T HE C RUSTACEAN S OCIETY Annual Business Meeting 2014 Annual Meeting 2014 Austin, TX.

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

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!