January Budget Meeting

[Dimick Gray, Sarah M]

Happy 2026!  A reminder that next Wednesday, Jan 14, at 6:30 PM we will be conducting our January budget meeting online.  Here is a copy of the 2025 Proposed Budget as a guide.  See below for some requested funding from folks planning conferences.

 

 

Sarah Dimick Gray is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: January 2026 Budget Meeting

Time: Jan 14, 2026 06:30 PM Central Time

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://american-chemical-society.zoom.com/j/85702595691?pwd=Va1y0T6hbDcvyhaYLyOGmRouoDHrzx.1

 

Meeting ID: 857 0259 5691

Password: 742099

 

Requests for funding received:

 

USSS-TC:

Hi Sarah,

I hope you are doing well! My name is Rana and I am reaching out to MN ACS Chapter for potential funding of our USSS-TC symposium. The NOBCChE chapter at UMN hosted this event last year and we are planning for it again this upcoming year in April of 2026.

Last year, the MN ACS Chapter helped sponsor this event and Sal who was in contact with you provided me with your email. I am wondering if this something that MN ACS would still consider to fund and how to move forward in that process.

Thank you!

Rana Abdu

ab...@umn.edu

 

UMN Computational Chemistry Conferences:

Dear Sarah, 

 I am reaching out on behalf of several faculty members at UMN who are hosting three different computational and theoretical chemistry focused conferences at UMN Twin Cities this upcoming summer: 

56th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference 

35th Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference

23rd Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium Summer Conference 

These conferences have a long history and will be a great opportunity to showcase and build community across chemical theory in the Midwest, as well as recruit future students to Minnesota. I also attached a flyer summarizing the key details of the three conferences. 

We were wondering if there was the possibility of sponsorship from the Minnesota ACS section and what this process would entail. I think this could also be a great opportunity to get computational and theoretical chemists from all career stages to get involved in the local section. 

Please let me know if this is possible. I would be happy to provide a more formal letter to the section as well. 

Jan-Niklas (Nik) Boyn

Assistant Professor 

Department of Chemistry

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

jb...@umn.edu

 

 

 

 

Sarah M. Dimick Gray, PhD

 

She/her

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Member, National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP)

2025 Chair MNACS

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[Janie Salmon]

Good morning! I've started a google doc agenda for Wednesday's budget meeting. Please add any items to officer reports that may be relevant. 

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