Join us Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at 4 p.m. in Room 8 of the San Diego Convention Center (San Diego, CA) to vote on proposed bylaw changes. Please note two changes from what appears in ScienceWriters: The room has changed, and the resolution has changed. See the details here. All members are welcome, but students may not vote. If you cannot attend in person, issue your proxy online here by Monday, Feb. 15.

NASW workshops will be held in New Haven, CT, on Nov. 5-6 and part of ScienceWriters 2010. We will be celebrating NASW's 75th anniversary, and CASW's 50th, with serious talk about the craft and future of science writing, and serious fun. The workshops program is created by NASW members. By participating in the planning process, you can make sure that the sessions meet your needs, whether that's for hands-on training, pitching nationally known editors, honing your writing chops, or world-class schmoozing. You can get involved by volunteering for the workshop committee, or by submitting a session proposal. Details

For those of you who do not subscribe to NASW-talk, there has been much discussion of the proposed bylaw revisions. That discussion led members to carry out a successful petition drive to change the available choices about bylaw revisions to be considered at the February 20 special meeting in San Diego. As you read and consider your vote, we hope you will find this FAQ helpful.

A pre-print PDF of the Winter ScienceWriters issue is available in full here to aid in members' discussions of the proposed bylaw changes. The minutes of the 2009 membership meeting are on page 16. The President's letter delving into the rationale for the upcoming bylaws is on page 14, and the proposed updates begin on page 18.