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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 2016 MEETING

As our first order of business, the Committee voted by voice to certify the interim actions approving the minutes of the 12-13 March 2016 meeting of the Committee in San Diego, CA, and updating the description of the committee’s ChemLuminary award.

PROJECT WORK

The committee spent some time on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning working in project teams according to the following schedule:

Saturday, August 20 Sunday, August 21 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Regulatory Statement and Fact Sheets (George for Carol)

Supply Chain Workshop (Jen)

Toolkits (Robin)

PISCES (Industry Engagement) (Katie/Jurgen)

Local Section Engagement (Mike)

Program Planning and Coordination/MPPG/Water

(Mike/Cathy) Messaging

(Jack, acting) FlyIns/Advocacy

(Elise) Communications

(Emily/Faye) Film Series (Sherine)

GMO Programming and Statement (Chris)

Policy Statement Management

(Chris/Barclay)

Curriculum Award (Sherine)

CPT Guidelines (Alan)

Regional Meetings (Keith)

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MOTIONS

The Committee moved and voted by voice to recommend that the ACS Board of Directors adopt the draft ACS Statement “Risk Assessment and Risk Management.” (There were three abstentions: Kate Weber, Rick Fehir, and Robert Giraud.)

The Committee moved and voted by voice to recommend that the ACS Board of Directors adopt the draft ACS Statement “Climate Change.” (There was one abstention: Rick Fehir.)

The Committee moved and voted by voice to fund the Local Section Sustainability Activity Grant Proposal from the Lehigh Valley Local Section.

Noce appointed Keith Peterman to be the liaison for this grant.

The Committee moved and voted by voice to fund the Local Section Sustainability Activity Grant Proposal from the Greater Houston Local Section.

Noce appointed Keith Peterman to be the liaison for this grant.

Noce appointed Mike Matthews to be the liaison for the local sections whose grant proposal submissions were not selected.

The Committee moved and voted by voice to impanel a working group and authorize that subcommittee to act on behalf of the Committee in the selection of the 2017 recipients of the ACS-CEI Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemical Education.

Noce appointed Sherine Obare to chair the working group.


PROJECT REPORTS

Our current project portfolio is given in Tab 3, page 40, and also in Appendix 2. There has been a lot of activity on most projects since the Spring Meeting. Updates on particular projects are given below.

GOAL 1 Strategy Lead Report 1 Programming

strategic planning

Matthews Discussions have focused around the following: what are the goals be in the future, what types of items are needed to reach those goals, what audiences are we trying to reach, can we benchmark programming? A few thoughts being considered: About 80% of our sponsored symposia are co-

sponsored opportunities with Divisions, 20% are new programming that can be used for strategic initiatives.

Keeping 8 policy statements in mind for programming. Can we use the mini-grants to foster programming around policy rather than research?

For Fall 2017 meeting in Washington, plans are underway to coordinate programming in conjunction with fly-ins activities.

We need to consider activities that provide multipliers, meaning ACS Symposium books, Meeting-in-a-box topics, etc.

Team plans to reach out to more divisions (beyond ENVR and CHED).

Detailed minutes are given in Appendix 3. 2 Supply chain

sustainability workshop

Tanir Planning is currently underway, also looking for partners, also want to publish a report as a result.

3 Communications Grumbling Social media accounts have been set up by Faye McNeill on LinkedIN, Twitter, and Facebook, and they are working on a plan for posting and access. Planned content include messages from the Chair, policy updates, event notices, etc. She needs help in posting, so the team plans to put together a strategy on how to manage content and work.

4 PISCES (industrial activities)

Hunt Joint team of ACS CA, CEI, ENVR, and AGRO; intended to be resources to and partners with industry across R&D in all areas of the science and technology of sustainability. ENVT did a survey of members, and general consensus of why people attend ACS meetings are for networking. Need to get meetings closer to home, meaning more virtual events and partnering with local sections. Also would like to establish an Industrial Advisory Board.

Detailed minutes are given in Appendix 3. 5 Film series McConnell,

Obare Film is being planned for Spring 2017 meeting.

6 Programming coordination

Middlecamp This strategy will be merged with strategy 1.1 going forward.


GOAL 2 Strategy Lead Update 1 Fly-ins Fox First fly-ins in July involved several agencies, and was a

great opportunity to communicate what ACS does. She wants to change the perspective of these fly-ins from “this is what we do” to “here is how we can be a resource for you,” and be more forward thinking. She also wants to foster broader participation in the fly-ins, so please let Elise know if you are interested. Since next fall’s ACS meeting is in Washington D.C., we should keep that in mind to leverage that to do more fly-ins. It was suggested to have more CEI team to be trained as ACS Experts.

2 Sustainability messaging

TBD Lead (Mulvihill) stepped down from CEI due to other obligations, so a new lead is being sought; please let Jack Fowle know if you are interested.

3 Policy statement management

Avery, Satterfield

Status of existing statements are given below; no new statements have been brought forward. They propose that we appoint someone to lead program coordination around statements that may be reviewed in two years, so that programming can be planned prior to the policy statement writing/rewriting.

4 Biomonitoring Statement

Cobb (no report)

5 Climate change statement

Jayne Team assembled prior to San Diego meeting, so they could coordinate during that meeting in person. Feedback was provided by several individuals and the CEI team as a whole during the discussion, and was revised accordingly. See motion above.

6 Regulatory statement

Henry (presented by Cobb)

Five fact sheets are being developed, which are stand-alone documents that are not integral to the policy statement. Draft is in agenda book, page 110. Feedback was provided by several individuals and the CEI team as a whole. See motion above.

7 GMO programming and statement

Avery Please refer to page 168 for the GMO-focused programming at this meeting in Philadelphia.

8 Toolkits – evaluation and path forward

Rogers 4 toolkits: food, water, energy, and climate science; team is in the process of discussing opportunities and partnerships, especially with other divisions. The team recommends finding divisions to take over the food, water, and energy toolkits. They are thinking of ways to foster development and dissemination of the climate science toolkit; they plan to wrap up this project in the next year. It was suggested to obtain the analytics on what access to these toolkits has been; Ray Garant will request those analytics.

9 Water initiative with ES&T

Weber Based on conversations with ES&T Editor-in-Chief David Sedlak, the journal is still interested in partnering to sponsor programming on water at an upcoming national meeting. This programming had originally been envisioned for the fall 2017 DC meeting, but based in the


programming breakout group in Philadelphia, it was agreed that it would be more appropriate and timely to focus on chemical risk-related programming in DC and plan water programming for one of the meetings with a water-related theme (New Orleans in Spring 2018 and San Diego in Fall 2019). This would likely facilitate finding divisional co-sponsors for the programming. Furthermore, the water policy statement is up for renewal in 2018, and programming at a 2018 or 2019 meeting could serve to inform the policy statement writing (in 2018), or to advertise the content of the revised policy statement (in 2019), in line with the strategy agreed by the Committee for better aligning programming with CEI policy statement writing activities.

GOAL 3 Strategy Lead Update 1 Regional

meeting programming

Peterman Two new symposia at regional meetings in 2017: they have sent out emails to program chairs to inform them about the sustainability mini-grants.

Detailed minutes are given in Appendix 3. 2 CPT guidelines Elzerman CPT has agreed to work with us to put it together, and a

plan is being developed to move the project forward. 3 COP kids Peterman Eight students are going this year to COP22 in Marrakech,

Morocco on November 7-18, 2016. We have unfortunately been dropped from having 4 student accreditation slots per week to 3, thus limiting access to two of our student attendees. It is the 7th year of the program by ACS.

Detailed minutes are given in Appendix 3. 4 Curriculum

award Obare The symposium will be held on April 4 in San Francisco

through CHED programming. Due date for the award is: August 29, 2016; applications will be reviewed in the month of September, and applicants will be notified on their status by September 30. This timing will give award winners one month to submit an abstract to the Award symposium. Sherine will be seeking volunteers to appoint for the review. (See motion above.) The team is also working on strategies to disseminate the content of these activities, such as an article in C&EN and a special issue of Journal of Chemical Education.

5 Local section outreach

Matthews Team is focused on the ChemLuminary award and rewriting it to focus it to be more in line with the ACS Strategic Plan. (See motion above.) Discussion was held on whether there are opportunities for CEI to partner with other programs to enhance our impact and funding sources? Particular emphasis is being placed on enhancing the quality of communications with the local sections, as well as ACS membership on the outcomes of the grant applications. It was suggested that we utilize easy-to-access channels, such as the GCI Nexus newsletter and the


CEI social media outlets, and then also try to get into other ACS sources, such as C&EN.

REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Maxwell provided a verbal summary and a written report in Tab 5 (pages 5-2 to 5-22). Specific items that were highlighted include:

Climate Science and House Science, Space, and Technology (SST) Committee July 2015: Union of Concerned Scientists report on Exxon Mobil internal climate change

documents. Group of state attorney generals from NY, MA, etc. indicate intention to investigate Exxon

Mobil; Exxon sues MA in June 2016. TSCA reform was signed into law

H.R. 2576-The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act: revises EPA threshold for regulating chemical substances to only consider “unreasonable risk” to human health and environment; limits cost/benefit to risk management decisions. Expands EPA’s ability to compel testing. Also, there is partial pre-emption of state chemical-regulatory action, but all state actions prior to 4/22/2016 are not pre-empted.

Sustainable chemistry sections were struck out. Sustainable chemistry revived in Senate innovation (COMPETES) legislation. Energy Policy Modernization Act passed Senate: DOE science authorization, critical materials,

building and commercial appliance efficiency, high speed computing. ACS Letter on State of Climate Change Science (in agenda book): signed with over 30 other

groups. Chemistry Caucus up to 29 members.

REPORT FROM THE ACS GREEN CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE (GCI)

David Constable provided a report on the highlights of ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) activities since their last report to CEI in March 2016. Please see Tab 5 (pages 5-23 to 5-28) of the agenda materials for more details. Specific items that were highlighted include:

Portland OR conference in June was well-attended; highest attendance in years. GreenX (like TedX) was a great success; seeking speakers for next year.

Next year’s GC&E conference will be Reston VA, theme of “Making and Manufacturing.” Green Chemistry Roadmap: workshop was held in June, which focused on education for green

chemistry core competencies. Areas of focus: systems thinking. Launch Challenge: occurring Monday night. Pharma Roundtable reagent guides: Eight are publicly accessible after log-in. Biotechnology Roundtable: focus on production of biobased chemicals.


DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL COMMITTEE NAME CHANGE

History: “Environmental Improvement” was a buzzword in the 1970s when this committee was created. The name change is not difficult to do, but it has to go to vote at Council, hence why we want to avoid buzzwords like ‘sustainability.’ Many seem to want to keep the current name because it emphasizes action. However, it was pointed out that although our charge is focused on the environment, our current mission and vision statement are focused on sustainability. Another point was made that the use of the word ‘environment’ may be limiting, since sustainability is also about economics and society. Suggested names include: Committee on the Environment; Committee for Environmental Improvement; Committee on Chemistry and the Environment (CCE); Environmental Policy and Issues Committee (EPIC); Committee on Environmental Education and Knowledge (CEEK); Committee on Environmental Sustainability; Committee on Environmental Issues; Committee on Environmental Issues and Policy; Committee on Environmental Policy and Governance; Committee on Environmental Policy; Committee on Environmental Activities; Committee on Sustainability; Committee on Environmental Awareness; and Committee for Environmental Stewardship.

The discussion did not reveal significant support to initiate a name change, but the chair indicated that we would follow through in order to bring the issue to proper closure.

Tony Noce appointed a Task Force that will explore this issue further and provide a recommendation to the CEI committee; members: Tracy Williamson (lead), Matt Fisher, Melissa Pasquinelli, Chris Avery, and Ray Garant.

PRESENTATION ON HOW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS ARE DONE

Committees reporting to either the Council, the Board, or both; the reporting structure dictates the membership composition, specifically how many Councilors are required to be as part of the membership. To request to be a member of a committee, there is a committee preference form where you indicate your top three choices and any special skillsets. They also track which committee members could step up to lead a committee (based on experience) in case of unfortunate circumstances.

NEW BUSINESS

(None)

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned on Sunday, 21 August 2016 at 11:55 a.m.

This document completes the Minutes of the Executive Session of Joint Board-Council Committee on Environmental Improvement for 20-21 August 2016 in Philadelphia, PA.

Respectfully submitted, Melissa A. Pasquinelli Secretary

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Project CEI Goal Strat

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Completion Date Manager Lead Team

Programming Strategic Planning 1 1 1/1/2016 7/15/2016 Weber Matthews Middlecamp, Tanir, Noce, Avery

Supply chain sustainability workshop 1 2 1/1/2016 3/31/2017 Satterfield Tanir

David Constable, Rick Fehir, Helen Gerhard, Carol Henry, Jenny MacKellar, Barclay Satterfield, Kate Weber, Robert Giraud

Communications 1 3 1/1/2016 8/31/2016 Fox Grumbling

Emily Grumbling, Elise Fox, Kate Weber, Faye McNeill, Rick Fenir, Chris Avery, Marie Bourgeois

Industrial activities at ACS 1 4 1/1/2016 12/31/2016 Satterfield Hunt

Film Series 1 5 1/1/2016 Obare McConnell, Obare

Programming Coordination 1 6 1/1/2016 Avery Middlecamp (merged with 1.1)

Fly Ins 2 1 1/1/2016 (ongoing) Fox Fox Elise Fox, Chris Avery, Carl Maxwell, George Cobb

Sustainability messaging 2 2 1/1/2016 12/31/2016 Fox TBD Jack Fowle, David Constable

Policy statement management 2 3 1/1/2016 3/31/2016 Weber

Avery, Satterfield

Biomonitoring Statement 2 4 1/1/2016 Weber Cobb Marie Bourgeois

Climate Statement 2 5 1/1/2016 Weber Jayne

John Jayne, Faye McNeill, Elise Fox, Emily Grumbling, Carl Maxwell, Rudy Baum (ComSci), Mark Jones (Corporation Associates and Dow)

Regulatory Statement 2 6 1/1/2016 Weber Henry GMO Programming and Statement 2 7 1/1/2016 Avery Avery Toolkits – Evaluation and path forward 2 8 1/1/2016 Avery Rogers

Water Initiative w/ ES&T 2 9 1/1/2016 Fox Weber Regional Meeting Programming 3 1 1/1/2016 10/31/2017 Satterfield Peterman

CPT Guidelines 3 2 1/1/2016 8/31/2016 Obare Elzerman

CoP Kids 3 3 1/1/2016 Fox Peterman Curriculum Award 3 4 1/1/2016 Obare Obare

Local Section Outreach 3 5 1/1/2016 Fox Matthews

Mike Matthews, Alan Elzerman, Melissa Pasquinelli, Eileen Nottoli, Susan Shih


Appendix 3—Other Project Team Minutes Goal 1 Strategy 1: Programming CHARGE TO THIS GROUP: DEVELOP PLAN FOR PROGRAMMING; GET MORE "INTENTIONALITY" FOR CEI PROGRAMMING TIME-SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES · WASHINGTON 2017: A) CHRIS AND ELISE SYMPOSIA ON CHEMICAL RISK AND REGULATION; WILL SEEK TO COORDINATE WITH "FLY-IN" ACTIVITY; WILL SEEK PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION B) KATE MIDDLECAMP/WATER. DOES NOT SEEM TIMELY TO PURSUE "WATER" PROGRAMMING FOR THE DC MEETING · GREAT LAKES LS MEETING. GREAT LAKES LS HAS REACHED OUT TO KATIE MIDDLECAMP OF U WISC.; SHE WILL FOLLOW UP. MIKE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE LS ABOUT COORDINATING CEI INTERESTS. · CHRIS AND ELISE WORKING WITH MPPG WITH LR GOAL OF CEI LEADING/DEVELOPING MEETING THEMES STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS: BENCHMARKING/CURRENT STATUS · 80% OF PGMS ARE CO-SPONSORSHIP W/ DIVISIONS; 20% AVAILABLE FOR "STRATEGIC" INITIATIVES · ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS E.G.: ENVR DIVISION (PLANNING TO APPROACH CEI ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING GRANT OPPORTUNITY); CHED DIVISION FOR EXAMPLE. THESE HAVE THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE AND CEI IS TYPICALLY BEHIND. NEED LONGER RANGE PLAN AND COORDINATION OF OUR PROGRAMMING INTEREST AND THOSE OF OUR DIVISION FRIENDS · HAVE 8 POLICY STATEMENTS W/ SCHEDULE FOR REVISIONS; MAYBE BASE PROGRAMMING ON SOME PROPOSED NEW STATEMENTS BLUE-SKY DISCUSSION: WHAT IS OUR INTENDED AUDIENCE? · ACS MEMBERSHIP; CEI; ACS BOARD; NON-MEMBERS; NON-CHEMISTS; GRAD STUDENTS/YOUNG PROFESSIONALS/FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS · NEED ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE MULTIPLIERS (E.G. BOOKS, ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES; LOCAL SECTION "MEETING IN A BOX"; PROGRAMMING GRANTS TO NON-CEI ORGANIZERS WHO DEVELOP SYMPOSIA ON POLICY; NOT RESEARCH; SYMPOSIA BASED ON NAS REPORTS ETC; THE GCI GREEN CHEMISTRY AUDIENCE;) NEXT STEPS FOR THIS WORKING GROUP: · KATE MIDDLECAMP AND CHRIS: USING PGMING TO HIGHLIGHT POLICY STATEMENTS. 2 YEARS OUT, ASSIGN A PGM COORDINATOR "BROADLY WRIT" AND CHOOSE WHICH STATEMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR PROGRAMMING. WANT TO HAVE A SYMPOSIA ON WATER AFTER THE STATEMENT IS REVISED. MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE WRITING COORDINATOR FOR 2018 NOW/SOONER. · GET A MAP OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED: STATEMENT SCHEDULES; ACS MEETING THEMES; STATEMENT COORDINATORS; COSPONSORING DIVISIONS; MIKE SEE THE CURRENT AGENDA BOOK. MIKE MATTHEWS TO DRAFT A MAP FOR HIS WORKING GROUP TO EDIT. · OUTREACH TO DIVISIONS ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMMING SCHEDULES


Goal 1 Strategy 4: PISCES




REVITALIZING ENVR DIVISION’s INDUSTRIAL INVOLVEMENT J.H. Exner‐08/10/16

The Environmental Division (ENVR) strategic plan calls for increased involvement and benefits for its industrial members. ENVR (4,000‐4,500 members) has about 800 members (about 20 %) which are non‐academic and non‐government oriented. About 5 % of presenters or organizers at national ACS meetings fall into the ‘industrial’ category. This group is diverse, comprising members in laboratories, consulting/construction companies, chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical companies. Diversity also exists in job functions (regulatory, R&D, health and safety, business, for example). As part of the effort to provide greater value to our members, we surveyed our ‘industrial’ members. We posed the following general questions:

1. What are the obstacles to attending national meetings, presenting technical papers, or organizing

symposia?

2. What are obstacles to your Division involvement?

3. What can we offer to attract you and convince you and your management to support the time and

cost?

4. Would you be interested in participating in an industrial advisory board that helps us focus our

program toward industrial members?

We received 11 meaningful responses from industry (1), consulting/engineering (4), small business (1), trade association (1), consultant (1), analytical laboratory (1), and graduate students with past industrial experience (2). I have e mailed or phoned many of the respondents. The feeling of the respondents was that ACS and Division meetings are tailored to meet the requirements of the academic track in which participants gain professional recognition for their participation. Industrial participants do not gain such career value. They do not participate because the return on investment, time, and money is not sufficient for them. They do go to focused meetings that have a broad interest to them, such as technical value and presence of clients, regulators, and other industrial/consulting participants. Any such program must address the wide divergence in job functions of industrial members. Networking with peers and technical experts was seen as a primary value of meetings. One thoughtful respondent participated because he wanted a seat at the table when the leading scientific minds discuss future direction of science and technology. He felt he could avoid technological surprises. There was some interest in meetings closer to home which would require less cost and time effort, such as local ACS meetings. Regional meetings would be attractive to one respondent while another felt that they were of little interest because they served primarily as a training ground for students. Webinars were of interest to two respondents. A Division award or honorarium was not deemed useful to off‐set the negative factors of industrial participation. Mentorship would be valuable to younger members Three respondents would be interested in serving on an industrial advisory board although the scope of such involvement was not defined. Recommendations

1. The responses to obstacles describe issues that are essentially the same ones I experienced in

industry, consulting/engineering, and in association with commercial analytical laboratories over a

period of over 40 years. Develop a series of talking points that could be used by members to obtain

their organization’s approval. List benefits to the organization and show budget cycles (i.e. the 6‐

month lead time for attendance). Show the activities that occur, the intense programming, to dilute

concerns about “junket”. What are the benefits to attendance at ACS meetings?

2. If we program for industrial members, it should consist of one significant program that addresses

the diverse job functions and interests of our industrial members, with technical diversity (R&D,

regulatory, government policy) and participation by regulators, consultants, and clients such as

funding agencies. An occasional symposium of limited breadth likely will attract only occasional


participants. Invite non‐academic leaders to participate rather than wait for their submission of

papers.

3. Networking was considered a primary benefit. One suggestion would be to expand ENVR’s

receptions at the national meetings and focusing these by having participants from academe (ES&T

members, for example) and policy makers in attendance, clearly identified, and having mini‐round

table question and answer sessions. Another networking improvement would be to have speakers

and attendees meet for coffee after sessions.

4. Bringing specific topics closer to members’ home appears valuable. Experimenting with webinars,

speakers at local sections, and regional programming is worthwhile. Should we co‐sponsor ACS tour

speakers? ENVR has begun joining AGRO’s webinars to experiment with cooperative webinars.

5. An Industrial Advisory Board may help focus interest. Initial activities would identify areas of

programming and potential contributors from industry. The work of this board could be started by

telephone.

Adding Value and Revitalizing Industry/Business Engagement: The AGRO Story Laura McConnell August 2016

Abstract and/or Executive Summary AGRO is a division that has reinvented itself over the last approximately 10 years. AGRO has always had strong industry participation since its creation in 1970; however changes and consolidation in the agrochemicals industry in the mid‐1990s caused a slow but steady decline in membership and participation in national meetings. Division leaders invested in a strategic planning meeting in 2005 to try and revitalize the division, and additional strategic planning workshops have been held in 2008 and 2011. Some challenges identified were: lack of visibility/importance associated with division activities, decreasing resources to attend conferences, impression that only a few people were in charge of activities, content of programming throughout the week was not attractive enough to draw people to the meeting. Today’s AGRO only programs at one national meeting which allows time for more careful planning and allows energy and excitement to build towards a high quality program with major “tracks” of key topics that keep attendees present all week. Improved communication with and service to our membership has served to increase the visibility (web presence) of the division throughout the year with e‐newsletter announcements, webinar programming and making our twice yearly newsletter available on‐line. AGRO has increased the number and diversity of symposium organizers with our informal “Blues and Brews” program brainstorming event each year at the Fall ACS meeting, pairing new symposium organizers with experienced members, and encouraging younger scientists to serve as organizers. Sponsorship programs in AGRO have been streamlined recently to allow companies to pick from a menu of items that suit their needs and ensure recognition during the Meeting and on our website. Our Lunch and Learn webinar series has been successful at drawing members who can’t attend National Meetings. These webinars are monthly during the winter and early spring and allow us to highlight timely topics. Awards programs: AGRO has also worked to improve awards programs directed at younger scientists, helping them to connect with their future colleagues rather than segregating them into graduate student sessions. Industry members are heavily involved in all governance aspects of AGRO, serving as officers, executive committee members, symposium organizers and on various committees. In addition, industry members are honored as award recipients along with scientists from other segments. Industry members appear to increasingly value AGRO programming activities which includes the opportunity to network with scientists from academia, government (including regulatory), and other industry members.


Background Membership in AGRO underwent a slow decline beginning in the mid‐1990s which coincided with consolidation in the pesticide industry. Membership declined from ~2000 in the early 1990s to ~1300 members in 2004. In addition, the number of papers in the AGRO program was declining over the same period from approximately 250 to 300 papers total for both meetings to a low of 140‐170 total papers per year from 2002 to 2003. In 2005, AGRO held its first strategic planning meeting which began a process of revitalization. At the 2005 SPM we decided to transition to programming at one ACS meeting per year rather than diluting our efforts with two meetings. This also addressed the challenge of declining travel budgets expressed by a number of members. In 2008, AGRO held a second SPM and developed a new mission statement and three main goals: Mission: The AGRO Division promotes knowledge benefiting society through advancements in agricultural, public health, and environmental science and technologies. Goals:

1. Enhance the membership experience by providing accessible and innovative programs, educational

products, mentoring and career services and opportunities for professional development and

recognition.

2. Foster constructive interactions among diverse communities to provide solutions to agricultural,

public health, and environmental concerns.

3. Build the infrastructure for becoming a global center for solutions to problems of plant, animal,

environmental, and public health protection, and advancing scientific and regulatory

harmonization.

Major initiatives from the 2008 SPM which have been carried on until the present were:

1. Formation of a communications committee and began an e‐newsletter system for timely updates in

addition to our twice yearly PICOGRAM.

2. Updated our logo and rebranded as AGRO (byline: “chemistry for and from agriculture”) rather

than division of agrochemicals allowing for programming in a wider range of topics

3. Developed a new more professional‐looking website (http://www.agrodiv.org/).

4. Added a New Investigator Award program for young professionals in industry, government and

academia.

5. Co‐sponsorship of international workshops and conferences related to agrochemicals

6. Graduate student luncheon with programming on careers and job‐seeking

7. Emphasize building symposia and other programming which enhances interaction among

communities to solve problems.

In 2011, AGRO held a third SPM, updated their mission statement and goals: Mission: AGRO, a Division of the American Chemical Society, brings together a worldwide community of scientists and stakeholders to advance knowledge and promote innovative solutions for the protection of agricultural productivity, public health and the environment. Goals:

1. AGRO will enhance the membership experience by providing an interactive and supportive

environment for professional growth.

2. AGRO will develop the infrastructure for innovative, long range program planning to meet the

needs of members and the scientific community.

3. AGRO will be a global platform for collaboration and information exchange to advance innovative

solutions for a sustainable food supply, the protection of the environment and public health.

Successful initiatives that have resulted from this plan:


1. Development of a division operations manual and realignment of committees to address strategic

goals

2. Increased the pool of symposium organizers with “Blues and Brews” open meeting/social at ACS

Fall meeting to brainstorm programming ideas

3. Requirement of a consistent and detailed one‐pager for symposium proposals

4. Development of AGRO Lunch and Learn Webinar Series. Webinar recordings are freely available on

the AGRO website.

5. Increased co‐organization of international workshops/meetings like Latin America Pesticide Residue

Workshop.

6. Hosted IUPAC Congress of Pesticide Chemistry in 2014 at the San Francisco ACS meeting. This was

an enormous undertaking that engaged more than 100 volunteer members.

7. AGRO received the 2014 Chemiluminary Global Engagement Award.

AGRO currently has increased its membership to 1848 as of mid‐2016. The AGRO program for Fall 2016 contains 374 papers and posters with between 4 and 5 concurrent sessions all week. Division officers and councilors include four industry members, three government members and two academics. Two industry scientists, two government scientists, and one academic scientist are receiving major division awards this year. Two government, one industry and one academic scientists are receiving AGRO fellow awards. Symposium organizers are numerous and representative of the membership. A new strategic planning meeting is scheduled for Fall 2016.

Breaking‐down the Barriers to Participation in Program Planning: 1. Revised AGRO national meeting presence to one single national meeting per year (vs. two)

a. In 2006, division leadership contacted ACS Meetings staff to discuss our desire to move to one

meeting per year. ACS staff did not have a problem as long as they know well in advance so

that they didn’t reserve meeting space for our division.

b. The idea with going to one meeting per year was to allow time for the division to pursue co‐

sponsorships of especially international meetings outside of ACS and to increase the quality of

programming at the Fall ACS meeting.

c. Consolidated efforts into one single large (vs. two small) national meetings per year.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Academic Institution

Government

Independent Consulting

Manufacturer ‐ Industrial chemicals

Manufacturer ‐ Petrochemical

Manufacturer‐Agricultural

Manufacturer‐Environmental/water

Public Utility/Transportation

Other

2016 Percent of AGRO Membership


i. Proposals for symposia are submitted to the program chair in the fall in a specific 1‐

page format that is used in the Spring PICOGRAM as our detailed Call for Papers.

ii. New ideas for symposia for the are compiled each Fall meeting at our “Blues and

Brews” program brainstorming social. This provides the program chair for the next

meeting a head start on program planning.

iii. Each symposium can receive up to $500 per half day session from division funds to

support travel or registration of invited speakers or younger scientists. Organizers are

encouraged to seek out sponsorships from companies and organizations that may be

interested in their topic.

iv. New symposium organizers are generally paired with a more experienced member.

v. Formed a program committee with champions for major topic areas.

vi. Initiated a program of symposium sponsorships. The company logo is shown on the

screen at the start of the symposium.

Know Your Audience – Include Standard Topics to support various research communities along with Industry Value‐added and Emerging/Cutting Edge topics Historically, AGRO programmed in four major areas: analytical advances, environmental and risk assessment, residue and metabolism, and synthesis and discovery of agrochemicals. With rebranding to AGRO rather than division of agrochemicals, we broadened our programming topics to encompass some emerging topics in agricultural research with relevance to agrochemicals, for example:

Bioenergy, Bioproducts, and Biochars: Advances in Production and Use

Biorationale Pesticides, Natural Products, Pheromones, and Chemical Signaling in Agriculture

Development of Value‐added Products from Agricultural Crops and Byproducts

Developments in Integrated Pest Management and Resistance Management

Regulatory Harmonization and MRLs

Urban Agriculture: Turf, Ornamentals, Household Products, and Water‐Re‐Use

We also have worked to develop symposia on hot or controversial topics, for example we have included a symposium on “Controlling Zika Virus Mosquitoes” and “Cannabis & Agrochemicals: Analytical, Environmental & Regulatory Challenges”. We are working to collaborate with other divisions and other professional societies, but especially with ENVR where we see many potential areas of mutual interest. There are no specific initiatives with CEI, but it would be useful to discuss ideas for an innovative grants proposal to build some new ties between AGRO and CEI. Potential ideas would be partnering with CEI/ENVR on making the business case for sustainability. Opening‐up Channels of Communication Creating AGRO‐specific Learning and Outreach Forums One of the initiatives established in the 2011 strategic planning meeting was to develop on‐line programming. In 2012, AGRO received funding from ACS Innovative Grants for a proposal “Establish and Execute an Educational Webinar Program to Enhance the AGRO Membership Experience”. This project was launched using a live webcast of a symposium from the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia entitled “Perfecting the Communication of Chemical Risk” which included 8 speakers. April Orr of ACS facilitated the connection with a vendor, Sawyer Webworks, who was able to manage the webinar process on‐site and record the presentations for later use. Marketing for the event was extremely limited and the virtual attendance for this webinar was somewhat disappointing with only 16 participants. Most significantly, the attendees remained on‐line for the entire symposium and comments were very positive. A two‐person


team was then formed to launch a monthly webinar series based on symposia from the Philadelphia meeting working with the same vendor to host and record. The concept was a “lunch and learn” webinar to be held on the first or second Wednesday of the month at noon Eastern. Topics were taken from symposia presented at the Philadelphia meeting and additional topics that emerged. We explored the use of a member’s only access, or a fee per view access to the recorded webinars and came close to implementing this approach. However, since AGRO does not use the ACS server for its website, there was no way to link into the ACS member database. Access by members would require them to register at the site and remember a user name and password. When we received a sponsorship offer to cover most of the cost for a webinar with access for 100 people, we decided to make the webinars and the content available to the public. This was accomplished through email blasts to other division, to the sponsor’s email contacts and through social media tools to promote both upcoming webinars and recorded webinars. Our intent throughout has been to increase the visibility and impact of the division’s activities with the ultimate goal of increasing AGRO membership. Our webinar sponsor, ABC Laboratories (Now EAG labs), has assisted us with marketing through their advanced networks with Twitter and email blasts. We have now developed a list of email marketing contacts with a number of outlets to help us promote the webinars including the ACS Matters e‐newsletter. We have held 6 webinars per year since the 2012‐2013 season. Typical number of registration has been between 100 and 200 with approximately 50% attendance rate. Lessons learned:

Work with a professional to set up and record the webinars.

Marketing is critical and should use several avenues

The on‐site webcast at the National meeting is probably not sustainable and too expensive as

compared to the on‐line webinar.

Include a practice date prior to the webinar for your speakers to test their connections and the

software.

Provide a headset with microphone to your speakers so that sound quality will be adequate.

We now have a slightly larger webinar planning committee and plan to expand to a few more members over the next year, and we have established guidelines for the operation of the committee. A goal for this year is to begin developing co‐sponsored webinars with other divisions and organizations to assist with outreach and to increase visibility of the content.

Goal 3 Strategy 1: Regional Meeting Programming Regional Meetings Project Report: Susan Shih, Keith Peterman, Barclay Satterfield, and Elise Fox participated as Team Members at the Regional Meetings Project breakout session.

Goal 3, Strategy 1 is to “Schedule new symposia at two regional meetings in 2017 focused on sustainability” with a Target Completion Date of October 2017. In support of this Strategy, the Team previously contacted Regional Meeting Program Chairs to promote the Local Section Mini‐Grant as a funding source for regional meeting sustainability‐focused symposium. Organizers of regional meetings scheduled for 2016 (SERMACS, NORM, SWRM, and MWRM) as well the 2017 GLRM were contacted.

As local section host of the 2016 SWRM, the Greater Houston Local Section submitted a mini‐grant requesting support for two symposia planed for the SWRM.

Chemical and biological processes regulating transport of pollutants in the Gulf of Mexico

Nanotechnology‐enabled water treatment


The Greater Houston Local Section mini‐grant was approved by CEI. Therefore, the scheduling of these two symposia effectively meets the Measure set forth for Goal 3, Strategy 1.

Elise Fox noted that her local section will be hosting the 2018 SERM. She is planning to reproduce the CEI film series at that meeting. She plans to submit a local section mini‐grant proposal in support of this project.

Susan Shih is involved with the upcoming GLRM and the local section host, Red River Valley Local Section. The “Energy & Sustainability” theme promises to include sustainability focused symposia. Susan and Keith will contact organizers to offer CEI support, including promoting the LS Mini‐Grant.

Recommendations:

1. CEI continue in its efforts to contact organizers for future regional meetings with encouragement to apply for the mini‐grants including clear notification of deadlines and timelines.

2. The ACS Office of Conference Management include the mini‐grant application on the Regional Meetings Organizers Resources Web page.

Goal 3 Strategy 3: COP Kids Global Climate Engagement Project Report: Keith Peterman, Jerry Bell, and Katherine Aubrecht (CEI non‐member guest) participated in the global Climate Engagement breakout session. This session primarily focused on Goal 3, Strategy 1: Students represent ACS as Observers at the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) and present outcomes of their project in a symposium at the annual spring ACS national meeting.

Eight students were selected to represent ACS as student ambassadors at the November 2016 COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco. Four students will attend week‐one and four will attend week‐two of COP22.

Week One: Nov 6 ‐ 12; Week Two: Nov 13‐ 19, 2016

Week Name School State Major Fall 2016

1 Kowan O’Keefe (student mentor)

[email protected]

University of Toronto Ontario,

CA

Masters Organic Chemistry

2nd year Grad

student

1 Alice Henderson [email protected]

Pacific Lutheran University

WA

BS Chemistry & BA French; minor Environmental

Studies

BS 2016

1 Narayan Kovil [email protected]

New York University

NY

Chemistry & Environmental

Studies

Jr

1 Paige Uehling [email protected]

Duke University

NC

Masters Environmental Management

1st year Grad student

2 Hannah Melton [email protected]

Johns Hopkins University

MD

Global Environmental Change and Sustainability

Sr


2 Maddie Smith [email protected]

Pacific Lutheran University

WA

Chemistry; minors in Environmental Studies & Hispanic

studies

Sr

2 Taylor Yurasits [email protected]

York College of PA

PA

Forensic Chemistry; minor Criminal Justice

Jr

2 Mira Sobhy [email protected]

Johns Hopkins University MD

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Jr

Cop22 represents the 7th consecutive year for ACS CEI sponsorship of this project. The UN has reduced the number of UN accreditation slots from 4 per week to 3 per week for both COP21 (2015 in Paris) and COP22. This may be the new norm. All 8 students will attend COP22, but the non‐accredited student each week will focus on activities outside the UN Blue Zone which requires accreditation. We may consider selecting only 3 students per week in future years.

This project has grown in scope and outreach through the years. It is recognized that funding is required if we want to expand the program to include minority students and under‐represented institutions. An estimated $40,000 per year would fully fund 8 students to attend the media outreach training session in Washington, DC, attend the COP, and attend the spring national ACS meeting to present a paper.

Jerry Bell recommended that CEI ask the Board of Directors for a three‐year grant ($120,000) to support this project. The project addresses both ACS and CEI strategic planning goals.

Sherine Obare asked for the COP Kids to participate as panelists at the spring 2017 CEI Film Series in San Francisco.

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