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Last Update 02/05/08 |
January 15, 2008 -- Dr. Robert Livingston, FSU Department of Biological Science On Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 the North Florida AMS held its January meeting. Charlie discussed a snow event taking place in Los Angeles as this meeting’s Today in Weather event. He then announced that we would have approximately 25 students and 5 professors from FSU attending the 88th Annual American Meteorological Society conference in New Orleans. Hazardous Weather Awareness Week (HWAW) will be held Feb 4 – 8, 2008 through the State Emergency Operations Center. Many participants include, the North Florida AMS, FSU Emergency Management, and The American Red Cross. Our booth will be on Wednesday, February 6th, and volunteers are needed from 10am – 2pm. Representatives from our chapter will need to discuss topics such as weather safety, FSU being a Storm Ready University lightning, fire hazard, severe weather, and hurricanes. Tiffany Johnson volunteered to coordinate for HWAW for our chapter. She suggested ideas such as a presentation for hazardous weather at a dorm, making flyers for each themed day, chalking on the Saturday and Sunday before around FSU’s campus, contest between organizations that are involved, and a preview about HWAW at the Student Life Center. Following Tiffany, Andy announced the next programs committee to be January 29th at 4:30 PM at Momo’s on Tennessee St. The committee will be discussing details about the banquet (tentatively Feb 28th), and a baseball tailgate in late February. Kevin announced the chapter’s account balance of $2,292.69 and the basketball tailgate for FSU vs. N.C. State on Jan 26th at 1:30 PM, starting the tailgate at 10:30 AM. At the next membership/fundraising committee meeting (Jan 30th at 7 PM) Kevin will be planning the mini-golf tournament tentatively scheduled for April 8th. Help is needed to find sponsors and prizes. Liane announced the next bake sale to be Wednesday, February 20th from 10 AM – 2PM in the Love building, and the Publicity Committee meeting to be January 31st at 4:00 PM at Momo’s on Tennessee St. Five to ten members from our chapter are needed to judge posters for HWAW on Thursday, January 31st at 10:00 AM at the American Red Cross. Jessica then announced that the Science and Education committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday Jan 31st at 4:45 PM in 353LOV. The committee will be writing lesson plans, and planning for science fair judging in February. Dr. Livingston graduated from Princeton University - A.B. (1955-1959), followed by post-graduate study-1961-1963 at Columbia University. Afterward he continued his graduate study in 1963 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and then earned his M.S. and Ph.D. at the Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami from 1964-1969. The long-term research effort has included multidisciplinary (ecosystem) analyses, population/community studies, determinations of food web organization, and the impacts of various anthropogenous stress factors. The overall research effort of R. J. Livingston for the past 37 years has involved continuous, long-term analyses of various river and coastal systems. Dr. Livingston has also performed research in north Florida lakes for over 35 years. A descriptive database has been coupled with laboratory and field experimentation to evaluate how aquatic systems function and how human activities affect the various parts of these systems. This work has included multidisciplinary systems analyses, population/community structure, trophic interactions, and the impact of various forms of anthropogenous stress on a range of physical-chemical and biological processes. The validation or verification of bioassay results with field data from rivers and coastal areas has been an integral part of the research effort. For more information: Charlie Woodrum, northflams@gmail.com. Report submitted by Liane Claytor, Secretary. |
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