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Local BenefitsISU AMS Meeting Minutes
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/
April 22, 2008
Members Attended: 44
Special Thanks
Thanks
to all who have helped out in community outreach in the last months,
your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks especially to those who participated
in the weather radio programming at Hy-vee, the Science Nights and with
organizing VEISHEA and the Career Panel. All these events were made
possible by the efforts of the active members. Volunteering your time
and efforts really showcases ISU AMS?s continuing commitment to community
service.
Thank
you cards were passed around and signed for those who dedicated their
time at the career panel, their time was greatly appreciated!
Also,
special thanks to all who attended Dr. Kerry Emanuel?s presentation
on global warming and its effect on hurricanes. Hope everyone
enjoyed Dr. Emanuel?s presentation and thanked him for his time here
at Iowa State University.
Senior breakfast
Senior
breakfast is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th at 10am. Seniors
please join the faculty, your family and fellow students for our annual
Senior Breakfast. E-mail cjohn@iastate.edu if you are attending.
National Weather Association
The
final Central Iowa National Weather Association meeting this year is
set for Thursday 6:30pm at the Des Moines NWS.
Reimbursements
A
motion was made to reimburse those members who attended the Severe Storms
and Doppler Radar Conference $5. The motion was seconded and passed.
Reimbursement forms were filled out at and turned in. If you attended
the conference and haven?t filled out a form yet please contact aubreys@iastate.edu for further information.
ISU AMS Constitution
The
constitution of the Iowa State Chapter of the American Meteorological
Society has been amended to meet university requirements. Amendments
to the old constitution were spoken of and the motion was made to amend
the constitution. This motion was seconded and the passed. The new constitution
and bylaws are hereby enacted for the chapter.
Treasurer
Current Balance: $2504.00
Instruction
was given to members of the chapter that participated in the Severe
Storms and Doppler Radar Conference for filling out the reimbursement
vouchers.
Academic Chair
Keep
checking the meteorology forums on the ISU AMS website for updates about
review sessions. Please contact group leaders to remind them of
any upcoming exams. Feel free to email Chris Schaffer (schaffec@iastate.edu) with and questions you may have concerning
exams and review sessions.
Social Chair
The
ISU AMS Spring Picnic will occur 5:00PM this Sunday April 27th,
2008 at Moore Park. The AMS will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs
and brats, but members attending are asked to bring beverages, chips,
desserts, etc. A sign up sheet was passed around for those who
plan on attending and for those who plan on bringing beverages and desserts.
Also feel free to bring volleyballs, basketballs, etc for fun at the
picnic.
Frisbee will be played on central
campus Friday around noon; everyone is welcome to attend to hopefully
enjoy the nice weather then!
Forecast Contests
National
The
team as a whole finished 28th in the national rankings.
Thanks to everyone for their hard work this year. The top 5 forecasters
were: Jayson Prentice finishing 20th, Bill Gallus finishing
188th, Jon Hobbs finishing 215th, Chris Schaffer
finishing 221st and Brandon Engelson finishing 244th.
Congratulations for being ISU?s top forecasters this year!
Iowa Contest
Congratulations
to Justin Wittrock for winning the day 2.5 period for Clinton, IA.
Also congrats to Jon Hobbs for winning the day 4/3/2/1 for Sioux City,
IA, Storm Lake, IA, Harlan, IA and Clarion, IA. This was a very
challenging period! Our current city is Ottumwa forecasting for
aviation. The current leader is Brandon Engelson, with the NGM
Model in 2nd. The overall leader is the average followed
by Jon Hobbs, Brandon Engelson, Jeff Duda and Jayson Prentice rounding
out the top five. If anyone still wants to join, email jonhobbs@iastate.edu for further instructions. Contest
is still free and goes throughout the summer, with a tournament at the
beginning of next school year. It is an excellent opportunity to hone
your forecasting skills!
Cys Eyes
The
final show is the Senior show at 6:30pm on Wednesday April 23rd,
2008. Be sure to watch the seniors give their final on-air presentation
at ISU. Things are going well with show otherwise.
Historian
Jeff
Edmonson gave a presentation showing the year in review with activities
that the AMS was involved with this year. Presentation was very
entertaining and lasted 6 minutes, thanks to Jeff for putting it together!
Elections
President
Jayson
Prentice, Ben Schwedler and Adam Deppe introduced themselves and gave
a list of activities with which they are involved. The chapter
questioned the candidates on various topics and then had a closed discussion
about the candidates. The chapter then voted on the position and
a special congratulation goes out to Benjamin Schwedler for being elected
the president of the Iowa State Chapter of the American Meteorological
Society for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Vice President
Justin
Schultz, Logan Karsten, Adam Deppe, Jayson Prentice and Jeff Duda introduced
themselves, gave a brief description of what their next semester consists
of and what other qualifications they posses. The chapter questioned
the candidates on topics that were very informative. The candidates
were then asked to leave the room and a closed discussion occurred among
the chapter. The position was then voted on and Adam Deppe was
elected Vice President for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Treasurer
Justin
Wittrock, Shannon Rabideau and Logan Karsten introduced themselves to
the chapter. The chapter then questioned the candidates and the
candidates gave answers to the best of their abilities. The candidates
were then asked to leave the room and the chapter went into closed discussion
about the candidates. The position was put to a vote and Logan
Karsten was elected the treasurer of the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Secretary
Justin
Schultz, Nick Carletta and Elizabeth Suess introduced themselves and
the chapter questioned each of the candidates on various topics.
The candidates answered the questions to the best of their abilities.
A closed discussion was then brought about by the chapter bringing out
the best in each of the candidates. The chapter then put the position
to a vote and Justin Schultz was elected into the position of secretary
for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Social
Shannon
Rabideau and Matt Hoffman introduced themselves to the chapter.
The chapter then proceeded in questioning each of the candidates on
various topics. The candidates then answered the questions that
the chapter had supporting why they were the best candidate. The
candidates were then escorted out of the room and the chapter went into
a closed discussion about both candidates, discussing the qualities
one of the candidates. The chapter then put the position to a
vote and Matt Hoffman was elected into the position of Social Chair
for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Academic
Megan Brosowske, Matthew Ramthun, Jeff Duda, Nick Carletta, Shannon
Rabideau and Jayson Prentice introduced themselves and what they were
majoring in. Questioning of the candidates was then conducted
about any questions that the chapter had for the candidates. The
chapter then proceeded in putting the position to a vote and Jayson
Prentice was elected into the position of Academic Chair for the 2008-2009
academic school year.
Webmaster
Andy Mair introduced himself and was questioned by the chapter.
Andy was the only candidate and was elected into the Webmaster position
for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Historian
Racheal Witter introduced herself to the chapter and answered questions
that the chapter had. Racheal was the only candidate and was elected
into the Webmaster Chair for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
Sophomore
JoBeth Minniear, Ryan Alliss, Nick Carletta and Elizabeth Suess introduced
themselves and answered any questions that the chapter had. The
candidates were led out of the room so the chapter could have a closed
discussion about the candidates. The position was put to a vote
and JoBeth was elected Sophomore Chair for the 2008-2009 academic school
year.
Outreach
Shannon Rabideau, Elizabeth Suess, Nick Carletta and Megan Brosowske
introduced themselves and answered questions from the chapter.
The candidates left the room so the chapter could discuss the qualities
of each candidate. The position was put to a vote and Shannon
was elected Outreach Chair for the 2008-2009 academic school year.
A meeting has been scheduled for next Monday April 28th,
2008 6:00Pm at Pizza Hut. This meeting will serve to acquaint
the incoming cabinet members with some of the duties of their positions
and ask questions of the current cabinet.
Congratulations to all of the elected cabinet members! Thank you
everyone for making this year a great one for the chapter and the community.
This is possible due to hard working individuals which make up our chapter.
It is members like this that make our chapter a great candidate for
chapter of the year. Good luck to everyone in the future!
Next Meeting will be determined and will be at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year