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High-Resolution PDF for Printing No. 117 DECEMBER 2003 Price: $5.00 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 117 (December 2003) AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY SOCIETY INCORPORATED Office Bearers President Vice President Stephen Hopper John Clarkson Kings Park & Botanic Garden Centre for Tropical Agriculture WEST PERTH WA 6005 PO Box 1054 tel: (08) 9480 3605 MAREEBA QLD 4880 email: [email protected] tel: (07) 4048 4745 email: [email protected] Secretary Treasurer Brendan Lepschi Anthony Whalen Australian National Herbarium Australian National Herbarium Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research GPO Box 1600 GPO Box 1600 CANBERRA ACT 2601 CANBERRA ACT 2601 tel: (02) 6246 5167 tel: (02) 6246 5175 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Councillor Councillor Darren Crayn Marco Duretto National Herbarium of New South Wales Tasmanian Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Mrs Macquaries Road Private Bag 4 SYDNEY NSW 2000 HOBART, Tasmania 7001 tel: (02) 9231 8111 tel.: (03) 6226 1806 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Public Officer Kirsten Cowley Australian National Herbarium Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research GPO Box 1600, CANBERRA ACT 2601 tel: (02) 46 5108 email: [email protected] Affiliate Society Papua New Guinea Botanical Society ASBS Web site www.anbg.gov.au/asbs Webmaster: Murray Fagg Australian National Herbarium Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research Email: [email protected] Loose-leaf inclusions with this issue • Payment of ASBS membership fees (Membership Renewal) form • Application for Membership of ASBS form • ASBS Council Survey on taking Newsletter electronically • Botanical Books from CSIRO Publishing (advertising brochure) Publication dates of previous issue Austral.Syst.Bot.Soc.Nsltr 116 (September 2003 issue) Hardcopy: 29th Oct 2003; ASBS Web site: 29th Oct 2003 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 117 (December 2003) ASBS Inc. business 2003 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Systematic Botany Society, Inc. 5:15 pm, Wednesday 1st October, Commerce Theatre 1 The University of Melbourne, Victoria Starting time: 5:30 pm. The vice-president Annette Wilson; seconded: Peter Wilson. welcomed the 44 members present. Carried. Present: John Clarkson (Vice President), 5. Newsletter & web page report Anthony Whalen (Treasurer), Brendan Lepschi Summarised versions of both presented by Robyn (Secretary – Minutes), Darren Crayn (Councillor- Barker and Brendan Lepschi (on behalf of elect), Marco Duretto (Councillor-elect), 44 Murray Fagg) respectively. Vote of special members. thanks from the floor for Bill and Robyn Barker and Murray Fagg for their efforts in producing a Apologies: Steve Hopper (President), Bob high quality newsletter and maintaining the Makinson (Councillor; outgoing) Society website (respectively). See Attachments 3 and 4. 1. Minutes of the 2002 Annual General Meeting 6. Eichler Research Fund Proposed that the minutes of the 24th Annual Four applications received for 2003, all presently General Meeting (as published in the Australian being considered by the Eichler Research Fund Systematic Botany Society Newsletter Number Committee. Results should be known shortly. 113) be accepted. Proposed: Tim Entwisle; seconded: Barry Conn. Carried. 7. Any other business 2. Business arising from minutes a. Reimbursement of student expenses (for those presenting papers at ASBS Conferences). Nil. Partial reimbursement of $100 towards confer- 3. President’s report ence registration expenses was presented to nine Presented by John Clarkson on behalf of Steve students who prepared and presented seminars Hopper1. See Attachment 1. and posters at the conference. • 4. Treasurer’s report Ann Bohte (Uni of Melbourne) • Jenny Tonkin (Uni of Melbourne) Presented by Anthony Whalen. See Attachment • Juergen Kellermann (Uni of Melbourne) 2. • Rodney Jones (Uni of Melbourne) • Siti Ariati (Uni of Melbourne) Pauline Ladiges suggests email reminders to non- • Lachlan Copeland (UNE) financial members to encourage them to remain • Mark Harrington (James Cook Uni) financial. Credit card payment may also be an • Teguh Triono (Australian National option for members. David Mabberley suggests Herbarium) direct debit as another means of making payment • Mohammad Fatemi (UNE) of fees easier for members, but Pauline Ladiges and John Clarkson indicate this method may b. Subscription rates. To remain at current create more problems than it solves. Peter levels, possibly rising in 2005. Wilson raised the difficulties encountered by overseas members in paying fees. c. Next AGM. To be held in Canberra or Sydney, ACTION: Anthony Whalen to examine probably in May 2004. Likely to be in payment options and other related issues. conjunction with a workshop aimed at preparing Proposed: Brendan Lepschi; seconded: a new version of a book dealing with Australian Anthony Whalen. Carried. plant families. Proposed that the financial statement for the 8. Election Results Society for 2003 be accepted. Proposed: Three positions vacant due to the stepping down of one Councillor at the conclusion of their term, 1 Steve had to return to Perth, but was able to attend the ASBS and the resignation of another Councillor and the Council meeting. 1 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 117 (December 2003) Public Officer. Returning Officer (Brendan Council also appointed Kirsten Cowley as the Lepschi) indicated that the number of new Public Officer. nominations received were the same as the The Vice President (John Clarkson) thanked the number of vacancies. The following members Council for their efforts over the previous year, elected (without voting) to the positions indicated on behalf of the President (Steve Hopper). and took office from the close of the AGM. Meeting closed: 6:20 pm President: Steve Hopper Vice President: John Clarkson Attached: Secretary: Brendan Lepschi • President’s Report (Attachment 1) Treasurer: Anthony Whalen • Treasurer’s Report and audited accounts for Councillor: Darren Crayn year ended 31st December 2002 (Attachment 2) Councillor: Marco Duretto • Newsletter Report (Attachment 3) • Webpage Report (Attachment 4) Attachment 1: President’s report Presented by the Vice-President John Clarkson Darwin. In many places David spoke twice. on behalf of the President Stephen Hopper. About 22 lectures were delivered. I heard David deliver the first lecture in Albany Constitution in 2001 and over the course of 2002 was lucky enough to hear some others. Not once did The revision of the ASBS Rules/Constitution was David’s enthusiasm for his subject waver. finally completed this year. The response to the postal vote was surprising. It seems an awful lot Society members were active in association with of members appreciate the need for clear the lecture tour and the Society thanks those unambiguous rules to guide the business of the members who spent a lot of time preparing Society. displays. Robyn Barker especially put in a fantastic effort. The final procedural matters such as lodging the amended rules with the ACT Registrar general The lecture tour gave the Society the opportunity have been completed. to get its name before groups of people who probably had no idea what plant systematics is On behalf of the members I would like to convey and what systematists do. We should also a final thank you to Bill Barker and Barry Conn acknowledge the other groups who assisted with who carried the bulk of the work on this and who the costs associated with the lecture tour. All of I am sure are glad to see the task behind them. the State Herbaria, the Austrian Embassy, The Royal Society of Tasmania, the Gladstone City Brown celebrations Council, The Royal Geographic Society of 2002 was the key year in the bicentenary of the Queensland, James Cook University, The Matthew Flinders’ great voyage. I fear some of Northern Territory Museum, The South you might be Browned out. In the lead up to the Australian Art Gallery and the Albany and bicentenary, Council made the decision that the Esperance Wildflower Society branches. science of the voyage should not go unnoticed. The centrepiece of our celebrations was a series Eichler Research Fund of lectures by David Mabberley. The Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund has gone from strength to strength over the past decade. Stephen alluded to how widely David had This year the Society will award research grants travelled on our behalf. I doubt whether there for the 7th year. This year’s applications are were many members who did not have the currently being assessed with the announcement opportunity to hear him speak on Brown and of the successful applicants to be made by the end Bauer. I can’t think of anyone better qualified to of this month (October) speak on these two men. Over the past 6 years the Society has made grants The extent of David’s contribution can be gauged to 20 students. It is pleasing to see that many of when you consider that in a 15 month period he the grant recipients have completed their studies spoke in 16 venues Albany, Esperance, Adelaide, and gone on to find employment in plant Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Sydney, systematics and many remain members of the Canberra, Brisbane, Gladstone, Townsville, Society. Cairns, Pennefather River, Weipa, Cooktown and 2 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 117 (December 2003) Council wishes to express its thanks to Peter will not be granted extensions in the future. We Weston, Robyn Barker, Barry Conn, Tim have two options: Entwisle, Terry McFarlane and John Clarkson. • Move the AGM to the first half of the year - These people were members of the original This will happen next year research committee that guided the research fund • Change our financial year to June-July - through its early years. These people have now Council will consider the advantages and stood down and have been replaced by Barbara disadvantages of this before the next AGM Briggs, Betsy Jackes, Rod Henderson, Tom May and Chris Quinn. The vice president chairs the Society honours committee and provides a link to council.
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