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The Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) of the ACS wants to promote polymer chemistry at regional meetings and is willing to provide help if the general chair or the program chair requests it. From experience at ACS national meetings, the division has a network of people who know how to organize good symposia. POLY will help identify people in the host or nearby local sections to organize polymer sessions and will provide up to $500 to support a well-planned regional meeting symposium. In turn POLY would like the opportunity to advertise its programs and recruit members at a table next to the room where the polymer chemistry sessions are held.

The criteria for POLY support are

John Sophos of the ACS Meetings Department provides lists of the general chairs and program chairs of the regional meetings, and we send an offer to support polymer programs by email. During 2002 only the Great Lakes and Central regional meetings have polymer programs that qualify for support. The other five regional meetings either decided early not to have a polymer program or could not find a volunteer to organize a symposium.

The Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) of the ACS wants to promote polymer chemistry at regional meetings and is willing to provide help if the general chair or the program chair requests it.  From experience at ACS national meetings, the division has a network of people who know how to organize good symposia.  POLY will help identify people in the host or nearby local sections to organize polymer sessions and will provide up to $500 to support a well-planned regional meeting symposium. In turn POLY would like the opportunity to advertise its programs and recruit members at a table next to the room where the polymer chemistry sessions are held.

The criteria for POLY support are:

John Sophos of the ACS Meetings Department provides lists of the general chairs and program chairs of the regional meetings, and we send an offer to support polymer programs by email. During 2001 the Central/Great Lakes, Northeast, and Southwest regional meetings have polymer programs that qualify for support.

April 2001

The Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) of the ACS wants to promote polymer chemistry at regional meetings and is willing to provide help if the general chair or the program chair requests it. From experience at ACS national meetings, the division has a network of people who know how to organize good symposia. POLY will help identify people in the host or nearby local sections to organize polymer sessions and will provide up to $500 to support a well-planned regional meeting symposium. In turn POLY would like the opportunity to advertise its programs and recruit members at a table next to the room where the polymer chemistry sessions are held.

1) There must be a full day symposium devoted to polymer chemistry.

2) The program should include one or more invited speakers.

3) To apply for support, the Program Chair or symposium organizer must send (a) a copy of the technical program to the POLY Committee on Polymer Programs at ACS Regional Meetings (currently Warren Ford and Tom Pacansky) and (b) a budget showing how the funds will be used to defray registration fees and travel costs of invited speakers.

John Sophos of the ACS Meetings Department provides lists of the general chairs and program chairs of the regional meetings, and we send an offer to support polymer programs by email. During 2001 the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Southeast regional meetings have polymer programs that qualify for support.

The present representatives are:
Bob Stackman-Southeast
Georgia Arbuckle-Rutgers-Trenton-Middle Atlantic
Tom Smith-Xerox-Northeast
Frank Blum-UM-Rolla-Midwest
Dan Bloch-Aldrich Chem-Great Lakes
Bill Feld-Wright State U-Central

We will try to establish some kind of permanent relationship with the Regional Steering Committees, where they are agreeable, in order to "be in at the conception" of the meetings. This should permit the organization of meaningful symposia and tutorials.

Alan English reported, that the Coatings Tutorial at MARM, was a success. The emphasis on education, for those for whom the regional meetings may be their only chance to be exposed to an in-depth discussion of a focused area of technology, needs to be a prime objective in our efforts to serve the needs of a major portion of our membership. .

Our committments this year have included the following:
MARM-Coatings tutorial $600
SERMACS-Fluoropolymers $400
Central- Modeling $400 back to the top of this page.