t he c rustacean s ociety annual business meeting 2014 annual meeting 2014 austin, tx
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THE CRUSTACEAN SOCIETY
Annual Business Meeting
2014
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WELCOME!
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BUDGET
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2013 Gross Profit US$175,108.22 DonationsScholarshipsJCBMembership
2013 Total Expenses US$165,638.18Society operationsMeetingsJCB
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BUDGET
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Moved $$ into investment accounts that will produce between 4.8% - 12% per year
This is our restricted money for Student AwardsWorked hard to cut other expenses
Produced positive budget in 2013 and we have a projected positive budget for 2014
Requests for TCS support for symposia or meetings must be made at least a year in advance because we have to
build them into the coming budgets
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Membership
Current (Dec. 2013) membership <300Membership continues to be a priority for TCS
Projected $73K (on 2012 #’s) got <$40KEach member needs to bring in one new member or
more per yearTCS is always exploring new ways to maintain, or
increase, our membership
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Student Scholarships/Fellowships
We give six student scholarships/fellowships of $1000 each per year
Last year we received a sponsorship for one of these scholarships from Loligo Systems. We named the
scholarship after themPlease let us know if you know of opportunities like this
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Elections For New OfficersConstitution & By-Laws changes – passed (>99%)
President Elect - ? Program Officer – Chris BoykoAsian Governor – Shirley Lim
Latin American Governor – Ingo WehrtmannSICB Liaison Officer – John Zardus
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Future Meetings2014 Frankfurt Germany (18-23 August) ICC-8
2015 Sydney Australia (July?)2016 Possible joint meeting with IAA-21 in Tampico,
Mexico? Please contact TCS execs with any suggestions or ideas
for meetings 2016 – on
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JCBImpact Factor: 1.019 (2013)4 year trend = 0.974, 1.115, 1.116
Current rejection/declination rate = 39+%Submission rate is up since move to Brill
Future JCB editor search
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2013 TCSERA Award
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Other business?
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Goodbye & thanks for all the fish!