2007/08/10 11:55 Jennifer Wilby, "Membership Meeting", ISSS Tokyo 2007

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Elections

President-elect for 2008-2009 is Tim Allen, University of Wisconsin at Madison
VP of Communications and Systems Education, David Ing
Treasurer and vp of funds, Lynn Rasmussen

Will get mail later in the year for nominations, feedback requested

Society is healthy, financially, and conferences are returning a feedback

Have 270 members this year

120 regular
37 retired
34 developing countries
55 students
21 past presidents

Financial statements from the Bulletin

In the mail, over the next few weeks, will be some simplification of the bylaws, clarifying roles of president, vp of administration and treasurer, so we don't have to relearn everything

Please return the ballot, to approve that

Role of the trustees to help strengthen the organization

Using the web site to expand the presence of the society is important