31st Annual General Meeting

Parasitology Section, Canadian Society of Zoologists

May 12, 2004

Acadia University, Wolfville, N. S.

MINUTES

Present: Doug Colwell (Vice-chair), Cam Goater (incoming Vice-chair), Dean McCurdy (Councillor), Al Shostak (Archivist), members and guests of the Parasitology Section.

Regrets: Roger Prichard (Past Chair), John Barta (Chair), Bernadette Ardelli (Secretary/Treasurer), Robin Beech (Junior Councillor), Andre Buret (incoming councillor) The meeting was called to order at 1220 h.

1. Approval of Agenda (Colwell)

MOTION (Arai/Price): To approve the agenda (carried)

2. Chair's Introductory Remarks (Colwell)

Dr. Colwell noted the absence of the Chair, the Past-chair and the Secretary.

MOTION (Price/Schutler): That Al Shostak be approved as recording secretary for this meeting, retroactive to its start (carried)

Dr. Colwell welcomed the assembly. He recognized the three symposium speakers (applause) and thanked the CSZ and the ASP for their financial support of the symposium. Dr. Terry Pearson was announced as the Wardle lecturer. The incoming members of the executive were announced (Doug Colwell as Chair, Cam Goater as Vice-chair, Robin Beech as Sr. Councilor, Andre Buret as Jr. Councilor), and thanked the outgoing members, Roger Prichard and Dean McCurdy.

3. Approval of the minutes of the 2003 Annual General Meeting (Colwell)

MOTION (Webster/Burt): To approve the minutes of the 2003 AGM (carried)

4. Matters Arising (Colwell)

Dr. Colwell noted that there had been no meeting of the executive prior to the AGM and that items of business carried over from the previous AGM would have to be carried over to the next one.

5. Secretary-Treasurer's Report (Shostak)

Dr. Shostak read the financial statement submitted by Dr. Ardelli.

MOTION (Shostak/Schutler): To approve the financial statement (carried)

Dr. Shostak reported that Cameron Goater and Andre Buret were acclaimed as Vice-chair and Jr. Councilor, respectively. Dr. Shostak reported, based on the previous CSZ Council meeting, that the section has ~30 full members and another ~20 who are joint members with other sections, and that this was a large increase over the previous year.

6. Nominating Committee (Colwell)

Dr. Colwell indicated that he had not received a report from Dr. Prichard.

7. Recognition Committee (Colwell)

Dr. Colwell reported that the Wardle selection committee, comprising Drs. Brooks, Befus and Bush, had selected Terry Pearson as 2004 recipient. Dr. Goater will chair the new committee.

8. Student Awards (Goater)

Dr. Goater reported that there were 7 oral and 3 poster presentations to be judged for the Fallis award, and that he, Dr. Colwell and Dr. Shostak would be the judges.

9. Parasitology Module (Shostak)

There was no formal report available, but Dr. Shostak reported from the CSZ Council meeting that Roger Baird from the Canadian Museum of Nature had made a presentation in which the future of the Biological Survey of Canada was under review and that a workshop on this topic would be occurring soon. Interested parties who were interested in participating could contact Mr. Baird.

10. New Business (Colwell)

10.1 Use of ICOPA Proceeds (Shostak)

Dr. Shostak reported that the section had received over $4000 from ICOPA with the requirement that it be used to fund student travel. Dr. Burt noted that according to the original agreement, no specific use of any surplus was stipulated, and that while he supported the idea of travel support, this should be considered a request only. There was a request to ensure that a letter of thanks from the section be sent to the ICOPA committee, specifically to Dr. Hilda Ching .

10.2 Wardle Honorarium (Colwell)

Dr. Colwell brought up for discussion the idea of topping up the monetary component of the Wardle Award this year, given the great distance traveled by the recipient. Numerous points were raised pro and con by the assembly.

MOTION (Scott/Burt): That the executive be given discretion to top up the Wardle award this year only, by an amount not exceeding the amount of the ASP speakers grant that was received by the section (carried)

10.3 Symposium 2005 (Colwell)

Dr. Colwell asked that any suggestions for the 2005 symposium be forwarded to the executive.

11. Other Business (Colwell)

Dr. Belosevic expressed disappointment at the small number of executive in attendance at the meeting.

12. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 1300 h.