Greetings Sigma Xi North Central Region Chapter Presidents and Delegates to the Annual Meeting - Below you will find the preliminary agenda for the North Central Regional Assemblies at the upcoming annual meeting in Arlington. Please contact one of us if you have additions for the agenda. We are looking forward to a productive discussion and the further development of regional Sigma Xi activities.

You should have received a letter from Evan Ferguson describing the poster sessions that will be held to highlight chapter activities. We would like to encourage you to participate in this activity. Participants in last years regional poster session felt that this was a good way to learn what other chapters are doing and to trade ideas.

We look forward to meeting with the delegates.

Sincerely,

Cathy Manduca (cmanduca@carleton.edu) and Loran Bieber (18399LLB@msu.edu)
North-Central Regional Directors

North Central Regional Assemblies Preliminary Agenda

Thursday, November 20, 1997
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

1. Approval of tentative agenda
2. Scribes to take minutes
3. Self-introduction of delegates
4. Approval of the minutes of the March 1997 Regional Assemblies of Delegates
5. Nominees for North Central Regional Director (vote at Assembly 3)
6. Nominate new members of Nominating Committee
7. Introduce nominees for President-elect, Treasurer, and Directors-at-Large
8. Discussion of Regional Web Pages
9. Report on Great Lakes Initiative Activity - Tom Kvale
10. Discuss 8-point motion
11. Discuss constitutional and by-law changes
12. Time to create or finish posters
     

1. Community Outreach-A discussion of chapter activities that assist with K-12 education or life-long learning if your chapter has activities that you would like to highlight hear please contact Cathy Manduca and associated activities supported by Sigma Xi Headquarters (Evan Ferguson).
   • Science Education Grants
   • Scientist in the Classroom
   • Project Dragonfly
2. Break-out groups by state
    

1. Election of Regional Nominating Committee
   
2. Election of North-Central Regional Director
   
3. Scientists as Citizens-Educating your congressional representative through grass roots interaction: the Michigan Advocay Program
   • a. Comments from those who have participated in this and similar activities
   • b. Comments by audience/open discussion.
   • c. Recommendations from the region. Should we urge/recommend that Sigma Xi support /set up one or two pilot projects in mid sized states to test or expand the effort?
   • d. Ehlers Science Policy agenda. Should the North Central region be proactive?
4. Whither Next-Development of Regional Action Items for the Upcoming Year