Agenda
Society of Ethnobiology Board Meeting
April 10, 2012 9:00 am-Until
Location: Linnaeus (in the Horticultural Department)
Attending: Justin Nolan, Steve Wolverton, Cissy Fowler, Eugene Hunn, Marsha Quinlan, Steve Weber, Cecil Brown, Dana Lepofsky, Denise Glover, Heather Trigg, Kimberlee Chambers (arriving after 9:40), Jonathan Dombrosky, Alex McAlvay
Skype: Kitty Emery, Valentina Savo (contact at 9:45 AM) (contact Kitty & Valentina via the Society.of.Ethnobiology Skype account)
Not attending: Jan Timbrook, Karen Adams, Nancy Turner, Ginny Popper, Deborah Pearsall, Peter Stahl, Cheryl Takahashi, Kris Gremillion, Catherine Fowler (will be at the General meeting), Bill Balee
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
President’s Report (Justin)
Treasurer’s Report (Steve)
Secretary’s Report (Cissy)
Committee Reports
Awards Committee (Marsha)
Awardee announcements (Marsha)
Undergraduate Award Winner, Jonathan Dombrosky
The formulation of a more structured one (Steve)
Conference Report (Denise) 15 minutes
Journal of Ethnobiology (Heather)
Possible online publication of the JoE–extension of email discussion (Cecil)
Ethnobiology Letters (Steve, Cissy)
Contributions in Ethnobiology (Marsha)
Inconsistencies in Committee Membership – Kitty & Cissy are working on reconciling & posting on a new webpage (Cissy)
“Organizational Structure” and “By-Laws” pages on the SoE website differ in their assignments of committee positions
Secretary needs to be listed on the Nominations Committee (on Organizational Structure page) & Treasurer needs to be listed on the Investment Committee (on both pages)
Merge DEB Award Committee, BL Award, & UG Award Committee
1)Internal Financial Review Committee and 2) Audit Committee both were created during 2009 Board meeting to conduct audit every two years – membership is unclear
Should “Journal” Committee change to “Publications” Committee?
Old Business
Interviews of our members (Dana) 5 minutes
Website strategic development (Kitty) 10-15 minutes
I'd like to see us develop a strategy on the ethics question, specifically institutionality. Reason: We need to figure out how to engage university and other IRBs, and explain basic research protocols in ethnobiol. to them. (Bill in absentia)
Action Item Updates from Board Members (Justin)
Membership Drive (Dana)
Review and results of mailouts & fire sale (Dana, Alex, Cissy)
Data base of names (Dana, Alex, Cissy)
Emails sent to 2350 people & notices posted elsewhere (Cissy)
Membership preferences for online and/or print journal (Steve, Peter)
Activism as a way to get folks involved
Brainstorm next steps (Dana)
New Business
President’s & Secretary’s Handbook (Dana)
2013 Conference in Denton, TX (Denise, Steve)
Institutional Review Board Guidelines for Ethnobiology (Bill via Justin)