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is scheduled will be sent to those requesting this when they return the call
for papers. She also brought up the question of allowing more than one paper
to be presented by a participant. The Council stated that more than one paper
being presented by a single author would be allowed at future meetings unless
the schedule was such that some have to be deleted. In such a case, one talk
might be required to be presented as a poster. Further discussion resulted in
the Council leaving such decisions up to the local arrangements and program
chairs because situations vary so greatly from one place to another.
Amy Rossman reported that the Finance committee would like to look into the
possibi 1 ity of improving the financial status of the Society by investing
some of the assets at better rates of interest. This idea was approved
by the Counci 1.
The Medical Mycology Committee had no report.
Kent McKnight asked the secretary to report that the system based on the
centroid color chart is now being pushed as the international color standard
to be. He feels that he has a possible publisher but the situation is not
firm yet.
Wm. Bridge Cooke reported that more than 70 people attended this year's foray
west of Ft. Collins. It was followed by an evening symposium on Rocky
Mountain fungi. He also presented updates on the lists being put together
on previous forays.
Terry Johnson reported on publication of memorials. He stated that he sometimes
gets requests to pub1 i sh memorials about deceased foreign mycologists (frequently
non-members). The consensus was that memorials should be restricted to members
but that foreign mycologists could be mentioned briefly in the back of an issue
when the Edi tor-in-Chief felt it was appropriate. Several memorials are either
in manuscript form or have been solicited at the present time. They include
those for: James Carter, John A. Stevenson, Daniel Stuntz, Edward Cantino, and
Norman Conant.
Sustaining Membership Comni ttee submitted its report through the secretary.
Four members resigned: Abbott Labs., Ayerst Research Labs., Burroughs
Wellcome Co., and Pelco. Three new members were recruited: Camsco Produce
Co., Hoffman-LaRouche, Inc., and Sylvan Spawn Lab.
Histori an--no report.
Cl etus Kurtzman reported that the culture col lection committee is devel oping
a form for a survey of MSA members, regarding their individual collections.
It will appear in the Newsletter and the results will be available to the
membership when completed. The committee also has information avai lable 'on
the computerization of culture collections. The committee asks that each of
the members support culture collections and the procedure of citing cultures
used and deposit research cultures in established culture collections when
research on the isolate is complete.
The teaching comni ttee represented by Lois Tiffany presented guide1 ines for
making future selections for the superior teacher award. These will be
published in the Newsletter. This year's award will be presented to Dr. E.
S. Beneke of Michigan State University.