Officers Meeting - August 24

We will be having an officers meeting on Monday, August 24 at 5PM. The meeting will be face-to-face in Hand 2231 but will also be virtual and held over WebEx for those wanting to join remotely

Agenda

Research Videos

• Interviews
  • Completed – Emerson, Patrick, Creutz, Mlsna (Todd and Deb), Wipf, Gwaltney, Scott, Webster, Hollis, Cui, Zhang
  • To be done – Palma, Munoz, Fitzkee
• Lab Footage
  • Completed – Emerson, Patrick, Cruetz, Mlsna, Scott, Hollis, Cui, Webster
  • To be done – Gwaltney, Wipf, Palma, Munoz, Fitzkee

Demos

• Completed – Chlorophyll extraction, steel wool, Lava lamp, sugar dehydration, Copper sulphate crystallization, sodium acetate crystallization, screaming gummy bear, elephant’s toothpaste, dancing flames, ammonium dichromate volcano
• To be done – Polymers, alkali metal, gluconate snake, Belousov-Zhabotinsky, Aluminum and Mercury, Thermite, Forbidden Beer, chemical storm, lighting up copper

Website Demo Writeups

• Completed – copper sulfate, steel wool, chlorophyll extraction, lava lamp, sugar dehydration, sodium acetate, screaming gummy bear
• To Be Done – elephant’s toothpaste, dancing flames, Ammonium dichromate volcano

Publication Board

• Need someone to be in charge of it. Representative and someone else possibly?

How to Join SMACS

• Nathan made an email template to send out to any prospective members
  • How to Join page on the website?
• We need to get an updated SNACS email list and roster

Upcoming Events

• Fall Meeting Ideas
  • Online Chemistry related game
  • Research Speed Dating
  • Professional meetings/panel
• Expand demo videos to be more scientific
• Other?

COVID Video

• Great work! 334 views! https://youtu.be/CovFds9JWyg

NCW – October 18th – 24th (Sticking it to Chemistry)

• msstatesmacsgmail{dot}com drive
• Begin filming scenes ASAP.
  • We really need to have filming done by October and leave final editing for October. Will be editing as we get footage.
  • Who else is willing to edit?
• Opportunity to involve the schools. Ideas?
  • Reach out and see if they have any ideas. – Jenna and Sabrina
• Jewel – Have you made any progress with any jingle?
• Sponsorships?

Outreach

• Innovative ways to perform outreach online

Fundraising

• Buttons - need an instruction writeup done
• Other?

Other

• Officer pictures
• Baylee has something to discuss
• Professional SMACS name tags/badges for officers?