Dale Bassler is the President of the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST), one of the WSN Coalition members. He is a physics teacher at Appleton East High School. Dale first became involved in WSST at the 1998 convetion where he saw the opportunities for science teachers to share their new ideas, struggles, and success stories. He co-chaired the 2004 WSST convention planning committee. In 2001 he became the WSST webmaster, a position he still holds.