MSA Winter Council Meeting

February 1-2, 2003

The Westin Hotel

Providence, Rhode Island

Saturday, February 1

            7:00 – 8:00am             Continental Breakfast

                                                OPEN SESSION

            8:00 – 8:15                 Welcome and Logistics (Eades/Rebedeau)

            8:15 – 8:30                 Secretary’s Report

            8:30 – 8:45                 Treasurer’s Report & 2003 Budget Review (Alexander)

            8:45 – 9:15                 Review of Committee Chairs & Liaisons (Eades)

            9:15 –10:15                 Policy for the Future of MSA (Eades)

            10:15-10:30                 Break

            10:30-Noon                 Policy for the Future of MSA- Continued (Eades)

            12:00-12:30 Tour of Facility (Optional)

12:30- 1:30                  Council Lunch

            12:30- 2:30                  LAC/PROGRAM CHAIR MEETING & LUNCH (Bruley, Charest, Etz, Kotula, Lockley, Miller, Osten, Piston, Price, Solorzano, Voelkl)

            1:30 – 2:30                  MSA COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION

                                                Business Office Performance & Contract Review

                                                Meeting Management Performance & Contract Review       

                                                Awards Report (Bentley/Mansfield)

                                                OPEN SESSION

            2:30 - 2:50                  Co-Sponsorships

                                                M&M Revenue Sharing (Alexander)

                                                MSA in Other Societies

            2:50 - 3:15                  Guidelines for Committee Operations

            3:15 - 3:30                  Break

            3:30 - 3:45                  Business Office Report (Janes/Clark)

            3:45 - 4:00                  Meeting Manager Report (Rebedeau)

            4:00 - 4:15                  M&M 2002 Quebec City (Voelkl/Charest)

            4:15 - 4:30                  M&M 2003 San Antonio (Piston/Osten)                                                    

            4:30 - 4:45                  M&M 2004 Savannah (Bruley/Miller)

                                                            -Approval of M&M 2004 Budget

            4:45 – 5:00                  M&M 2005 – Honolulu (Price)                                            

            5:00 – 5:15                  Discussion of Future M&M Sites (Rebedeau)

Dinner

Sunday, February 2

            7:00- 8:00        am Continental Breakfast

                                    OPEN SESSION

            8:00- 8:25                    Presidents Reports (Etz- MAS, Solorzano-CIASEM, Lockley -IMS)

            8:25-10:00                   Committee Reports:

                                                Archivist (Samuelsson)

                                                Awards (Mansfield)

                                                Certification Board (Samuelsson)

                                                Education (Jerome)

                                                Focused Interest Groups & Scholarships (Eades)                             

                                                International (Eades)

                                                Legal Liaison (Ingram/Eades)

                                                Local Affiliated Societies (McKernan)

                                                Marketing & Communications

                                                Publications

Microscopy and Microanalysis (Lyman)

Microscopy Today (Anderson)

                                                            Proceedings & Poster (McKernan)                                        

                                                Public Policy                          

                                                Placement (Mansfield)

                                                Sustaining Members (Masaki/Bode)

                                                Technologists’ Forum (Zaluzec)

            10:00 – 11:00              Budget 2003 San Antonio, Revisited (Alexander)

            11:00 – 11:30              Other Business

            11:30 – 12:30  pm       Adjourn – MSA Council Closed Session, if necessary

            12:30               Luncheon