1. SAFETY TG BUSINESS MTG Jay Pollack, Program Chair AGENDA – Background – Money – Program – New/Old business

2. OFFICERS Chair- Nancy Dareisch Secretary: Treasurer: Webmasters: Katie Berry, Michael Sawyer Program Chair: William Vigilante

3. Safety TG Finance Report - 2014 15,513 balance from last year 22,139 income 0 expense 17,652 current balance Membership 613 down to 571

4. SAFETY TECHNICAL GROUP HFES 2014 PROGRAM CHAIR REPORT JAY POLLACK

5. STG SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED 18 SUBMISSIONS – 11 LECTURES – 6 POSTERS – 1 DISCUSSION PANEL STUDENT SUBMISSIONS – 5 POSTERS – 3 LECTURES

6. REVIEW PROCESS SUBMISSIONS REVIEWED BY 3 PEERS ON SCALE OF 0 TO 7 AVERAGE RATING OF ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS WAS 4.9 SUBMISSIONS WITH AVERAGE RATING LESS THAN 3 WERE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED

7. RESULTS 9 LECTURES AND 1 PANEL WERE ACCEPTED 2 LECTURES AND 6 POSTERS WERE REJECTED 3 SESSIONS WERE GIVEN TO STG 1 PANEL 2 LECTURE SESSIONS ARNOLD SMALL LECTURE ADDITIONAL

8. THANK YOU TO THE 55 REVIEWERS WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO THE SESSION CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS WHO ARE MANAGING THE SESSIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED THEIR WORK TO THE STG NEXT YEAR’S PROGRAM CHAIR IS WILLIAM VIGILANTE – THANKS IN ADVANCE FROM STG

9. Discussions Elections: Use mail chimp for voting. Setting deadline for who can vote. Newsletters: Need at least two, like 4, got none. Can we fix this? Publication issues in Proceedings New Business?