The good, the bad, and the downright ugly

8:30 - 8:45 Registration, Refreshments, Introductions 8: :00Review of 2012 NWARSEF Discussion Problems and Positives - setup, paperwork, awards, IRB/SRC NWAJAS - Problems and Positives ASEF Report AJAS Report NWARSEF 2012 Budget ISEF Report 10: :15 Break 10: :00 NWARSEF 2013 Advisory Board and budget NWARSEF 2013 Rules and Regulations ISEF 2013 Guidelines & Student Handbook Preview of 2013 NWARSEF 2013 Important Dates: Participating School Affiliation Agreement Due: November 1, 2012 Participating School SRC/IRB Due: November 1, NWARSEF Paperwork due: March 6, NWARSEF SRC: Saturday, March 9, NWARSEF: Friday, March 15, 2013 SSEF: (Conway) ISEF: May 12-17, 2013 (Phoenix, AZ) 12: :30 Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 Statistics and Data Analysis 1:30 - 1:45 Break 1:45 - 2:15 Common Core and Next Generation Standards 2:15 - 2:30 Q&A, Wrap-up

 Your name  Your school  What do you like most about science fair? Lynne Hehr, director

 Problems and Positives

◦ IRB/SRC ◦ Paperwork ◦ Setup ◦ Awards

 Problems and Positives

AwardsMaterials, seals, certificates, ribbons for Awards for Science Fair 03/ AwardsNWARSEF monetary awards - 1st to 3rd, Overall winners6, AwardsBrass nameplates for Alpena & St. Vincent dePaul Overall School Winners24.58 Awards Sub total7, FairOffice Depot and WalMart supplies and materials for NWARSEF set up and packets FairExtra staff for Union wire harness and office materials loading/setup FairJudges ribbons for Science Fair 03/ Fair2011 Arkansas Union set up and event charges 03/10-03/111, Fair Day Sub total1, FoodMeal provided for September pre-Science Fair meeting FoodMeal for SRC meeting on Science Fair 03/ FoodWorking lunch meeting for Science Fair 03/ FoodMeal for Science Fair setup 03/ FoodChartwell's catering for Science Fair judges and helpers on 03/112, Food ISEF Science Fair project and abstract meeting 03/ Food Sub total3, ISEFISEF Affiliation Fee ISEFShipping reimbursement to Alpena, Alma and Ft. Smith schools to San Jose, CA ISEFNWARSEF project paperwork sent by UPS to ISEF49.21 ISEFReimbursement for parent expenses to ISEF ISEFLapel pins for ISEF conference ISEFGroup Travel ISEF, Los Angeles, CA, 05/08-05/1518, ISEF Travel, Shipping and Official Party Affiliation Fee Sub total18, , $20,000.00Provided by VPRED $6, School and Project Registration Fees, plus award donations $4,864.78CMASE $31,501.78

 Roger Rose  Kelly Magoulick

 Advisory Board ◦ Members ◦ Recommendations for 2013 budget ◦ Discussion of 2012 budget

Fairs with 1, 2 or 3 projects may bring individual or team Finalists representing the projects committed, up to 3 student observers and a maximum of 6 remaining official party. (A fair must minimally have 1 Adult-in-Charge to chaperone the Finalists.) Fairs pay a fee to affiliate with the Intel ISEF. The base fee is $600 for fairs that are allotted one to two projects. Fairs with more than two projects will pay an additional $100 per project. As stated above, fairs do not have to send their allotted number of projects to the Intel ISEF and may instead commit to sending fewer. This helps save on the registration fee and travel costs for the finalists and may help reduce the affiliation fee as well. The NWARSEF territory consists of 14 counties: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Sebastian, and Washington An affiliate fair must serve a minimum of 50 students in grades 9 through 12 or have at least five high schools participating in its fair. The fair must serve a geographic territory that is not covered by another affiliate fair, except in cases of state or national fairs. The fair must operate under the Intel ISEF Rules and Guidelines and ensure that students and teachers are aware of these requirements as they begin research projects. The Fair Director agrees to hold the Affiliated Fair by the given deadline in early April.

 NWARSEF Affiliation Agreement  NWARSEF School SRC/IRBSRC/IRB  NWARSEF SRC/IRBSRC/IRB  Dates ◦ 2013 NWARSEF Paperwork due: March 6 ◦ 2013 NWARSEF SRC: Saturday, March 9 ◦ 2013 NWARSEF: Saturday, March 15 ◦ SSEF: ?, 2013 (Conway) ◦ ISEF: May 12-17, 2013 (Pittsburg, PA)

Animal Sciences (AS) Behavioral and Social Sciences (BE) Biochemistry (BI) Cellular and Molecular Biology (CB) Chemistry (CH) Computer Science (CS) Earth and Planetary Science (EA) Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical (EE) Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering (EN) Energy and Transportation (ET) Environmental Management (EM) Environmental Sciences (EV) Mathematical Sciences (MA) Medicine and Health Sciences (ME) Microbiology (MI) Physics and Astronomy (PH) Plant Sciences (PS) Team