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Executive Committee 2008

Years to Serve*
Dr. John N. Thompson, President
Department of Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz
2008
Dr. Sarah P. Otto, Vice President
Department of Zoology
University of British Columbia
2008

Dr. Tia-Lynn R. Ashman, Secretary
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Pittsburgh

2007–2008
Dr. Carol Horvitz, Treasurer
Department of Biology
University of Miami
2006-2008

Dr. Joel Kingsolver, President-Elect
Department of Biology
University of North Carolina

2009

Dr. Douglas W. Schemske, Vice-President-Elect
Department of Plant Biology
Michigan State University

2009

Dr. Robert D. Holt, Past President
Department of Zoology
University of Florida

2007

Dr. Mary E. Power, Past President
Department of Integrative Biology,
University of California, Berkeley

2006

Dr. Joseph Travis, Past President
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida State University

2005
Dr. Judith L. Bronstein, Past Secretary
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona
2004–2006
Dr. Michele R. Dudash, Past Treasurer
Department of Biology, University of Maryland
2002–2005
Dr. Trevor Price, Past Vice President (ex officio)
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
2007
Dr. Michael C. Whitlock
Editor-in-Chief, The American Naturalist
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
2006–2008
* Indicates years of tenure of principal office, not of membership in executive committee.
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ASN Committees 2009

 
Sewall Wright Award
Ellen Ketterson (chair), Janis Antonovics, Steve Arnold
 
 
E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award
Robert Ricklefs (chair), May Berenbaum, David Reznick
 
Young Investigator's Award

Troy Day (chair), Mark McPeek, Kay Gross, Allison Brady, Douglas Emlen

 
Nominating Committee
Tom Miller (chair), Phyllis Coley, Mark Kirkpatrick
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Secretary's Report 2007

The Secretary’s activities this year were focused on conducting the annual election. Voting instructions were sent out electronically on March 26 2007. Voting went smoothly; 317 ballots, 26 more than last year, were submitted by the deadline, April 26 2007.

Joel Kingsolver was elected President; he will serve as President-Elect in 2008 and as President in 2009. Doug Schemske was elected Vice-President. He will serve as Vice President-Elect in 2008 and as Vice-President in 2009.

The Secretary’s other major activities included keeping the President informed of deadlines, updating the ASN website with Patricia Morse and Andrew Baumann of the University of Chicago Press, fielding various inquiries, and formulating the agenda for the ASN business meeting at the annual meetings in New Zealand 2007.

Respectfully submitted,
Tia-Lyn Ashman, ASN Secretary

 

 
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Treasurer's Report 2006





STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES - CASH BASIS


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2006








Revenues



Interest Income


General Fund

$2,690.21

E. O. Wilson Fund
2,460.87
Subtotal
 
$5,151.08
Dividend Income
General Fund
10,301.79
L/T Cap. Gains
1,860.22
E.O. Wilson Fund
1,345.10
L/T Cap. Gains
532.68
Subtotal
 
14,039.79
Membership Dues (4 quarters)
$10,280.00


Contributions (E.O. Wilson fund)

$257.29


Meeting Surplus

$0.00


UCPress subsidy

$39,528.00


Total Revenues

$69,256.16




Expenses




Vice President Symposium

$5,000.00


Young Investigators Symposium

$4,000.00


E.O. Wilson Award

$2,000.00


Presidential Award

$1,000.00


Sewell Wright Award (both the 2005 and 2006 awardees received checks)

$2000.00


Executive Committee - Travel, Office, and Other Expenses

$4,836.94

Graduate Student Travel Awards

$2700.00


Investment Expenses

301.00


Professional Fees--Accountant

$1,600.00


Membership dues (AIBS--billed in 2007)

$0


University of Chicago Press

$0


Total Expenses

$23,437.94




NET ASSETS

(restricted and unrestricted)





General Fund

$395,113.56


E.O. Wilson Fund

106,178.13



Total Net Assets

$501,291.69





Increase in NET assets from 2005 to 2006

$48,018.69




— Carol Horvitz, Treasurer;27 June 2007

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