a new green screen since the one we had is not useable anymore. Also be sure and pay your $6 dues ASAP!

Webmaster-send Ben any new IT ideas you may have for improving the website at bschwedl@iastate.edu.

Historian-continue sending any pictures of the members of the club to Jeff Edmonson at jeffrios@iastate.edu.

Next meeting 7pm Tuesday February 12th, 2008