Your Time to Vote

IN THE ACS COMMENT (c&EN, FEB. 10, page 45) titled "The Big Society with the Little Societies Inside," we, along with Frank D. Blum (2002 chair of the Divisional Activities Committee), discussed the funding needs for both local sections and divisions within ACS. At the national meeting in March in New Orleans, the ACS Council approved the Petition To Increase Funding for Divisions and Local Sections. Now it is your turn, as members of the society, to ratify the changes in the constitution required to change the way we fund these two entities. Soon, you will receive a ballot to vote on these changes. Below you will find some information that you may find helpful in deciding how to vote. Local sections and divisions have their own articles in the constitution (articles XII and XIII). These member units are constitutionally different from other society units. The allotments to local sections and divisions are also governed by the ...