Council
Governing Bodies of the American Chemical Society
"The popular deliberative assembly of the SOCIETY shall be known as the Council, which shall be composed of the President, the President-Elect, the Directors, the Past Presidents, the Executive Director, the Secretary, and Councilors representing Local Sections and Divisions, all of whom shall be known as voting Councilors, if MEMBERS of the SOCIETY. Twenty percent of elected Councilors shall be elected by Divisions and 80% shall be elected by Local Sections. Each Division and each Local Section shall elect Councilors and Alternate Councilors as provided in the Bylaws. In addition to performing such duties as may be prescribed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY, the Council shall act as an advisory body in matters pertaining to the general management of the SOCIETY."
“The Council also shall include as nonvoting Councilors persons whose SOCIETY positions enable them to contribute special knowledge and viewpoints to Council debate or to benefit in the discharge of their SOCIETY responsibilities from Council discussion, as specified in the Bylaws." [ACS Constitution, Article VI]"
ACS Spring 2024
ACS Fall 2023
- Agenda - Fall, August 16, 2023 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Councilor Talking Points: Fall 2023 (Hybrid) - August 2023 (PDF, 226 KB)
Previous Council Agendas
- Agenda - Spring, March 29, 2023 (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Agenda - Fall, August 24, 2022 (PDF, 2.2MB)
- Agenda - Spring, March 23, 2022 (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Agenda - Fall, August 25, 2021 (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Agenda - Spring 2021, March 24, 2021 (PDF, 1MB)
- Agenda - Fall 2020, August 19, 2020 (PDF, 1MB)
- Agenda - San Diego, August 28, 2019 (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Agenda - Orlando, April 3, 2019 (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Agenda - Boston, August 22, 2018 (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Agenda - New Orleans, March 21, 2018 (PDF, 1MB)
- Agenda - Washington, August 23, 2017 (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Agenda - San Francisco, April 5, 2017 (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Agenda - Philadelphia, August 24, 2016 (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Agenda - San Diego, March 16, 2016 (PDF, 1.1MB)
Council Minutes
- Minutes Hybrid - March 29. 2023 (PDF, 304 KB)
- Minutes Hybrid, August 24, 2022 (PDF, 228 KB)
- Minutes Virtual - March 23, 2022 (PDF, 245KB)
- Minutes Virtual - August 25, 2021 (PDF, 4.4MB)
- Minutes Virtual - March 24, 2021 (PDF, 3.1MB)
- Minutes Virtual - August 19, 2020 (PDF, 4.2MB)
- Minutes Virtual - April 20, 2020 (PDF, 424KB)
- Minutes San Diego - August 28, 2019 (PDF, 709KB)
- Minutes Orlando - April 3, 2019 (PDF, 700KB)
- Minutes Boston - August 22, 2018 (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Minutes New Orleans - March 21, 2018 (PDF, 200KB)
- Minutes Washington DC, August 23, 2017 (PDF, 820KB)
- Minutes San Francisco, April 5, 2017 (PDF, 667KB)
- Minutes Philadelphia - August 24, 2016 (PDF, 272KB)
- Minutes San Diego - March 16, 2016 (PDF, 201KB)
Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
Policies
- ACS Comments by Committee Chairs (PDF, 54kb)
- Reports to Council (PDF, 97kb)
- Volunteer/National Attendee Conduct (PDF, 85kb)
- Yellow Book (PDF, 89kb)
Procedures
- Balloting and Preferential Voting Procedures (PDF, 88kb)
Guidelines
- Special Discussions for Council Meetings (PDF, 85kb)
- Visual Presentations and Supplemental Material (PDF, 83kb)
Other Council Related Items
Town Hall Update for Committees: McKinley Advisors Review
On October 26, 2023, the Committee on Committees held a Town Hall for ACS Council-related Committees:
- Councilor News/Committee Alerts
- Previous Councilor Talking Points
- Legal Resource Manual for Divisions and Local Sections - 3rd Edition (PDF, 875kb)
- Petitions to Change Constitution and Bylaws, and Standing Rule, Considered by the Council
- Strategy Café Toolkit
- Toolkit slides (PPT, 1.9MB) and outline (DOC, 71KB)
Learn More About ACS Governance
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