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G) ESA-SE (Dean Cocking) - No report. 
H) SWS (Christina Uranowski / David Bailey) - No report. 
I) SHC (Alexander Krings) - No report. President-Elect Zack Murrell 
mentioned that we should we proud that SHC came out of ASB. The 
original group is now the Southeast Chapter of SHC. The SHC National 
Meeting will be held in New Orleans this year at the annual meeting of 
the Botanical Society of America. 
VI. Old Business 
A) Program Committee (Howie Neufeld) - Discussed above in Committee 
Reports. 
B) Publications Committee (Roland Roberts) - Discussed above in 
Committee Reports. 
C) AIBS Membership - It was agreed to continue membership. 
D) Herr Award - President Don Roush will speak with submitters and 
request more information on nominees. 
VII. New Business 
A) Strategic Planning (Ashley Morris, Bill Ensign) - President Don Roush 
updated the EC on these efforts. Ashley mentioned “Good to Great”, a 
book on what make companies great. “Good to Great in Social Sections” 
had good information on how best to fill necessary rolls in our Society. 
Ashley described pertinent ideas from the book. Discussion followed. Bill 
mentioned that we need to ask ourselves, what is our core? What do we 
do well? Bill suggested that the answer for us is education. Discussion 
followed. President-Elect Zack Murrell emphasized the need to discuss 
the logistics of strategic planning. Zack also posed the question; do we 
want to walk away from research-oriented universities? Ashley and Bill 
mentioned a survey that they will be circulating. Bill encouraged 
everyone to dialog with members about why they choose to attend our 
Annual Meeting. Treasurer Tim Atkinson stressed, “Ask our Members”; 
why do they come, what do they want? 
B) Refund Policy Guidelines - This will be discussed at Saturday’s EC 
meeting. 
C) Meeting Volunteer Guidelines - President Don Roush addressed this 
below. 
D) Regional Southeastern Vision and Change Workshop (Judy Awong- 
Taylor) - Judy mentioned that after this week’s workshop, the next step 
will be to organize subgroups and regional conferences. Judy enquired 
