5-3-10
Hello All!!
This is your new Secretary for next year! This week the new officers have officially taken over! I hope your all doing well. I have the topics we covered for those who missed the meeting for one reason or another, whether it being studying for your physics midterm or for just being lazy! You didn't miss a lot, since it was a short meeting due to spotter training.
T-shirts
- T-shirts are in! If you ordered a shirt and have not received it yet, find an officer or Fogt and we will be happy to get it for you. Or if you didn’t order a shirt we have some extras that you may purchase. Remember they are 15$ and the money goes towards StormReady!
Opportunity – Outreach
- Elementary School asked for 3 to 4 people to come in and talk a little about the weather since they are studying it. It will be during this month, the month of May.
- If you are interested in going to talk with the kids send Nicole an e-mail at ng169207@ohio.edu
- Include in the E-mail your availability, as well as 2 ideas of activities that you would like to do with them. (Remember they’re little kids they have the attention span of a fly) So thing of something creative to do with them!
- Have those e-mails to Nicole by Friday at 3.
Volleyball Game
- Ryan Langen is setting up a volleyball game coming up. Details on that later. Nothing planned right now.
Fundraising Ideas
-If anyone has fundraising ideas let either Nicole or I know as soon as possible. We want to try and do something this quarter before we get out for the summer.
Picnic
-Picnic is at Fogt’s house. We are still waiting for details on where his place is. If you need a ride let an officer know and we will figure out a carpool system to get everyone there.
Committee Chairs
-Next meeting we are going to talk about reconstructing the club. We are talking about assigning Chairs.
-Here is a list of chairs that we have come up with so far, if you have any thoughts of different things we should do please let me know what you think.
StormReady: Co-Chair
Volunteer/ Outreach: Chair
Fundraising: Co-Chair
Symposium Chairs
Advertising: Chair
Logistics: Chair
Sponsorship: Chair
If you are interested in any of these positions then let me know by Friday at 3.
The next meeting will me next Monday at 5:10. Hope to see you all there!
Alex Steinkamp
4-26-10
-If initerested in participating in the virtual storm chase, sign up at www.virtualstormchase.com
-We are thinking about playinig baseball/softball or volleyball after next week's meeting on Wednesday.
-There will be basic storm spotter training next Monday May 3, 6 P.M. at Athens High School
-May 21, there will be an end of the year cookout at Dr. Fogt's house.
-T-shirts will be in on Wednesday and will be $15 a piece
-Our next meeting will be next Monday at 5:10
-Have a good week and good luck with midterms!
Nicholas Brammer
4-15-10
Hey Club,
Pace is due by April 23
Lockin one night in the lab?
End of the year event at Dr. Fogts house will be on May 21st.
Any ideas for food for the upcoming WV trip?
Going to have a club pickup softball/volleyball game next Wednesday after the meeting.
Ohio alum Dan Miller will be speaking about his forecasting experience for the United States Air Force during the next meeting Wednesday April 23.
Election Results: President: Nicole Grams
Vice President: Kyle Clem
Treasurer: Alex Wovorosh
Secretary: Alex Steinkamp
Events Coordinator: Ryan Langen
Congratulations to all of the elected officers! See you all on Wednesday at 5:10!
Nicholas Brammer
4-8-10
-3 PACE positions for next year are available (two are for forecasters). Click on the following link to get to the PACE page to apply: http://www-sfa.chubb.ohiou.edu/employment/emp_pace.html
-OSU severe weather symposium on April 16. Email me if you are interested in going.
-April 15th is the deadline to apply for a volunteer position at the National weather service in Wilmington, Ohio (see attachments)
-Still plan on going to West Virginia trip on April 23. Let Ryan Fliehman know if you are 100% sure you're going. Another email will be sent out about this in the next few days.
-May 21 will be an end of the year get together for club at Dr. Fogt's house.
-If you want to run for an officer position email Chip before next meeting (Monday at 5:10). Elections will be held on Monday.
-food ideas for WV?
-See you all on Monday!
Nicholas Brammer
3-5-10
Hey club, here is what we talked about during the meeting yesterday:
-First and foremost, the symposium is TOMORROW (Saturday) at 1:00 in Walter 135. If you are a mover meet up in Scalia at 11:00. Everybody else should be in Walter by 12:45 at the latest.
-Attire: Business Casual (Nice shirt and pants, no jeans or t-shirts). Officers should dress up a bit more.
-If you are donating food and drinks bring it to Bentley at noon tomorrow.
-If you haven't RSVP for some reason, email Nicole IMMEDIATELY at ng169207@ohio.edu
-During downtime I suggest networking, or just talking with the speakers, especially if you are an underclassman. You never know if or when you will run into these people again, and it would benefit you if they can place a name to the face.
-Thank you to those who helped with trash pickup this past Sunday, it was a great success. We raised over $80!
-Ice skating was such a success a couple weeks ago that we are planning on doing it again this Tuesday at 7:30 in Bird Arena. Skate rental is $2.50 and remember to bring your student ID.
-Those planning to go on the trip to West Virginia (April 23-25) need to pay Ryan Fliehman $40 (cash or credit) by the end of next week, if possible. You also need to fill out the sheet attached to this email and give it to Ryan. If you have any questions you can email Ryan at rf139806@ohio.edu
See you all tomorrow at the symposium!
Nicholas Brammer
2-25-10
Hey club, here is what we talked about during Thursday's meeting:
-Chip and I will be hosting a cookout THIS SATURDAY at 6:00. We live on 3 Atlantic Ave. behind the Speedway on Richland Ave. For those of you who are planning to walk here are some directions: Get onto Richland Ave. Walk across the bridge over the Hocking river. You will stay on this road for about 10-15 minutes until you see a Speedway. The cookout is at the house with a porch directly behind the Speedway. We will put the meteorology club banner up so you will know which house we are. It should be a great time! If you have any questions call me at 937-430-0607.
-We will be picking up trash for a fundraiser on Sunday. We will be meeting in front of Shively Hall on East green at 1:00.
-As you all know we are hosting a symposium next Saturday, March 6, at 1:00 P.M. in Walter Hall. During the meeting we designated assignments for the symposium next Saturday. They are as follows (I am sorry for only listing first names because I copied it straight from the board):
-Set Up/Take Down: Ryan, Steve, Clem/Darren (Equipment Setup), Conner, Sean, Elise
-Shopping: Ryan Fogt, Nicole, Alex S
-Food Bouncers: Vicente, Clem
-Signage: Myself (I can do it myself but let me know if you want to help)
-For food questions and/or donations email Alex as280607@ohio.edu or Ryan rl317008@ohio.edu.
-The club will be going on a trip to West Virginia April 23-25. If you want to go you need to fill out the attached form and pay a $40 down payment by the end of the quarter.
I hope to see you all on Saturday!
Nicholas Brammer
2-22-10
Hey club here is what we talked about during Thursday's meeting:
-Ice Skating THIS TUESDAY at 7:30 P.M. in Bird Arena. Skate rentals are $2.50.
-We will be doing trash pickup as a fundraiser this upcoming Sunday in Riverpark. Exact time has yet to be determined.
-Symposium on March 6 at 1:00 P.M. in Walter Hall.
-Met Club trip to West Virginia will be April 23-25. If you want to go and have not told us yet let us know as soon as possible.
-Chip and I will be hosting a Met Club party THIS SATURDAY at 6:00 at our house on Richland Ave. We will talk more about this during Thursday's meeting.
-I attached a file giving information about an internship at Colorado State University this summer.
-Congratulations to Matt Burger for getting the SOARS scholarship in Boulder, Colorado!
-See you all tomorrow at Bird Arena for ice skating at 7:30! If for can't make it, our next meeting will be this Thursday at 5:10.
Nicholas Brammer
2-11-10
Hey Club, here is what we talked about during Thursday's meeting:
-First off, if you haven't RSVP'ed for the Symposium, email Chip IMMEDIATELY cr898005@ohio.edu so we can get a head count! (because your all going, right?)
-SCEP applications are due on Monday.
-Research Experience for Undergraduates (REC) applications are due on March 1. These are paid internships in the summer. See Ryan Fogt for more details.
-We will be picking up trashing in Riverpark (tenatively) on Sunday, February 21.
-Ice skating at 7:30 Tuesday, February 23 at Bird Arena. Cost is $2.50 for skate rentals.
-We will be going on our trip to West Virginia April 23-25. We have 13 people who said they are going. If you were not one of them email Ryan Fliehman.
-Next meeting will be on Thursday at 5:10.
Have a great weekend!
Nicholas Brammer
2-6-10
Hey Club,
- First and foremost we WILL NOT be meeting tomorrow to discuss plans for our symposium. We will instead meet this Monday at 6:30 in the lab.
-For our next club social event we are planning to go ice skating at Bird Arena on Tuesday evening, February 23. Skating is free with you oak ID and skate rentals are $2.
-We will have another club social in the coming at my house like we did during fall quarter.
-We are still planning to go on a weekend trip to West Virginia (April 23-25). If you would like to go please let us know during the next meeting.
-We will be hosting a Meteorology Symposium on Saturday March 6 at 1 o'clock in 135 Walter Hall. There will be several speakers from the National Weather Service and First Energy.
-If you haven't paid your $2 dues for our AMS local chapter, try to remember to bring it to our next meeting.
-We will be meeting this Monday to discuss plans for our symposium AND will be meeting this Thursday at 5:10.
-Enjoy the rest of your weekend and snow!
Nicholas Brammer
2-2-10
-Ohio University Symposium will be on Saturday, March 6. We are having several speakers coming into town including from the National Weather Service and First Energy. If would be very beneficial for club members to show up.
-We are planning to have a couple of social events. We are thinking of going ice skating on a Sunday in the next few weeks.
-Tentative plans for the met club trip are set for 23-25 of April. Please try to let us know by Thursday at the next meeting if you can go.
-There is a mandatory $2 fee for club members. This is for our AMS Ohio University Chapter.
-AMS schloarships are due by Feb 5.
-SCEP position applications are due Feb. 15.
-Our next meeting will be this Thursday at 5:10.
See you all on Thursday!
Nicholas Brammer
1-28-10
12-10-09
A big congrats to Vanessa Vango for winning the First Snow in Athens contest! She picked the 4th of December; just a day off from the first accumulation on the 5th! Good Job!
For those who missed it or don't believe it, here is a shot from the cam from the morning of the 5th. There was more earlier but it didn't cross my mind to get a shot of it till later.
1-11-10
Hey club, Happy New Year and welcome back!
On Thursday we discussed our plans for winter quarter.
-If you want to join in the Spring Wxchallenge registration is now open and I believe it is $3. If you participated in the fall you do not need to register again. Contact Dr. Fogt if you wish to participate.
-Several of the upperclassmen are going to Atlanta on Friday to attend the AMS conference. We will share our experiences with the club when we get back next week.
-We will be having a mini symposium sometime this quarter. Three meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Charleston, WV will be speaking. 2009 Ohio graduate Dan Miller may also speak about his experience in the Air Force forecasting for Baghdad, Iraq.
-We would like to have some club social activities this quarter. Last quarter we grilled out and went bowling. We already have one activity idea, ice skating at Byrd Arena. Anybody have any other fun ideas?
-We WILL NOT be doing the meteorology club trip the first weekend of April because it is Easter weekend. We still are planning on doing a trip but it will be later during spring quarter. We'll try to get a tentative date set in the next few weeks.
-We would like to do more fundraising for the club this quarter.
-We are planning on doing another volunteer activity. Like during fall quarter, we will be picking up trash in the stands after a basketball game. The tentative date for that is Sunday, January 31 at 2:00 in the Convocation Center. We will talk more about this next meeting.
-Our next meeting will be Thursday, January 21 at 5:10.
Nicholas Brammer
11-12-09
First and foremost: We are DEFINITELY doing our service activity at the Convocation Center on Sunday. We will be picking up the trash in the stands after the basketball game. Arrive outside the main entrance of the Convo no later then 6:00 P.M. Sunday (I recommend attending the game too. It is free and you'll have a great time.) Here is a list of people who will be helping out on Sunday: Shawn Lynch, Kate Burr, Savannah Collins, Ryan Fliehman, Nicole Grams, Phil Sakal, Nicholas Brammer, Chip Redmond, Elise Dolinar, Kyle Clem, Steven M. Gustafson, Brice Gottesman, Andrew DiPaolo, Darren Snively, Vanessa Vango, Alex Steinkamp, Andrew Coleman and Alex Wovrosh.
- If you are on this list to need to show up. If you cannot show up please let me know beforehand. Thanks in advance to all of you that are helping.
-Myself, Nicole Grams and Alex Wovrosh of the Storm Ready Committee are working to get some of our goals accomplished before the end of the quarter.
-Nick Webb from the NWS in Charleston informed Nicole that he and three others from the NWS are willing to come to OU and speak one day during winter quarter.
-As an AMS chapter we think it will make our chapter more official if we charge member dues. This money will be used for the Ohio University AMS Chapter and would only cost a few dollars per person ($5 or less).
-I have the artistic skills of a monkey so this next note will exclude me. We are looking for a AMS Banner for our page and if anybody wants to draw, photoshop, etc., a new banner for us please contact Chip.
-We made our first snowfall predictions on Tuesday and Chip will email the list of the dates everybody chose so you can see how your prediction fares against everybody else
-Darren, nice presentation on your tornado damage surveying trip!
It has been a great quarter and hopefully next quarter will be even better! I'll see some of you on Sunday and to everybody else good luck on finals and have a fun and safe winter break!
Nicholas Brammer
Meteorology Club Secretary
Ohio University AMS Chapter Secretary
11-11-09
First snowfall forecasts are up HERE, and minutes from Tuesday's meeting should be out soon.
10-24-09
Hey club, here is what we talked about at the meeting yesterday:
-We are thinking about doing some community service activities before the end of the quarter. We thought about doing Passion Works but we will probably hold off on doing that until next quarter. We are thinking about having a canned good food drive before the end of the quarter. We will talk more about that during our next meeting.
-We are thinking about doing another fundraiser during winter quarter. We may work the concession stands during one of the basketball games to raise the club some money.
-I already heard about from a couple of people interested in being on the Storm Ready committee. There are three main objectives that we want to get done. First, distribute Storm Ready letters to several local companies. Second, contact residence life and talk to them about Storm Ready. Third, make a formal proposal to President McDavis. Let me know which of these objectives you would like to work on.
-Sophomores and Juniors that will be here a 5th year: It is recommended that you apply for the Holling's scholarship. It is a great opportunity for meteorology majors. In fact, meteorology majors from Ohio University have won the scholarship the last 4 years. Both Darren and Nicole won the scholarship and I am sure they would be willing to talk about it with you. To learn more about this opportunity contact Dr. Fogt.
-Our next meeting will be next Tuesday, October 27 at 5:10.
Have a great weekend!
Nicholas Brammer
Ohio University Meteorology Club Secretary
10-14-09
Hey club, this is what we talked about yesterday at the meeting:
-First off, we have a Broomball game TONIGHT at 10:15 (arrive by 10). We need more girls to show up so we don't have another forfeit.
-Tomorrow we will be handing out coupons for Coldstone as our fundraiser. Call Nicole if you have any questions at (440) 487-1694. Here is the list of the times people signed up to hand out the coupons on Court Street:
5-6: Shawn, Steven, Connor, Ryan Fliehman, Tim, Kyle, Savannah
6-7: Nicole, Myself, Kyle, Alex, Ryan Langen, Savannah
7-8: Steven, Michael, Jamie
-Storm ready committee- if you want to be a part of helping get the university storm ready send me an email.
-We decided that we are going to do something community service activities as a club in the very near future. One idea we have is helping out at Passionworks. If you have any suggestions or ideas for community service just send me an email.
-Our next meeting will be next Tuesday October 20th at 5:10.
Have a great weekend!
Nicholas Brammer
Ohio University Meterology Club Secretary
10-1-09
Hey Club!
Here is what we talked about at Tuesday's meeting:
-Next Tuesday we will be doing our fundraiser. We will be handing out coupous from Cold Stone to people on Court Street on Tuesday from 4-8. Looking at your schedules we assigned each of those who signed up an hour. You will be able to pick up the coupous that you will be handing out on Tuesday in Scalia Lab starting at 10 A.M. When you go out for your designated hour find a place on Court Street within a block or so from Cold Stone to hand out the coupons. Thank you to all who signed up to help!
| 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-8 |
| Ryan Fliehman | Connor Nelson | Steven Gustafson | Alex Steinkamp | Kyle Clem | Savannah Collins | Shaun Lynch | Alex Wovrosh | Michael Timms | Jamie Boomershine | Kate Burr | Matt Burger | Brittany Parrick | Brice Gottesman | Nicholas Brammer | Chip Redmond | Nicole Grams |
-We are still seeking SAC funding and there is much work to do. We are setting up a committee with myself as the head. If any of you want to help out less me know and I'll find something for you to do.
-We will be having another meteorology club get together on Tuesday, October 13 at Rollerbowl.
-We are planning on having a meterology club trip during a weekend in the spring. Our intial ideas are to rent a big cabin somewhere in a West Virginia State Park. This is still a ways away so if you want to go you don't need to make up your mind right now.
-For those who couldn't make our first broomball game yesterday we were defeated by a respectable score of 1-0. We hope to rebound next Wednesday when we have our next game at 10:45. If you plan on playing on Wednesday please arrive at Byrd Arena at 10:30 at the latest.
-Our next meeting will be Tuesday October 13 at 5:10 P.M.
Have a great weekend!
Nicholas Brammer
9-26-09
Hey Club! Here is a list of what we talked about in the meeting on Tuesday.
-The meterology club cookout will be held TOMORROW (Thursday) at 6 P.M. at 3 Atlantic Street. So far we had about 8 people say they need a ride to the cookout and if there are any other people who need a ride you should meet outside of Clippinger tommorrow around 5:50. For those of you who are planning to walk here are some directions: Get onto Richland Ave. Walk across the bridge over the Hocking river. You will stay on this road for about 10-15 minutes until you see a Speedway. The cookout is at the house with a porch directly behind the Speedway. We will put the meterology club banner up so you will know which house we will be at. We have plenty of food and I hope all of you can be there! If you have any questions or are having trouble getting there feel free to call me at 937-430-0607 or Chip at 330-631-5684.
-There is a storm spotter training session this Monday at 6 P.M. at Athens High School. It isn't within walking distance so we will be carpooling. Chip, Nicole, and myself are among the people that will be willing to take some passengers. We had about ten people who said they are going to the spotter training and if you didn't sign the sheet and want to go just let us know. We will be meeting outside of Clippinger at 5:30 on Monday to go to the training.
-Nicole came up with a great fundraising opporutunity for us. We are planning on handing out coupons for Coldstone and for each coupon used Coldstone will give us a percentage of the sale. We plan on doing this on Tuesday, October 6. We will discuss more about this fundraiser during the meeting next Tuesday.
-The meterology club broomball team will have its first game next Wednesday evening at 10:15/10:45 at Byrd Arena. We will send out a reminder when the date approaches nearer.
I hope to see you all at the cookout tomorrow!
Nicholas Brammer
9-21-09
Hey Club! Thanks for the great turnout! I am Nicholas Brammer and I am secretary for met club. After each club meeting I will send out the Met Club minutes which is a summary of we discussed in the meeting. We encourage you to come to as many meetings as you can but if you can't make it for some reason the minutes will keep you informed on what the club is doing.
We had such a good turnout today that we are going to keep the meeting time at 5 on Tuesdays. Today we discussed what we want to accomplish this year in the club.
- We really want to get some fundraising done this quarter so if you have any ideas to raise money for the club let us know. Some of the ideas we have for fundraising already include selling hot dogs at court street and do some work at Wal-Mart.
- Everybody who is in the club, especially the meteorology majors, should sign up to be a student member for the American Meteorological Society (AMS). This link will send you to the site where you can sign up: http://www.ametsoc.org/MEMB/apps/index.html.
- Other ideas we want to accomplish this quarter include a Forecasting and photo competition.
- We want to bring in some professional speakers this year so if you know anybody who would be willing to talk to the club let us know. We will talk more about these activities during the next meeting.
- For those interersted in spotter training there will be an advance training session on Sept. 28 in the Plains. Basic training is recommended before advance training so those who have not taken basic training are encouraged to attend the Basic & Advanced training sessions on October 21 in Jackson, OH. We will likely have some transportation to these training sessions for those who need a ride.
- We are thinking about attending the College of DuPage Severe Weather Symposium November 5th-7th in Chicago and if anybody is interested in going let us know and we will see if we can work something out.
- If you are interested in doing the weather for the local TV station WOUB email Darren Snively at ds327305@ohio.edu.
- The upperclassmen, myself included, are more than willing to tutor meteorology students who may need some help for the tough classes. If you want some help feel free to send myself (nb283305@ohio.edu) or Chip (cr898005@ohio.edu) an email and one of us or any of the other upperclassmen can help you out.
- The meteorology club is going to have a broomball intramural team this fall. For those of you who couldn't make the meeting and would like to play send me an email tonight or early tomorrow and tell me which days and times WOULD NOT work for you (broomball games are in the evenings).
- Next Thursday we will be having a meteorology club cookout at Chip's and my place on Richland avenue. We will talk more about this next during our next meeting which will be next Tuesday at 5 P.M. in Scalia Lab.
Nicholas Brammer
9-10-09
Hey all returning members and future to be members!
My name is Chip Redmond and I am this year's President of the Met Club. Our first meeting of the year will be this coming Tuesday (September 15th) at 5:10pm in Clippinger 402. We will have pizza and soda so come hungry! Also we will discuss some exciting upcoming events for the new year and other fun doings. I hope to do more this year than we have ever done in the past and to have a great time doing it-learning a thing or two about weather in the process!
For those of you that have never been to the building before, follow this link 'http://www.ohio.edu/athens/greens/scentral.html' and its building 81. Its right across the street (South Green Dr.) from Ping and has a big crane behind it at the moment. The best way to get up to the fourth floor is in the elevator located in the central rear area of the building. There is no button for the fourth floor, so hit PH for the penthouse and its the same thing. You can also take the stairs next to the elevator to the fourth floor. Be warned however, that flight is the only one that reaches the fourth floor so its either them or the elevator. Hopefully that isn't very confusing for everyone and you can all make it there! If you need extra help or have any questions, feel free to drop me a email.
Hope to meet some new faces and can't wait to see all the returning members! Have a good end to the first week!
Chip
8-30-09
The new school year is nearly upon us. The 2009-2010 school year will bring many exciting things to the meteorology club including new contests,
activities, and educational experiences within the meterological field. Come join in the fun by contacting the President Christopher Redmond at
cr898005@ohio.edu and/or coming to the Student Involvment Fair on College Green on Labor Day
(9-7-09) at 4-6pm. Hope to see you soon!
The first meeting will be the second Tuesday (September 15th) in Clippinger 402 at 5pm.
