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e. J. Cramer has agreed to publish the MEMOIRS at no cost to the Society
or the N. Y. Botanical Garden. It is of particular importance for
authors to have clarity in the manuscript, because that will facilitate
the work of the foreign typesetters and printers.
f. The Chair of the MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS Board o f Editors should
1) correspond with authors indicating receipt of manuscripts
2) select reviewers
3) impress upon reviewers the need for promptness in the review
process
4) keep authors apprised of the status of their manuscripts
during the review process
5) correspond with authors should any problems arise
6) impress upon authors the need for clarity in the final copy and
the need for careful reading of the galley proofs, and
7) do anything else which will assist the Board to produce a
continuing, high-quality series of MEMOIRS.
Respectfully submitted,,
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Terrence M. Hamnill
Agricultural North Central Region 181 5 North University Street
Research Northern Regional Peoria, Illinois
Agriculture Service Research Center 61604
July 3, 1984
Report of the Committee on Culture Collect ions
Committee members C. P. Kurtzman, L. R. Batra, and A. Dietz met by telephone
to discuss Committee business. A format is being developed for a survey
form to be used by MSA members, on a voluntary basis, to list strains
maintained in their culture collections. This form will be published in the
MSA Newsletter and results made available to members. With increasing interest
in the computerization of culture collections, the Committee is willing to
prosride information on this endeavor to MSA members.
Funding for culture collections has never been great and seems not to be
increasing. The Committee requests that whenever the MSA has official inter-
actions with NSF and other granting agencies, it emphasize the importance
of support for collect ions of microbial germplasm.
C. P. Kurtzman
Chairman
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