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1. |
Thirty-two persons attended the Rio Grande Branch ASM Annual Meeting, held at Sul Ross State University in Alpine Texas on April 2-3 2004. Eight members attended the ASM Branch business meeting on April 3, 2004. |
| 2. |
It was agreed by the officers to give $20 travel reimbursement to all non-local (non-SRSU) students who were presenting either oral or poster presentations. |
| 3. |
Faculty members who were judging student presentations decided to award prizes of $100 to the best undergraduate and graduate presentations. All others get honorable mentions and free ASM student memberships. |
| 4. |
The winners of the student presentations were:
| Undergraduate: |
Christopher Bland UTEP |
| Graduate (dead heat between two): |
Linda Winona NMSU
Jaime Chapoy UTEP |
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| 5. |
The next Annual Meeting for 2005 will be held at NMSU in Las Cruces, NM in the early February timeframe. |
| 6. |
Kevin Oshima was interested in pursuing the development of a branch website on the internet and will look into whether we can get any reimbursement from national ASM to do this. Kevin would also like a list of points of contact for each institution represented by the region. |
| 7. |
The question came up on how we can increase membership of national ASM members in the regional branch. Can branch membership be free? Can there be a 3-year membership without having to re-enroll? Can we obtain a list from ASM of national members in the NM-West TX area? |
| 8. |
There was a question as to which institutions currently had ASM Student Chapters. The only one at this time is UTEP (with a $5/year membership fee). SRSU asked for branch approval to start a Student Chapter; this proposal was approved. |
| 9. |
The Treasurer’s report that we had $4071.42 as of 1 April, 2004 was approved. |
