2002 Preliminary Business Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Chair Guy Hallman called the meeting to order.
Announcements
None.
Old Business
The 2001 minutes were read and discussed. A motion and second were made to accept the minutes. The motion passed.
Current Section E officers were introduced.
2003 Chair: Tom Royer
Chair-elect: Paul Guillebeau
Secretary-elect: Phil Sloderbeck
Governing Board representative: Marlin Rice
Executive Committee: Kevin Steffey
Standing Committee Reports
Awards Committee (Stormy Sparks)
No report.
Common Names
The committee met electronically and acted on about one dozen names in 2002. Our representative is at-large. Marlin Rice will be the new Section E representative.
Education/Youth (Doug Sutherland)
Committee is discussing ways to stimulate interest in the Linnaean games. They will present suggestions in 2003. The committee is also discussing ideas to improve school children participation in ESA.
Ethics (Monte Johnson, presented by Dennis Kopp)
The committee suggests an ESA symposium for federal employees/administrators regarding conflicts of interest.
Fellows
No report.
Finance (Dennis Kopp)
The budget was reviewed, and the committee made suggestions to the Governing Board to keep ESA from unacceptable financial losses.
Founders Memorial Award (Victoria Yokoyama)
George Kennedy made the 2002 presentation to honor Carl Huffaker. There are four nominees for 2003.
Honorary Membership
No report.
International Affairs (Robert Hollingsworth)
The committee suggests free access to ESA journals for developing countries. The decision is not final, and the potential costs are unclear.
Membership (Guy Hallman)
In 2001, ESA had 4302 members; membership has declined to 3872 in 2002. Student membership is steady or increasing slightly. Section E membership has declined from 500 to 388 over the last three years.
Program (Kevin Steffey, Mike Gray)
There will changes to the symposium structure. There will be six program symposia, 21 section symposia, and additional other symposia. Formal/informal conferences will be changed to symposia. The approval process is unchanged. The new structure will give all special meetings access to Program Enhancement Funds. Section E will have the same number of symposia slots.
Membership
An at-large position held by a Section E member is expiring. Section E is not responsible for refilling the position.
Public Information
Section E position expires this year. Robyn Rose is the replacement.
Rules
No report
Strategic Planning (Kevin Steffey)
The Governing Board is revising the Mission Statement, the Strategic Plan, and the associated tactical plans. Some ideas could change significantly, but the plans have not been completed.
Student Affairs
No report.
Systematic Resources
Committee needs a clear charge and standard operating procedure. Currently, Annals and the Journal of Medical Entomology are printed. If they are available only in electronic format, they no longer provide an official species description. There should be an established protocol for collection databases. The general decline in systematists is troubling. Should voucher specimens be required for journal articles?
Publications Reports
American Entomologist
Gene R. Kritsky is serving as interim editor.
American Entomologist: Postmark - Extension
K. Steffey stepped down as editor. No manuscripts were submitted in 2002, which may lead to the elimination of the column.
Annals
No report.
Arthropod Management Tests
No report.
Book and Media Reviews
Budget cuts resulted in a large backlog. Reviewers need to be more flexible about where the reviews appear. A Children's Book Award has been approved, but no action has been taken. The committee suggests reviewing more media (e.g., CD, DVD) and discussed building a list of distance education courses.
Environmental Entomology (Rick W.)
25% of submitted manuscripts were rejected or withdrawn. Soon, manuscripts will be submitted and distributed to reviewers via the Internet. If the rejection of a manuscript is overturned through appeal, the manuscript should be given to a different subject editor.
Other Reports
Governing Board
Report postponed until final business meeting.
Subsections
Reports postponed until final business meeting.
BCE (Phil Sloderbeck)
No report.
New Business
Nominations
Should the Section have a permanent committee? 2002 committee: V. Yokoyama (chair), Phil Glogoza, Chuck Burks.
Fellows
Should the Section have a permanent committee?
Chair Guy Hallman called for symposium ideas to be presented at the final business meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM.
Prepared by Paul Guillebeau, Section E Secretary.