The various committees of the AWIS-San Diego chapter are: the Book Club, Events, Membership/Networking, Newsletter, the Outdoors Club, Outreach and Public Relations. Each committee meets approximately once each month and their schedules are listed below. You can find out more information about each committee by going to their individual sections within this website. Committees vary by structure, goals and membership. Some committee are purely social and do not require that you are an AWIS member, such as the Book and Outdoors Club. Other committees reach out to the San Diego community such as the Events, Outreach, Membership and Public Relations committees. The others focus on strengthening the AWIS-San Diego chapter: Networking and Newsletter. The newer committees are the Outdoors Club and Public Relations. If you have any questions about AWIS-SD please contact our Membership (sdawis@san.rr.com) NB: The Events committee meets after each Group Event, so their committee meetings are not listed below.

People interested in the fields of patent law and/or bioinformatics can contact Tobey Tam tobey_tam@yahoo.com if they are interested in joining our informal lunches/happy hours that occur approximately every other month.

October 6, 2003 (Monday) 6-8:30
Strategy Session: Wine & Cheese in the Women's Lounge
Description:How to negotiate a job contract strategically
See Strategy Sessions page for more information.

October 11, 2003 (Saturday) 6-8
2nd annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference
Description:AWIS is proud to be a part of the 2nd annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Conference again this year. EYH is a great program to get 6-10th grade girls interested in pursuing math, science, engineering and technology-related careers and education. This year, this conference will be held on Saturday, October 11th at UCSD. Over 600 girls and 150 parents are expected to participate. We are currently seeking volunteers to lead interactive, hands-on workshops in a variety of different areas of science. There is a particular need for presenters in the area of medicine, forensics, animal science and mathematics, but enthusiastic presenters are needed in all areas of science, math and engineering! If you are interesting in leading a workshop, please review the attached materials and fill out the presenter proposal. If leading a workshop is not possible, but you are interested in helping out, the AWIS Outreach committee will be organizing two different workshops (topics to be decided) and will need volunteers to assist in this process (to assist the Outreach committee, please contact Jodi Connolly( jconnolly@san.rr.com). Or for more general info contact the EYH Program committee co-chair, Kelly Jenkins-Pultz (contact information below) if you have any questions.

October 14, 2003 (Tuesday) 6-8
SD Bioinformatics Forum
Description: The AWIS Bioinformatics group has helped in the newly organized SD Bioinformatics Forum which meets every other month. It's a great opportunity to network and attend a cutting-edge presentation from local bioinformatic scientists. Cengent will be the presenter for this forum. For more information (or to get onto our email list) contact tobeyt@sdbioinfo.org
See SD Bioinfo Forum (http://www.sdbioinfo.org/) page for more information.

October 15, 2003 (Thursday) 6-8
Newsletter Committee Meeting
Description: We will be editting the upcoming newsletter and assigning new articles to be written.
Contact: Barbara Armstrong baawis@nethere.com for more information.

October 23, 2003 (Thursday) 6-8
AWIS Movie Club Meeting
Movie: Lost in Translation
Location: La Jolla Village Landmark Theatre, 7:15pm show
For more information contact Hima Joshi (hjoshi@sandiego.edu )

October 23, 2003 (Thursday) 6-7pm
Outreach Meeting
We will again be meeting at The Scripps Research Institute, Beckman building, 3rd floor conference room. Refreshments will be served. The agenda for the meeting includes planning for the Sally Ride Festival, which takes place on November 2nd at UCLA. The Outreach committee will host a booth for the Street Fair at the festival, with information about AWIS-SD and hands-on science activities (see: www.SallyRideFestivals.com for more information). Members and non-members are welcome to attend. If you plan to attend the meeting, please RSVP to Tammy at tammylindell@hotmail.com.