Those who footed their own costs attending meetings often have been able to deduct those expenses on their income taxes.  This may go away if the Trump "tax reform" eliminates deductions such as these..  This will further "squeeze" ones ability to attend.

Lynn K

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From: Laurence Doemeny <ldoemeny**At_Symbol_Here**COX.NET>
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CHAS programming at SERMACS
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 22:18:22 -0700

A few more words on how people attend so many meetings.  Researchers applying for NIH R-01 grants generally submit a budget that can include meeting travel for the PI and on occasion a graduate student and/or post doc.  Some employers find the subject matter of a symposium significant that they send an employee to gather information and meet with the speakers.  Some professions require continuing education credits and their employer will support that activity.  Actually, CHAS symposia qualify for CEC for some professions, e.g., ABIH.  Other employers permit their employees to attend at least one meeting as part of professional development and some employees are supported if they present a paper.

Then there are other employers that may not support attendance including time off.  In those cases, the employee self supports 100% of the attendance (travel, lodging, meals, and registration).

Local Section and regional meetings help fill some of the void and provide professional networking.  I have heard the regional meetings are preferred because of the size and larger session attendance.

More directly to your question I would say most people attend one or fewer meeting a year unless they happen to be a high demand invited speaker.

Laurence Doemeny

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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilhelm, Monique
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How do so many of you get the time off and money to go to so many kinds of meetings?  This looks like a great one to attend.

Monique Wilhelm
Laboratory Manager
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Michigan – Flint


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Subject: [DCHAS-L] CHAS programming at SERMACS

From: "Sammye B. Sigmann" <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**appstate.edu>
Re: CHAS programming at SERMACS

All - If you are attending the Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS) this fall, please consider attending the Friday morning symposium organized by Mark Lassiter and myself, "Learning Laboratory Safety Through Storytelling" - Sponsored by CHAS.  Bob Hill is our Keynote speaker and we hope to have an audience engaging panel discussion after his concluding talk.

SERMACS wil be held November 7 to 11 in Charlotte, NC.

http://www.sermacs2017.org

November 10th, 2017
Sheraton Charlotte Hotel

Learning Laboratory Safety Through Storytelling (Oral) M. Lassiter, S. B. Sigmann, Organizers, Presiding

9:00 Introductory Remarks.
9:05 . The story of chemical safety in the 20th century. R. Stuart
9:25 . The unique training opportunity of story. M. Lassiter
9:45 . How does an EHS professional engage their audience?. M.B. Koza
10:05 . Using learning points to create a sound safety baseline. K.W. Kretchman
10:40 . A series of unfortunate events: A personal story. S.B. Sigmann
11:00 . Stories of laboratory incidents teach us lessons about safety. R.H. Hill
11:40 Panel Discussion.

I have also organized a workshop "Improving Chemical Safety in Schools" on Friday aimed primarily as Secondary Ed folks (teachers, administrators, museums, etc.), but anyone can register.  We have a cap set at 25 due to room size (same room as the morning session) and there is a $5 registration fee. Lunch is included.  This 2 hour workshop is co-sponsored by CHAS, CCS, and the ACS High School Office.  

Thanks and let me know if you have any questions about either event.
Sammye

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