Abstract

From the ACS meeting At its meeting last month in Boston, the American Chemical Society Council approved the sixth edition of the ACS Professional Employment Guidelines (PEG). Although some councilors stated concerns about the impact of PEG on small businesses, the new guidelines were readily approved by councilors. They had earlier been adopted by the ACS Board of Directors. The only point of debate at the council meeting was a proposal to recommend to the ACS Board a $10 increase in the advance registration fee for ACS national meetings in 1999. The fee would rise from $225 to $235. Councilor Dennis Chamot commented that councilors should be given information on whether the ACS meetings and expositions program makes or loses money and how much, as well as possible strategies for cost savings that might be considered in lieu of fee increases. He requested that such information be presented at the next council meeting. In the ...

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