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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