Integration with the Soil Science Society of America
As of August 2011, the NSCSS is a fully integrated part of the Soil Science Society of America. At the May 21–24, 2011 NSCSS Annual Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, it was recommended that NSCSS integrate into SSSA to unite and expand the soil science community and form a new Consulting Soil Scientists Division within SSSA. These discussions led to the proposal that was presented to the NSCSS Board of Directors that NSCSS integrate into SSSA and form the new Division with SSSA. After further NSCSS/SSSA discussions regarding the merger, on July 21, 2011, the Board of Directors of the SSSA unanimously voted to create a new Division - S12, for Consulting Soil Scientists (CSS). On July 29, 2011, the NSCSS Board of Directors voted to recommend to the membership that we integrate our corporation and programs into SSSA. In August, NSCSS members were given the opportunity to approve the merger by voting - the results were overwhelmingly (95%) in favor of integrating NSCSS into SSSA." [3]
They cited being included under SSSA's corporate umbrella (alleviating financial and administrative demands) and the communications network of the SSSA's Science Policy Office in Washington D.C. as major advantages leading to the choice to integrate.
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