Great Lakes International Imaging and Flow Cytometry Association
GREAT LAKES INTERNATIONAL IMAGING
AND FLOW CYTOMETRY ASSOCIATION
Minutes of Steering Committee Meeting
OCTOBER 5, 1996
Hotel St. Regis, Detroit, MI
PRESENT @ Steering Committee Mtg: Carl Stewart, Maurice OOGorman,
Alex Nakeff, Paul Robinson, Waclaw Jaszcz, Jim Jacobberger, David
Hedley, Sigie Stewart, Charles Hitchcock, Charles Goolsby, Julie
Auger, Stan Shackney, Lynn Peterson, Frank Mandy, Lori Anderson,
Vince Shankey, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, John Lehman.
TOPIC DISCUSSION ACTION
New S.C. When deemed necessary Carl Stewart asked
Members by the steering Frank Mandy, Stan
committee, new members Shackney, Lori Anderson
are asked to join. and Sbyszec
Darzynkiewicz to join
the steering committee.
Minutes Sigie distributed a The minutes were
folder to each SC dispensed with as if
member containing the read to save time.
minutes, the by laws, Corrections, if any, to
sponsors, stationery be made via mail.
and the financial
report. Each also
received a grass skirt.
By-laws Carl explained that a When we have our tax
lawyer was in the exempt number we will
process of filing give it to our
incorporation documents sponsors.
and we should have them
in the next four
months.
Abe's Julie Auger attended The education committee
Workshop this time. The Julie or Jake, will
question of whether oversee the course, by
GLIIFCA should endorse attending it, to make
this workshop was sure he does not become
discussed. We must too commercial and
have input into his suggest that GLIIFCA
announcement flier, so supporters all use his
that we do not give the product. The flier
impression that we use should have our okay
his quantitative before it is mailed.
technique. Sigie will obtain the
flier before the
mailing list is given
to Abe.
Next mtg. Lynn Peterson said all Mo O'Gorman, Chuck
was in the works for Goolsby and Vince
Milwaukee. The hotel, Shankey will all help
its proximity to the Lynn and Waclaw with
airport and the scientific program.
transportation
available were
discussed. The theme
is to be family
oriented. The
scientific chairs will
work closely with both
Lynn and Waclaw Jaszcz
to organize the mtg.
Mailing List The list is getting too When asked by Sigie,
long and outdated. all the SC should
delete names of all
persons no longer in
flow from their area of
the country.
cme credits If at all possible, we Carl will see if
should get a sponsor to Roswell Park will be
do this for us. able to do this for us
next year.
financial Sigie said we will have The SC voted Carl
report a profit of over 10K invest the profits, but
after the meeting make the investment
expenses are paid. liquid enough to use if
Carl suggested we necessary.
invest the profit,
leaving 5K in the
account.
sponsors Vince had a new idea noted
for a sponsor and will
pass the name along to
the solicitors
Alex proposed SC
members approach their
respective cancer
centers for financial
support, as Roswell and
Karmanos give at least
$1000 per meeting.
posterboards These remain a problem Chuck Goolsby may have
a source and will check
with Northwestern Univ.
to see if we can use
theirs for the
Milwaukee meeting. Lynn
will continue to look.
Honoraria: After much discussion A policy will be
on the objective of written for honoraria
GLIIFCA, Chuck and given to the
Hitchcock suggested program organizers for
flexibility should be each meeting so they
given to chairs to give can explain our
aid to some speakers on objective to their
a case by case basis. speakers.
Awards We need a new category After a vote of SC
for the best talk in members, it was decided
the plenary session that there should be
chosen from submitted only one winner in the
abstracts. Paul Presidential Symposium.
Robinson stated that For the new award,
posters should still be Julie will appoint a
required from the committee to judge the
presenters as this is a invited speakers chosen
poster meeting. We had from abstracts. The
fewer posters this year winner will get $100,
because the presenters which will be presented
chosen were told they at the end of the
did not have to bring meeting. Next year we
one. will change the flier
to better explain the
awards.
ADDENDUM: During the business A new policy will be
awards meeting we all written on awards and
discussed the idea of sent to all the SC for
changing the their input. The flier
presidential symposium will also have to be
to include all invited completely reworded.
lecturers from Sigie will send this
submitted abstracts. out asap.
There was some
confusion on who was
eligible to win the
award. Next year we
will not have a
Presidential Symposium,
but all abstracts will
be judged for inclusion
in the program and all
those chosen will
compete for a Plenary
Speaker Award.
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