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  • Notes for October and November 2007 meetings are unavailable
    • Overview: Our October meeting was supposed to feature Gino Izzi as our guest speaker. Unfortuneately Gino had to cancel at the last minute due to a family matter. Instead the meeting was used to cover important club matters (Calendars, Hoodies, etc.) and Paul Sirvatka gave an impromptu presentation which covered upcoming events and the 2008 storm chase season.

      We were able to reschedule Gino Izzi for our November meeting where he gave is presentation of the "Chicago Metropolitan Blowdown". Afterwards we made our way to Mullen's for dinner and discussion.

  • Notes for September 2007 meeting (.doc file)
    • First Meeting of the New School Year! Our new officers discussed club goals for 2007-2008.
      We also had Mike Bartosz from ENSCO back to speak with us about his job for United and Internship opportunities.
  • Notes for December 2006 meeting (.doc file)
    • It was a fun night of movie watching and eating pizza! However, a lot of things are going on.
      We did very well on the bake sale and selling the calendars, the hoodies are in, and the display cases are going to be set up soon in the IC building!
  • Notes for October 2006 meeting (.doc file)
    • Notes about NCAR/COD's Eric Nelson's presentation on the REFRACTT project from Summer of '06. We also talked about the calendar being made/will be sold, the hoodies that we can buy (AMS hoodies), winning the display case, and more.
  • Notes for September 2006 meeting (.doc file)
    • Notes about Mike Bartosz of Enesco/United Airlines and an internship program, the AMS Calendar, and the Oct 17th meeting with Eric Nelson of NCAR & COD talking about the recent REFRACTT project.
  • Meeting Notes from Dec 6 2005
    • Open/welcome
    • Calendars
      • We need photos!
      • Send photos to cod_ams(at)yahoo(.com) (that is written to avoid spam)
    • Mugs
      • Main color: Blue
      • Nexlab Logo: White and Green
    • Conference -- October '06
      • If it happens, need to help with setup, fundraising, etc
    • Next Meeting: Feb 28th
  • Meeting notes from Oct. 13th 2005
    • Open/welcome
    • Discuss next meeting
      • November 15th (Time/Loc: TBA)
      • Take care of applications
    • T-Shirts
      • Cost: $10
      • 3 Medium left
      • 9 XL left
      • We sold 6 shirts for $60
    • Calenders
    • 15oz Mugs -- more details in later meetings
    • Speaker: Eric Nelson of COD & NCAR/RAP spoke on the Auto-Nowcaster developed and NCAR/RAP
    • Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm
  • Meeting Notes from 9/29/05:
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    • Open/welcome
      • Discuss next meeting
      • Member dues is $15.00-will explain more next meeting ( or two)
      • Sept 22- Paul, Evan and Becky Attended the American Chemistry Society meeting at St. Francis University in Joliet
        • Dave Jones from Argonne invited us to Argonne's Meteorology department.
      • Frank Wachowski-climate guy invited us (field trip possible) to his home--- has many Wx forecasting tools and gizmos
      • Big project for this year-COD being a StormReady Campus
      • Raffle-again this year but no second prize
        • Need to set up tables and bring more attention to
      • Contest for Marty Eisses for Snowfall begins
      • Fundraiser ideas
        • Calendars
        • Mugs
        • New T-shirt design (change colors)
      • Nov meeting possible date Tuesday the 15th
      • Other speakers and (suggested speakers)
        • Brian Fugiel
        • Mark Ratzer-Winter weather forecasting
      • Possible dual meetings with other AMS chapters
      • Oct 14 -15
        • 2nd Midwest Extreme and Hazardous Weather Regional Conference in Champaign Illinois
  • Meeting Notes from 5/9/05:
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    • Open/welcome
      • Elections for 2005-2006 school year
        • President: Becky Griffith
        • Vice President: Evan Anderson
        • Treasurer: Nat Thompson
        • Secretary: Jackie Nelson
      • Tee-Shirts: Those who still owe! ($15)
        • Scott Prichard
        • Jesse Whealy
      • Next Meeting: June 14th, Sox game (vs AZ)
        • Tickets are $10 with Pepsi product
        • Please Respond to ams"at"weather"dot"cod"dot"edu (email changed to avoid spammers) by June 1st if you wish to attend
    • Close meeting
  • Meeting Notes from 4/14/05:
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    • Open/welcome
      • Tee-Shirts
        • $15 each
        • Need to pick up and pay for shirts that you have ordered by April 29th. (this is the  first chase trip.) if these are not paid for by then, they will be sold to willing people. Those who ordered shirts must pay for a shirt.
      • Jr/Sr Night
        • Thursday, April 21. 6-8pm
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        • We do have a table. Evan, Jen, Becky, and (possibly) Nat will be at the table talking to the future COD weather students. If anyone else would like to come feel free.
      • Elections
        • There will be an officer turnover in the upcoming months. Jen (Pres) and Eric (tresurer) are going to NIU in the fall, and Nichole (secretary) is leaving her position. if there are students who would be willing to be officials and representitives for CODs AMS, we are taking nominations.
        • Requirements for nominations: full time student, and an AMS member. these nominations will be put on the website, and voted on at the next meeting. For info on the officer duties go to http://www.ametsoc.org.
      • Next Meeting
        • Monday, May 9th at 6:30pm for approx. 1/2 hour. this is after the first chase trip gets back.
        • This meeting will be for elections and pick up for shirts.
    • Close meeting
  • Meeting Notes from 2/10/05:
    • Call to order
      • Review of Jan. 13, 2005 meeting
    • Discussed fundraiser drawing and profit made
      • Winners: Brian Fugiel (1st) and Larry from "Spectators" (2nd prize)
      • Total money raised was $1090!!! This is great..thank you!!!
    • Sent order form around to order navy blue t-shirts with Nexlab logo on the front pocket area for $15
    • Important dates coming up
      • March 12th, 2005: Advanced Spotter Training Seminar at Wheaton College
      • April 9th, 2005: Severe Wx Seminar at Fermilab in Bataia
        • Need people to man table that we will have there
        • Please let us know if you can do the table!
      • April 21st, 2005: Jr/Sr night at COD
        • Great way to bring newcomers to the meteorology program!
        • Need people to man table there from 6-8pm
        • Please let us know if you can do the table!
    • COD AMS Student Chapter Information
      • Future handouts
      • Announced this website!
    • Paul Sirvatka introduced Al Pietrycha of NWS (and more)
      • Review and analysis of April 20th, 2004 tornado outbreak
      • Focus on Utica and Joliet Tornadoes including forecasting, nowcasting, radar, and damage survey lessons and review.
  • Review of January meeting:
    • Mike Bartosz, a former C.O.D and N.I.U student and current meteorologist with United Airlines, spoke of his duties with United Airlines. He spoke about aviation meteorology, preparing a TAF, and many other great experiences and duties.

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