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ISU AMS Meeting Minutes
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/
April 21, 2009

President Schwedler called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. He welcomed all who were present to the meeting. This was the final ISU AMS meeting of the 2008-2009 school year, and officer nominations were held at the end of the meeting.

President Schwedler

The ISU AMS T-shirts should be in by the middle of Dead Week next week (the week of 27 April, 2009). You can come and pick up your shirts at that time. Mr. Schwedler will send out an email once the shirts arrive.

Vice President Deppe

Mr. Deppe would like to extend a special thank you to all of those who took time out to help at the ISU AMS table during our recent VEISHEA celebration. Things went very well.
For the Senior class members only: there will be a Senior breakfast to be held on Saturday, 9 May, 2009, the day of the graduation ceremony, at 10:00 AM in 3140 Agronomy Hall. Please bring your parents, significant other, family, friends, etc. Come and mingle with friends as a class for the last time.

Treasurer Karsten

Mr. Karsten sent out reimbursement forms for the Central Iowa National Weather Association Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference. Those were handed out to those that signed up for the conference through the ISU AMS. The reimbursement checks will be sent out to the summer home address.
Mr. Karsten also mentioned our progress regarding StormReady. We got an e-mail from Dave Bunker of the Department of Residence, and Mr. Karsten.s report was passed through the department. We are still waiting to hear back from Dave Bunker on the next step for our StormReady initiative.
Our new weather station has finally arrived, and it is currently in Mr. Flory.s office. We are expecting it to be up and running later this spring or early summer.
For those people that still owe broomball dues or still wish to purchase window clings, there is still time. Be sure to pay for these items! You can give your money to Mr. Karsten, or pay to the ISU AMS mailbox in Agronomy 3010.
Our current balance is $3,350 dollars. This doesn.t account for spring apparel, or the purchase of the new calendars that will be occurring soon.

Social Chair Hoffman

Intramurals have gone very well this year. We are very proud of our meteorology sports teams. Great job, everyone!
This weekend, we will be holding our annual Spring Picnic. It is to be held on Sunday, 26 April at 5 PM at Moore Memorial Park, which is just north of campus. A map to the park is located on the meeting agenda. Sign up to bring treats, and also let us know what kind of food preferences you have (what kind of meat you.d like to eat). It.ll be a great time for all!

Academic Chair Prentice

There were nearly 200 posters to go through for the recent poster contest judging, and we decided on the winners for the poster contest. The winners and the honorable mentions were shown to the chapter. Winners got a free weather radio, window clings, calendar, and a nice certificate of achievement. Congratulations to all of the winners and the honorable mentions!
Final exam review sessions: please contact your section leaders if you are in need of a review session. Please ask questions and study hard! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Jayson Prentice at academic.isuams@iastate.edu.
For the WxChallenge forecast contest results, we are nearing the end of the contest. Only one forecaster was chosen for the national WxChallenge tournament, and twenty forecasters were entered for the local tournament. Mr. Prentice made it to Round 2 before getting beat in the national tournament. Good job, Jayson. We now have the local tournament final round between Jon Hobbs and Benjamin Schwedler. Good luck to the both of you!

Past President Hobbs

For the Iowa forecast contest results, we just finished Marshalltown and Fort Dodge. The NWS won those rounds, followed by Jayson Prentice. Chris Shaffer is leading overall. We have Finals Week off from forecasting, but we will be forecasting into the summer. If you are still interested, please contact Mr. Hobbs at jonhobbs@iastate.edu.

Cy.s Eyes on the Skies

Tomorrow, 22 April, 2009, we will be having our last show for Cy.s Eyes on the Skies. We will also be having our 2009-2010 Co-Producers election after the show. We have seven people nominated for the Co-Producer positions.

Webmaster

We will be having an Advanced Radar Workshop coming soon. It will be a real time case, and it will be held sometime during Dead Week. Keep an eye on your e-mails, and check the forums for a date and time for this. You can come and issue warnings on an actual case that happened in the past. Come and put your radar/forecasting skills to the test.

Historian Witter

The new and improved ISU AMS Brochure is complete, and it was shown. If you have any suggestions, please e-mail Ms. Witter at historian.isuams@iastate.edu. It looks absolutely wonderful!
We had an .A Year in Review. video shown to the chapter. It featured photos from the 2008-2009 school year, and the video was great! Good memories of the people we got to know throughout the year.

Outreach Chair Rabideau

We have the Fellows Science Night coming up on Thursday, 23 April from 5:30-8 PM. A sign-up sheet went around the room. We will meet in Agronomy at 4:45 PM. If you are interested, please come and help out, even if you can.t be there the whole time.
Ms. Rabideau gave us an update on the calendars. The photos on the website will be in the calendar next year since nobody objected to those photos. The calendars are getting ready for a final print template. Thank you to everyone who helped out with the calendars.
Ms. Rabideau also spoke about an Iowa Cub Scout weather discussion that will be held this summer on 26 June, 2009. Those people that will be here for the summer are encouraged to help out.

Officer Nominations

Mr. Schwedler spoke about the process of the voting and the delegation that will go into it. All positions had lengthy discussion, and the voting was held.
The results are as follows:

President: Rachel Hatteberg

Vice President: Matthew Hoffman

Treasurer: Justin Wittrock

Secretary: JoBeth Minniear

Social Chair: Rachael Witter

Academic Chair: Shannon Rabideau

Webmaster: Nick Carletta

Historian: Ryan Lueck

Sophomore Chair: Peter Effertz

Outreach Chair: Liz Suess

President Schwedler then adjourned the meeting and was ended at 9:35 PM. He wished everybody good luck with the rest of the semester.

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This was the last meeting of the 2008-2009 year for the ISU AMS. Thanks so much for a great year! Good luck to all who are graduating! For those of you that will be here next year, we look forward to an exciting year! Good luck on finals and have a great summer. It has been a pleasure to get to know and work with all of you.

--Justin Schultz: ISU AMS Secretary 2008-2009