Monthly Meeting Minutes

Meeting #7  March 11, 2009, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Symposium
    • Committees
      • Email regarding specifics
      • Will meet with Marla before spring break
      • Need a gift committee
      • Name tags
        • Cut out, color-coded, ect.
    • Registration
    • You can register for the symposium online, please do ASAP!
    • Sign up sheet regarding individual tape critique will be posted on Marla’s door
      • Bring tape with you to symposium
    • Jump drives
      • Come in with lab top, Monday and Tuesday
      • 200 jump drives
  • Battle of the Bands
    • Date:  April 15th
    • So far four bands have signed up, one more spot available
    • WCBI will give airtime
    • Guest judge from 99.9
    • Need to go out to businesses for donations
    • Posters need to be done by March 23rd
    • Charge will be $5 at the door
    • Publicity!!!!
  • Website
    • Talk to Jamie Dyer or Michael Battalio
    • Our own website a la COD.
    • Isotropic analysis
    • Will be working with Gempak and AWIPS, HTML etc., but no experience required
    • Need creative and technical people
  • AMS Conference
    • Recipient of scholarship, Megan Griffin
    • Tempe, Arizona
    • presentation


Meeting #6  February 17, 2009, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Symposium 
    • Still need times for one on one tape critiques, for Friday
    • Registering
    • Can pay online or by cash/check the day of the symposium
    • Committees
      • Abstracts needed, mainly for operational
    • Holiday Inn
      • Reserve twenty rooms
    • Jump drives
      • $3.00 each
      • 200 ordered
    • T-shirts
      • Need designs by Feb 18th meeting
  • Battle of the bands
    • Registration website
    • Still need a name
    • Street team needed
    • Raffle items
    • 5 bands
    • Registration fee is $20.00
    • Raise $500 dollars
    • Raffle off items
    • Donate some of our earnings to the Humane Society

Meeting #5  January 21, 2009, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Symposium
    • March 27-28, 2009
    • In the Union
    • Half day Friday, full day Saturday.
    • No public Tape Swap
    • Will be resume tape critigue
    • Great speakers schedule to come
    • Committees should be prepared to get working starting at next meeting
    • T-shirts:  bring in a design no later than next meeting
    • Mixer at Cowbells, like Storm Fest
    • Fundraiser
      • Battle of the Bands
      • $5.00
      • Help needed
  • Next meeting
    • February 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
    • Talking about Symposium
  • Dues
    • Please pay them
    • Only $25.00
    • Make check payable to AMS, give to Jason Dunning, Dr. Brown
    • Or pay online (webmaster edit:  there is a link on the frontpage of the site, scroll to the bottom of the page)
  • Guest speaker
    • Hurricane Hunter
    • Kaitlyn Mclaughlin
    • www.hurricanehunters.com/

Meeting #4  November 19, 2008, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Adopt a Family
    • 1 boy
    • 3 girls
    • E-mails and update
    • Dr. Brown's office until December 10
  • Next meeting
    • January 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
    • Hurricane Hunter
  • Guest speaker
    • Day in the life an operational Meteorologist
    • Krissy Scotten, Memphis NWS

Meeting #3  October 22, 2008, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Symposium
    • Broadcast/operational workshops intermingled (not separate days)
    • Two tape swaps
      • Individual
      • Public
    • One weather show
  • Conference Scholarship
    • $300
    • Student selected to attend AMS or NWA conference
    • have fundraisers to raise money
  • Committees
    • contact help for donation letters (name, email)
    • committee heads be ready in the spring to start the ball rolling for the symposium
  • Next Meeting:  November 19th, day in the life of an Operational Meteorologist
  • Guest speaker
    • Day in the life a broadcast meteorologist
    • Justin Stapleton,WCBI

Meeting #2  September 24, 2008, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

  • Announcements
    • Dues:  $25.00
      • Pay pal or cash
      • Jason Dunning
    • Brown Bag
      • Next one is October 1, with Dr. Brown
    • Symposium is March 27th and 28th
      • Held in Union Ballroom
      • Catered by Aramark, don’t need catering committee
      • Sign up sheet for possible presenters
      • Need volunteers to help find contact information for donation letters
        • Two week deadline
        • Split up companies equally
    • Community Outreach
      • Johnny Cash festival
        • October 17th and 18th
        • Talk to Tori
  • Speaker
    • NWA Jackson office
    • Severe Storm Spotter Training

Meeting #1  August 25, 2008,  5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  • What is NWA-AMS?
    • Website- http://www.msstate.edu/org/nwa/
  • Officers
    • President - David Keeney
    • Vice President - Tori Shaw
    • Secretary - Angela Schilling
    • Treasurer - Jason Dunning
    • School talk/tour Coordinator - Megan Griffin
    • Symposium Coordinator - Marla Branson
    • Broadcast Coordinator - Lindsey Morschauser
    • Operational Coordinator - Jake Irvin
    • Webmaster - Michael Battalio
  • Dues
    • $25
    • pay at next meeting
    • or pay online via pay pal link
  • Welcome Week
    • Bowling
      • Wednesday, August 27th  6-8 pm
      • $10
      • 3 slices of pizza, drink, ice cream, 2 hrs of bowling
      • list of names needed
    • Barbecue at Dr. Wax’s house
      • August 28th at 5:00
      • Free barbecue
      • Directions will be posted
      • Open to all geosciences majors
  • Meetings
    • Second meeting - September 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM
      • Room 102
      • Storm spotter certification
      • Open to public
    • Third meeting
      • A day in the life of a broadcast meteorologist
    • Fourth meeting - November 19th, 2008
      • A day in the life of an operational meteorologist
  • Brown Bag lunches
    • Perfessors talk about a subject they are interested in, pertaining to weather
    • About 20 minutes long
    • First Wednesday of the month at 12:00-12:45 in room 304
    • Third Tuesday of the month at 12:30-1:15 in room 340
  • Symposium
    • March 27-28
    • Committees
      • Publicity
      • Transportation
      • Food
      • Clean up
      • Wal-Mart
      • Audio and Visual
      • Emergency

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