SDE/GWIS National Meeting
In this document:
The National Council consists of the President, President-Elect,
Vice President, Secretary, Editor, Past President, and the members of
the Board of Directors. It may also include up to three members of any
standing committee, and this year they were: Regina Vidaver as the Fellowships
chair, Robin Woo as the Honorary Awards chair, and Carol Hodes as Publications
chair. A member of the Parliamentary Committee may also be present to
serve as Parliamentarian; Mary Hurlocker fulfilled that role.
Call to order
Virginia Carson called the meeting to order at 8:45
am. Roll call and quorum count: The President asked the Secretary to call
the roll. Roll call taken by Elaina Bleifield and quorum determined (12)
by Mary Hurlocker. Those present are listed below.
| Name Virginia Carson Dee McManus Robin Yeaton Woo Elaina Bleifield Doris Brown Helen Haller Anne Marie Weber Main Sheri Cole Geraldine Anderson Elise Ann Brown Joy Frestedt Mary Anderson Regina Vidaver Robin Yeaton Woo Carol Hodes Mary Hurlocker |
Position President President-Elect Vice President Secretary Treasurer Past President Editor Director Director Director Director Director Fellowships Coordinator Honorary Awards Publications Parliamentarian |
Chapter Sigma Xi Omicron Xi Tau Alpha Xi Tau Xi Omicron Xi Xi Beta? Omicron Nu Xi |
Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present |
Approval of Agenda
Motion to approve agenda as distributed made by Elaina
Bleifield, seconded by Robin Woo. Motion carried.
Approval of Minutes
1999 Portland meeting minutes: Helen Haller moved to
approve the minutes, seconded by Doris Brown. Motion carried. 2000 Washington
DC Interim meeting minutes: correct Elizabeth Weisburger (burg, not berg).
Motion to approve with that correction was made by Dee McManus, seconded
by Helen Haller, and the motion carried.
Committee Reports
Board of Directors Report
Presented by Sheri Cole. The Policies and Procedures manual was presented.
Discussion of corrections ensued. Sheri thanked all of those who have
reviewed the P&P manual (see report for list). Sheri and BOD deserve our
thanks and congratulations for work on getting the manual done. Helen
Haller made a motion thanking Sheri and the Board and applause ensued.
Editorial Board Report:
Presented by Anne Marie Weber Main. Anne Marie suggests the appointment
of managing editor for ads. She also requested clarification on officer
oversight for determining chapter contacts for the publication in the
fall Bulletin. Anne Marie went in under budget. Bulletin deadlines were
well communicated and people were responsive in submitting articles. Anne
Marie said that her job was easier this year. See the written report for
other comments. Motion was made by Gerry Anderson to thank Anne Marie
for work, and seconded by Mary Anderson, and was approved with applause.
Fellowships Committee:
Presented by Regina Vidaver. Approval of funds was based on the 1999-2000
budget. See page three of the treasurer’s report. A short discussion of
how to distribute funds to applicants ensued, and it was consensus to
let each of the fellowship chairs decide how to distribute, and have National
Council approve the total amount. Regina then gave a brief overview of
how fellowships are given.
Eloise Gerry: Kate Kelley, chair. $10490 was distributed.
The winners are:
Jennifer Brown, UC-Santa Cruz, "Determining the importance of estuarine
and coastal nursery habitats to offshore adult flatfish populations,"
$2905.
Elizabeth Richards, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, "Species diversity
and morphometric variation within and among carrion blow fly communities
from Texas with applications to forensic entomology," $2625.
Emily DuVal, UC-Berkeley, "The evolution and maintenance of cooperative
display in a neotropical passerine," $3000.
Tatiana Kiselyova, University of GA, Athens, GA, "A phylogenetic anaylsis
of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) based on larval morphology," $1960.
SDE: Kathleen Zahs, chair. $6000 was distributed.
The winners are:
Amy Christine Shurtleff
Sally Kim
Vessa Notchev: Sara Patterson, chair. $2800 was distributed. The winners
are:
Sandra D’Alessandro, George Mason Univ, "A comparison of serous gland
secretion amounts elicited by alpha-adrenergic compounds in Bombina orientalis,
Gastrophryne carolinensis, and Pseudacris regilla," $1000.
Kirsten Edey, Duke University, IA, "Spirit stories: participant contributions
to narratives of healing in spirit healing rituals," $1000. Cynthia Wilson,
Univ of IL, "Customer focus in highway transportation asset management,"
$800.
Eli Lilly travel awards: Perky Kilbourn, chair. Written report given as
to procedure followed for this year. $1200 was approved by Eli Lilly and
$400 were given to each applicant.
The winners are:
Melita Nasca
Yuliya Dobrydneva
Deborah Marie Kuurasch-Orbaugh
Suggestions were given in the report for Jana Lindh, incoming Eli Lilly
Awards chair, to discuss in consultation with Dr. Eleira Villarreal at
Eli Lilly: 1. fund all applications received, 2. review and fund the top
application, using an SDE/GWIS committee, or 3. develop a new selection
process.
Motion was made by Sheri Cole to approve the fellowship awards and carry
over $2510 for the Eloise Gerry fellowships, and $5700 for the SDE fellowships
to next year. Motion was seconded by Dee McManus. The question was called,
and the motion carried. Regina then asked for web clarification on fellowship
guidelines (suggestions listed in report), and announced that the fellowships
are listed on Grantsnet. Regina asked for same evaluation forms for all
fellowships, and to obtain approval at the national level for the form
being the same. Sheri Cole asked the fellowships coordinator to come up
with an evaluation form, thinks that it is micromanaging. Regina moved
that evaluation form be designed each year by the fellowship coordinator
and chairs so that the form is consistent from award to award each year.
Motion was seconded by Sheri Cole and approved, with no abstentions. Regina
has agreed to stay on as fellowship coordinator. Discussion ensued about
encouraging the fellowship chairs to come to the national meeting to coordinate
the forms and discuss the upcoming year. Regina also asked for a web driven
application and fellowships information. Helen Sievers and Dee McManus
agreed to look into this topic. Mary Anderson agreed to work with Regina
on updating info on the web.
Old Business
Directory: published, updated as of May12, 2000.
Only includes life, honorary, those paid through 2000, and 155 in arrears
from 1999. Total cost $3400. Discussion of Hartley funds, whether it was
$2000 or $3000. Doris Brown and Helen Haller will confirm the amount.
Other costs: From Doris Brown -- cannot get a CPA audit for less
than $1000. Discussion of fees for Bulletin and dues mailings and the
proposed budget by Anne Marie Weber Main is a little in flux based on
membership. Anne Marie has done a great job in terms of cost per page
and in keeping down costs. Suggestion to add $150 for mailing costs for
the first Bulletin in anticipation of bundling the dues notice with it.
Anne Marie will work with the Secretary to develop a cost estimate for
the first mailing (bundling dues notice, first class, address return,
etc). Doris Brown commented that no committee costs have been submitted.
New Business
Amendments to Bylaws:
presented by Sheri Cole.
Article IX. Standing committees
Section 11. Publications
shall consist of three members, each appointed by the President, for a
term of three (3) years under the rotating plan.
The functions of this committee shall be to review the materials to be
published with the SDE/GWIS logo or authority. If approved, the proposal
shall be presented to the President, Editor and Chair of the Board of
Directors for final approval.
If National GWIS seed money is used for the development of a GWIS publication,
sales of the publication up to the amount borrowed shall be sent to the
National GWIS Treasurer for deposit in the Ruth Dickie Special Projects
Fund. For sales above this amount, and for all other GWIS publications,
a percentage of the sales shall be sent to the National Treasurer. This
percentage shall be determined by the Publications Committee on a case
by case basis.
Any member of the Publications Committee submitting a manuscript for review
by said committee must recuse herself from review of that publication.
Discussion of whether this would be retroactive, and cannot be, but this
would apply to future publications. Discussion over concerns of ownership
of copyright, even if something is published with the SDE logo.
Sheri made the motion to approve the bylaws change as written, Anne Marie
Weber Main seconded, and the motion carried. This must go to the Parliamentary
Committee for review, and will then be sent out to chapters for review
and hopeful approval at Grand Chapter next year.
Membership Initiative:
Discussion by Dee McManus. This initiative is a joint effort with Xi chapter.
The justification for the initiative: National membership is dwindling,
and costs are largely supported by regular, student and post doc members.
Dee presented a drive to increase membership – see slide presentation.
In the pilot project with Xi, a one-pay system will be implemented (pay
for national and local dues at same time, through web payment). Year 1,
year 2, year 3 (see slides) all include different phases of the project.
Presentation of pilot project with Leah Hanson (Xi president for next
year), Carrie MacNabb (Xi membership) and Cathy Asleson (incoming National
Secretary).
Website Proposal:
Dee McManus and Helen Sievers Helen Sievers (incoming webmistress) presented
the template for updating the web site. Applause offered to Dee for the
initiative, support given by several present of the excitement on such
a project.
Unbudgeted Items:
None anticipated.
Announcements
Silent auction tonight during the poster session (7
pm) in Carson Gulley Commons.
Nell Mondy sent 3 reports to Virginia, and 20 copies were distributed.
Nell has been honored at the Hall of Fame in the National Women’s Wall
of Fame, in Seneca Falls, NY. Letter copied and included.
Interim meeting possible at AAAS San Francisco February 15-22, 2001.
Carol Hodes: if anyone has not voted, please do so before the Grand Chapter
meeting and return the ballot to Carol.
Sheri Cole: Letter from Penny Perkins (Tau chapter) about her breast cancer
treatment and participation in a walk to raise money for the breast cancer
society. If anyone is interested in sponsoring her on the walk, put a
check in the envelope and include your name on the envelope.
Sr Pat Shaffer: Sue Rosser (from AWIS newsletter) first dean at GA tech
(former member, but we have lost her contact).
Helen Haller: Frances Kelsey will be inducted at a ceremony at National
Women’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Seneca Falls, NY. Known for her
work at FDA, refused to approve application for thalidomide for use in
the US.
Cathy Asleson: Would appreciate review of membership form with input on
committees (for service to the organization) and funds (which members
may contribute to).
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn made by Helen Haller, seconded by
Dee McManus, and motion carried. Adjourned at 11:33am.
Unfinished Business
Amended agenda: 11:57am
Robin presented four candidates for honorary award consideration. Motion
passed.
Announcement by Gerry Anderson about CEDAW encouraging SDE members to
contact his or her respective US senators to pass CEDAW.
Adjourned 12:07pm.
Passing the Gavel to the new Prez
Ahhhhh! The work is done. Celebration!
