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Forty-seven persons registered for the Rio Grande Branch ASM Annual Meeting, held at New Mexico Tech in Socorro NM on February 10-11, 2006. Nineteen registrants attended the ASM Branch business meeting on February 11, 2006. |
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Faculty members who were judging student presentations decided to award one cash prize of $100 in each of four categories: Undergraduate, Poster, Masters Degree Graduate, and PhD Graduate Student presentations. All of the winners got free ASM student memberships. |
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The winners of the student presentations were:
Undergraduate: Rafael Torres Jr. UTEP
Poster: Armand Dichosa UNM
Masters Degree Graduate: Tommie McSherry NMT
PhD Graduate: Earnesto Satoshi Nakayasu UTEP
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The results of the election of officers were as follows:
Steve Aley, UTEP, acquiesced to be President-Elect, effective 1 July, 2007.
David Faguy is President until 30 June, 2007.
Kathryn Henderson will remain in the position of Secretary/Treasurer.
Keith Sternes will remain as Councilor.
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It was agreed that next year’s annual meeting will be held at UTEP in El Paso TX in the late January-early February timeframe. |
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In the interest of boosting our membership and promoting a more equitable representation and commitment to the branch, the Secretary/Treasurer, Kathryn Henderson, investigated the possibility of electing a “Councilor” from each of the institutions in the Rio Grande geographic area. She reported that ASM Constitution and By-Laws state that each branch in good standing can only elect one Councilor and one Alternate Councilor to ASM Council. Thus, official “Site Representatives” were elected instead. They are: NMSU Geof Smith, NMT Tom Kieft, Sul Ross Keith Sternes, UNM South Campus Diana Northup, UNM North Campus Steve Young, and UTEP Steve Aley. |
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