MEETING WITH ACS NATIONAL TO DISCUSS FUTURE NATIONAL MEETINGS IN CHICAGO

摘要

On April 9 in New Orleans,the current section chair and the three prior section chairs met with the chair of the Meetings and Expositions committee(M&E)and the ACS staff liaison to that committee.The purpose of this meeting was to learn more about the decision to move the Fall 2011 National Meeting from Chicago to Denver and to determine what,if any,specific actions could be taken to improve Chicago's chances to be selected for future national meetings.Two major factors drove the decision to move the 2011 meeting.The first factor could be called logistical.In a survey conducted by M&E,attendees reported that shuttle bus travel times routinely exceeded 45 minutes.Our contractual space at McCormick Place was limited,resulting in the ACS having to locate evening poster sessions and SciM-ix in hotels.39% of survey attendees expressed dissatisfaction with the walking distance within McCormick Place.