Message from the Secretary

Lou Burnett

We have continued to refine the use of our new web site. Some divisions have been very good at contributing to the researcher's database. These are the photos you see on the SICB web site in the upper left panel. These photos link to divisional pages with a description of the research. This is a great way to show off your research. You need only send a picture to your divisional secretary with a bring description of the research.

This fall we went to a "shopping cart" system for collecting dues and meeting registration fees. Members can also make donations from the shopping cart. We hope that this common method of on-line payment will make it easier for members to do business with the Society.

At our last annual meeting in San Antonio, we combined the Society business meeting with the presentation of awards. This combination greatly boosted attendance and allowed more members to see some of the important workings of the Society. It was also a great way to recognize those who received awards. We plan to continue this arrangement.

We were able to recognize students winning best paper and best poster awards reasonably soon after our annual meeting by posting their names on the SICB web site. We will attempt to do this again. Congratulations to all the student winners and thank you to the many members who served as judges. Serving as a judge is a great way to support our students and our Society.

The ballot measures amending the SICB Constitution and Bylaws passed this past spring. Thanks to all those who took the time to vote.

Our spring elections went smoothly, thanks to the hard work of the SICB Nominating Committee for Society-wide officers, and the divisional secretaries and chairs. A special thanks to all those SICB members who stood for office. It is the duty of the Secretary to publish the results of the election in the newsletter and they appear below. The results were also posted on the SICB web site soon after the election.

Office	Member Elected	Term
President-Elect	Ken Sebens	1/2009-1/2011
Program Officer-Elect	Brian Tsukimura	1/2009-1/2010
Treasurer-Elect	Bob Roer	1/2009-1/2010
Chair, Educational Council	Bob Podolsky	1/2009-1/2012
Member-at-Large	Adam Summers	1/2009-1/2012
DAB Secretary	Jordanna Sprayberry	1/2009-1/2012
DCE Program Officer	Rosemary Knapp	1/2009-1/2010
DCPB Chair-Elect	Jim Hicks	1/2009-1/2010
DCPB Program Officer	Kathy Dickson	1/2009-1/2011
DEE Chair-Elect	Arthur Woods	1/2009-1/2011
DEE Program Officer	Michael Sears	1/2009-1/2012
DIZ Chair	Dianna Padilla	1/2009-1/2012
DSEB Chair-Elect	Patrick O'Connor	1/2009-1/2010
DSEB Secretary-Elect	Todd Oakley	1/2009-1/2010
DVM Program Officer-Elect	Richard Blob	1/2009-1/2010
DVM Secretary-Elect	Lara Ferry-Graham	1/2009-1/2010

SICB Executive Officers met in Boston on September 26 to conduct the business of the society and plan the annual meeting. L to R - Program Officer Ed Rosa-Molinar, Treasurer Ron Dimock, Secretary Lou Burnett, President-Elect Rich Satterlie, Executive Director (with baby) Brett Burk, President John Pearse.