Proceedings of the Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern ...

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1) Call to order
Minutes for the 60th Annual Business Meeting of the
NORTHEASTERN WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY
Westin Providence, Providence, RI
January 5, 2006
President Tim Dutt called the annual business meeting to order at 4:30 pm on January 5,
2006.
2) Approval of Minutes
Scott Glenn moved that we accept the minutes of the 59 th annual business meeting. Dave
Yarborough seconded the motion, and without further discussion, the motion passed
unanimously.
3) Necrology Report
Brian Manley reported that there were no deaths during 2005 of associates reported prior
to or during the meeting. Brian asked for names from the floor of any associates that had passed
during 2005. No names were mentioned and the necrology report was closed.
4) Executive Committee Reports
All of the executive committee reports were compiled and available to the membership.
a) President’s Comments – Tim Dutt
Tim thanked the society for the opportunity to serve as President, and indicated it
was an enjoyable experience. Tim covered accomplishments during 2005 by the
Executive Committee (EC). Tim mentioned the many changes and fixes that were made
to our website, and the difficult challenges in working with our web-hosting company, Host
Depot. Tim asked for comments on the website from the floor, but there were none. He
mentioned the hard work by Hilary Sandler and Brent Lackey on improving the
functionality of the website, and indicated that the board was looking at other hosting
options given the difficulty in working with Host Depot. Tim next mentioned the weed
contest and thanked Dave Johnson for hosting a very successful contest. Tim commented
on the annual meeting indicating there were some difficulties in working with the hotel
since it was a new hotel for the NEWSS. The hotel made some late concessions on the
drinks for the social mixer, which would significantly help the financial situation for the
society. Tim then commented that the meeting had gone very well so far, and thanked the
program committee for putting together an excellent program. He also thanked the EC for
their hard work during the year. Tim then called Brian Manley to the podium to give the
Secretary/Treasurer Report.
b) Secretary / Treasurer Report – Brian Manley
Brian reported that 151 had pre-registered for the meeting, and that meeting
attendance was 196 including 171 NEWSS members, 3 invited speakers, 7 attending only
the Aquatics workshop, and 14 attending only the ornamentals workshop. Brian reported
that the expenses for 2005 were $38,227.24, which was up significantly from 2004. The
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