DECEMBER 2014 • Vol. 20 No. 10
New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists
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2014: The NYSCC Year in Review… by Steve Neidenberg, NYSCC Chair
ur Chapter’s dedicated volunteers filled this past calendar year with many wonderful opportunities for us to come together, learn, and socialize. We had eleven major events in 2014. The only months without a meeting, symposium, or social event were January, August, and November. In February and May we actually had two events. For the first time in many years, we added an extra special event in December to support and complement the Annual SCC Scientific Meeting in New York City. As you might imagine, there is always much behind-the-scenes work involved in planning and organizing each of these events. On the pages that follow there is a brief summary of the year with acknowledgments and gratitude given to the cadre of volunteers and speakers who participated in making each one of our events special. If you would like to be part of one of these committees in the future (check out the 2015 Events Calendar in this issue) you will find it extremely rewarding and fun to give something back to the industry that keeps us gainfully employed. We can always use more help and new ideas. If this is something that you are contemplating, I invite you to contact a board or committee member to find out more. Our annual Suppliers’ Day is the largest and most anticipated trade show for the personal care industry in North America. The proceeds from this mega-event allow us subsidize our educational events, making them affordable for our members. The activities of the National organization and its eighteen regional chapters are scientific, educational or charitable in scope. Much appreciation goes to the volunteers and paid professionals that make Suppliers’ Day so successful year after year. Specifically, I would like to thank Danielle Kennedy (Kobo Products), Sandy Chapin (Allured), Juliana Rumbaugh (Lonza), Jeff Crume (Lubrizol), Gillian Ratto (L'Oréal), Victor Low (Lonza), Carolyn Curtin (Curtin Productions), Karl Bitner (Albert Kemperle), Andrea Guerrero (Gattefossé USA), John Carola (Protameen), Monica Haltrecht (Lubrizol), Debbie McCarthy (Kobo Products), Josh Wolfman (All Ingredients Plus), Judi Grossman (IFC Solutions), Doug Krysiak (Croda), Alison Griffin (EMD Chemicals), Jim Lynch (Ultra Chemical), Sharon Martin (Mary Kay Cosmetics), Sylvain Maur (Lucas Meyer Cosmetics), Stephanie MacDonald (Dow Corning), and Kyle Gormley (EES Cosmetic Solutions). Administratively, this year the New York and other chapters became incorporated to protect our financial assets and our volunteers from liabilities. Thank you to my entire board for their input and cooperation with our legal representation to draft the necessary documents and put them into effect. Also, we updated our By-Laws to reflect how we currently operate today. Thank you to all those involved. (Continued on page 4)
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