NASW membership meeting and continental breakfast

NASW membership meeting and continental breakfast

Time:
Saturday, October 29th, 8:00 am to 9:15 am
Location:
Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión

All current NASW members are invited to attend this annual membership business meeting*. We hope that you will join us for the organization's annual report and to discuss issues of importance to the community.

October 29, 2016
National Association of Science Writers Membership Meeting
Iberian Ballroom
Omni La Mansión
San Antonio, Texas

*No pre-registration required for the business meeting. Student and honorary members are welcome to attend the membership meeting but may not vote. If you wish to stay and attend any sessions, workshops, or other ScienceWriters2016 events, you must have registered and paid online prior to the October 13 close of registration. Regular members who will not be present in San Antonio and wish to vote should register their proxy choices no later than October 28 using the individual proxy email sent to all members from communications.registrationassitant.com. Original send date of 10/13. Resent 10/19 and 10/26.

Working Agenda (to be updated 10/28)
-Welcome and Announcements
-Selected Committee Reports
-Presentation of Diane McGurgan Award for Volunteer Service
-Vote on Proposed Bylaw Amendments

Minutes will be published in the Winter issue of ScienceWriters.

Meeting schedule

Friday, Oct. 28

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

W NASW Board meeting
San José, Omni La Mansión

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

W Check-in
Outside the Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

9:00 pm to 10:30 pm

W Diversity mixer
Barriba Cantina, 111 W. Crockett St. #214
Saturday, Oct. 29

7:00 am to 8:00 am

7:30 am to 5:30 pm

W Check-in
Lobby, Omni La Mansión

8:00 am to 9:15 am

NASW membership meeting and continental breakfast
Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión

9:30 am to 10:45 am

W A3) First aid for editors
Veramendi, Omni La Mansión

10:45 am to 11:15 am

W Break
Madero lobby and El Cabildo

11:15 am to 12:30 pm

W B1) Writing when you have a strong opinion
Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W B2) How to ask and answer tough questions
Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W B3) Against ableism: Writing about disability
Iberian A, Omni La Mansión

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

W Informal Networking Lunch
Madero, Concepción, El Capistrano, San Jose
W Special Lunch Table: #OneMinuteMentor
Table will be in El Capistrano
W Special Lunch Table: How to Win an NASW Idea Grant
Table will be in Table will be in El Capistrano (sunroom side)

2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

W C3) Byline Counting project: Data and solutions
Iberian A, Omni La Mansión

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

W Break
Madero lobby and El Cabildo

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

F Awards reception at The Witte Museum
The Witte Museum, buses depart Omni at 5:45
Sunday, Oct. 30

7:00 am to 8:15 am

F Breakfast
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

8:15 am to 8:30 am

F Welcome
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

8:30 am to 9:30 am

F The faces behind digital crime and cyberterrorism
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

9:30 am to 10:30 am

F Nonhuman primate research in the post-chimpanzee era
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio

10:30 am to 11:00 am

F Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

F El Día de los Científicos: Have lunch with a scientist
Various rooms, Omni la Mansión del Rio

1:30 pm to 3:15 pm

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

F Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

F Tour: Infectious diseases, genomics and animal science at Texas Biomed
Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

F Science + Science Writing: Inside AI
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 31

7:15 am to 8:30 am

F Breakfast
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

8:00 am to 10:30 am

8:30 am to 9:30 am

F New insights into the secret lives of dinosaurs
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

9:30 am to 10:30 am

F Self-driving cars and smart highways: A reality check
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F What lizard sex tells us about behavioral evolution
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio

10:30 am to 11:00 am

F Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

10:30 am to 12:45 pm

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

F A "bully planet" unmasked: Insights from the Juno mission
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

12:00 pm to 1:15 pm

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

F Tour: Southwest Research Institute
Buses depart from Omni

1:15 pm to 2:30 pm

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

F The human genome's 3-D code
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

5:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Tuesday, Nov. 1

8:30 am to 12:30 pm

$ Tour: Natural Bridge Caverns
Buses depart from Omni

9:00 am to 10:30 am

F Tour: Inside San Antonio’s icons
Tour will begin and end in lobby of Omni

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