Meeting Minutes

From Meeting on January 16, 2019:

Hey Met Club,

If you missed the meeting on Wednesday, here is what we covered:

Upcoming Events

• Weather Wednesday (Storm Damage Services) - January 23 @ 5:30 pm
• Bowling Night - January 29 @ 8:00 pm
• Meeting & Weather Wednesday (FedEx MET) - February 13 @ 5:30 pm
• Meeting - March 6 @ 5:30 pm
• Weather Wednesday (TBA) - March 13 @ 5:30 pm
• Meeting - April 17 @ 5:30 pm

Constitution Proposal

• In order to assure that the club remains a nationally recognized chapter, we propose the following to the constitution:
  • “The President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer must obtain membership in the national organizations of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society.”
• Voting will begin this week
• All votes must be emailed to the club advisor, Andrew Murray (amurray@southalabama.edu)
• PLEASE VOTE

Officer Nominations

• Nominations will open for the 2019-2020 school year in February at our 2nd meeting
• Voting opens after the March meeting
• New officers announced in April

SeCAPS

• Register for SeCAPS: https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/earthsci/meteorology/secaps/registration.html
• It is a meteorology conference on campus
• You can present research as a student
• NEED VOLUNTEERS: On Friday, January 25, we need a few volunteers to help stuff brochures in the Coastal Weather Research Center at 1:30 pm
• You can get one point towards your met club point total if you volunteer
• Also, if you have a t-shirt design, please email it to the club

Outreach

• Email Rebekah Cheatham (rc1527@jagmail.southalabama.edu) if you are interested in talking to local schools about meteorology

South Serves

• New program that students can use to find and log volunteer opportunities in the community
• https://southserves.southalabama.edu/
• Login info is the same as your JagMail/USAonline account
• Generates a volunteer resume with how many hours/monetary impact that your volunteer experience had
• A good way to get recommendation letters from the agencies

MC Cleanups

• February 7
• February 28
• Need a minimum of 10 students
• If you attend BOTH, you will get a free Met Club t-shirt
• We usually meet at the loading dock in the Mitchell center around 8:30 pm
• Consists of picking up trash and sweeping after basketball games
• It is a fundraiser for the club

T-shirt Designs

• If you have a design, please email to the club by January 31
• Intramurals
• Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, Inner tube Water Polo
  • email club if you are interested in any of these sports – remember, club pays team registration fee for members
• Dodge Ball tournament on February 14

Scholarships

• NWA Scholarships open this spring (https://nwas.org/scholarship-grants/)
• AMS Senior Named and Minority Scholarships close on Feb 8 (https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/information-for/students/ams-scholarships-and-fellowships/)
• NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship closes on Jan 31
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs) are open, but many close in February

Upcoming Conferences

• Baron Weather Conference – March 1-2 – Huntsville, AL
  • Free with meals provided
  • Broadcast-oriented
  • https://www.baronweather.com/news/2019-broadcast-weather-conference/
•  Southeast Severe Storms Symposium XVII – March 23-24 – Starkville, Mississippi

Thanks,

Caitlin Ford

USA Meteorology Club Secretary