This is a summary for all Pi Mu Epsilon Chapters of the meeting of the National Council of Pi Mu Epsilon, Inc., August 3, 2007 in San Jose, California.

• There were 75 Pi Mu Epsilon student speakers at the national Pi Mu Epsilon conference held in conjunction with MathFest 2007. This number of speakers far exceeds the previous high.
  
  
  • Students who requested transportation reimbursement also received $125 to help defray the costs of lodging, food, registration, etc. Pi Mu Epsilon was able to give these students this subsistence because of a grant from the National Security Agency.
    
  • Twelve student speakers received $150 cash awards for the excellence of their presentations. Seven of these cash prizes were subsidized by a grant from the American Mathematical Society, one was furnished by the Council on Undergraduate Research, two were given by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, one was given by the MAA's Special Interest Group on issues of Environmental Mathematics, and one was given by the MAA's Special Interest Group on Mathematical Biology. These awards were presented immediately following the Pi Mu Epsilon Banquet with 192 students and faculty in attendance.
  
  
• The Student Reception welcoming Pi Mu Epsilon and MAA student speakers the evening before MathFest began was well-received. During MathFest, two of the four teams that participated in the Mathematical Jeopardy Contest represented two of our Pi Mu Epsilon Chapters: Ohio Omicron at Mount Union College and Ohio Xi at Youngstown State University.

• The second annual breakfast for Chapter Advisors held at MathFest 2007 was again great success, and Pi Mu Epsilon will continue to host these breakfasts at MathFests. Pi Mu Epsilon has discontinued sponsoring the joint advisor breakfasts at the winter meetings since at those meetings the Pi Mu Epsilon table in the Exhibit Hall is the primary place to meet and talk to faculty and students associated with our Pi Mu Epsilon Chapters.

• In business conducted by email during the spring semester, Council voted unanimously to establish the following new Chapters (listed in the order in which they were approved):
  • The California Omicron Chapter at California State University - Chico, our 322nd Chapter. The Chapter was installed on April 15, 2007 by President Joan Weiss.
  • The Virginia Mu Chapter at Christian Newport University in Newport News, our 323rd Chapter. The Chapter was installed on April 12, 2007 by President-Elect David Sutherland.
  • The Oregon Epsilon Chapter at Linfield College in McMinnville, our 324th Chapter. The Chapter was installed on May 15, 2007 by Councillor Paul Fishback.
  • The Massachusetts Zeta Chapter at Fitchburg State College, our 325th Chapter. The Chapter will be installed at a date to be determined by Journal Editor Brigitte Servatius.
  • The California Pi Chapter at Concordia University - Irvine, our 326th Chapter. The Chapter was installed on April 29, 2007 by Secretary-Treasurer Leo Schneider.
  • The Ohio Sigma Chapter at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, our 327th Chapter. The Chapter will be installed, probably on September 7, 2007, by Secretary-Treasurer Leo Schneider.
  
  
• The financial report for the July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 fiscal year showed that Pi Mu Epsilon is in good shape and was accepted unanimously by the Council. The budget for the July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 fiscal year was approved. Due to the large number of speakers at the August 2007 meeting, the budget for this fiscal year will be very tight.

• Pi Mu Epsilon has continued computerizing its Membership records. It looks as though the end is in sight! We now see that the Chapter that has inducted the maximum number of members is the Missouri Gamma Chapter at St. Louis University. Congratulations MO Gamma!

• Pi Mu Epsilon has been computerizing its Membership records for the past few years. It is anticipated that the keyboarding will be completed in mid-fall 2006.

• The best student-written articles in the 2006 issues of the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal that received the Richard V. Andree Award were:
  • Linked Triangle Pairs in a Straight Edge Embedding of K6 by Colleen Hughes, which appeared in the Spring 2006 issue.
  • Working with Block Products by Sara Zasada, which appeared in the Fall 2006 issue.

• The Editor of the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal reported an increase in papers submitted for publication. There is still a desire to increase the number of student-written articles. In the 2006 issues of the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal there was an insufficient number of papers with student authors to distribute all the prize money available for the Richard V. Andree Award. Articles coauthored by students and faculty are not eligible for this award.

• The Problems Section of the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal continues to be popular. The problems that appear in the spring and fall issues of the Journal are posted on the Pi Mu Epsilon web page,http://www.pme-math.org/ on March 1 and October 1, usually ahead of the time the Journal is mailed to our members. October 1, 2007 is the deadline for solutions submitted to the problems that were posted on March 1, 2007, and the solutions to those problems will be printed in the fall 2007 issue of the Journal. Similarly, March 1, 2008 will the deadline for solutions submitted to the problems that will be posted on October 1,2007, and the solutions to those problems will be printed in the spring 2008 issue of the Journal.

• A searchable index for the titles and authors of all articles that have appeared in the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal is on our web site. Articles that have won the Richard V. Andree Award are given special recognition in the index.

• Visits were made to five Chapters in the Pi Mu Epsilon National Lectureship and Enhancement Program for 2006-2007:
  • Journal Editor Brigitte Servatius visited our New York Alpha Nu Chapter at Fordham University on March 23, 2007.
  • Past President Robert Smith visited our South Carolina Alpha Chapter at the University of South Carolina on March 27, 2007.
  • Councillor Eve Torrence visited our North Carolina Lambda Chapter at Wake Forest University on April 9, 2007.
  • President Joan Weiss visited our New Jersey Epsilon Chapter at St. Peter's College on April 19, 2007.
  • President-Elect David Sutherland visited our Texas Iota Chapter at the University of Texas at Arlington on April 25 and 26, 2007.

• Also during the spring term, one Chapter was formally reactivated:
  • President Joan Weiss reactivated the New Jersey Zeta Chapter at Fairleigh Dickinson University on April 26, 2007.

• The Council approved funding in our 2007-2008 National Lectureship and Enhancement Program for our Oklahoma Beta Chapter at Oklahoma State University.

• The Council will accept applications for additional Lectureship visits for the spring 2008 term. The deadline for the applications will be December 1, 2007.

• President-Elect David Sutherland represented Pi Mu Epsilon at the gala celebration in Washington, DC honoring the 12 winners of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad.

• Pi Mu Epsilon was gifted with an endowment to establish a triennial award for a faculty member who has demonstrated dedication and exceptional service to his or her Chapter. National officers are ineligible for this award. The value of the award will be $500. The first such award will be made at the Pi Mu Epsilon conference held in conjunction with MathFest in August 2008.

• Chapters are asked to verify that their listing is up-to-date and correct in our listing of Chapters at http://www.pme-math.org/chapters/statelists.html.

• Chapters should file their annual Chapter Report athttp://www.pme-math.org/chapters/chaptersubmit.html

• Ballots for Pi Mu Epsilon officers for the term July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011 will be emailed to Chapters by January 31, 2008.

• The Pi Mu Epsilon Constitution specifies that any Chapter can nominate an officer whose name shall appear on the ballot. Of course, Chapters can also simply suggest names to the nominating committee. The nominating committee for this election is: President Joan Weiss, chair, together with Past President Robert Smith, President-Elect David Sutherland, and Secretary-Treasurer Leo Schneider. The deadline for submitting nominations to the Secretary-Treasurer is November 30, 2007.

  The complete and official minutes of this meeting will be available from the Pi Mu Epsilon Secretary-Treasurer after they are approved at the January 2008 meeting of the Pi Mu Epsilon Council in San Diego, CA.

Leo J. Schneider
Secretary-Treasurer, Pi Mu Epsilon, Inc.