Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Council and Business Meetings, 2002

Council Meeting, 2002 Call to order.—The SMBE Council met during two sessionsat the Sorrento Hilton, Sorrento, Italy. President Michael Cleggcalled the first session to order at 1:37 p.m. on June 13, 2002and the second at 1:15 p.m. on June 14, 2002. In attendanceat the first session were Councilor Montserrat Aguadé,President Michael Clegg, Editor Simon Easteal, Treasurer DickHudson, and Secretary Marcy Uyenoyama; these Council memberswere joined at the second session by President-Elect NaoyukiTakahata. S. Blair Hedges, organizer of the 2004 annual meetings,made a     

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) Council and Business Meetings, 2004 State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Council Meeting

1. Call to order.—President John Avise called the meetingto order at 9:00 AM, 17 June 2004. In attendance were PresidentJohn Avise, Treasurer Marta L. Wayne, Editorial Advisory Boardmember Stanley A. Sawyer, Editor William Martin, Past- PresidentNaoyuki Takahata, Secretary Sudhir Kumar, and Councillors G.Brian Golding, Laura A. Katz, and Jody Hey. President-ElectJeffrey R. Powell arrived later due to flight delays. The meetingbegan with Introductions.
2. Approval of minutes.—Councilapproved the minutes of the2003 Council and Business meetings,published in the December2003 issue of the journal MolecularBiology and Evolution (MBE).
3. Editor's report.—Most ofthe meeting addressed a discussionconcerning the Journal'sfuture and dealings with the OxfordUniversity Press (OUP) (seereport).
4. Treasurer's report.—Treasurer Marta L. Waynesummarizedthe financial state of the Society (see report).The fiscalyear has now changed to January–December (coincidentwith