Dear Col\u00adleagues:
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\nWel\u00adcome to the 61st sea\u00adson of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia. Since the club was found\u00aded in 1949, we con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of hold\u00ading reg\u00adu\u00adlar meet\u00adings to stim\u00adu\u00adlate dis\u00adcus\u00adsions among our fel\u00adlow catal\u00ady\u00adsis sci\u00aden\u00adtists. Your offi\u00adcers, list\u00aded on the left, have assem\u00adbled a pro\u00adgram of activ\u00adi\u00adties for the 2009-10 sea\u00adson that seeks to pro\u00advide a vari\u00adety of stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading and enjoy\u00adable tech\u00adni\u00adcal pro\u00adgrams. We hope that you will join us by reg\u00adis\u00adter\u00ading as a mem\u00adber of the club for the new sea\u00adson and enjoy the pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions.<\/p>\n
Our tech\u00adni\u00adcal pro\u00adgrams, coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded by Raul Lobo (Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware), will get off to a strong start with Ted Oya\u00adma, win\u00adner of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia 2009 award join\u00ading us in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber. Our annu\u00adal stu\u00addent poster ses\u00adsion will be coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded by Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Ross-Medgaar\u00adden (Lyon\u00addell\u00adBasell Indus\u00adtries) and held in March. Dion Vla\u00adchos (Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware) will orga\u00adnize the Spring Sym\u00adpo\u00adsium in May. As intro\u00adduced in the past cou\u00adple of years, we will con\u00adtin\u00adue to have a brief pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion by a local grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent or post-doc pri\u00ador to the main lec\u00adture at some of the month\u00adly meet\u00adings.<\/p>\n
Dues for the 2009-10 sea\u00adson will remain at $10.00 ($5.00 for the local club and $5.00 to the nation\u00adal club). Dues for stu\u00addents will be $6.00. You can pay your dues to your com\u00adpa\u00adny rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive, to our trea\u00adsur\u00ader (Steve Har\u00adris), or at the month\u00adly meet\u00adings. A list of com\u00adpa\u00adny rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives is avail\u00adable at catal\u200by\u200bsis\u200bclubphilly\u200b.org\/\u200bc\u200bo\u200bm\u200bp\u200bR\u200be\u200bp\u200b.\u200bphp<\/a>.<\/p>\n The cost of the din\u00adner will again be $30.00 for mem\u00adbers, $15.00 for students\/retirees and will include one drink dur\u00ading the social hour. Walk-ins and non-mem\u00adbers din\u00adner fees will be $35.00. We strong\u00adly encour\u00adage advance reser\u00adva\u00adtions for the meet\u00adings.<\/p>\n Please vis\u00adit our web\u00adsite at catal\u200by\u200bsis\u200bclubphilly\u200b.org<\/a> to receive lat\u00adest infor\u00adma\u00adtion on month\u00adly meet\u00adings. If you would like to receive our month\u00adly announce\u00adments or need to update your con\u00adtact infor\u00adma\u00adtion, please con\u00adtact our Mem\u00adber\u00adship Direc\u00adtor, Wei Huang (Air Liq\u00aduide) at wei.\u200bhuang@\u200bairliquide.\u200bcom<\/a>.<\/p>\n The strength of our club has always revolved around our month\u00adly meet\u00adings, a stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading mix of fel\u00adlow\u00adship with sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic col\u00adleagues and first rate pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions from the finest sci\u00aden\u00adtists in our field; I look for\u00adward to see\u00ading you at as many of them as pos\u00adsi\u00adble. Sup\u00adport the club and bring a friend! Final\u00adly, please do not hes\u00adi\u00adtate to con\u00adtact me, or any of the oth\u00ader offi\u00adcers, through\u00adout the year with any com\u00adments or sug\u00adges\u00adtions for the club.<\/p>\n