My Activities at the National Meeting: Fall 2005
Friday (August 26)
7:00-9:15 PM Co-Chaired Local Section Activities Committee (LSAC) - Divisional Affairs
Committee (DAC) joint subcommittee
9:15-10:30 PM Informal meeting of the LSAC Executive Committee
Saturday (August 27)
8:00-5:00 PM Local Section Activities Committee meeting
Including (11-3PM) Chairing the "Alliances" sub-committee
6:00-10:00 PM LSAC Dinner
Sunday (August 28)
8:00 AM Local Section Activities Committee meeting
-1:30 PM
1:30-4:00 PM Medicinal Chemistry Session on "Predictive Methods in Drug Discovery"
Scott Cowen (AstraZeneca) Chaired the session that we had organized
4:00-4:45 PM Nominations &Elections Committee sponsored Town Hall on Elections
4:45-6:00 PM Forum with Director-at-large candidates
6:00 PM MARM Councilor’s Caucus (including presentation by me on the ReACT
documents)
6:30-10:30 PM Heroes of Chemistry Reception and Dinner
Monday (August 29)
8:00 AM Corporation Associates Committee Meeting
-4:30 PM Including Chairing the "Program" sub-committee
5:00 PM Discussions with a few members of the MEDI Long Range Planning Committee
about holding a CA sponsored Heroes of Med. Chem. session in San Francisco
5:30 PM Nanotech Reception (this was sponsored by Corporation Associates and the
"programs" sub-committee in particular)
6:30 PM Wyeth Reception
9:30 PM SciMix: Had a chance to talk to the Presidential Candidates
10:30 PM Drinks with some of the organizers of NERM 2008 to be held at the University
of Vermont
Tuesday (August 30)
7:15-9:00 AM Regional Meeting Breakfast
9:00-11:00 AM ReACT meeting
11:30-1:00 Council Policy Committee (CPC) Open Session and Lunch
2:00-3:00 PM Community Activities Open session
3:00-4:00 PM LSAC Open Session
including a short presentation on the activities of the "Alliances"
sub-committee
7:30 PM ChemLuminary Awards
-1:00 AM
Wednesday (August 31)
8:00-12:00 Council Meeting
Followed by Briefing on the compensation of ACS Executives
Rest of the week: Technical talks and posters
