New Mexico Network for
Women in Science and Engineering
OFFICERS: Elizabeth Kallman, President, Laurie Marnell, Past President; Barbara Torres,
Treasurer; Claudia Barreto, Secretary; Nanette Founds, President-Elect
Saturday March 31st, 2012
Jones Annex 101, New Mexico Tech
Soccoro, NM
Attendees: Claudia Barreto, Victoria Dery, Nanette Founds, Juanita Gammel, Tinka
Gammel, Becca Galves, Klaus Heinemann, Laurie Marnell, Barbara Torres
Proxy: Yolanda King to Nanette Founds; Jeanne Banks to Claudia Barreto; Dana
Roberson to Barbara Torres
TOPIC
Call to Order
2:06P.M.
Approval of Agenda
PRESENTER
Nanette Founds
Secretary’s Report
Please provide feedback on draft as posted on website.
Claudia Barreto
Nanette Founds
Treasurer’s Report
Barbara Torres
Please see attached Financial Report. Three student award checks from the 2011
State Science & Engineering Fair have not yet been cashed. The PRC check has not
been cashed.
Reports from Standing Committee Chairs:
Annual Meeting Chair
Nanette Founds
Cheri Burch has compiled the following information for the 2012 NMNWSE Annual
Meeting:
It’s time to put the NMNWSE Annual Meeting on your calendar for November 2-4, 2012, in
Alamogordo, NM.
The Friday evening reception will be at the NM Space History Museum, with the Museum open for
our browsing. Saturday the morning general meeting and the afternoon technical session will be
held in a museum classroom. Saturday evening’s banquet will be at the Historic Tulie Cantina in
Tularosa. And we’ll close with Sunday morning’s board meeting at a meeting room at the Best
Western Desert Aire in Tularosa.
Registration costs:
Early-bird registration (before October 1) $30
First-timer registration (before October 1) $20
Late registration $40
Saturday lunch $10
Saturday banquet $25
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Choose one: Chicken Salmon Vegetarian
Rooms blocked until October 1, at the Best Western Desert Aire have 2 queen beds and will cost
$75+tax/night (though other types of rooms are available if you’d prefer something else).
Reservations for lodging can be made by calling 575/437-2110, and mentioning NMNWSE .
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Initial meeting details, including conference hotel reservation info, has been posted
at http://nmnwse.org/AM/2012/. Tinka is working with the Annual Meeting
Committee to finalize the conference registration form and meeting flyer, and
anticipate that will be posted on the meeting webpage by the end of next week. We
recommend you make your hotel reservations early!
Karen would like to be able to de-couple the membership mailing from the Annual
Meeting mailing if the AM plans are delayed. The motion was unanimously
approved.
Communications
Check for errors updates on website.
Tinka Gammel
Membership
Karen Agogino
Compiling database. To make sure that everyone is included on membership list.
Karen will send email list to members. Then send global list.
I will create (under Tinka’s tutelage) a new membership list for members only. So
info to be sent out with info on members only goes out to members – not to whole
listserv. Karen and Tinka will talk to Emily about status of northern chapter (their
members must also be members of the network).
IMPACT! Award
Jennie DeMarco
Welcome Jennie! Elizabeth Kallman and Nancy Savage are giving Jennie info on the
protocol. Let Jennie know if you have ideas about where to solicit nominations and
publicize award.
* The 2012 IMPACT! Award nomination deadline is 1 October 2012.
Tinka Gammel is awaiting final approval of the draft forms from our 2012 IMPACT!
Award chair Jennie DeMarco, and anticipate having the 2012 nomination
information and forms posted at http://nmnwse.org/ImpactAward by the end of
next week. The award will be presented at our Annual Meeting (see below). In the
meantime, if you have any questions about the nomination process you can contact
Jennie at [email protected] or the NMNWSE Board. Once the final nomination
forms are available, we would appreciate your help in advertising the award by
posting the IMPACT! Award 'call for nominations' flyer, now available at
http://www.nmnwse.org/ImpactAward/ImpactFlyer.pdf
Fundraising
No report. We need a fundraising chair.
NF is working on AGO report.
Ours fiscal year ends October 1st.
OPEN
Policies and Procedures
Jeanne Banks
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Proposal will be presented @ June meeting.
Publicity/Outreach
Working on banner with MyChelle. Finalizing images.
Laurie Marnell
Student Awards
Mercedes Agogino
Tinka Gammel provided information on the results for the MN Sate Science &
Engineering Fair:
March 30-31, 2012, NM Tech, Socorro, NM
New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair (NMSEF)
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~science/fair/
The NMNWSE Award winners are listed below:
$50, certificate, and tote bag with career materials:
68: Elsie Anne C. Koskelo
"Does Architecture Tamper with Temperature?"
Jr. Energy and Transportation
Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos, NM
70: Holly L. Perez
"Wonder Wool"
Jr. Energy and Transportation
Vaughn Elementary School, Encino, NM
115: Anya L. Rosen-Gooding
"The Math of Magnets"
Jr Mathematical Sciences
Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
169: L. Elisabeth Burton
"A Big Fat Deal: Phase III"
Sr. Behavioral and Social Sciences
Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho, NM
203: Jacqueline D. Baros
"Lost in the Los Conchas Fire"
Sr. Earth and Planetary Sciences
St Pius X High School, Albuquerque, NM
209: Miquela T. Apodaca
"Can I Give You a Lift? Airfoils IV"
Sr Energy and Transportation
AIMES@UNM, Albuquerque, NM
215: Holly C. Erickson
"Intelligent, Self-Assembling Systems Using Robotic Cells"
Sr Engineering
Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
231: LynnMarie A. Jarratt
"Bubbling for a Cleaner Tomorrow"
Sr Environmental Sciences
Los Lunas High School, Loa Lunas, NM
249: Soiba K. Mansoor
"Diabetes: A Rising Epidemic? Or Can It Be Controlled?"
Sr. Medicine and Health Sciences
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Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science, Albuquerque, NM
269: Rosemary E. Elliott Smith
"Things Fall Apart: Entropy in the Macroscopic World"
Sr. Physics and Astronomy
Monte Del Sol Charter School, Santa Fe, NM
--------Certificate and tote bag with career materials were awarded to:
3: Haley M. Golden, "Can Responses on Surveys be Primed?"
Jr Beh and Social Sciences
Mesa View Middle School, Farmington, NM
23: Madalena Roeber
"Fungi as Fertilizer"
Jr. Botany
Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
26: Jaime Wood
"Effects of Increased CO2 Concentration on the Growth Rate of Triticum Aestivum L."
Jr Botany
Mesa View Middle School, Farmington, NM
94: Micaiela P. Cordova
"Grow with the Flow"
Jr Environmental Sciences
Taos Middle School, El Prado, NM
105: Grace Z. Wood
"Eroding Roads - Phase 3"
Jr. Environmental Sciences
Edgewood Middle School, Edgewood, NM
113: Hiba R. Muhyi
"Animated Learning Tool-Mobile Device to Enhance Math Abilities of General and Deaf Students,
Phase III"
Jr. Mathematical Sciences
Sierra Middle School, Las Cruces, NM
148: Aurelia R. Jones
"Tsunami Stopper"
Jr. Physics and Astronomy
Loving Middle School, Carlsbad, NM
166: Megan A Risner
"Can Human Interaction Affect a Shelter Dog's Performance on Mental and Behavioral Tests?"
Jr. Zoology
Heights Middle School, Farmington, NM
186: Caitlynn E. Mayhew
"Lunar Roots: The Next Phase"
Sr. Botany
Piedra Vista High School, Farmington, NM
199: Valerie Perea
"Putting the Pieces Together: Enzymes and Biofuel Synthesis
Sr Chemistry
St. Pius X High School, Albuquerque, NM
241: Abby M. Hengtes
"Up, Up, and Away"
Sr. Mathematical Sciences
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Piedra Vista High School, Farmington, NM
The full list of all students who placed or won awards at NMSEF is posted at
https://infohost.nmt.edu/~science/fair/2012NMSEFResults.pdf
(NMNWSE Awards start on page 34)
Judging for NMNWSE were Claudio Barreto (Head Judge), Karen Agogino, Victoria Dery, Dr. Clifton
Murray, Nanette Founds, Cherri Burch, Laurie Marnell, Klaus Heinemann, Tinka Gammel, and
Juanita Gammel.
Elections
No report.
Yolanda King
NM Girl’s Collaborative Liaison
Cheri Burch
At the end of April Becca Galves and Cheri Burch are going to NM Girls
Collaborative and C-STEM national training in Washington D.C.
Expanding Your Horizons:
State
Central
Los Alamos
Silver City
Santa Fe
Las Cruces
Paste in report.
Irene Lee
Elizabeth Kallman
Janette Frigo
Adrienne Dare
Irene Lee
Becca Galves
Chapter Reports:
Central
NR
Northern
NR
New Business:
February 2011
Jeanne Banks
Emily Schultz-Fellenz
AGO Report
Nanette
Founds
Closed
Future Board Meetings:
 June 9th Santa Fe (AGO or SFI)
 August 11th Las Cruces (confirmed)
 October Annual Meeting (third weekend in October)
The meeting was adjourned at 3:10P.M.
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INCOME
Annual Meeting
Memberships
Fund Raising
Donations
Other
Oct
2011
Nov
2011
#######
$200.00
$60.00
$540.00
$160.00
$430.00
$120.00
$290.00
$170.00
$60.00
$890.00
$760.00
$200.00
TOTAL
EXPENSES
Administration
Archives
Elections
Fund Raising
Communications
Officers' Expenses
PO Box
Publicity
Miscellaneous
Board Travel Expenses
Subtotal
Membership Activities/ Professional
Mentoring
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting Scholarships
Chapter Funds
Membership Expenses
IMPACT! Award
Subtotal
Student Mentoring/Education
EYH Conferences
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Los Alamos
Silver City
Santa fe
Statewide
EYH Insurance
EYH Promotion
(totebags/other)
EYH Printing
Student Awards
Miscellaneous
Jan 2012
$0.00
Feb
2012
Mar 2012
Apr
2012
Ma
201
$120.00
$180.00
$120.00
$0.00
$0
$8.80
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0
$8.80
$10.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10.00
$165.68
$0.00
$0.00
$165.68
.
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$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
$500.00
$875.52
$442.98
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Subtotal
TOTAL
$0.00
$0.00
Account Balance Start
Income
Expenses
Account Balance End
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$0.00
$0.00
$12,527.72
$1,090.00
$0.00
$13,617.72
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#######
$1,975.52
$1,984.32
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$760.00
$3,202.98
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$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
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$300.00
$1,200.00
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$0.00
$0.00
$0
$0
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$0
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