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It was decided that SCFS would join AAAS. Brian Lindquist will be our representative and a membership will be submitted in his name. He will keep us informed as well as see that Science magazine and other AAAS material is distributed.
George Anno is still looking into different ocean generating projects that would be good for SCFS input. Major interest is with regards the latest wave energy techniques. Shel Plotkin pointed out that the capital costs of such projects in the past were too large to be cost effective. George will be looking into recent developments with this aspect in mind.
As for the developing internet presentations, members are simply too busy with other commitments to devote to such matters. John Bachar is engaged with such internet presentations, but those are for his own projects.
Speaking of John and Vonnie Bachar, it was voted to send them a check from the SCFS treasury for $500 as compensation for the holiday party costs December 11. Hopefully, this is more that the actual costs for this year and, therefore, can apply partially to previous years. John wasn’t at the November meeting, so we hope the dollar amount will be OK.
Serious community problems have developed regarding the Santa Susana Field Laboratory clean-up. An effort is underway to abolish the EPA Work Group with its community representatives that provide oversight for the clean-up, Rocketdyne wants to simply walk away and leave the property with the contamination still in place.
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