International Asssociation of Bryologists
Minutes of the Council meeting in St. Louis, August 3, 1999
 

Present: T. Cao, C. Delgadillo M., L. Soderstrom, D. Vitt, P. Geissler, B. Crandall-Stotler, R. Longton (Chair), H. Deguchi, S. R. Gradstein, N. Miller, W. Buck, E Deluna.

Non-present: T. Koponen, J. Glime, Z. Iwatsuki, J.-P. Frahm, W. Schofield, M. Ignatov,
R. Seppelt, H. Ando.
 

MINUTES from the Beijing meeting in 1997: Read and accepted as written.
 

REPORTS

Membership: Membership up 13% since 1997.

Treasurer/Secretary: Balance as of June 30, 1999 was $54,312.67 (CAN).

Awards:
The Hattori Prize for best bryological publication during the past two years by an IAB member: W. R. Buck for his book entitled Pleurocarpous Mosses of the West Indies
The Hedwig Medal for outstanding contribution to bryology: Riclef Grolle
The Stanley Greene Research Awards: Dennis Gignac, Bernard Goffinet, Richard Zander and Irene Bisang

Editor of Bryological Times: The editors were re-appointed for two years by the council.  Number 100 due out in January will be a special issue.

1999 election results: Rene Belland, Election Judge, reported the following election results:
President: S. R. Gradstein
Vice-President: Z. Iwatsuki
Councillors: B. Crandall-Stotler, H. Deguchi, E. Deluna, J. Glime, R. Longton.
Endangered species committee (Minutes attached).
 

OLD BUSINESS

Advances in Bryology: Discussion of whether IAB should continue to publish this series. A committee is to be appointed to investigate possibilities

Future Meetings: Discussion of the Lucknow meeting concluded that the meeting should be held in January of 2002 due to climatic controls and northern hemisphere teaching commitments.
2005 will be in Vienna, Austria.
 

NEW BUSINESS

1. A strategic planning meeting was agreed upon in order to produce a Strategic Plan for the Association. The new President appointed a four member committee to meet in December, in Edmonton to produce such a document for Council approval. Committee: S. R. Gradstein, D. Vitt, W. Buck, L. Soderstrom.

A proposal was ratified to announce the availability of research funds within eastern Europe. The proposal is attached.

Meeting adjourned.