ASA Section and Community Business Meetings at the 2012 Annual Meeting

ASA Community & Section Events

ASA Section & Community Leadership Meeting, Sunday, Oct. 21 1:30-3:00pm

ASA Town Hall, Sunday, Oct. 21 3:30-4:30pm

ASA Breakfast, Awards, and Plenary, Monday, Oct. 22 7:30-9:30am

2013 Program Planning Meeting, Monday, Oct. 22 7:30-9:00pm (for Section Chairs/Community Leaders in 2013)

ASA Community & Section Feedback Meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 24 3:30-4:30pm

Section Business MeetingLed by Presiding Section Chair, minutes by Vice ChairLikely Agenda Items:Message from one of the Presidents (also appreciation certificate)Review of Section Activity (Presiding Section Chair)Section Board Member ReportAnnual Meeting update (staff will provide report)Publications update (staff will give or provide report)Society Budget update (staff will give or provide report)Membership update (staff will give or provide report)Changes in Reinvest ASA for 2013 (?)Section-level 2013 meeting session/symposia discussions Section and ASA President-Elect nominations for 2013 ballot, with the results forwarded by the Section Board Rep at the Board meeting on Thursday of the Annual Meeting Section Chair files annual report by Dec. 31st

Candidates Needed for 2013 BallotAgronomic Production Systems Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)Biometry and Statistical Computing Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)Climatology and Modeling Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)Education and Extension Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)Environmental Quality Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)Board Rep.(2 candidates needed)Global Agronomy Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)Land Management and Conservation Vice Chair (2 candidates needed)

Early Career Board Representative2 candidates to be solicited from Early Career Members CommitteeIndustry Board Representative2 candidates to be solicited from Membership &Society Identity CommitteeICCA Board Representative2 candidates to be solicited from ICCA Executive Committee

The successful candidates will serve as Section Vice Chair January 1 December 31, 2014 and Section Presiding Chair January 1 - December 31, 2015. Representatives to the Board of Directors will serve January 1, 2014 December 31, 2016.

Community Business MeetingLed by Presiding Leader, minutes by Vice LeaderLikely Agenda Items:Review of past years activitiesDiscussion of ideas of future activities of the communitySessions/symposia for 2013Webpage contentSocial networkingConference callsRecruitment into the communitySupport for student events or awardsTake nominations and conduct the election for a new Vice Leader, with results passed on to Sara UttechMeeting minutes forwarded to the Section Chair to be included with the Section Annual report

Section and Community PostersAll ASA Sections and Communities will have a 4x4 poster (44.5" x 44.5" so that they dont go right to the edges)Located all week near the entrance of the Exhibit HallThere will also be a tag with their Section/Community name on it in the upper corner of their boardPotential content:Business meeting time, day, location, and agendaCommunity information and how to join (see My ASA Communities page at: www.agronomy.org/account/communities/asa)Schedule of sessions for the weekPictures and contact information for leaders, section officers, including your board representativeSign-up sheet for 2013 symposia, topical sessions, or toursGeneral comments

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