Executive Committee Meeting 
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ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGISTS 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 
CHARLESTON, WV 
13 APRIL 2013 
Present: Tim Atkinson, Scott Jewell, Don Roush, Lee Sutton, Judy Awong- 
Taylor, Irene Kokkala, Bill Ensign, Ed Lickey, Joey Shaw, Jim Caponetti, John 
Herr, Sarah Marie Noble, Terry Richardson, Zack Murrell. 
I. Call to Order and Welcome 
Call to Order Zack, 8:45 AM (EDT) 
II. New Business 
A. Timeline development (See timeline handout) 
Trying to move to three-year planning period, 2-yr for Chattanooga, 1-yr 
for Spartanburg. Feasibility of approving budget 2 years ahead? 
Scott starts planning 3 and 4 years out. 2016, 2017. 
Approval of future meeting site approval/disapproval. 
Four year discussion scheduled for April meeting. 
-Central Circle 
-Going outside the circle 
B. John Herr—State of ASB 
Association of Southeastern Biologists perception of plight and 
suggestions 
Revisited fox and hedgehog 
Large v small institution. Larger institutions not going to work. Grad student ASB 
involvement discouraged by larger schools. $35/$50 for regional/national 
meetings (Microscopy society) our meeting cost is comparatively high, 
even for students. Perceived better professional contact value in more 
specialized meetings. We have become a regional meeting that is 
national and international in many respects but are not as large as large 
ones. Bigger then most regional meetings. 
Recommendation of a Chair for meeting, for protection of Scott. 
Committee needs to be more responsible for good/bad. 
ASB has developed a degree of respect from outside that we need to keep going 
forward with, we were a leading force in petition to establish NSF. ASB 
was key in its establishment. 
John is of opinion that our Concord meeting has NASCAR conflict with our 
involvement toward global warming. 
Host Institution change to Featured Institution: proposal go to Provost/ President 
instead of departmental head. Problem with Featured Institution, going 
