Tentative Agenda

MSA Winter Council Meeting
February 28-29, 2004
Ft.Worth Convention Center Room 203 ABC
Ft. Worth, Texas


Saturday, February 28

7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast

OPEN SESSION

8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and Logistics (Miller/Rebedeau)

  Intro of New Officers & Council

8:15 - 8:30 Secretary's Report (Woodward)

  Bylaws
  To Do List from SC03

8:30 - 8:45 Treasurer's Report & 2004 Budget Review (Alexander)

   M&M 2003 Co-sponsorship Shares ($ division among societies)

8:45 - 9:15 Review of Committee Chairs & Liaisons (Miller)

9:15 -10:15 FIG's (Miller)

10:15 -10:30 Break

10:30 -12:30 pm MSA/MAS Merger (Eades)

12:30 - 1:30 Council Lunch (plus all others not at LAC/Program Meeting)

12:30 - 2:30 LAC/PROGRAM CHAIR MEETING & LUNCH

  (Jerome-chair, Anderson, Carvalho, Clark, Hall, Kotula, Lockley, Osten, Piston, Price, Simmons, Miller/Woodward-first hour)

OPEN SESSION

1:30 - 2:00 Publications (Lyman/Eades, Anderson/Eades, McKernan/Eades)

2:00 - 2:30 Committee Reports

  Sustaining Members (Bode/O'Keefe)
  Technologists' Forum (Johnson/Killius)
  Education (Mansfield/Burke)

2:30 - 2:45 Business Office Report (Janes/Lesser)

2:45 - 3:00 Meeting Manager Report (Rebedeau)

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:15 MSA COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION

  Business Office Performance & Contract Review
  Meeting Management Performance & Contract Review

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

4:30 - 5:00 M&M 2004 Savannah (Anderson/Miller)

   Children in Exhibit Space

5:00 - 5:45 M&M 2005 Honolulu (Price/Carvalho)Approval of M&M 2005 Budget

5:45 - 6:00 Future Sites (Rebedeau)

6:30 Meet in hotel lobby for transportation to dinner

Sunday, February 29

7:00 - 8:00 am Hot Breakfast

OPEN SESSION

8:00 - 10:00 Joint Meeting with Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)

10:00 -10:15 Break

10:15 -12:15 pm Committee Reports:

  Archivist (Marko/Samuelsson)
  Awards (Gunning)
  Certification Board (Chandler/Samuelsson)
  Education (Mansfield/Burke)
  Focused Interest Groups & Scholarships (Albrecht/O'Keefe/Burke)
  International (Dempere/McKernan)
  Legal Liaison (Ingram/Woodward)
  Local Affiliated Societies (McKernan)
  Marketing & Communications (Fischione/Killius)
  Placement (Lloyd/Mackenzie)
  Public Policy (Ingram/Woodward)

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 Old Business:

  New Business: To hold SC meetings on Fri/Sat instead of Sat/Sun

2:00 - 3:00 MSA COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION (If necessary)

3:00 Adjournment

1/15/04 SM