September 24, 2012, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Schuler Books & Music
Community Room
2660 28th Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
The September 2012 meeting of the chapter was called to order by Chapter President Brandon Hoving
(National Weather Service Grand Rapids) at 7:30 pm. Approximately 15 people in total were in attendance at the meeting. President Hoving, Chapter Vice-President Nathan Jeruzal, and Chapter Treasurer William Marino, and Chapter Webmaster Linda Paige were all in attendance. Secretary Rob Dale was unable to attend. We went around the room, to allow everyone to introduce themselves for any new members that were in attendance.
President Hoving talked about the purpose of the chapter with a few new people in attendance. President Hoving stated that anyone can become a member, and the benefits of being a member include: voting rights in chapter affairs and elections, supporting the chapter financially, and free forecast contest entries are the biggest benefits.
Vice-President Jeruzal then gave an update on the summer forecast contest. The winners were as follows:
Warmest high Grand Rapids: Steve Derry with 103° on 7/27, the actual 104° on 7/6
Warmest high Lansing: Dave Carmichael with 103° on 7/16, the actual 103° on 7/6
90 degree days at Grand Rapids: Dave Carmichael with 18 days, the actual 32 days
90 degree days at Lansing: Matt Kirkwood with 17 days, the actual 27 days
Warmest water temperature: Andy Provenzano with 79° on 8/5, the actual 81.3° on 7/7
Great job to all of the summer forecast winners!
President Hoving then asked Treasurer Marino to give the treasurer’s report for the chapter. The Chapter has $375.79 in its bank accounts as of the beginning of the meeting after $50 was taken out for summer forecast prizes. 6 people did pay their dues ($60) after the meeting, bringing the total up to $435.79 dollars.
President Hoving then introduced our speaker for the evening, chapter member Jeff Wilhelm. Jeff is a retired Air Force weather officer who worked with U.S. Southern Command in support of Haiti earthquake recovery efforts. Jeff has also spent time in the Great Plains monitoring severe weather. The title of his talk was "Tracking the Weather: From Oklahoma to Haiti". He shared some insight on his experiences with the Haiti recovery efforts as well as providing some perspective on the changes in meteorology over the past 30 years. Jeff also spent some time working at CNN International as a Meteorologist.
President Hoving thanked Jeff for talking about his experiences in the field of weather. President Hoving then thanked everyone in attendance for coming to the meeting. The next meeting will likely be held in November, and is expected to be held in Lansing. More details will be sent out as they become available.
Sincerely,
Nathan Jeruzal – Vice President, for Robert Dale - Secretary