TENNESSEE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 20 November 2020

ABSTRACT

President Elect and 2020 Program Chairperson-Amy Thompson reported Maryam Farsian from Volunteer State Community College agreed to serve as member-at-large. 114 s were submitted for the November 2020 130th Meeting, and gratitude was expressed for virtual meetings held through-out the summer to help plan the event. Steve Murphree reported member growth of an additional 57 members (with 166 regular, 120 life time, 120 student, 13 emeritus, 4 supporting, 4 sustaining, 17 high school student memberships), steady renewals despite the COVID-19 pandem-ic. income exceeding expenses, a continued shift to online payment formats that diminished the work as treasurer, but that electronic reports from PayPal and Square (both collect fees) were not yet sufficient to account for which individuals renewed their memberships. Collegiate Division Director-Fred Matthews reported that all three Collegiate Division meetings scheduled for April 2020 were canceled due to COVID-19 precautionary concerns. Since many universities pivoted to online and virtual modalities of teaching, research mentors and students were struggling to conduct effective research. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES Local Arrangements Committee Chairpersons-Gary Henson and Richard Ignace of East Tennessee State University, hosts of the 2020 Annual meeting, reported they believed the Zoom sessions would support the meeting the following day as they had test driven the process in anticipation of the event.