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ACS dues, section allotments to increase ACS membership dues, as reported ear lier, are slated to increase to $96 in 1994 from $93 this year as a result of council action this spring in Denver (C&EN, April 19, page 40). Because of the dues increase, the allocation from members' dues to local sections and divisions will also increase. Under the ACS bylaws, local sections receive base allotments and additional allotments, the so-called per capita allot ments, based on the number of members and national affiliates assigned to them as of Dec. 31, 1992. Changes in the amounts of the base and additional allot ments from year to year parallel the changes in national dues. Since national dues for 1994 will increase to $96, the base and additional allotments also will increase. In 1994 each section will receive a base allotment of $3170, and additional allotments of $4.01 per member and national affiliate for the first 2000, and
$2.66 per member and national affiliate for all those over 2000. The total allotments (base plus addi tional) for 1994 will range from $3447 for the Upper Peninsula Section (the smallest section) to $25317 for the North Jersey Section (the largest). The allotments for all sections in 1994 will total $1,081,985, com pared with $1,039,139 in 1993. ACS divisions also receive annual sub sidies, as mandated in the bylaws, for par ticipation and programming at national meetings. One third of the subsidy is d e rived from the members' dues and two thirds from national meetings and exposi tions revenue. The dues portion is provid ed as partial support for division adminis trative costs and consists of a base allot ment of $500 for each division (regardless of size) plus $1.00 for each paid division member and national affiliate, counted as of Dec. 31,1992; however, this method is currently under review. A petition to amend the bylaw determining the divi
sional allotment formula will be presented for council action at the upcoming ACS national meeting in Chicago. The remaining portion of the subsidy is distributed to divisions as seed money for future meeting programs and is based on a formula devised by the Committee on Divisional Activities. Under the recently revised formula, 30% of the allocation is based on the number of division members registered for national meetings, 40% on attendance at oral sessions, 20% on the number of papers presented in poster for mat, and 10% on division attendance at the exposition. For 1993, the divisional allotments from dues totaled $97,954 and ranged from $753 for the Division of Fertilizer & Soil Chemistry (the smallest division) to $11,856 for the Division of Organic Chem istry (the largest). The 1993 allocations from national meetings and expositions revenue, based on records for 1992, were $195,908. The total subsidy (allotments and allocations) for 1994 is projected to be about $294,000, compared with $293,862 in 1993. Π
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