Members on call: Mike Nelson, Bill Alexander, Meredith Garofalo, Bob Lindmeier, Chris Michaels, Katy Morgan, Alana Nehring, Michael Page, Elisa Raffa, Hannah Strong
Call Began 2:02 PM EDT
Mike Nelson has been honored with a fellowship with the AMS. Only 1,200 fellows since 1919, a mere 25 of those coming from the broadcast sector!
Communicating Climate Change session at the annual AMS Meeting in Phoenix chaired by Mike Nelson. Session will focus on the question if broadcasters can bring more to the table as far as better communication to the public especially providing advice for non-broadcasters. Also put out a call for any interest from committee members in being a part of the session.
Meredith Garofalo and Mike both attending the AMS Summer Community Meeting being held in Boulder, CO this week.
Bob Lindmeier working on a collaborative meeting with NWS Sullivan featuring a round-table discussion similar to what Mike hosted a few months ago.
Brief description:
On Sunday, October 21, from 9 AM to 1 PM, there will be a NWS/Broadcasters Round Table at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center
in Monona, WI. This round table is a collaborative effort to bring Wisconsin and northern Illinois meteorologists from the broadcast community, National Weather Service, and academia together with climate scientists. Speakers will include Daniel Vimont and Ankur Desai from the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin, Tim Halbach from the National Weather Service Office in Sullivan, and Bob Lindmeier, Chief Meteorologist for WKOW-TV in Madison.
The Society of Environmental Journalists has awarded Elisa Raffa the Climate Matters in the Newsroom fellowship. She has received an all expenses paid trip to the SEJ's conference in Flint over the first weekend in October. She'll also be attending a workshop focusing on telling climate change stories that matter with one of the speakers during the workshop being fellow committee member, Paul Gross.
Next call scheduled for October 8th.
SSC Facebook page is now public, discussed doing more Facebook Lives and Google Hangouts. Will plan on a live session after Bob's NWS roundtable on Sunday, October 21st.
On a personal note, Meredith will be singing the national anthem at the Bears vs. Broncos NFL game!
Call ended 2:18 PM EDT