8/10/2020

AMS STATION SCIENTIST COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 8/10/20

MEETING START TIME: 2:43 PM

MEETING END TIME: 3:09 PM

MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:  AMBER, MEREDITH, CHRIS, ANTHONY, VANESSA

DISCUSSIONS:

AMS REPORT: 1 EX-OFFICO MEMBER ONLY USUALLY SOMEONE WHO WILL BE A LIASON FROM THE BROADCAST BOARD. MIKE, PAUL AND DAN ARE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS. THEY NEED TO BE JUST BE VOLUNTEERS. AMBER WILL CONTACT THEM.

ONE OR TWO THREE YEAR TERMS. YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION TO RUN FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE TERM. COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPROVE.

CO-CHAIRS OR CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT. WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL ON COUNCIL.

BROKEN LINKS ON WEBSITE: PAUL IS WORKING ON IT.

LIST OF EXPERTS: BEEN HARD TO GET IT DONE THANKS TO COVID. SEND LIST TO AMBER AND MEREDITH.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCES: THE FUTURE OF AMS CONFERENCES???

POSSIBLE 2022 BROADCAST CONFERENCE IN THE WEST COAST…MAYBE LOS ANGELES. ANTHONY ALREADY SENT INTO TO AMS BUT HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK. AMBER SAID TO REACH OUT TO RICKY OR KELLY. WE DISCUSSED HOW MEETINGS GOING FORWARD MAY BE COMPLETELY VIRTUAL OR A COMBINATION OF ON SITE AND ONLINE.

MEREDITH TALKED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH THE MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE AND THE BENEFITS OF THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE.

WE WILL START PLANNING FOR THE MILWAUKEE BROADCAST CONFERENCE AFTER THE NEW YEAR AND ONCE WE KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THAT CONFERENCE WILL BE VIRTUAL OR NOT.