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Last Update 03/21/07 |
February 17, 2006 -- 3rd Annual Chapter Banquet The North Florida Chapter held its 3rd Annual Chapter Banquet at 7pm on February 17, 2006 at Chez Pierre restaurant in downtown Tallahassee, FL. Approximately thirty-five chapter members were in attendance for the banquet, doubling as the chapter's February meeting. This year's featured speaker was Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Sir Francis Eppes Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry at Florida State University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996 for his work on "buckyballs," chains of 60 atom carbon clusters. The title of his talk was "Architectures in Nanospace," a look into the background of his work along with some of the societal outreach efforts he spearheads locally and in the United Kingdom. More information on his works can be found at his personal website at http://www.kroto.info/. During dinner and before Sir Kroto's talk, President Pat Taylor and Vice President Geoff Wagner unveiled the recently received banner from the national AMS recognizing the North Florida Chapter as the AMS' 2004-2005 Local Chapter of the Year. Over fifty chapter members were in attendance at the 86th Annual AMS Meeting in Atlanta, GA, with five in attendance at the Local Chapter Breakfast on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 to receive the Chapter of the Year award. In the coming months, chapter efforts will be continued to develop educational outreach programs in the Tallahassee community as well as professional development and social activities for our members. The banquet was concluded at approximately 9:30pm. The next chapter meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 7:30pm in Rm. 353 of the Love Building on FSU's campus. The speaker will be announced at a later date. The above minutes are a true and correct reflection of the February 17, 2006 chapter banquet. For More Information: Pat Taylor, northflams@gmail.com. Minutes submitted by Clark Evans, incoming Vice President. |
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