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Article: A new way to publicize. (new version of the periodic table from Toronto)
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- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- September 1, 1992
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The Toronto sections, CIC and CSChE, decided to hold a joint annual general meeting this year. Traditionally, in order to publicize the event, a flyer is sent out and ignored by 90% of the people who receive it. This year, the two sections decided that they would try to do something innovative and hope that the general membership would appreciate the effort and turn out at the meeting.
It was decided that a colorful flyer might attract some of the members interest long enough to at least read the flyer. After much discussion, the executive decided upon a periodic table. As this is an item generally useful for both chemists and chemical engineers, it was hoped ...