2005 Final Business Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The meeting was called to order at 3:33 p.m. on Sunday, December 18, 2005 by Section C Chair Rob Meagher, with 30 members in attendance.
Announcements
The 2006 annual meeting will be held in Indianapolis on December 10-16. The theme of next year’s meeting will be Give Something Back. Program symposia titles are due to the Program Committee by February 1, and Section and regular symposia titles are due March 6. The deadline for Hot Topics symposia is November 1.
2004 Final Business Meeting Minutes
Vice-Chair Peter Price read abbreviated minutes from the 2004 Section C Final Business Meeting. Larry Charlet moved acceptance of the minutes, seconded by Denise Olsen. Motion carried.
Old Business
Report from the Nominating Committee, Past-Chair Bob Nowierski:
Vice-President-Elect, ESA: No nominations
2007 Secretary-Elect, Section C: Ross Miller
Governing Board Representative (2007-2009)L Gail Kampmeier nominated by Rayda Krell, seconded by Peter Price. Nomination carried.
All positions on standing committees have been filled for 2005!
Report of the Governing Board Representative, Gail Kampmeier
Kampmeier reported that Marlin Rice had been nominated for Vice-President-Elect by Section E. Larry Charlet mentioned that Marlin is dedicated, and doing a good job as Secretary-Treasurer. Rob Meagher called for a motion to support Section E’s nomination of Marlin Rice. Larry Charlet made the motion, and Ernie DelFosse seconded. The motion carried.
The Governing Board resumed its meeting on Sunday, December 18, 2005. We discussed procedures for selecting nominees to committee positions when more than one person had been nominated for a single post. Other problems arose when members of a committee whose terms were expiring decided they wanted to be renominated, but did not indicate this until long after volunteers for the positions had been sought. The task of soliciting nominations for upcoming committee vacancies was started before the summer board meeting, with the Governing Board working through the sections and branches, but nominations are only voted upon by members at the final business meeting.
We had a recap of the restructuring feedback from written forms submitted as of noon on Saturday. Most people who responded had been to one of the forums and read the posters. Most favored the restructuring as proposed by a two to one margin. Members of the International Affairs Committee were excited by the prospect of an international branch, and CSREES members were similarly interested in a corresponding branch.
John Trumble and Murray Iseman brought forth a well thought out proposal for sponsoring the 2012 International Congress of Entomology, with a tentative site of San Diego's downtown Convention Center in early July of that year. The thought is that this meeting would not supercede the normal ESA Annual meeting in December, and would be sponsored by the Southwest and Pacific Branches, with other North American entities. They will be presenting an agenda brief for the summer Governing Board meeting.
Section E asked the Governing Board to dissolve its subsections, which they voted to do. Concern was expressed about the lack of business meetings of Subsection Cf, and whether this subsection might decide to ask to be dissolved as well.
The Governing Board empowered Director of Communications Alan Kahan to reallocate funds for waivers for page charges for ESA journals so that these funds are fully utilized during a calendar year. In the past, the allocation for Annals was used up earlier in the year, while the allocations for other journals were not always used.
The Program Committee, represented by Kathleen Shields, Susan Weller, and Rick Weinzierl spoke with the Governing Board about preventing burnout. Because of the ever increasing number of presentation submissions, more resources, particularly clerical help, are desperately needed for the committee. Currently there is no automatic checking of submissions as they come into the Confex system, and although the responsibility would ultimately remain with the authors, the Program Committee is unwilling to put together a poorly edited and formatted program book, with typos in titles and keywords, and non-uniformity of format. Now, all of this has to be done by hand, causing, for Section C in particular, over 100 hours of proofing and reformatting by Chair Rob Meagher. We strongly request that in the future, members please read and follow the directions more carefully when uploading the titles and information about their talks and posters.
The old board was adjourned and new board convened under new ESA President Frank Gilstrap. The new board then elected Gail Kampmeier and Steve Clement to at-large positions on the Executive Committee.
At the end of the Governing Board report, Kampmeier presented outgoing Section C Chair Rob Meagher with a plaque and service pin, thanking him for all that he has done for this Section over the last year.
Report from the Publications Council Representative, Laurence D. Charlet
The Publications Council met from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, 17 December 2005 at the Marina Marriott Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Representatives from the Editorial Boards, Editors of the ESA journals, and Alan Kahan (ESA Director of Communications) were present.
A summary of the items discussed is as follows:
Larry Charlet was elected the new chair of the Publications Council for 2006.
The new editor-in-chief for the Journal of Medical Entomology is Walter Tabachnik, Florida Medical Entomology Lab, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL [proposed by JME Editorial Board and approved by ESA Governing Board on December 18.]
Concerns were expressed by a number of Editorial Board reps and Editors about how certain issues would be addressed in the new contract for publishing of ESA journals [The contract with Cadmus will expire at the end of 2006]. These included open access reprint costs, costs of our journals to libraries, and maintaining open access to journal articles after 2 years.
There was a motion by the Publications Council to allow reallocation of page charge waivers among journals each calendar year. This motion was approved by the ESA Governing Board on December 18.
Reports from the editors-in-chief of all of the ESA journals were that, for the most part, the system was working very well.
The contract with Cadmus will expire at the end of 2006. The Governing Board heard a proposal to publish our journals from Blackwell. The Director of Communications will be soliciting bids from different sources during 2006. These will be reviewed by the Publications Council and a final decision made by the ESA Governing Board.
The Rapid Communication Policy (articles with a 2000 word maximum and double page charges) established by the Journal of Medical Entomology will be applied to all journals if they want to implement it in the future.
There was discussion of how to provide peer review of websites so individuals could get credit at their institution; basically an expansion of what is a publication. A draft proposal on this idea and how to implement it will be sent as an agenda brief to the ESA Governing Board for their 2006 summer meeting.
Report from the Standing Committee on Membership, Rayda Krell
In Attendance: Rayda Krell, Chair; Floyd Shockley, Vice-Chair; Nic-Ellis, Vice-Chair-Elect; Charles Covell, Emeritus Members Liason; Evan Lampert, Student Affairs Committee Liason; Gail Kampmeier, Governing Board Liason; Chris Stelzig, Staff Liason; Tom Royer, Southwestern Branch Representative; David Riley, Section F Representative.
Rayda called the meeting to order at noon. The meeting began with self-introductions by each member in attendance. Rayda reviewed the progress of the committee over the last year (details were presented in the report to the Governing Board, which is attached to these minutes), emphasizing the positive effect that the committee likely had on the bottom line increase in membership for the second year in a row. All Section representatives were expected to give reports during their section business meetings in Fort Lauderdale, or to arrange for someone to give such reports. Floyd Shockley met with the Council of Entomology Department Administrators (CEDA) to encourage student memberships as well as those of their mentors.
Other topics/suggestions about the Annual Meeting were discussed, including the following:
The Plenary Session include a recognition of the number of years (by pin decade) that people have been members in the Society, by asking them to stand in recognition.
The mentor wall should be given another chance and further participation encouraged.
The new member meet-and-greet might have a door prize or other draw to encourage attendance (there is competition with scientific sessions and despite the presence of treats, attendance was only about a dozen new members).
Given a favorable outcome of the "Taste of ESA" campaign, the committee will likely implement this feature for the 2006 meeting as a method of increasing membership.
In addition to the topics that the committee would like to tackle in the coming year (see below), a rough monthly timeline of 2006 Membership Committee activities was distributed. The committee would work closely with Chris Stelzig to follow up on the renewal process, maintain contacts with CEDA, write committee reports for the GB for their meetings, etc. One or two articles are also planned for the newsletter.
The committee has taken on the following charges of their own making that have a direct impact on retention:
Revision of the late fee structure/policy, facets of which could include automatic renewals, amnesty, elimination of late fees for all or certain categories of members, late fees as a percentage rather than flat fee, changes in benefits with late renewals (no back mailings), lifetime memberships, etc. Nic Ellis is leading this and will prepare an agenda brief for the summer GB meeting.
Resume posting for members for a nominal fee ($35 was suggested), which could increase retention in the particularly vulnerable membership categories where students are transitioning (and looking for jobs!), but could also retain other members that are looking to change jobs for whatever reasons. Rayda Krell will work with Chris on this issue.
The committee is looking forward to working with Charlie Covell on retention of emeriti and helping to bring back their expertise and enthusiasm to the Society and share it with the next generations of entomologists.
The committee also plans to work on clarifying and facilitating the President's Circle membership so that more members are attracted to join at this level. Chris Stelzig has developed an upgrade form that will allow members to graduate to this level even after joining as a regular member.
Surveys (via SurveyMonkey) may be conducted throughout the year on one or more of the above charges, to assess member opinion about the directions the committee should take in retaining members and encouraging membership.
Other ideas that may be explored as time permits are making memberships a la carte, which may have direct implications on the restructuring of the Society as well as allowing the formation of an associate membership category.
The Committee voted to support the nomination of Gail Kampmeier to serve an additional term on the Governing Board. The committee has truly appreciated her leadership and assistance throughout the year.
Note: In a final update sent by Paula Lettice, the end-of-year membership total for 2005 was 5,960, which was 15% above the total for 2004.
Report from Environmental Entomology Editorial Board (Norman C. Leppla, given by Tom Sappington)
The Cadmus contract expires this year, and bids by other publishers will be considered. One issue on the table is whether ESA journals should continue to have page charges. Dropping page charges presumably would lead to increased submissions. There was some debate about whether this would be good (e.g., there would be a higher load on Subject Editors, more foreign submissions with substandard English, etc.). Also would mean an increase in library subscription prices, and the possibility that some universities would no longer subscribe. On the other hand, page charges are an increasing burden for some ESA members who no longer receive support from their university to pay them, so it could represent a service to the membership to drop them.
Keyword search via Rapid Review, used by editors seeking reviewers, needs improvement.
There was a suggestion to consider finding a way to reward good reviewers. This could be monetary, or simply a title of an award that can go on a CV. It would be an official recognition.
Editor-in-Chief Alan Cameron, introduced a new subject area, “Transgenic Plants and Insects." This new area was kicked off by 13 papers and an introduction in the October issue. The papers emerged from a conference on non-target effects of Bt in corn and cotton. Steve Naranjo was a conference organizer and served as guest editor to help Sappington handle the group of papers. This cohort of papers has had a high impact so far, e.g., reviewers are demanding better methodology in subsequent submissions, based on the methodology introduced in the opening papers. Roughly eight new papers have been submitted in this area since its inception, some coming in before the section was in print, the word having got around.
Currently 22 subject editors.
Acceptance rate has remained steady at about 63-65%.
Submissions are up substantially over last year.
Report from American Entomologist Editorial Board (Daniel M. Pavuk)
The meeting was called to order at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 16, by Editorial Board Chair Rick Brandenburg. Gene Kritsky, the editor of American Entomologist, provided his report. Fifty-four manuscripts were processed in 2005, including 10 obituaries, 25 book reviews, and 9 columns. The rejection rate for 2005 was 20% of the submitted manuscripts, which is similar to the rejection rate for the past two years. All of the features are continuing, except for “From the Past.” These features from the original American Entomologist were not expected to be long-term features, but were intended to be primarily “fillers” until a backlog of accepted papers accumulated. There were two Instant Symposia this year, including one on carabid beetle ecology from the North Central Branch Meeting held at Purdue University. Gene said that he has been receiving very good papers for 2005 and that enough manuscripts have been processed to be nearly one complete issue ahead. At this point, most of the Spring 2006 issue has already been submitted for copy. Gene stated that he has started to “mine” the National ESA Meetings for papers and authors. He invited 15 people who presented at the Salt Lake City Meeting to submit, and 8 of those have completed manuscripts. Gene also indicated that he is searching the Branch Meetings for Instant Symposia. Two new contributing editors for “Postmarked: Extension” will be nominated at this Editorial Board Meeting: Dr. Ric Bessin of the University of Kentucky, and Dr. Phil Mulder from Oklahoma State University. Both Ric and Phil agreed to serve as contributing editors if they are approved by the Board. Gene stated that deadlines for Buzzwords and Research Briefs are January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15.
The contributing editors of the “Heritage” column, Bob Peterson and Carol Sheppard, reported that one manuscript was accepted for publication, one was in revision, and two others were out for review. They said that they are continuing to pursue potential authors.
The book and media reviews editor, Jon Lundgren, said that 32 books were reviewed since March 2005, and 12 more were underway. Most of the reviews have been timely and of high quality. The suggestion was made that website reviews could also be included in American Entomologist, and Jon thought that this was certainly a possibility.
Alan Kahan also gave his report: During 2005, 256 pages were published, there were 35.17 paid ad pages, and the number of subscriptions as of September 30, 2005, was 5,783. Alan asked the board members if they had seen papers from American Entomologist abstracted by any of the abstracting services. Since no one had, Alan is planning to look into this situation. Alan also mentioned that the publishing contract with Cadmus ends at the end of 2006, and ESA is considering different possible publishers, including Blackwell Science.
During executive session, the editorial board unanimously elected Ric Bessin and Phil Mulder to be the new co-editors of “Postmarked: Extension.” Dan Pavuk will be the new editorial board chair for 2006, since his term as Section C representative expires in 2006.
Report from the Annals of the ESA Editorial Board (Robert K. Vander Meer)
Attendees: John Oswald, Acting Chair, Section A; Thomas Coudron, Section B; Reg Coler, Section D; Joe Keiper, Editor-in-Chief; Timothy Collier, Subject Editor; David Wagner, Subject Editor; Alan Kahan, Director of Communications
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 by John Oswald.
Joe Keiper and Alan Kahan presented their reports.
Kahan explained how the average times reported from the Rapid Review system may not be an accurate indicator because of a few outlier times that skew the average. He said he would try and show the actual range of times when he writes up the Minutes.
As part of his report, Kahan discussed the recent proposal submitted to the ESA Governing Board from Blackwell Publishing regarding the Society’s publication strategies. He asked for feedback from the Annals group about their ideas, which included:
That there should be no constraints on access less than what is currently provided to members and subscribers.
Enhancement of international access to the journal.
Having no page charges was seen as desirable, especially for international authors.
Concern about the significantly higher subscription prices that would have to be charged to libraries as a result of no page charges.
Concern that an author still be able to post his article on his website after two years as is current ESA policy
Concern that working with a commercial, for-profit publisher was seen as contrary to the non-profit, educational mission of the ESA.
Kahan also suggested that editors try to obtain more Forum articles as a way of increasing readership and the journal’s Impact Factor.
There was a discussion of ways to acknowledge the service of some, if not all, manuscript reviewers besides only publishing their names in the journal each year. Suggestions were to provide a certificate, like the current service award certificate; discount the reviewer’s annual meeting registration; or provide some kind of “credit’, such as no page charges if one reviews a certain number of manuscripts. No final recommendation was made, however.
Report from the Journal of Economic Entomology Editorial Board (James E. Throne)
JEE is the most cited entomological journal in the world, with 6,930 citations in 2004. This is 2,000 more citations that the next most cited journal.
During the last 12 months, 457 manuscripts were submitted with an acceptance rate of ca. 55%.
The average time from submission to complete the review process is 3.8 weeks, to acceptance is 24 weeks; and to publication is 42.1 weeks.
Our contract with Cadmus to publish ESA journals ends in 2006. ESA will be accepting bids for a new contract. Communicate to your Governing Board members what publication issues are important to you, e.g. don’t what to pay page charges, want open access pdf’s, etc.
So far, 295 articles and 2,358 pages have been published in 2005 in JEE, which is the most pages published since 1992.
Six subject editors stepped down in 2005, including Joseph Elkinton, Gail Kampmeier, Dave Schuster, Mike Irwin, Robert Venette, and Nikolai van Beek. New subject editors, Bruce Hibbard, Thomas Perring, Sanford Eigenbrode, and David Shapiro-Ilan.
The general health of the journal is good and is continually improving.
Report from the Journal of Medical Entomology Editorial Board (Thomas W. Sappington)
John Edman is stepping down as the editor-in-chief (EIC). Walter Tabachnik has been nominated as the new EIC, and has the unanimous support of the editorial board. Walter has been serving as a subject editor in the area of population genetics and will need to be replaced.
JME dealt with the controversial taxonomic issue of a recent recommendation in a paper to split the genus Aedes into 40 new genera. Because such a move will be disruptive and a consensus has not been reached in the taxonomic community, John Edman published a letter from the editor outlining journal policy on the issue. He recommended, with editorial board and subject editor approval, that until there is a consensus from the systematics community about whether to accept this (and until molecular data is considered), then the best position is to continue with the old system. Authors are free to use the new system if they desire, but are required to provide the old name at first mention. John and JME took a leadership role among other medical entomology societies and journals on this issue. He determined this to be a consensus in the community at large, and now other journals are following the JME lead.
Two new subject editors were added in 2005: John Clark (insecticide resistance and insecticides) and Hans Klompens (tick and mite biology, especially mites).
John Edman’s report: 50 more manuscripts this year than last. Rejection rate is up from 30 to 36%, which is probably a good thing. Edman would like to see it up around 40% -- it’s a way to help improve the status of JME. Right now JME has the highest impact factor of the four ESA journals. The area of mosquito behavior has the heaviest load of submissions, and it might be good to get another subject editor. The problem is that there is not a big pool of candidates in this field that fit the bill.
When he joined as EIC 5 years ago, Edman had two main ideas for enhancing the appeal of the journal. First, he wanted to attract more molecular papers, and we are definitely making progress. There are two subject editors now in this area. Many of the submissions are molecular systematics types of papers. Second, he wanted to publish timely review articles, but this hasn’t panned out too well. However, he still thinks that 2 or 3 reviews per year would increase the appeal of the journal and would increase its impact factor. Suggested that a “Review Editor” might be appropriate.
Alan Kahan’s report: Time to first notification of authors after submission is 7.6 weeks, the best in the ESA. Time to publication is down to about 41 weeks from about a year before implementation of the Rapid Review system.
The Cadmus contract is up for renewal in 2006, and bids by other publishers will be considered. A new publisher may well be a commercial venture, so they would represent a very different model than the current one of self-publishing. In that case, it would be a revenue-sharing arrangement. With Cadmus, we keep the profits. One possibility that the Governing Board is considering is to eliminate page charges. There are several implications of this: We would have to increase the library subscription cost. Although the bottom-line income should be the same or better for ESA, having no page charges will affect how many pages the journal can print - i.e., there would be constraints on the number of pages and articles that can be printed per year, potentially creating "artificial" backlogs of accepted papers waiting in the queue to appear in print until the next calendar year. On the other hand, such a problem might be alleviated to some extent by releasing in-press papers online. Having on-line "in press" papers will happen, but is on hold now until the anticipated bids have been considered. Board members agree that it will be important to calculate the cost of change and disruption when deciding the value of a potential change in publishers.
A suggestion was made to consider awards such as “Best Paper of the Year” and “Best Paper from a Dissertation”, something that is offered by other journals. A downside to consider would be figuring out how to keep it from being too much work for a committee. However, such awards might encourage submission of more high-impact papers. It would also serve the membership by providing official recognition of outstanding work.
Report from the Thomas Say Editorial Board (Laurence D. Charlet)
The meeting of the Thomas Say Publications in Entomology Editorial Board was held from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2005, at the Marina Marriott Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Those in attendance included Larry Charlet (Section C), Joe McHugh substituting for Margaret Thayer (Section A), Allen Szalanski and Bill Reisen substituting for Bruce Eldridge (Section D), Jim Wooley (Editor), and Alan Kahan (ESA Director of Communications). The following items were discussed:
Because monographs are funded through the Entomological Foundation, and only about $2000 is available each year, only one can be published annually. It is unlikely that there will be an increase in funds for these publications.
One monograph, “Revision of the subfamily Macrocentrinae in America north of Mexico” by Kenneth Ahlstrom was published June 8, 2005, using funds from 2004 and 2005. The monograph, “Revision of the wasp-mimicking Sphecosoma-generic group based on adult morphology,” by Rebecca Simmons and Susan Weller is scheduled for publication in January 2006. A monograph,”Systematic revision of the extant and fossil snout butterflies,” by Akito Y. Kawahara is being revised and will probably be published in January 2007. A monograph by Allen Sanborn, “Cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadoidea) of North America North of Mexico, including information on synonomy, type locations, and type material status,” is also in revision, but once ready, will have to wait until January 2008 for publication.
There was some discussion about the potential of electronic versions of monographs available prior to publication in print; there are a number of problems that need to be addressed first. In addition, the possibility of developing CD publication of Thomas Say monographs will investigated by the Editor, Jim Wooley. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature requirements do allow for monographs to be published on CDs as long as a number of them are deposited in libraries.
Report from Book and Media Reviews Editorial Board ( Jonathan Lundren)
Attendees:Jonathan Lundgren, Editor; Alan Kahan, Director of Communications
The meeting was called to order at 10:05 am by Alan Kahan who served as Chair.
Book Review Editor Jon Lundgren reported that the review process was going well. Although there were plenty of books submitted for review, Jon felt that he could handle a few more, including several systematic books that Alan had not yet sent to him. He also expressed interest in getting software and videos to review, and Alan noted that there might be a video submitted for review shortly.
During 2005 the number of reviews published in each periodical were:
19 - American Entomologist
6 - Annals of the ESA
1 - Environmental Entomology
1 - Journal of Economic Entomology
3 - Journal of Medical Entomology
Report from Arthropod Management Tests Editorial Board (Denise Olsen)
Four editorial board members were present including: Jim Cilek, Section D; Alan Kahan, Director of Communications; Denise Olson, Section C; and John Wise, AMT Section C Editor
The AMT editorial board met at 9:00 am on 16 December 2005 at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The meeting was chaired by Alan Kahan.
The issue on low submissions to AMT was discussed. AMT does not require the peer review process that is required in peer review journals; and therefore, publishing in AMT does not provide the author with the same amount of credit as publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Consequently, scientists opt to accumulate enough data to publish in peer review journals
Members at the meeting suggested that the research community be made aware that data reported in AMT can be combined with additional data for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
The members present at the AMT board meeting were interested in what criteria would be necessary for AMT to be a peer-reviewed journal, and are there concerns about an author using his/her data reported in AMT combined with additional data for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Alan Kahn will take these two points to the Journal of Economic Entomology Editorial Board and to the Council of Entomology Department Administrators (CEDA), and will report back to the AMT editorial board.
Posting the AMT reports on the web has been slow. To speed up this process, the members present at the meeting agreed that reports within Sections can be posted as Sections are completed.
Symposium Plans (Vice-Chair Peter Price)
Price requested that those in attendance consider submitting symposia proposals for 2006. He encouraged members to think broadly, to include basic as well as applied research, and to appeal to as broad a cross-section of the society as possible. He also asked those in attendance to consider submitting joint proposals with other Sections where broad overlap exists. He reminded all that the quality of the symposia determine the quality of the meeting as a whole, and requested that people not wait until the last minute to enter information into Confex (the automated system for entering symposium information) because it takes 60-90 minutes to enter all the required information. Finally, he wrapped up by pointing out that roughly 20 of the Regular Symposia and 4 of the Section Symposia will likely be sponsored by members of Section C.
Denise Olsen reported plans for a Program Symposium with a working title of “History of Women in Entomology.” Rob Wiedenmann is planning a symposium, perhaps a Section Symposium, entitled “Risk Analysis of Biological Control in Natural Areas.” Kenna MacKenzie reported that members of Section Cb are also working on a possible symposium. Gail Kampmeier and Blake Bextine (Cc) are planning a symposium that honors the virus-vector movement and international agriculture aspects of the career of Michael Irwin. Pat Prasifka and Rayda Krell are planning a symposium for students or new members entitled “How to Make Friends and Influence People in ESA.”
Rob Meagher repeated the call for judges and moderators for the 2006 student competition. Peter Price pointed out that Rob needed ca. 80 volunteers to serve in these capacities this year, and urged members to volunteer.
New Business
Appreciation was extended to all those who have served Section C during 2004-2005, including all Section and Subsection officers, representatives from the various boards, councils, committees, judges, moderators, and symposium organizers. A special thank you was extended to Gail Kampmeier for her service as Section C representative to the Governing Board.
New officers
Chair Rob Meagher passed the gavel to Vice-Chair Peter Price, who then presided over the remainder of the meeting. Peter thanked now past-chair Rob Meagher for his service over the past year.
The request was repeated that all reports and subsection minutes be sent electronically (via attachment) to Paul Weston within two weeks of the conclusion of the ESA meeting.
Ernest DelFosse moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Gail Kampmeier. The meeting adjourned at 4:50 pm. Members were encouraged to attend the ESA Final Business Meeting at 5:00–6:15 p.m. in the Floridian Ballroom B-C-D.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul A. Weston