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September 22, 2005 -- Dr. Robert Hart, FSU Dept. of Meteorology
The meeting was opened at 7:35pm by President Pat Taylor. The first order of business was committee updates.
Cerese Albers, Treasurer and Membership Committee Chair, covered:
- held first committee meeting
- Golf Tournament sponsorship and promotion
- handed out sponsorship forms
- possible fundraising event cleaning up stadium after games
- Chapter as a whole is still in debt from last year but she stressed that promoting the Golf Tournament and increasing general membership with junior and senior level
classes could bring us out of debt.
Geoff Wagner, Vice President and Programs Committee Chair, covered:
- held committee meeting
- upcoming social/fundraiser at CiCi's, date TBA
- logo redesign contest deadline will be the night of CiCi's social
- promoted T-shirt sales
- annual banquet will be held in February this year
Jessica Donnelly, Science and Education Committee Chair, covered:
- held first committee meeting
- brainstormed on different ways to contact teachers/schools
- lesson plan topics
- creating a book of lesson plans
Rachel Austin, Secretary and Publicity Committee Chair, covered:
- held first committee meeting last week
- advertising CiCi's social
- upcoming car wash fundraiser in Blockbuster parking lot October 1st from 10-2
- bake sale fundraiser late October, date TBA
Pat Taylor, Chapter President, covered:
- Golf Tournament announcements
- We are looking for sponsors and players for our main fundraising event which will be held on Saturday, November 12th at the Seminole Golf Course.
- sponsorship
letter and registration forms ready to distribute
The evening's guest speaker was Dr. Robert Hart of the FSU Dept. of Meteorology, speaking to the chapter about "the embarrasing mistakes and scientific
laziness, meteorological and otherwise, that professors often teach their students." Highlights include:
- Only 10% of professional presentations are excellent
- Things not to include in a presentation - detailed tables, small font size, bad figures
- Always give credit if you 'steal' something off the web for a presentation.
- Using only math or no math at all is a horrible disservice when explaining scientific phenomena.
- Don't be afraid to ask "WHY?"
- "Correlation does not equal cause and effect."
- "Convection is the Achilles heel (of tropical cyclone models)."
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm with the next
meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 20, 2005.
The above minutes are a true and correct reflection of the
September 22, 2005 meeting.
For More Information: Pat Taylor, northflams@gmail.com. Minutes submitted
by Rachel Austin, Secretary.
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