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ASSOCIATION NEWS

MINUTES OF 1989 ANNUAL MEETING

AMCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGSUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1989

HYATT REGENCY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

CALL TO ORDER, President Eldridge. B.F. Eldridge called the meeting to order at 8:30am.

ROLL CALL, S. A. Colvin. Board memberspresent: Bruce F. Eldridge, Judy A. Haqs91'Robert D. Sjogren, George B. Craig, Donald J'Sutherland, C. Lamar Meek, Murray H. Colbo,Joseph Sanzone, Cyrus R. Lesser, John 4. Mul-t"ttn-at Jr.. Daniel D. Brown, Charles T. Pal-misano, Keith Wagstaff, Peter DeOhant,Charles Hansen, Michael J' Nelson. Others pre-sent: Harold C. Chapman, Sharon A. Colvin,Lewis T. Nielsen and Jimmie D. Long. Absent:Ronald A. Ward.

APPOINTMENT OF PARLIAMEN-TARIAN, B. F. Eldridge. The President askedJohn Mulrennan to serve as Parliamentarian.

PRESIDBNT'S OPENING REMARKS,B. F. Eldridge. The President welcomed themembers of the Board of Directors who will takeoffice at the Business Meeting on Wednesday

[President-elect Robert Sjogren, Vice PresidentMatthew Yates; Regional Directors ThomasCandeletti (North Atlantic) and B. Fred Beams(South Pacific)1. Regional Directors Dan Brown(North Central) and Chuck Palmisano (SouthCentral) were re-elected. Peter DeChant wasappointed by the Board to replace Lynden Baumas Regional Director of the North Pacific Re-gion. Lynden resigned late in 1988 due to aihunge in his job duties. Treasurer C. L. Meekhas announced his resignation effective at theclose of the Board meeting on Thursday, April6, 1989. Lamar resigned due to time constraintscaused by an expansion of his job duties' TheBoard reluctantly accepted his resignation.

ACTIONS ON MINUTES OF PRE.VIOUS MEETING, SundaY, September 25,1988, as published inAMCA Newsletter, Vol. 14,N o . 4 .

MOTION: To approve minutes as published,by D. D. Brown; second, J. Sanzone. Motioncarried.

REPORT OF TIIE EXECUTIVE DIREC-TOR, H. C. Chapman.

The ballots for 1989 elections of Board mem-bers were counted by a group of six people onFebruary 6, 1989. The results were announcedby the President. This will be the last Board

meeting for Chuck Hansen, Joe Sanzone andDon Sritherland, all of whom have contributedgreatly to the well-being of AMCA.*

The number of advertisements in the Journalwent from 140 ads in 1983 to 121 ads for 1986but rose to 143 ads in 1987. There were 140 adsin 1988, an indication that AMCA is holding itsown in this area.

The 1981 Directory of Mosquito Control Agen-cies in the US and Canada is currently beingupdated. Letters were sent in January to thePublic Health Officers of all states as well as toother state vectot control specialists to obtainlists of all agencies that are involved in mosquitocontrol. As soon as a list was received from astate, questionnaires requesting 1988 data weresent to each agency. As of March 27, question-naires had been sent to 663 agencies in 25 states'218 agencies have returned completed question-naire-, 6 came back not completed, and 18 werereturned by the Post Office undeliverable. The1981 Directory contained 9 advertisements.Eventually, advertising charges need to be setso prospective advertisers can be approached. Afuli-page advertisement in Bulletin #6 was

$1,000.A poll of the Board was taken to determine

whether AMCA should obtain an audit or areview of the 1988 finances. The majority of theBoard voted to have a review. At the request ofseveral Board members, CPA firms were con-tacted to submit bid proposals for an audit orreview for 1989.

A number of Regional Directors responded toa request for ideas on how to increase member-ship. Suggestions included selectively sendingthi Newsl,etter to members of state mosquitocontrol agencies who are not AMCA members;using an optional membership in which the in-dividual receives all regular benefits, excludingthe Journal, for a reduced price of $10-$15;advertise in other society newsletters or jour-nals; utilize the services of a marketing group toincrease membership and determine the cost;request each state regulatory agency to considermembership in AMCA a fulfillmer{t of trainingrequirements for recertification; ask each stateto provide a list of names of newly elected com-missioners and trustees; exhibit at the 1991

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meeting in Portland of the several thousandmember National Enuironmentat nrAii *ro_cintion at a cost of $600 for a booth. e "u*t",of these-suggestions will be investigat;4.

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The first late dues notice was se.ni ;; Febru-ary 27 to 316 members that did not pay tllir1989 dues. Some have responded ""a p"ii iii"i.dles with some stating they had "oi,"."i".Athe dues notice mailedln October fS-gS. A fi"anotice will be mailed in May. Corr".porrJ*""to members has been personalized i" u" "ifo"tto show that AMCA appreciates their member_ship. Although there has been ."*" ."..".r'i"soliciting new members via p"r.orrut t"ii."-,-.J*"individuals, who should b" -"-burr,"pp"'r""lfywel9 nqt impressed enough to join.

The Executive Directoi discussed several pro-posed capital expenditure items.

An increase ir p?g" charges from g4g to gbOp9r page for the Journal was requested. Theg.harge for pages has remained the su-e ,i*"!!9 p"g" size of the publication *u" i""."u."J'i"1982.

The Executive Director discussed the need fora Iease for the Central Office. tfre presiaentdirected the Central Office Committ".;; h;;ll"the matter rather than the entire il;J

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. -REPORT OF THE TREASUREN, C. T,.Meek.

Each Board Member was sent a copy of thereview. by Burgess and Burgess. ffi" ."portshowed a surplus of $19,000 for lggg. AMCA isaveraging slightly over gVo return on invest-ments.

The Treasurer endorsed the request for thecapital expenditure items by the Centr"f Olfi...

REPORT OF THE SPiJCIAL EUNNS, S.A. Colvin.

The balances in the funds as of January 3,1999. "t, Giglioli Memorial puna, $f,O+A.+i;Belkin Memorial Fund, g7,69g.rZ; efvfdA-Sp"_:i4^ t"4, gE,eG8.64; Aedes i"r"i p:iiri,$300.00. The balance in the Aedes rrro", frrrrais being expended at this meeting. Th;.;;. ;;specific use now for the Special Fund. The poi_icy Committee was directed at the interim B;;meeling to investigate using the interest fromthe Special Fund to further vario". .t"ae"l"c_tivities.

REPORT OF THE AWARDS COMMIT-TEE1G. B. Craig. Committee assigrrmendc;m-pleted; no further action necessarv.

REPORT OF THE BELKiN AWARDSUBCOMMITTEE, L. T. Nielsen. p"dro C"f_indo is receiving the Belkin Award. Dr. Ca[nJois unable to attend the meeting, but his friend,Dr. Alfredo Siscum, who lives-in gorlo"; *iiireceive the award for him. E. L. peyton wiiipresent the award.

REPORT OF THE BYLAWS COMMIT-Tq&_C. L. Bailey. No report.

REPORT OF THE CNNIN,AI, OFFICECOMMITTEE, J. A. Hansen.^ The Central Office Committee met twice onSeptember 25, 1988, prior to "na foifo*i"* tf,.lnterrm Board Meeting in Columbus, Ohio-. forthe purpose of evaluaiing tfr. pe.for-a"cl'ofthe Executive Director. ̂{,"po.t *", frLJ u"amade part of the permanentiecord. The Exec_utive Director was charged with increasirrs l.rumembership of the Assoiiation, and to p"8uia"the,Board with an interim report on n-rorressmade at the annual meeting in'Boston.'

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Recommendation: The Executive Director be_come active in new and innovative wavs

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increase the membership in the A.so.iatioi"""ato.change its direction lrom losing *";t;;togaining new members.

The Committee Chair requested the recom_m_endation be discussed during tt " ,.p*J oi.tn.Membership Committee.-TEPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMIT-TEE, G. C. Collett.

The committee was asked by the president toestablish a timetable to provid-e fo, u -or" "o*_prehensive review ofthe proposed budget Leioieit goes to the Board ol Directors. tfrir-*",garti.a]lV met_although not to the extent thel'resrdent had in mind. The proposed budeetwas mailed to Finance Commitiee membErsalong with additional financial -ut"riuL-io.their review in mid-August, and for ttre Lostpart met with their approval.. The committee reviewed the matter concern_ing the cost of a full in-depth audit o, u ,""i.*of the association finances. tt e commiii;; ,;;_ommended a review for 19gg, possibly alterna_ting with a tult in-depth audif i" f"t;r;-t;;;;.r ne commlttee also recommended price quotesfrom other accounting firms be solicited-'evervthree years.

_ It is realized that the Executive DirectorBusiness Administrator, and Treasure, h;;;;;re.sponsibility for the preparation of the budgei,wrth rnput from the Finance Committee t-hatwillmeet the approval of the Board of Directors.. Although committee members "r" upp.ou"dby the Board at the final business *;ffi;;,;would be beneficial if at some time duringlh;annual meeting the Finance Committee riern_bers could meet with the Executiv" Dl;;;.Business Administrator and Treas"r; ;;;goals, for the coming year, discuss a timetabieIor the budget, investments, audit and othermatters pertaining to the role of the FinanceUommittee. The Finance Committee appreci_ates the dedication and cooperation ofTreasurerLamar Meek, Executive Director Ha.old Cfrup_

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man and Business Administrator Sharon Col-vin.

REPORT OF TIIE NOMINATING COM-MITTEE, G. B. Craig. Committee assignmentscompleted; no further action necessary.

REPORT OF THE PUBLICATIONSCOMMITTEE, J. T. Kardatzke. The commit-tee submitted a recommendation concerning re-dactory service for the Journal which had al-ready been implemented. No action necessary.

REPORT OF THE EDITOR, JOUNNALOF THE AMCA, R. A. Ward.

During 1988, the Journal contained 631 pagesof editorial matter which included a 39-pagesupplement on the biology of Aedes albopictus.There was an increase in the number of manu-scripts received; 152 compared with 135 in 1987.Sixty-six percent of the manuscripts were ac-cepted andlS% rejected or withdrawn. The re-maining papers were returned for revision, buthave not yet been revised. As in the past, onlyabout half of these will be returned.

Ralph Barr, Bill Bickley and Austin Morrillhave continued their excellent performance asAssociate Editors for Bibliography, Book Re-views and News and Notes, respectively. I wishto thank them for their generous support.

The Central Office and the Editor have main-tained close liaison with Waverly Press this yearto improve the quality of the Journal. It is hopedthat the use of redactory services this year willproduce further improvements.

An increased number of manuscripts havebeen received from overseas authors. Many ofthese papers require extensive rewriting as someauthors are not fluent in English. As the edito-rial staffcannot handle many ofthese papers, arecommendation is being made to address thisissue.

Recommendation: The Worldwide Committeebe given the function of aiding in the rewritingof accepted overseas manuscripts.

MOTION: Give the Worldwide Committeethe responsibility for serving as an aid in re-writing overseas manuscripts, by G. B. Craig;second. C. T. Palmisano. Motion carried. Vol-unteers can be obtained through notice in theNewsletter.

It was brought to our attention that AMCA isnot in compliance with section 18 U.S.C. 1734of the Domestic Mail Manual, the manual ofrules used for mailing of articles through the USPostal Service. Options were discussed, includ-ing protesting the rule and attempting to get itchanged, and continued noncompliance. Non-compliance with the regulation carries a fine of$500.

The section states that any second class bulkmailer that requires page charges for publication

must mark all such articles "advertisement" re-gardless of content. An acceptable example ofthis is to state in a footnote on the first page ofthe article, "The costs of publication of this articlewere defrayed in part by the payment of pagecharges. To comply with Federal mailing regula-tions, this article must therefore be herebymarked "aduertisement" in accordance with 18U.S.C. 1734 solely to indicate this fact."

The majority of the Board felt that such astatement would jeopardize the integrity of pa-pers published in the Journal. Using first classmail would involve an increase of approximately$l-2,500 in postage expenses (for one year's is-sues).

Dr. R. Darsie suggested putting the matter tothe Council of Biology Editors for their opinion.

MOTION: Refer this matter to the AMCAPublications Committee with the instructionsthat they are to approach the Council of BiologyEditors for an opinion, by G. B. Craig; second,D. J. Sutherland. Motion carried. [In subsequenttelephone communication between the CentralOffice and the 1988 and 1989 Presidents, a de-cision was made to delay the implementation ofthe motion, pending additional information tobe presented to the Board at the 1989 interimmeeting.l

REPORT OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD,JOURNAL OF THE AMCA, M. Klowden(report presented by Acting Chair, R. L. Berry).

During the past year, three manuscripts werereceived for adjudication. Two were rejected,and the third was accepted, pending revision, asa Scientific Note.

The Editorial Board continued its delibera-tions on a policy for the Journal with regard toanimal welfare. Publication inthe Journal of thcAMCA is a privilege and not a right. All submit-ted papers must meet certain standards for ex-perimental design and analysis of data, and it isthe opinion of the Editorial Board that animalwelfare should be included among these stand-ards. Although relatively few published papersdeal directly with animals, and there are noblatant examples of animal mistreatment amongthem, we must address the issue ourselves beforeit is imposed upon us by others.

One of the problems in establishing our ownguidelines is that, for whatever reason' the NIHguidelines do not apply to field research. How-ever, several professional societies have takenthe initiative of creating policies of their ownregarding standards for field research, with spe-cific guidelines for the treatment of animals inthe field, including stress, anesthesia, euthana-sia, infliction of chronic and acute pain, andhousing. They acknowledge that although theacquisition of new knowledge is often enough to

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justify any investigation, the humane treatmentof animals is essential for ethical and scientificTeapns. Two sister journals, the Jou rnal of Med-rcal lnt9yt9l9$ and the American Journal ofTropical Medicine and Hygiene, currently haveno official policy.

Recommendations:1. A policy statement should be developed

and published inthe Journal that indicatesour commitment to maintaining standardsof animal care in published research. andthat the Association approves of the effortof the National Research Council to pro_vide a guide for the care and use of animalsin resparch. Conversely, articles that indi_cate animals were mistreated or otherwisenot cared for in a humane fashion wouldnot be accepted.

2. A statement should be included in the ,,In_structions for Contributors" ofthe Journalthat all researchers utilizing or contem-plating the use of animals are strongly en_couraged to adhere to the guidelinei in_cluded in the "Guide for the Care and Useof l,af61u1ort Animals," or its equivalentin their research, and to indicate this inthe footnotes of their publications. A ref-erence could be included that would citethe volume and number of the Journalwhere the policy statement of item I.above, is located.

3. An instruction statement should be devel-oped for reviewers to pay special attentionto the description of research animal use.care and handling in manuscripts. A boxshould be included on the review form forthe editor to check if he or she feels thatanimal care may be an issue, in order toalert the reviewer. If it is clear that animalswere mistreated deliberately, through alack ofproper care or neglect, or ifthere isdoubt, the manuscript could be returned tothe editor with details of concern noted.The editor could then request a clarifica-tion from the author regarding animal useor care, ask for a statement indicating thatthe animals were not mistreated, or justifythe special circumstances that made thLquestionable practice unavoidable. As withany other deviations from accepted scien-tific conduct, the manuscript would be re-jected if the matter could not be satisfac-torily resolved.

MOTION: To adopt recommendations 1-3,substituting the phrase "vertebrate animal(s)"wherever the word "animal(s)" appears, by G.B. Craig; second, C. R. Lesser.

AMENDMENT: To insert "NIH" in rec-ommendation 2, to read ". . . to the guidelinesincluded in the NIH Guide for the Care and Use

of Animals . . .," by D. J. Sutherland: second. p.DeChant. Amendment carried. Amended mo-tion carried.

REPORT OF TIIE EDITOR. MOS-QUITO SYSTEMATICS, L. T. Nietsen.

Three issues of. Mosquito Systematics,Volume20, were published foriggg. The third i.rrr. *".ready for press in December but the UniversitvPress was not able to publish the issue untilFebruary 1989.

Volume 20 included 3ZB pages of manuscriptsplus a current list ofsubscribers. Sixteen articlesby 32 authors were published including the de-scription of five new species and a major mon-ograph revising the important Anophebssubgenus, Nyssorhynchus.

The recommendation of the Editorial Boardand the AMCA Board of Directors at the interimmeeting to create a standard format f.or Mos-quito Systemotics is highly desirable and shouldbe implemented.

It should be noted that manuscripts for Mos-quito Systematics arc published more rapidlythan in the vast majority of journals. papers ingood form are quickly returned from reviewersand published within 3-6 months. Foreign pa-pers which often require more than one ieturnto reviewers are usually published within oneyear.

Many of the authors will be able to submittheir articles on a computer diskette (preferablynew diskettes containing only a single articlejin a flat ASCII file, however, a significant num-ber of our papers are from foreigrr authors orothers who may not have the facilities to do this.In those instances a scanner can be used. or themanuscript will have to be typed into the com-puter.

Original illustrative material consisting ofphotos and artwork will be retained by the edito,until publication. This would avoid potentialloss or damage in the mails. Instead. full sizexerox copies of all illustrations will be sent tothe Central Office to assist in placement. A twocolumn format using bold capitals and regularcapitals and italicized scientific names is pref-erable to the single column we now use in Mos-quito Systernatics, and I would recommend thisas the new format to use.

Figures and tables should appear on the firstavailable page after citation in the text. Toeliminate the need for excessive figure reduc-tion, the "key" for illustrations should be pre-sented in the form of a sentence followingthecaption (as in the Journal of the AMCA).

It will not be possible to incorporate the newformat immediately as at the time of this meet-ing we will have published the first issue ofVolume 21 and have reviewed papers ready forthe second issue. Additional time is also needed

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to work out the details of the new format. Rec-ommend that the target date for starting issueswith the new format be Volume 22, No. 1, 1990.

REPORT OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD,MOSQUITO SYSTEMATICS, R. A. Brust.

The Editorial Board of Mosquito Systematicshas addressed a number of issues during the lastyear. Two points received the most positive re-sponses from the committee members, but notunanimous support. I therefore list them forinformation to the Board of Directors: a) IncludeMosquito Systematics in institutional subscrip-tions to the Journal of the AMCA, and increasethe subscription price sufficiently to cover thecost; and b) Improve printing quality of Mos'quito Systematics to the standard of the Journal.This may be feasible when the circulation isincreased.

Recommendations:1. The Editor's Office be provided with com-

puter hardware and a budget to employ aperson part-time with word processingskills, to format manuscript text sent oncomputer diskettes.

2. The Editor request all tables and graphicillustrations for manuscripts also be sub-mitted as camera-ready hard copy, onceelectronic transmission is accepted by theBoard and the Editor.

3. The Central Office not be asked to formatcomputer files or correct final versions ofmanuscripts for Mosquito Systematics.Quality control of every aspect of the jour-nal must reside with the Editor, and thisinvolves formating, correcting and publish-ing the journal issues.

The President felt that it was inefficient toask the editors to take responsibility for produc-tion and publication through their UniversityPresses; those tasks should be handled throughthe Central Office.

The Board declined to take any action on therecommendations. The Editor did not concurwith the recommendations.

REPORT OF TIIE EDITOR, AMCANEWSLETIE&, J. D. Long.

Two regular issues of the AMCA Newsletterhave been published since the last report to theBoard of Directors. Printing costs have re-mained within the range of previous issues, 1,800copies of 12 or 16 pages costing $700-$900 perissue. No immediate increase in printing costsis anticipated.

The appearance of the past two Newsletterissues has changed quite markedly. Sharon Col-vin, AMCA Business Administrator, deservescredit for most of these improvements andshould be complimented by all concerned. Shehas become very expert with the new centraloffice computer and has mastered all the tricks

necessary to design a professional looking man-uscript. Adding a little color and a few photo-graphs (in spite of subjects!) has also helpedappearance.

No specific action regardingthe Newsletter isbeing recommended at this time. The coopera-tion received from Officers and Regional Direc-tors in providing publication materials has beenmost helpful and meeting future deadlines willbe appreciated. We continue to need news fromas many sources as possible. Photographs show-ing some phase of AMCA activities are alwaysappreciated and welcome.-

A special issue of the Newsletter was preparedcontaining the advance program ofthe meeting,but due to delays at the University Press' wasnot published. A special issue will be publishedin mid-1989, containingthe AMCA membershiplist.

REPORT OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD,AMCA NEWSLET:IER, B. F. Beams.

Recommendations:1. The recent format change is a great im-

provement over the previous one. SharonColvin is to be commended for her effortsin this change.

2. The Newsletter mailing list should be ex-panded to include two nonmember groups.They are as follows:A) Scientists and others in vector control

or other allied fields, e.g., tropical med-icine, parasitology, etc.

B) Political and governmental leaders (ortheir aides assigned to public health orenvironmental issues), such as stategovernors, US Senate members, highlyplaced appointcd Federal departmentheads and others.

It is estimated that the cost of such amailing expansion would be about $500annually. The return to the Association innew membership and political support isexpected to outweigh this cost increase.The mailing list expansion shouldbe givenat least a two-year trial period after whicha benefit evaluation should be made.

3. The Newsletter should contain a list ofcurrent officers so that nonmembers re-ceiving the Newsletter are familiar withAssociation leadershiP.

4. Establish publication/mailout scheduleand deadlines for Newsbtter.

5. Continue solicitation of news from the re-gions.

MOTION: To approve recommendation #2,in order to try to generate new members, at acost not to exceed $500 annually for expansion,by R. D. Sjogren; second, J. A. Hansen. Motioncarried.

The Board requested a report at the interim

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Board meeting and concuned on a two-year trialperiod. A Board member suggested members ofthe American Association of public Health Of-ficials may be on the list of potential members.

No action necessary on recommendations #1.+3, #4, +5.

REPORT OF THE MEMBERSHIPCOMMITTEE, J. A. Hansen.

The membership brochure has been com_pleted and distributed. The Executive Directorhas been directed to conduct a vigorous cam-paign to obtain new membership. Membershiphas b.een championed to all staie and regionalassociation meetings. The Executive Director isconcerned with the potential future costs ofemeritus membership.

Recommendations:1. Ask the Executive Director his plans for a

membership campaign or some innovativeways to obtain new members.

2. Continue policy of having an AMCA rep-resentative (Officer or Regional Director)at all state and regional association meet_ings with membership brochures and makea pitch to sign up new members.

3. Discuss D-r. Chapman's concerns regardingpotential future costs of Emeritus member-ship with a charge for the 1989-1990 Mem_bership Committee or a particular actionat this meeting if deemed necessary.

Total distribution ofthe Journalisdown from2,384 copies in 1978 to 1,908 copies in 19gg. Asof March 24, 1989, there are 1,200 members ani473 subscribers for a total distribution of 1.678.There will be a few more members renewing. Inthe brochure we advertise over 2.000 member.which is an overstatement. The Central OfficeCommittee and the Membership Committee feltthe declining membership was a serious matter.The reasons for nonrenewal seem to be normal(retirement, leaving the field of mosquito con-trol); it is not dissatisfaction. We don't reach9_l9ugh new_ people to replace the ones leaving.When the Central Office Committee met. thevasked the Executive Director to come up witirsome plans and innovative ways he felt we coulduse to reach new members. At the very least, weshould be maintaining our membership. It hasbeen declining steadily.

Concerning recommendation #1: The Execu-tive Director stated he planned to follow up onthe membership ideas in his report that seemedthe most logical and most beneficial.

No action necessary on recommendation #2.The policy will be continued.

Concerning recommendation #3: The numberof Emeritus members was discussed. The con-sensus was this would not be a problem if AMCAwas growing in membership.

The Executive Director was given the charge

of coordinating with the Regional Directors tohave the exhibit display at regional and stateassociation meetings.

There was considerable discussion on the ben-efits of membership to operational people andthe need to make it relevant to those people.Among ideas discussed: an operational journalor newsletter; operational papers in the Neus_letter; a class of membership not including theJournal at a reduced price.

The Executive Director was directed to inves-tigate the impact of a class of membership at areduced price, not including the Journal, on thedistribution of the Journal. At the present timeryq4 is printing the minimum number of cop-ies allowed by the publisher. A reduction in tlrenumber of copies printed may jeopardize ourrelationship with the publisher.

REPORT OF THE POLICY COMMIT-TEE, D. A. Dame.

The Committee deliberated on the effect ofthe timing of the interim Board meeting on thework load at the Central Office. The resultinsrecommendation involves both the interim anIthe annual meeting. Background: When the in-terim meeting is held later than October 1b. theCentral Office staff is hard pressed to completethe assigned duties by the mandated deadlines.For a number of excellent reasons it is advan-tageous to hold the interim meeting in conjunc-tion with a local association meeting, but whenthis occurs the date of the interim meeting isdependent upon the schedules ofthe local aJ o-ciations which have extended invitations. Delib_eration of this matter brought into focus thescheduling of the national meeting, which oc-casionally coincides with early season mosquitocontrol activities.

Recommendation: To allow adequate time forthe Central Office to meet mandated AMCAdeadlines, the interim Board meeting should beconcluded no Iater than October 1b. In someyears this may mean that the Board will not beable to meet in conjunction with a local associ-ation. Further, to provide adequate time be-tween the annual and the interim meeting andto reduce the impact of the annual meeting onmosquito control activities, the annual meetingshould be scheduled between March 1 and April15. The scheduling of future interim Boardmeetings and annual meetings not already com-mitted should follow these guidelines.

There was considerable discussion on the rec-ommendation. The Central Office is much lessaffected by the date of the annual meeting thanof the interim Board meeting. A minimum of2.5 months is required to complete specific proj-ects which cannot be initiated until aftei tlieinterim Board meeting and must be finished bvyear-end.

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The proposed policy would affect some stateassociations more than others. If the associa-tions are aware of this policy, they may be ableto offer meeting dates within the desired timeframe which may not be their traditional meet-ing date (e.g., the 1st week of October).

The two elements to consider are: 1) the pres-sure on the Central Office to have sufficienttime between the Interim Board meeting andthe end of the year to accomplish their work,and 2) a number of associations may be excludedfrom hosting a meeting. The Board wished toadopt the recommendation as a general policyto be decided on a case-by-case basis.

MOTION: To adopt the recommendation asa general policy, by R. D. Sjogren; second, K.Wagstaff. Motion carried.

REPORT OF TIIE PROGRAM EVALU-ATION COMMITTEE, R. D. Sjogren. Com-mittee assignments completed; no further actionnecessary.

REPORT OF TIIE PUBLIC INFORMA-TION COMMITTEE, W. Cox. No report.

REPORT OF THE RESOLUTIONSCOMMITTEE, J. V. Fiori.

The Chair indicated there had been no com-munication or direction given to the committeeto act on. However. the President indicated theChairman apparently was misinformed, as di-rection was given to the committee.

Three proforma resolutions were submittedfrom the Central Office (see minutes of BusinessMeeting for resolutions).

MOTION: To approve the three submittedresolutions, by G. B. Craig; second, C. R. Lesser.Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC ANDREGULATORY LIAISON COMMITTEE,M. Taylor.

Committee members discussed concern overthe lack of adequate coursework in medical en-tomology at Universities and Colleges. TheChairman contacted various individuals andUniversities to discuss lack of courses and con-cern over an updated Medical Entomology text.This concern was also expressed by the ESA,and they have initiated a committee to investi-gate this concern.

Recommendation: Work in concert with ESAcommittee to ensure that medical entomologycourses are available,

The Board took no action on the recommen-dation.

The Committee was given a task a year agoto make a recommendation to the Board toselect a corporation in the Washington, DC, areathat would provide regulatory information to theBoard. The President met with a representativeof the recommended firm to discuss services andfees. Due to budget consideration, he deferred

any action until this Board meeting. We willprovide them with a profile of the areas of in-terest to AMCA for which we would like to bealerted to any pending legislation. This wouldbe mainly pesticide legislation, toxics and water,wildlife, endangered species, etc. It was firmlyunderstood that we were not asking them to doanything other than provide us information. Inother words, they would not influence legisla-tion, they would not act on our behalf. Thisservice could be provided for about $1,000 permonth or $12,000 per year. The representativeindicated once they provided us with the infor-mation, it was ours to distribute as we wished.

The information will be provided to the Ex-ecutive Director on a monthly basis and he willproduce a special newsletter or similar form fordispersal of the information.

MOTION: Enter into an agteement for serv-ices with the firm of Webster, Chamberlain andBean, effective May 1 for the remainder of cal-endar year 1989, by D. D. Brown; second, G. B.Craig. Motion carried.

A progress report was requested for the in-terim meeting.

REPORT OF THE WORLDWIDE COM-MITTEE, R. J. Tonn.

A summary was prepared from comments re-ceived from members of AMCA and industry.The summary was sent to all members of theWorldwide Committee for comments and sug-gestions. The response from the committee wasdiscouraging as only two of the members both-ered to answer. In all the response from mem-bers of AMCA, industry and this committeeindicates that there is little interest in the ac-tivities of the committee. Those responses re-ceived from the committee indicates that thegreatest impact can be made through individualactions, such as correspondence with colleaguesand follow-up on the part of members of AMCAserving as consultants. There seems to be littleinterest within the committee to continue theGood Neighbor CIub except perhaps a smallcontribution when paying the annual dues.

The Central Office staff indicated that theGood Neighbor Club was exhibiting healthygrowth since it was revived in late 1988.

MOTION: The Board recognizes that theGood Neighbor CIub is tunctional and simplyneeds more publicity; also, the function of work-ing with the Publications Committee on foreignmanuscripts is being assigned to the WorldwideCommittee [a reiteration of a prior motion], byG. B. Craig; second, K. Wagstaff. Motion carried.

MOTION: To accept all standing committeereports, by J. A. Mulrennan; second, D. J. Suth-erland. Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE AEDES ALBOPIC-"US COMMITTEE, M. A. Parsons.

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In an effort to stimulate action and concernabout the spread of Aedes albopictus the com-mittee is in the process of gathering current dataon legislation affecting the spread, importationsurveillance and control, status of current infes-tations and effect on other vectors, summary ofcurrent research into the problem, status of ef-forts by the military and CDC in the UnitedStates as well as the Caribbean, Central andSouth America. The initial report will appear inlate April, in the form of a newsletter entitledTiger Tales. The authors are considering a moreformal report to be published in the Journal ofthe AMCA following publication of the newslet-ter.

No action necessary.REPORT OF THE AEDES VEXANS

COMMITTEE, S. Palchick.One activity of the committee was planning

for the Aedes uexans symposium at the 1989AMCA meeting.

A Iuncheon is planned for the annual AMCAmeeting to discuss Aedes uexans. This will en-able those interested to interact in an informalsetting. In addition, specific topics will bebrought up for discussion.

The Committee had input to NCR for a work-ing group on Insects and Human Health. Theoriginal goal was to have a working group onAedes uexans and other floodwater mosquitoes.This was amended to include Aedes albopictus,Ixodes damrnini, etc. [Copies of the proposal areavailable from the Central Office.l

The proposal was sent to the Regional Exper-iment Station Directors and was approved. It isgoing to "the Committee of 9" at the end of Aprilwhere it is a rubber stamp action. Countrywide,medical entomology is being organized andtaught in schools of agriculture, where there isIittle real interest on the part of the school inmedical entomolory. It is actually practiced inschools of public health and state health depart-ments where there isn't much of a teachingmechanism. This proposal forces deans of agri-cultural experiment stations to recognize thatmedical entomology exists as a legitimate fieldwithin agriculture and as such has already beenvery useful.

No action necessary on report.D. D. Brown (who is a member of the com-

mittee as well as being a Board member) com-mended Susan Palchick for her outstandingwork as Chair of the committee. He also re-quested AMCA to serve as the clearinghouse forProfessor Horsfall's Aedes uexarn bibliography.

MOTION: Drs. R. D. Sjogren, G. B. Craigand D. D. Brown approach Professor Horsfallto offer AMCA's facilities as a clearinghouse forhis Aedes uexans bibliography (funds of AMCAnot to be expended at the present time), by D.

D. Brown; second, G. B. Craig. Motion carried.REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEET.

INGS COMMITTEE, E. S. Bordes.A "Request to Host an AMCA Annual Meet-

ing" form was circulated to committee membersand distributed to the Board. [Copies of the formare available from the Central Offrce.]

Recommendations:1. Any organization that desires to host an

AMCA Annual Meeting will be required tofill out this form before approaching theBoard for a presentation.

2. A similar form could be assembled for theinterim board meeting and the same pro-cedure followed.

3. Additionally, allow the committee to pur-sue the gathering of information to accom-plish our goal of publishing a completeAnnual Meeting manual.

MOTION: To establish a policy to acceptinvitations at the interim Board meeting for theannual meeting location no more than 5 yearsin advance, by D. J. Sutherland; second, J. A.Mulrennan. Motion carried (1 nay). The 1995annual meeting invitations will be heard at the1990 interim meeting.

MOTION: To approve recommendation f1,the form to be used as a means of guidance tothe Board, bv J. A. Mulrennan; second, P.DeChant, Motion carried.

The Board declined action on Recommenda-tion #2.

The Board could not taken action on Rec-ommendation #3. The President appoints com-mittees at the first Board meeting of the newterm (in this case, Thursday, April 6, 1989). Ifthe committee is reappointed, their charge willinclude continuing their efforts to complete thetasks previously assigned to them.

REPORT OF TIIE ARCIIIVES COM-MITTEE, J. C. Combs. No report.

The President stated he had given the com-mittee the charge of compiling information asto the amount, types, and locations of AMCAarchives.

Publications (not necessarily archives) arestill being stored at the Delta Vector ControlDistrict and the need has arisen to have themremoved from those facilities. The ExecutiveDirector indicated he could find space to storethe articles. The Board indicated the ExecutiveDirector should work with the Director of DeltaV.C.D. to carry out the request.

REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION COMMITTEE, F. C. Rob-erts.

The model public health exemption plan pro-duced by the committee was forwarded to EPA.However, EPA then decided to produce theirown plan for label restriction and add our plan

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to it, in effect making the procedure even morecumbersome than it already was.

The EPA plan is scheduled to appear in theFederal Register in the near future.

REPORT OF THE RISK MANAGE.MENT COMMITTEE, J. S. Billodeaux. Noreport.

REPORT OF THE TRAINING COM-MITTEE, J. A. Kertesz.

In the past year the committee tried to set upa joint AMCA/CDC training session to be heldin the Midwest, probably lllinois. That fellthrough for the second year in a row.

The President reiterated the necessity of ahigh quality training conference as a service tothe operational members. The Central Officehas a base of people willing to donate theirservices for training. He also described othersewices this committee could coordinate, suchas promoting the availability of audiovisual ma-terials that can be otherwise difficult to obtainand compiling a speakers'bureau for differentregions. The President indicated his willingnessto participate in a speakers' bureau.

No action taken by the Board.MOTION: To accept special committee re-

ports, by C. P. Hansen; second, J. Sanzone.Motion carried.

SPECIAL REPORT ON PUBLICA-TIONS. Gene Gerberg agreed to be the editorof a revision of Bulletin #5, Mosquito Rearingand Experimental Techniques. Jim Nelsonagreed to be the editor of a revision of Bulletin#2, Ground Equipment and Insecticides for Mos-quito Control.

The Board has had the opportunity to reviewthe publication Mosquito Control to Fit YourTown. Several members indicated they havefound it very useful.

MOTION: AMCA purchase copies of Mos-quito Control to Fit Your Town for resale (with-out loss), by G. B. Craig, second, C. R. Lesser.Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE PIIOTO SALON, L.Munstermann.

The 1989 salon was organized in two sections,the PSA-sanctioned Insect Photo Salon and theAMCA Mosquito Research and Control Salon.Salon information and entry forms were mailedto 297 requesters or who had previously partic-ipated in AMCA Photo Salons. Announcementsfor the 2 salons appeared twice in the AMCANewsletter and for the Insect Salon, inthe Jour-nal of the PSA.

For the Insect Salon, 102 entries were re-ceived, consisting of a total of 403 slides. Inter-national participation was indicated by a repre-sentation from 15 countries and 6 continents.Judging was held at Notre Dame on 4 March,with 2 PSA approved judges (Ray Coleman, Dan

Mauro) and Notre Dame Faculty Fellow in Bi-ology, Dr. William Hawley. The PSA SilverMedal was awarded to Mr. Don Wollander ofCedar Springs, MI; "Best Slide by an AMCAMember" went to Dr. Robert Elbel of Salt LakeCity, UT; "Best Mosquito Slide" went to Mr.Peter Selinger of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.AMCA member participation was double overthat of 1988.

The $4.00 entry fee for the Insect Salon ($408total) covered less than half the costs. Mailingcosts were underwritten by the University ofNotre Dame, some supplies and photocopyingby the Vector Biology Laboratory (Notre Dame),and honorariums for the judges and assistantsin the form of a dinner hosted by the SalonChair.

In the Mosquito Research and Control Salon,9 entries (33 slides) were received. Dr. Ed Row-ton organized the judging in Washington, DC.First place award went to Dr. Bruce Eldridge(Davis, CA) and the best slide series to Ms.Helena Andersson (Uppsala, Sweden).

The catalog for the 1988 salon and color printsof the award-winning slides were sent to theAMCA Central office.

Recommendations:1. The 1990 Photo Salon be continued in two

sections. the "Insect" Photo Salon and theMosquito Research and Control Salon, thelatter to be directed by Ms. Taina Litwakof the Smithsonian Museum Support Cen-ter.

2. Entry forms be printed in the AMCANewsl,etter for immediate access to theAMCA members to encourage their in-creased participation.

3. The AMCA set aside $75 for supplies andincidentals for continuance of the "Mos-

quito Research and Control Salon."4. A letter of thanks be drafted to Dr. Ed

Rowton for his efforts in organizing theMosquito Research and Control Section ofthe AMCA Photo Salon.

5. Note be taken that the AMCA Photo Salonis subsidized by Notre Dame and the Vec-tor Biology Lab by more than $400.

The Board felt that recommendation #1 wasat the discretion ofthe Chair ofthe Photo Salonand required no Board action.

Recommendation #2 was previously imple-mented.

The Board took no action on Recommenda-tions #3, #4 and#5.

The policy was reiterated of the Central Officehandling production ofthe awards (at a savingsof approximately $gO per plaque). The Boardalso directed the entry fee be increased to $4.50.G. B. Craig indicated Notre Dame would con-tinue to subsidize the salon.

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1989 BUDGET, C. Lamar Meek. Action onthe budget was deferred until the ThursdayBoard meeting. Bids were received from severalaudit firms indicating savings up to 92,200 coul<i.be realized on the audit if AMCA changed auditfirms from the one now used.

ANNUAL MEETINGS.1990-March 31-April 5, Hyatt Regency Lex-

ington, Kentucky. The room rate is $89 singleor double. The meeting will be in the conventioncenter attached to the hotel.

A request was received from Margaret Par-sons, Chair of the newly formed North CentralRegion of the Society of Vector Ecologists, tohave that group meet in conjunction withAMCA's annual meeting in Lexington.

The national SOVE organization met jointlywith AMCA in Seattle in 1987.

MOTION: To accept the request to includethe specified region of SOVE in the 1990 annuaLmeeting, by K. Wagstaff; second, R. D. Sjogren.Motion carried.

The Board indicated the meeting may betermed "A joint meeting of the American Mos-quito Control Association and the North CentralRegion of SOVE," but that equal billing shouldbe avoided.

199l-New Orleans, Louisiana. Meetingdates and a hotel have not yet been chosen.

1992-March 15-19, Wyndham Hotel, Cor-pus Christi, Texas. S. Colvin reported the localarrangements committee has obtained excellentroom rates of 988 single or double.

1993-April 18-22, Sheraton Harbor Place,Ft. Myers, Florida, T. Wayne Miller. T. W.Miller distributed a report on the 1993 meeting.

The President noted the actions of the localarrangements committee (providing a reportseveral years in advance) should be a model forother organizations hosting annual meetings.

1994-San Diego, California, B. Fred Beams.B. F. Beams indicated a hotel will probably beselected before the 1989 interim Board meeting.

1989 INTERIM BOARD MEETING.D. D. Brown extended an invitation for the

Board to meet in Illinois, October 12-13. inPeoria, with the Illinois Mosquito and VectorControl Association. The meeting will be heldat the Continental Regency Hotel; room ratesare $58 per night. There is a free shuttle fromthe Peoria airport.

C. T. Palmisano extended an invitation forthe Board to meet in Louisiana, October 16-19,in Shreveport, at the South Central MosquitoControl Conference, ajoint meeting ofthe Texasand Louisiana Mosquito Control Associations.The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Pier-remont. Shreveport is the second largest city in

Louisiana.By secret ballot Illinois was chosen as the site

for the Interim Board Meeting.PROPOSED LYME DISEASE COM-

PREHENSIVE ACT OF 1989, J. Sanzone.A New York Congressman is proposing a

Lyme Disease Comprehensive Act. Initial re-ports of approximately 200 cases of Lyme Dis-ease in the early 80's have gone up to approxi-mately 5,000 cases in 1988. It is considered bvCDC to be the second most-rapidly expandingcommunicable disease in the country, afterAIDS. It is the most prevalent anthropod-bornedisease in the country. Treatment is generallysuccessful in the early stages but by no meansis completely successful; there is a sizeable pro-portion ofpeople that are treated unsuccessfully.Control of lxodes damntini, the primary vector,is not very good at the present time.. Currently the federal government is spending92.5 million per year on research: NIH is spend-ing $2.1 million, primarily for looking into ireat-ment of the disease, and about 9400,000 is ear-marked for CDC for public education. The billbeing proposed calls for 910.5 million to be spentover 3 years. It is an authorization bill. not anappropriation bill. It calls for 93.5 million peryear for 3 years to be distributed by NIH togovernment agencies, universities and nonprofitentities to conduct research into treatment ofLyme disease and to control Ixodes dammini_An additional g1 million per year is earmarkedfor CDC for public education. The bill has notyet gone to the committee; the process of gath-ering sponsors and cosponsors is being con-ducted.

The Congressman has asked AMCA to bringthis to the attention of the members, perhapsthrough the Newsletter, and ask anyone who isinterested to write to their Senator and Con-gressman in support of the bill. The House bilLis HR979 and the Senate bill is 5223.

The Board postponed action until the Thurs-day Board meeting, to allow the Board memberstime to read over the proposal.

OTIIER NEW BUSINESS.P. DeChant indicated he would present an

invitation in Lexington from the NorthwestMosquito and Vector Control Association tohost the 1990 interim board meeting in Port-Iand.

The Finance Committee will screen candi-dates to fill the term of C. L. Meek and providea recommendation at the meeting on Thursday.

ADJOURNMENT.MOTION: To adjourn, by D. J. Sutherland;

second, P. DeChant. Meeting adjourned at 4:30pm.

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AMCA BUSINESS MEETING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1989

CALL TO ORDER. President Eldridgecalled the meeting to order at 4:10 pm.

PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS. B. F. EId-ridge announced Lamar Meek's resignation asTreasurer and recognized his significantachievements in that office. Dr. Meek's resig-nation was very reluctantly accepted by theBoard.

Departing Board members were recognized:Past President D. Sutherland and Regional Di-rectors C. Hansen (South Pacific) and J. San-zone (North Atlantic) have all contributedgreatly to the success of AMCA.

New Board members were introduced: VicePresident Matthew M. Yates and Regional Di-rectors B. Fred Beams (South Pacific) andThomas Candeletti (North Atlantic) are joiningthe Board.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' REPORT.H. C. Chapman discussed the progress of therevision of the 1981 Directory of Mosquito Con-trol Agencies in the US and Canada.

A satisfactory review report was received fromthe CPA firm of Burgess & Burgess for thecalendar year 1988.

Members were reminded that ballots of un-paid members are not counted in the annualelections. Also, ballots that are returned anon-ymously are not counted.

The Good Neighbor Club has been reinstatedand is showing healthy progress.

TREASURER'S REPORT. C. L. Meekdis-cussed 1988 financial activities. AMCA has ap-proximately $220,400 in reserves and realized anet gain of $19,000 for fiscal year 1988. Totalassets at the end of 1988 were valued at$261,789.

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.

RESOLUTION fl

WHEREAS, we note the passing of col-Ieagues and friends in the past year, namely, D.G. Denning, Professor A. Grjebine, DonaldMacCreary, Don McKay, Kenneth Quarterman,O. R. Strong, Raymond Subra, Len Trager, GailGrodhaus and Bettina Rosay;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that, while we mourn their passing, we givethanks for their contributions to mosquito con-trol and research and for the fellowship theyshared with us.

RESOLUTION #2

the committee people who worked so hard tobring these meetings to fruition or without thecontributions of the speakers who bring us thefruits of their labors and share with us theirfindings;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that the members of the American MosquitoControl Association extend their thanks andtheir congratulations to all those who had a partin making this annual meeting a success.

RESOLUTION #3

WHEREAS, these annual meetings are sup-ported by the exhibitors and sponsors who notonly give financial support but also bring usinformation on the most current equipment andsupplies for effective control of mosquitoes;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that we extend our thanks to exhibitors andsponsors for their support and participation andlook forward to their continued support of theaims and objectives of this Association.

B. Eldridge read resolution #1 and called fora moment of silence. He then read resolutions#2 and#3.

MOTION: To approve the resolutions, by E.J. Gerberg second, D. J. Sutherland. Motioncarried.

BYLAWS COMMITTEE. The followingrecommendations were endorsed by the Boardof Directors and published in AMCA Newsletter,Vol . 14, No.4, p. 7.

1. Article II, Section 1, e: Remove the word'ofirst" from the sentence that reads, "Nomina-

tion for this honor must first: be in writing,addressed to the Board . . ."

2. Article VI, Section 1, d: This section is theresponsibility of the Executive Director andshould be eliminated as a section under "The

Powers and Duties of the President."3. Article VII, Section 2: Remove the words

"for this section" from the sentence that reads,"When nominations for this section are notunan imous . . . , "

MOTION: To approve recommendation 1, byR. D. Sjoeren; second, M. M. Yates. Motioncarried.

MOTION: To approve recommendation 2, byH. I. Scudder; second, R. L. Berry. Motion car-ried.

MOTION: To approve recommendation 3, byH. C. Chapman; second, G. L. Challet. Motioncarried.

INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS.WIIEREAS, these annual meetings could Bruce Eldridge introduced Judy Hansen as

not take place without the dedicated efforts of the new President for AMCA and presented her

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with the President's gavel. J. Hansen then pre-sented B. Eldridge with the Past President'sPlaque and Pin. Judy's commission presentedher with a dozen roses.

ADJOURNMENT.MOTION: To adjourn, by M. M. Yates; sec-

ond, T.O. Fultz. Motion carried. Meetine ad-journed at 4:30 pm.

1989_1990 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, THURSDAY. APRIL 6. 1989

CALL TO ORDER, President Hansen. J. A.Hansen called the meeting to order at 8:80 am.

ROLL CALL, S. A. Colvin. Board memberspresent: Judy A. Hansen, Robert D. Sjogren,Matthew M. Yates, Bruce F. Eldridge, GeorgeB. Craig, C. Lamar Meek, Murray H. Colbo,Thomas Candeletti, Cyrus R. Lesser, Daniel D.Brown, Charles T. Palmisano, Keith Wagstaff,Peter DeChant, B. Fred Beams, Michael J. Nel-son. Board members absent: John A. Mulren-nan, Jr. Others present: Harold C. Chapman,Sharon A. Colvin.

PRIVATIZATION.E. S. Bordes addressed the Board regarding

privatization of mosquito control. He requestedAMCA to look at the role of state and nationalorganizations in mosquito control. Eventually,privatization may cause reduced membership,reduced attendance at meetings, and a lesseningin the number of operational papers. Contractoperations are basically selling a spray program.There is no research or operational studies. UI-timately, commercialization will replace profes-sionalism. The exchange of information will bereduced or eliminated.

M. M. Yates requested the Ethics Committeebe revived to address the situation.

Some members of the Board felt it was morean issue ofquality assurance than ethics. Stand-ards of quality need to be established. A list ofpotential consultants could be provided to beinvited as individuals, not as AMCA members,to make independent evaluations.

MOTION: To appoint an Ethics/Quality As-surance Committee with the charge of investi-gating the need of an AMCA code of ethics andto explore the possibility of an AMCA QualityAssurance team to evaluate programs as re-quested by governmental bodies, by M. M.Yates; second. D. D. Brown.

MOTION TO AMEND: Remove the word"ethics" from the motion, by G. B. Craig; second,B. F. Eldridge.

The amendment was defeated. The originalmotion was carried.

The President indicated the committee couldbe split into two separate committees at theinterim board meeting if it was deemed neces-sary.

A Board member from Louisiana requestedthat no members of the new committee be fromLouisiana.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONCOMMITTEE, F. C. Roberts.

The President read the following message:"The EPA is currently on the verge of issuing aFederal Register Notice, which would imple-ment the public health exemption. John Kliewerindicated on Tuesday that the FRN is currentlybeing held up by OMB. We will have 4b days inwhich to respond to the notice when issued. TheAMCA should consider preparing for a promptresponse to the FRN. Depending upon howmuch our efforts have been modified by EPA, itmay well serve our interests to have many of theassociations and vector control agencies re-spond."

LYME DISEASE ACT, J. Sanzone.J. Sanzone recommended AMCA publish no-

tice of the bill in the AMCA Newsletter, pointingout the benefits as well as the drawbacks andsuggesting that members contact their Senatorsand Congressmen to support the bill. The noticeshould include the fact that there is a lack offunding, or a facility to fund, vector research.(See minutes of Sunday Board of Directorsmeeting for more information on the proposedbitr.)

MOTION: To endorse the proposed bill, andto have the AMCA President write to the pro-poser of the bill to indicate that the vectorportion of the problem has been completely ig-nored, by G. B. Craig, second, D. D. Brown.Motion carried.

J. Sanzone will write the article for the Neu.rs-letter.

1989-1990 COMMITTEES.The President proposed two new committees,

the first being the Operational Committee. Thiscommittee would be established with the idea ofexploring the needs of the operational commu-nity. The AMCA has had criticism in the pastof not having more to offer for operational peo-ple. The committee would investigate opera-tional equipment, needs, what AMCA could dofor operational people to get them interested inbeing members, etc. This would also includecommissioners and trustees.

The second new committee is the ChemicalLabeling Standardization Committee. Opera-tional members as well as industry members willwork together to ensure the availability of nec-essary chemicals for the present as well as thefuture.

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D. D. Brown requested John Marlin be addedto the Aedes albopictus Committee. He has vol-unteered to mail (to all AMCA members) copiesof the Illinois legislation as it comes out ifAMCA will provide him with the mailing labels.

The President noted that under the bylaws,only standing committee members have to beAMCA members; however, under our presentcircumstances she felt it would be wise to haveall committee members be members of AMCAand indicated this would be suggested to anycommittee members that did not already belongto AMCA.

The President received a request to have thePolicy Committee investigate the possibility ofhaving a representative of industry on the Boardof Directors. A report is expected at the interimBoard meeting.

The committees were approved by consensus.FINANCE COMMITTEE, G. C. Collett.The Finance Committee met with the Treas-

urer and the Business Administrator and dis-cussed the 1989 budget and audit, as well as thepotential candidates to fill the position ofTreas-urer. It was the consensus of the Finance Com-mittee to recommend to the Board that JohnnyBillodeaux be appointed to fill Lamar Meek'sterm as Treasurer.

MOTION: To accept the recommendation ofthe Finance Committee, by M.M.Yates; second,B. F. Eldridge. Motion carried.

AMERICAN MOSQUITO MANAGE.MENT INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, J.Billodeaux.

The AMMIA would like to make a donationon an annual basis to the AMCA. The AMMIAneeds a letter from the AMCA stating they willaccept the donation.

The Finance Committee was directed to workwith the Treasurer to determine the appropriateplace for the donation (e.g., to the Special Fund,to a new fund for student scholarships, to a newfund for Regional Directors' travel, etc.) andpresent their findings at the interim board meet-ing.

The President will write the requested letter.STUDENT AWARDS.The Policy Committee was directed to study

the possibility of giving cash awards for theAMCA Student Competition. No recommenda-tion was received; the new committee will becharged with following up on the Board direc-tion.

Several Board members recently attended anAquatic Plant Management Society meetingwhere there was an excellent program of studentparticipation. They gave cash awards of $2,000for first place, $1,000 for second, and $500 forthird. The Board members were very impressedwith the program. The President suggested the

Training Committee look into the program andpresent a recommendation for the Board at theinterim meeting.

PESTICIDE PUBLIC POLICY FOUN-DATION (3PF).

In the past AMCA has been approached byseveral professional pesticide user groups tryingto network with AMCA concerningpending leg-islation that would impact pesticide use in theUSA.

At a previous meeting the Board declined toalign themselves with 3PF, mainly becausemembers felt they did not have enough infor-mation about the group to make a sound deci-sion.

MOTION: The President of AMCA sent aletter of inquiry to the Pesticide Public PolicyFoundation for more information on their group,to be reported to the Board at the interim meet-ing, by C. R. Lesser; second, D. D. Brown. Mo-tion carried.

1989 BUDGET, C. L. Meek.The Treasurer discussed the proposed budget.

Two items that are going to have a major impacton the budget are the legislative liaison and theredactory service. Without those new items theprojected net income would have been over$20,000; now it's closer to $5,000-6,000.

MOTION: To adopt the 1989 budget, by B.F. Eldridge; second, C. T. Palmisano. Motioncarried.

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON.A Board member expressed concern over a

lack of information as to the extent of interestin the regions for the information to be providedby the legislative liaison. The Central Office wasdirected to contact the Regional Directors todetermine the interest. The Regional Directorswill contact the state and regional associationsin their regions.

CENTRAL OFFICE COMMITTEE.The Board went into Executive Session at the

request of Bruce Eldridge, Immediate Past Pres-ident.

The Central Office Committee reported thatafter several years of evaluating the ExecutiveDirector and attempting to correlate the goalsof AMCA with this position, they unanimouslyrecommend to the Board of Directors at thistime that a committee be established to inves-tigate the feasibility of hiring a full-time Exec-utive Director to promote the Association, to tryto increase membership and services to themembership because the Association is expand-ing to where they feel a full-time ExecutiveDirector is necessary. Early in the transition ofthe Association from California to Louisiana, itwas felt a part-time Executive Director was anecessity because funds were scarce; it was agood decision at the time. The Committee now

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feels that it is time to move on with a full-timeExecutive Director to keep up with the needs ofthe membership.

After considerable discussion, the followingaction was taken:

MOTION: To accept the recommendation ofthe Central Office Committee and instruct thePresident to establish an ad hoc committee toinvestigate the feasibility of AMCA hiring a full-time Executive Director, with a job descriptionand the establishment of future soals of theAssociation with this regard, by Ii. Wagstaff;second, M. M. Yates. Motion carried unani-mously.

A report from this committee will be pre-sented to the Board of Directors at the InterimBoard Meeting on October 11, 198g, in Peoria,Illinois, at which time further action can betaken.

The General Session resumed.CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ITEMS.H. C. Chapman proposed the purchase of sev-

eral items for the Central Office: computer

power units ($1,400), a scanner (approx. $2,400)and shelving (approx. 94,700).

MOTION: To approve purchase of the equip-ment described, by K. Wagstaff; second, R. D.Sjogren. Motion carried.

TIGER TALES.The publication, Tiger Tales, fuom the Aedes

albopictus Committee will be published in in-stallments in the AMCA Newsbtter.

1991 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALHEALTII ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

P. DeChant suggested exhibiting at theNEHA conference. It was the consensus of theBoard that this was a good idea; however, sinceNEHA exhibited at the AMCA meeting in Den-ver, Mr. DeChant should attempt to negotiate awaiver of booth fees. The Board will readdressthe issue if a waiver is unobtainable.

ADJOURNMENT.MOTION: To adjourn, by B. F. Eldridge;

second, D. D. Brown. Meeting adjourned at11 am.

1989 AWARDS

_ Awards were presented at the banquet of the 55th Annual Meeting of the American MosquitoControl Association, held in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 4, 1989.

AMCA AWARDS

Med,al of Honor-Andrew Spielman. Award pre-sented by George Craig.Meritorious Seruice-Edgar Bordes. Award pre-sented by T. Oscar Fultz.Meritorious Service-J ohn Billodeaux.Award presented by Donald J. Sutherland.Presidential Citation-F rcdRoberts. Award pre-sented by Bruce F. Eldridge

Memarial Lecture Honoree-Brian HockingMemorial Lecturer-John D. Edman.John N. Belkin Mernorial Award-Pedro Gal-indo. Award presented by E. L. Peyton.Stu.dent Paper Com.petitian Award-F. ScottWillis. Award presented by Roger S. Nasci.P resi.dentiul Seruice-Bruce F. Eldridge. Awardpresented by Judy A. Hansen.

AMCA PHOTO SALON AWARDS

AMCA AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) "INSECT SALON." NATUREDIVISION:

'Best of Shnw," Silver Medal-Praying Mantis Mating, Don Wollander, Midland, MI^"Begt Mosquito Sli.de," AMCA Plaiue-Female Mosqu-ito Emerging, Peter Sehnler, Hamilton,Ontario^"Be-st slide by an AMCA Member," AMCA Plaque-sreeping Beefly, Robert E. Elbel, Salt LakeCity, UTAMCA "Mosquito Research and Control Salon"_"Qest^ol shaw," AMCA Plaque-collecting snow Pool Mosquito Larvae, Bruce F. Eldridge,Davis, CA

Second Place-Aedes communis on Sloe, Helena Anderson, Uppsala, SwedenThird Place-Ascogregarinabanetti Gamonts in Aedes triseriati.rs, Ltiwis T. Nielsen, Salt Lake

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"Eest Sli'd,e Series," AMCA Ptaque-swedishAedes Species on Plants, Helena Anderson, Uppsala,Sweden