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program “app”, which is needed to attract younger members. Scott also 
emphasized that it had been a true joy working with Howie Neufeld on 
the Program Committee. President Don Roush seconded these 
sentiments. Scott also mentioned that working with Judy has been 
dynamite, and that he would love to see more of the types of efforts 
exhibited by Howie, Judy, and others! 
IV. Committee Reports 
A) Annual Meeting Arrangement Committee (Scott Jewell) - The 2014 
Annual Meeting will be held in Spartanburg, SC. Scott mentioned that 
space will be tight, but that we will be fine. Everything is ready to go at 
the Marriott. The 2015 Annual Meeting will be held in Chattanooga, TN. 
Scott reported that he had just finished finalizing agreements. 
B) Nominating Committee (Patricia Cox) - The nominating committee was 
composed of Patricia Cox (chair), Patricia Parr and W. Michael Dennis. 
Information on each candidate was gathered and submitted to SEB for 
publication. The nominees are as follows: 
Vice President 
Joey Shaw - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 
Victoria Turgeon - Furman University 
Secretary 
Sarah Noble - University of Mobile 
Members-at-Large 
Leon Jernigan - University of North Carolina at Pembroke 
Margaret (Peggy) Kovach - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 
Edgar Lickey - Bridgewater College 
Conley McMullen - James Madison University 
C) Resolutions Committee (Patricia Cox) - Patricia distributed, and read to 
the members of the EC the resolution of appreciation regarding this 
year’s meeting at Charleston, WV. 
Motion 4. Motion by Committee to accept the resolution with one editorial 
correction that will be made by Patricia, no second needed. This will be 
voted on by membership at the Friday Business meeting. 
D) Program Committee (Howie Neufeld) - Howie mentioned that he and the 
other committee members would be pleased to remain on the committee 
for another year. Discussion followed regarding programming issues. 
E) Publications Committee (Roland Roberts) - Submissions for the first 
issue of Eastern Biologist have been sent to the editorial board. Roland 
mentioned that Joerg-Henner Lotze had questioned the committee about 
whether the journal title had been appropriately selected, as he believes 
that the title of a journal drives submissions. This might explain the low 
number of submissions so far. The number of issues may be adjusted to 
