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THE WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY • Vol. 123. No. 4. December 2011 
ARTICLE VI: Financial Matters and 
Other Resources 
Section I. The Council shall set the amount of 
the membership dues and the cost of subscriptions 
to The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 
Section 2. The Council may establish proce¬ 
dures for the recognition of donations to the 
Society. 
Section 3. The establishment and investment of 
an Endowment Fund and any designated or 
restricted funds shall be overseen by a Board of 
Trustees. This Board shall consist of three 
members appointed by the President and con¬ 
firmed by the Council. 
Section 4. The President shall annually appoint 
a Library Committee to superintend the accumu¬ 
lation and care of a Wilson Ornithological Society 
Library. 
Section 5. The fiscal year of the Society shall be 
the calendar year. 
ARTICLE VII: Amendments 
These By-laws may be amended at any 
Annual Meeting by a two-thirds vote of the 
members present or such greater fraction as may 
be required from time to time by the law of the 
Society's state of incorporation, provided that 
the general substance of the amendment has 
been proposed at the preceding Annual Meeting 
or has been recommended by a two-thirds vote 
of the Council, and a copy has been sent to 
every member of the Society at least one month 
prior to the date of action or published in The 
Wilson Journal of Ornithology at least two 
months prior to the Annual Meeting. Minor 
modifications to a proposed amendment may be 
made in the course of discussion at the Annual 
Meeting. These By-laws may also be amended 
by a two-thirds majority of the votes of the 
members cast by mail ballot or such greater 
fraction as may be required from lime to time by 
the law of the Society’s stale of incorporation, 
provided that the amendment has been recom¬ 
mended by a two-thirds vole of the Council, and 
a copy has been sent to every voting member of 
the Society or published in The Wilson Journal 
of Ornithology at least two months prior to the 
date of action. Amendments shall take effect at 
the close of the meeting at which they are 
approved or 30 days after the close of a mail 
ballot. 
Secretary Smallwood then gave the floor back 
to President Kennedy, who summarized the 
Treasurer's report, who in turn introduced Editor 
Braun, who summarized the Editor's report. The 
written reports of the Treasurer and the Editor are 
included below. 
Margaret A. Voss. Chair, presented the report 
of the Nominating Committee, which also 
included Richard C. Banks and Rebecca J. 
Safran: President, Robert C. Beason; First 
Vice-President, Robert L. Curry; Second Vice- 
President. Sara R. Morris; Secretary, John A. 
Smallwood; Treasurer, Melinda M. Clark; and 
members of Council for 2011-2014 (three 
nominees for three positions), Willaim H. 
Barnard, Mark E. Hauber, and Margret I. Hatch. 
Having asked for additional nominations from 
the floor and hearing none. Chairperson Voss 
closed the nominations as a result of a motion 
by Jerome A, Jackson, seconded simultaneously 
by William E. Davis Jr., and John C. Kricher, 
which was unanimously passed by acclamation. 
Jerome Jackson then immediately moved, and 
was seconded by E. Dale Kennedy, that the 
Secretary cast a single unanimous vote for the 
slate of nominees. And again by acclamation, it 
became so. 
President Kennedy returned to the podium to 
present the WOS Research Awards, including two 
LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES AWARDS, the 
GEORGE A. HALL/HAROLD F. MAYFIELD 
AWARD, and the PAUL A. STEWART 
AWARDS (see above). Sara R. Morris. Chair of 
the Klamm Service Award Selection Committee, 
then presented that prestigious award to Charles 
R. and Leann Blem. 
President Kennedy then introduced Second 
Vice-President Curry, who updated those assem¬ 
bled on the 2012 meeting, at which the Wilson 
Ornithological Society will participate in the Fifth 
North American Ornithological Conference in 
Vancouver, British Columbia. 14-18 August. 
This meeting will take place on the campus of 
the University of British Columbia, and Kathy 
Martin will serve as the chair of the Local 
Committee. 
Having completed the agenda of the Business 
Meeting. President Kennedy inquired if anyone 
present had further items of business. Because no 
one did, Richard C. Banks moved and Jeffrey A. 
Spendelow seconded that we adjourn. And by the 
third voice acclamation of this assembly, it came 
to pass at 1247 hrs. 
