DIVISION MEETING8/13/10

Natural Sciences Division

Agenda

• Intro/NSW…………………………(5 min)• New President Rajen Vurdien…..(10 min)• Announcements………(5 min)• New Science Building …………...(15 min)• Budget …………………………….(20 min)

Intro

• NSW is archived at:

http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/bcordell/NSW.htm

• And the Division Page is at:

http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/bcordell/DivActivs.htm

Announcements/Updates

• Welcome to Colleen Kvaska !

• TBD

New Science Building

• New Interim VP: Larry Mercadante (“Merc”)

• Move Coordinator: Larry McLaughlinMove Org Meeting: 10/7/10

• Status of Move

• New Science Building Public CelebrationFriday, March 25, 2011 4pm – 9 pm

New 400 Building

Proposed Building Opening Celebration – March, 2011 (Fri evening?)

Public evening event; Building Tours

Scheduled & Continuous Demos, etc…

Expect hundreds of visitors, inc children

NS’s Invitation to the Community to “Come enjoy science with us.”

Please do:

1) Consider if you would like to open your lab to the public…

2) Makes lists of outstanding NS alumni we might invite.

Budget

FC Budget – Reserves exist…

Extended Day Budget

Anatomy Thefts

NS Budget

CMA of London, England lists CA in world’s top 10 country/entities likely to default:

CPD (%)

1) Venezuela 55.11

2) Greece 50.06

5) Pakistan 28.66

9) Iceland 22.31

10) California 21.91

CA is in Serious Financial Crisis

• US “visibly sliding toward deflation” Paul Krugman

• "The U.S. is closer to a Japanese-style outcome today than at any time in recent history," St. Louis Fed President James Bullard

US Recovery hasSlowed …

• Total Annual Cost ~ $ 13,000For Spring, 2010• Mail Room $ 4285• NS Room $ 2951; 215,000 sheets

Cost of Paper: 0.68 cents/sheetCost of Mail Room copies: 2.5 cents/sheetCost of NS Room copies: 1.4 cents/sheetAging NS Machines a key factor…

Paper Financials

2 Phase Approach

I. In Short-Term, Reduce Paper Use

II. Conserve Paper … Evaluate your use of Paper and implement reductions where possible

Summary