ANAS NEWSLETTER December 2004

(new article)
14.30 The Arizona Science Olympiad, Division C (SO-C), is an affiliated organization of the Academy.

14.30.1 The ANAS will be responsible for the financial accounting of the SO-C's funds. Expenses and revenues will be included in the annual Treasurer's report.

(To article 5.30 add "Science Olympiad Representative") so it reads:
5.30 An Editor of the Journal, Science Olympiad Representative, Historian, Editor of the Newsletter and an Editor of the Proceedings shall be appointed by the Board of Governors and shall hold office for three years, or until replaced by their successors.

6.80.1 The Science Olympiad Representative will serve as the liaison between the Academy and the Board of Directors of the Arizona Science Olympiad, Division C (SO-C).

6.80.2 Duties of the representative will be to keep the ANAS informed about SO-C activities, encourage involvement of ANAS membership in the state tournament and/or team preparation, solicit ANAS members to serve as event supervisors, recommend awards to be sponsored by the Academy, and provide a year-end report to summarize the results of the state tournament.

DECEMBER, 2004 Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 anas@geo.arizona.edu
*ANAS HOME* Newsletter Editor Kathy Lauckner UNLV Web Master Owen Davis U of Az Our apologies! The December Newsletter did not arrive before the Geosciences Offices closed for the holiday break.	CONTENTS: FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING ANAS BOARD 2004-2005 MEETING REPORT- JANAS GOES ELECTRONIC SCIENCE OLYMPIAD JOINS ANAS ANAS MEMBER INPUT NEEDED A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT OUR OUTSTANDING MEMBERS
Our thanks to KATHY LAUCKNER and the UNLV organizing committee for hosting the 49th annual meeting. You can download Preregistration forms to print here: html pdf.	FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING A call for papers and posters for presentations at the 49th annual meeting of The Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, April 9, 2005 has gone out. This year's meeting will be hosted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Attention all Members: We urge your attendance and presentation of research results at the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science Annual Conference. Sessions are planned for the following disciplines: Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Conservation, Geography, Geology, Hydrology, Psychology and Science Education. The session chairs are listed at http://www.geo.arizona.edu/anas/secchair.html. Any results in these fields of study may be presented in poster format. The instructions for paper and poster presentations are at the above site, just click onto "Procedure." The annual meeting is open to all Faculty and their students (graduate and undergraduate) and we solicit your help in calling this to the attention of your colleagues who are not members but are interested in attending and presenting papers. If you have any questions about presenting at UNLV, or if you have any pre-conference questions, please contact Kathy Lauckner. Information about where students can stay, etc. will be forthcoming on the Academy's web site. All instructions for the format of papers and posters can be found on the ANAS web site http://www.geo.arizona.edu/anas/.
Congratulations to this year's slate of officers. If you are interested in becoming more involved, contact your Regional Director.	ANAS BOARD 2004-2005 President Owen Davis Dept. Of Geosciences The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0077 (520) 621-7953, FAX (520) 621-2672 palynolo@geo.arizona.edu Past President William Perry Baker Biomedical Sciences Coordinator Midwestern University 19555 N 59th Ave Glendale, AZ 85308 (623) 572-3666, FAX (623) 572-3673 wpbaker@arizona.midwestern.edu President-Elect Peter F. Ffolliott SRNR-College of Agriculture The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0043 (520) 621-7276, FAX (520) 621-8801 ffolpete@ag.arizona.edu Treasurer Karen Conzelman Department of Biology Glendale Community College 6000 W. Olive Ave Glendale, AZ 85302 (623) 845-3612, FAX (623) 845-4556 karen.ann.conzelman@gcmail.maricopa.edu Membership Secretary Ingrid Novodvorsky Department of Physics 1118 E. 4th St. University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 (520) 626-4187 novod@physics.arizona.edu Recording Secretary Carleton 'Buck' Jones Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern University - Glendale 19555 N 59th Avenue Glendale, AZ 85308 (623) 572-3667, FAX (623) 572-3673 cjones@midwestern.edu Directors, Nevada Newsletter Editor Kathy Lauckner Harry Reid Center Environmental Studies University of Nevada 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154-4009 (702) 895-1423 lauckner@unlv.nevada.edu Editor of the Journal Anthony Brazel Department of Geography SCOB Building Room 330 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0104 (480) 965-6436, FAX (602) 965-8313 abrazel@asu.edu Proceedings Editor Florence Slater Department of Biology Glendale Community College 6000 W. Olive Avenue Glendale, AZ 85302 623 845 3619 f.slater@gcmail.maricopa.edu Permanent Secretary Owen Davis Dept. Of Geosciences The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0077 (520) 621-7953, FAX (520) 621-2672 palynolo@geo.arizona.edu Director, Southern Arizona Michael W. Diehl Desert Archaeology, Inc. 3975 North Tucson Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85716 (520) 881-2244, FAX (520) 881-0325 mdiehl@desert.com Director, Central Arizona Robert Reavis Department Biology Glendale Community College 6000 W Olive Ave. Glendale, AZ 85302 (623) 845-3277, FAX (623) 845-4556 robert.reavis@gcmail.maricopa.edu Director, Northern Arizona Stephen Shuster Biological Science Northern Arizona University Bldg 021, Box 5640 Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 (928) 523-4641 stephen.shuster@nau.edu
	MEETING REPORT- JANAS GOES ELECTRONIC At its December forth meeting, the ANAS Board voted to publish JANAS online. This will cost the Academy nothing and will help delay an impending dues increase. For 2006, there will be no dues increase, but persons wanting paper copies of JANAS will pay a $5.00 fee.
Visit the SO web site!	SCIENCE OLYMPIAD JOINS ANAS Also at the December 4 meeting, the ANAS Board met with representatives of "SO" Science Olympiad Division C (high school). ANAS will now be the primary not-for-profit supporter for SO, requiring changes to the ANAS by laws (see below).
Science Bowl is an allied organization that meets concurrently with "SO" Web Site The bylaws are changed by vote of the members present at the annual meeting. Click [here] to read the bylaws.	ANAS MEMBER INPUT NEEDED Please read these suggested changes to the ANAS By-Laws. They will be voted-on at the Annual Business Luncheon next April. Please visit the SO http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/biology/so/ and Science Bowl http://www.wapa.gov/dsw/scibowl/ web sites. PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE ANAS BY-LAWS (new article) 14.30 The Arizona Science Olympiad, Division C (SO-C), is an affiliated organization of the Academy. 14.30.1 The ANAS will be responsible for the financial accounting of the SO-C's funds. Expenses and revenues will be included in the annual Treasurer's report. (To article 5.30 add "Science Olympiad Representative") so it reads: 5.30 An Editor of the Journal, Science Olympiad Representative, Historian, Editor of the Newsletter and an Editor of the Proceedings shall be appointed by the Board of Governors and shall hold office for three years, or until replaced by their successors. (new article) 6.80 SCIENCE OLYMPIAD REPRESENTATIVE 6.80.1 The Science Olympiad Representative will serve as the liaison between the Academy and the Board of Directors of the Arizona Science Olympiad, Division C (SO-C). 6.80.2 Duties of the representative will be to keep the ANAS informed about SO-C activities, encourage involvement of ANAS membership in the state tournament and/or team preparation, solicit ANAS members to serve as event supervisors, recommend awards to be sponsored by the Academy, and provide a year-end report to summarize the results of the state tournament.
	A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT DUES As of December 3, 50 members had not yet renewed for 2005. Paper renewal notices were sent out in mid-August. If you cannot remember if you've renewed, or if you cannot find your notice, please contact Ingrid Novodvorksy novod@physics.arizona.edu This Newsletter will be the last communication from ANAS you will receive, if you do not respond by the end of December. Your name will be deleted from the membership roster.
	OUR OUTSTANDING MEMBERS We would like to thank those who continually support the Goethe Endowment Fund and support our future scientists. Thank you our most recent contributors: Francis Nakayama Donald Post Cathy Jolma Kathy Lauckner Lawrence Stevens Charles Hoyt Gordon Johnson Charles Douglas David Emerson Alexander Lindsay, Jr. E. Linwood Smith Tony Brazel EVERYONE MARK APRIL 9, 2005 ON YOUR SPRING CALENDARS AND COME VISIT THE MOST EXCITING CITY IN THE NATION -- LAS VEGAS! JUST A LITTLE NOTE FROM NEVADA: 2005 IS THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS'S CENTENIAL BIRTHDAY YEAR -- LAS VEGAS IS 100! LOTS OF SPECIAL EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS COMING YEAR. BE A PART OF THE EXCITEMENT.
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CONTENTS:

Our thanks to KATHY LAUCKNER and the UNLV organizing committee for hosting the 49th annual meeting. You can download Preregistration forms to print here: html pdf.

FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING

Congratulations to this year's slate of officers. If you are interested in becoming more involved, contact your Regional Director.

ANAS BOARD 2004-2005

MEETING REPORT- JANAS GOES ELECTRONIC

Visit the SO web site!

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD JOINS ANAS

Science Bowl is an allied organization that meets concurrently with "SO" Web Site The bylaws are changed by vote of the members present at the annual meeting. Click [here] to read the bylaws.

ANAS MEMBER INPUT NEEDED

A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT

OUR OUTSTANDING MEMBERS

Our thanks to KATHY LAUCKNER and the UNLV organizing committee for hosting the 49th annual meeting.

You can download Preregistration forms to print here: html pdf.

Science Bowl is an allied organization that meets concurrently with "SO" Web Site

The bylaws are changed by vote of the members present at the annual meeting. Click [here] to read the bylaws.