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Message from the Governor: JMM and Other National MAA NewsMagnhild Lien, 2010-2013 Section GovernorCalifornia State University – NorthridgeThis will be my final report as Governor of the SouthernCalifornia-Nevada Section of the MAA. My term ends in June2013 and the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting held inconjunction with the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Diegoin January 2013 was my last. A new governor will be in placefor MathFest 2013 in Hartford, Connecticut. It has been a greatpleasure to serve as governor these past three years and I onceagain thank the members of the section for giving me thisopportunity. I have interacted with fellow governors from theother sections, learnt more about the association and how itfunctions and gotten to know many of the MAA officers andstaff.The record attendance of nearly 7200 people at the JMM in Boston last year was difficultto beat even for a meeting held in sunny (although quite breezy and chilly) San Diego. Amere 6600 attendees congregated in the San Diego Convention Center for four days filledwith exciting invited talks, special sessions, contributed paper sessions, panels, postersessions and other activities including networking with colleagues and friends. Actually6600 is a pretty good number and much higher than at previous meetings, with theexception of Boston. The increase in the attendance numbers at the JMM over the lastfew years is mostly due to a drastic increase in number of student attendees, both at theundergraduate and graduate level.Oh well – I digress. Let’s get back to the report from the BOG meeting. As always, theBOG met the day before the official start of the JMM. In addition to the standard reportsfrom various constituencies, including the MAA officers, and staff from the WashingtonOffice, here are some of the highlights from the January 2013 BOG meeting.One of the pleasures of being on the BOG is that we get to vote on the recommendationsfrom the prizes and awards committees. Once again a member of the SouthernCalifornia-Nevada Section was a recipient of the Henry L. Alder Award forDistinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics FacultyMember. Congratulations to Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College, for receiving thisaward. She will be invited to give a talk at the special session for the three Alder Awardrecipients at MathFest 2013 in Hartford, Connecticut.The board approved Gerard Venema as associate secretary for a new five year term,February 1, 2013 – January 31, 2019.Governor’s Report, continued on page 15…14
Governor’s Report, continued from page 14…I would like to draw your attention to a couple of issues raised during the meeting. MAAis always looking for volunteers to serve on the many committees that are part of thegovernance structure of the association and have set up a Committee Suggestions link onthe MAA webpage. If you want to get involved or you have a colleague you think woulddo a wonderful job serving on one of the MAA committees, please enter your suggestionsat https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/committeesuggestions2013. The link will stay livethrough April 1. Jerry Porter, the chair of Council on Prizes and Awards, mentioned thatless than 10% of the authors of articles in the MAA journals are women. He asked whatwe can do to attract more women to submit articles for publication in these journals?Maybe knowing this fact alone is enough to get some of you to consider submittingarticles to one of the MAA journals and, if not you, consider encouraging others to do so.David Hyde, a student at theUniversity of California, SantaBarbara, presented a poster atthe JMM in San Diego inJanuary of this year. Hyde’sproject advisor was formerMAA Southern California-Nevada Section Governor KenMillett of UCSB. (Photo byMagnhild Lien)A new MAA membership structure will take effect in 2014. The current dues structure,which has 9 different membership types with several due categories within each type, hasbeen simplified to five groups: Member ($169/$100*), Member Plus ($269), K-12Teacher ($55), Student ($35) and Departmental ($370, same as in 2013). * $100 is forcertified long-term members (70 years old + 25 years of membership). Membershipbenefits for all of the categories will be listed on the MAA webpage later this year. Thebasic member benefits will include electronic versions of the three MAA journals, andMath Horizons, and member discount on print editions of the same.MAA Executive Director Michael Pearson announced a new initiative, “MAA Book Salein a Box”. The virtual book sale will replace the traditional Section book sale. Memberswill be emailed a 35% off coupon before the section meeting, which can be used at themeeting or applied to purchases at the MAA storehttp://maa-store.hostedbywebstore.com/ The discount is valid for two weeks.Governor’s Report, continued on page 16…15
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