MSA Winter Council Meeting Agenda

January 25-27, 2008

Indianapolis

Thursday, January 24                

                                                MSA Executive Council CLOSED SESSION

         6:00 – 8:00 PM           William Gunning's room

                                                 

Friday, January 25

 Sessions are closed except as specified, Ambassador Rooms 1&2

(A/V set up for use by all)

                       

            6:30-8:00 AM     BREAKFAST  (breakfast in Atrium, hotel room ticket)  

 

8:00- 8:15 AM    Welcome and Logistics  (Gunning)

                                                Introduction of Council Members

 

8:15 AM-3:45 PM      CLOSED SESSION

 

Presentation of Association Management Proposals

 

8:15     Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc, Olathe, KS

 

9:15     Drohan Management Group, Reston, VA

 

10:15   Break

 

10:30   Technical Enterprises, Inc, Oak Creek, WI

 

11:30   Bostrom Corp, Chicago, IL

 

12:30-1:15 PM    Lunch, Ambassador Room 3

 

1:15-2:15 PM       Discussion of association management proposals

 

2:15- 2:45 PM     Discussion of MSA beneficiary request

 

2:45-3:00 PM      Break

 

3:00-3:10 PM      Awards Committee Report (Crozier)

 

3:10-3:40 PM      Publication Issues (guest: Jerome)

 

3:45-5:00 PM      Tour of the Indianapolis Convention Center (open to all)

 

7:00 PM               Dinner  (Council and WC guests invited)


Saturday, January 26

 

Sessions are open except as specified, Ambassador Rooms 1&2

 

 

6:30-8:15 AM         BREAKFAST (breakfast in Atrium, hotel room ticket)

 

8:15-8:30 AM         Welcome and Logistics  (Gunning)

                                    Introduction of new Council Members

        Secretary's Report (Killius)

            - Approval of Summer Council 2007 Minutes

            - Review To Do List from Summer Council 2007

        Treasurer's Report (Hudson)

        

8:30-8:40 AM         Business Office Report (Keillor, Lesser)           

 

8:40-8:50 AM         Approval of Consent Reports

                                            Reminder: Those reports passed by consent agenda will not be discussed.

 

Archivist                                                  (Marko)

Certification Board                                  (Ellis)

Education                                                 (Mackenzie)

                                      - Project MICRO                              (Schooley)

                                      - Megabooth                                      (Lloyd)

                                      - Placement                                        (Lloyd)

                                      - Short courses                                  (Stach)

                                      - Undergraduate scholarships            (Albrecht)

                                Focused Interest Groups                         (Maleeff)

                                Information Technology                          (Zaluzec)

                                International                                             (Dempere)

                                Local Affiliate Societies                           (Ross)

                                Legal                                                        (Ingram)

                                Membership                                            (Killius)

                                Marketing & Communications                (Fischione)

                                Public Policy                                           (Ingram)

                                            Publications                                             (Gronsky)      

                                                  - Journal                                            Barnas)

                                                  - Microscopy Today                          (Anderson)

                                                  - EXPO                                             (Edelmann)

                                                  - Proceedings                                                McKernan)

                                            Sustaining members                                (Bode/Kraker)

                                            Technologists' Forum                             (Woodward)


 8:50-9:10 AM       Annual Meetings

                                M&M  2008  (Woodward and Michael)

                    M&M  2009  (Woodward)

 

9:10-10:00 AM       Meeting Management Reports (Noreen Burke and Nicole Guy)

                                                Trade Show (Burke)

 

10:00-10:30 AM    Break

 

10:30- 11:30 AM       Continuation of Meeting Management Reports (Guy)

 

11:30-12:30 PM     CLOSED SESSION

 

            11:30-12:00 PM   IMS & MSA (Fitzgerald)

 

            12:00- 12:30 PM   MAS & MSA (Anderson)          

 

 

12:30-1:15 PM       Lunch

                                 

 

1:15-5:30 PM         Open discussions

 

Topics 

Creation of a new committee: Association Management and Meeting Management Advisory Committee

Appointment of LAC Chair for 2009

Appointment of Program Chair for 2010

Discussion of Budget process reform

Deadline for nominations committee

Web page redesign

Marketing/Branding

 

3:00 – 3:30 PM     Break

 

3:30 –5:30 PM           

Invitation to attend M&M 2008 accepted by the President of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy

Scanning meeting folded (recruit to M&M?)

Society of Ultrastructural Pathologists (SUP)

Set up ad hoc Bylaws Review Committee

Annual Meeting guidelines review

Student bursaries?

 

 

7:00 PM     DINNER

 

 

Sunday, January 27

 

Sessions are open except as specified, Ambassador Rooms 1&2

 

 

6:30-8:15 AM     BREAKFAST (breakfast in Atrium, hotel room ticket)

 

 

8:15-10:00 AM

             Organizers of symposia- "new" younger people should be co-chairing

             Do we have a mechanism to evaluate impact or enthusiasm of the          "new" person to identify future leaders of the Society?

             By-laws issue- slate of nominees, unapposed?

             Strategic planning retreat, executive council and a few key people

             Approval of M&M 2009 program budget

             Creation of a Society Fellowship for members

             Council liaison assignments

             Committee assignments

 

   10:00-10:30 AM      BREAK

 

10:30   Old Business

11:00   New Business

                        Annual Business Meeting Agenda (Killius)

                        Council Meeting Evaluation Form  

 

                         ADJOURN