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From the President Tions Committee to Evaluate the Suitability of Having an Applications Newsletter and Talked About Using the World Wide Web As the Media In this Issue VW $XJX • Spectroscopist Profile: Bourdon Scribner (p. 5) • Retrospectives: First SAS H National Meeting (p. 19) 9ROXP • History of Spectroscopy: The Allison U 1XPEH Effect (p. 24) The Newsletter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, a supplement to Applied Spectroscopy, Vol 50, No 9 values in the industry. We tasked the Publica- From the President tions Committee to evaluate the suitability of having an applications newsletter and talked about using the World Wide Web as the media. t's hard to believe that we're , We committed to establishing some mini- more than half way through courses to offer in addition to the SAS short 1996! It has been a very busy courses and we evaluated the benefit of in- year for SAS and we have seen a creasing our international membership. We lot of changes. I'd like to take took a hard look at the local sections that are this opportunity to give you an inactive or only minimally active, and talked update and to share some insights. about strategies for increasing involvement. In In January, the SAS Executive Committee a climate of "downsizing" and "corporate cut- (EC) met near BWI airport to do strategic plan- backs" we're concerned about retaining mem- ning and critically evaluate the health of the or- bers and meeting their needs. We have to ask ganization. This resulted in several special ini- ourselves if a monthly dinner meeting remains tiatives. Through discussions between EC the most appropriate venue for involvement at members, staff, and our facilitator, several the local section level. Should local sections things became clear. We realized it is impor- be considering half day workshops or 1-2 day tant to offer significant member benefits and to symposia instead? Should SAS educational work on member retention. We also learned courses be offered at the local sections if there that gimmicks don't typically attract scientists is sufficient interest? and that what SAS has to focus on is the fact In March, many SAS members attended the that we can offer membership in a premier Pittsburgh Conference. Volunteers at the SAS spectroscopic society, with many very talented booth were successful in signing up more than members in academia, government, and indus- 70 new members but an unfortunate incident try. We committed to the publication of a resulted in the loss of many of the applications. membership directory which all members As testament to the cutbacks many employers should have in hand now, since it was shipped are imposing, we were short by a single vote in with the July issue of Applied Spectroscopy. obtaining a quorum for the SAS Governing We hope this will prove to be a valuable re- Board meeting at PittCon! This has been a source to our members and an effective tool to continued problem in recent years which re- facilitate networking. During our retreat we sulted in me establishing an ad hoc Internation- looked at feedback relative to Applied Spec- alization and Regionalization committee to troscopy and were pleased to see that the Focus evaluate a regional governance structure where articles are receiving widespread recognition local sections would remain intact, but govern- and that the journal remains one of the best ing board delegates would come from 4-6 re- Page 1 gions. This would make the GB smaller, capa- would be so time-consuming, such hard work, ble of greater in depth discussions and make or so interesting. I would like to publicly ac- it easier to insure a quorum. Regional gover- knowledge the contributions of the rest of the nance would also afford non-US members the members of the Executive Committee (Kathy opportunity for involvement in governance. Kalasinsky, president-elect; Dave Coleman, During the spring, we had several person- past-president; Marvin Margoshes, treasurer; nel changes in the SAS office in Frederick, John Koropchak, secretary; Jim Holcombe, ed- MD. SAS remains appreciative of the many itor; Jim deHaseth and Dave Styris, member- positive contributions and the dedication of the ship education coordinators; and Mike Epstein, staff who are no longer employees of SAS. newsletter editor) without whose assistance We hired a new Executive Administrator, Bon- and support, I would have run away in January! nie Saylor, to provide administrative leader- I think the future for SAS is very bright and I ship. Bonnie has a BA in communications and invite you to become more involved in the So- an MS in public administration. She also has ciety - we need your input. Feel free to con- experience working for the American Associa- tact me with any comments or questions re- tion of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and lated to SAS at: 301-504-8252 phone or is well-qualified to provide leadership to SAS [email protected] email. office staff. Another new addition to the staff is SAS Administrative Affairs Associate, Vic- tor Hutcherson who has a great deal of database and computer software and hardware Introducing the New SAS experience. These two join Barbara Stull who has served SAS for more than 12 years. I National Office Staff think you'll find the current SAS office team Bonnie Say- efficient and helpful! You can learn more lor (left), the about them on the SAS Homepage on the SAS Execu- World Wide Web (http://esther.la.asu.edu/sas/) tive Adminis- or feel free to give them a call! trator, is for- The project which is currently occupying mer Director most of my time as well as that of other SAS of Member EC members, is planning future interaction be- Services of tween SAS and FACSS. As most of you know, the American SAS has provided administrative support to Association FACSS on a contractual basis since 1991. Al- of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and a though that relationship has proven to be pro- conference Associate for the National Associa- fessionally satisfactory, SAS has suffered some tion of Homebuilders. Victor Hutcherson financial losses and experienced problems with (right), SAS Administrative Affairs Associate, conflict of interest, dilution of volunteer effort, is a former administrative assistant to the Vice- diminished progress on important SAS initia- President of the American Association of Col- tives, and divided staff loyalties. Significant leges of Osteopathic Medicine and a veteran of effort has been spent talking with FACSS rep- 20 years of military service in the U.S. Army. resentatives trying to develop a mutually satis- Barbara Stull (center) has been with the SAS factory arrangement. Hopefully I'll be able to National Office Staff since 1984. give you an update on this in the next issue of the newsletter! I never thought that being SAS President Page 2 Society Home Office News Report on Instrumentation Museum Activities Bonnie A. Saylor Executive Administrator Our first grant to pro- Change is the impetus to mote the Mu- progress, and the home of- seum Program fice for the Society for Ap- at the Chemical plied Spectroscopy in Fred- Heritage Foun- erick, Maryland has undergone some changes dation's head- over the past several months. Several staff quarters in members have left the Society, but the new Philadelphia has crew, made up of Victor Hutcherson, Adminis- been received trative Affairs Associate, from the Barbara Stull, Administrative Assistant, and Perkin-Elmer myself, is ready and willing to be of service. The Chemical Heritage Foundation building Corporation. at 315 Chestnut St in Philadelphia. Work continues in the office on existing We are actively projects, as well as new ones. The new SAS seeking grants from other sources including the Membership Directory for 1995-96 has been Pittsburgh Conference backers. We trust that sent to all members. The Directory, which has now that the first grant has been received offi- not been produced for a number of years, is an cially, others will follow. easy to read reference guide on members and Six of the instruments that were shown at society information We hope everyone finds it the 1994 Antiquities Exhibit at the Pittsburgh useful and just one of the many reasons for be- Conference have been in storage ever since. ing a member of SAS. They will shortly be moved from storage to In addition to the Directory, the office has their permanent place at the Chemical Heritage been busy recruiting and processing new mem- Foundation's home and placed on display as bers. As Executive Administrator, I was the start of the Museum Program. pleased to be able to exhibit at the Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry Ed Brame, Jr in July. Plans are also being made for exhibit- July 1996 ing trips to the International Conference on Ra- man Spectroscopy in Pittsburgh in August and z the Eastern Analytical Symposium in New Jer- sey in November. Membership is what makes the Society tick, and these meetings are sure to your mail and be sure to renew early so you entice more great people to join. don't miss out on any issues of Applied Spec- SAS will have a presence at the Federation troscopy. of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy So- As the months progress, we will continue cieties (FACSS) meeting in Kansas City and, to strive to provide the quality of member ser- as the official contractors for the FACSS meet- vice deserving of a professional society. We ing, we are diligently working to make this the welcome your comments and questions, so feel best meeting ever. free to call us at (301) 694-8122 or e-mail us at Membership and subscriber renewal no- [email protected]. tices will be coming out this month, so watch Page 3 Update from the Local Section dents to go into science you will actually do it - what better way to motivate and recognize their Affairs Committee efforts and achievements! The recipient of the William J.Poehlman award On behalf of the Local Sec- is the Chicago Section (I abstained!).
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