AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY COUNCIL MINUTES Minneapolis, Minnesota 14 August 1994 November 21, 1995 Abstract The Council of the American Mathematical Society met at 9:00 AM on Sunday, 14 August 1994, in the Aragon Ballroom A, of the Holliday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Members present were Carl Cowen, Robert Fossum, Ronald Graham, Rebecca Herb, Svetlana Katok, Steven Krantz, Robert Lazarsfeld, Andy Magid (as Asso- ciate Secretary of record), Cathleen Morawetz, Frank Morgan, Anil Nerode, Marc Rieffel, Norberto Salinas, Peter Shalen, B. A. Taylor, Jean Taylor, and Sylvia Wie- gand. Also present were Donald Babbitt (AMS Publisher), Hope Daly (AMS Director of Meetings), Tim Goggins (AMS Director of Development), William Jaco (AMS Exectuive Director), Jane Kister (AMS Associate Executive Editor), Lee Lorch (representative of the Canadian Mathematical Society), Everett Pitcher (former Secretary), Frank Quinn (member of the Committee on Publications), Bill Woolf (AMS Associate Executive Director), and Kelly Young (Assistant to the Secretary). [A complete list of the 1994 Council is attached (Att. A).] President Graham presided. 1 2 CONTENTS Contents IAGENDA 4 0 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS. 4 1MINUTES 4 1.1 April 94 Council. ...................................... 4 1.2 05/94 Meeting of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. .......... 4 1.3 Minute of Business by Mail. ................................ 4 3 REPORTS OF BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES. 4 3.1 EBC (EXECUTIVE SESSION) .............................. 4 3.1.1 Journal of the American Mathematical Society. ................. 4 3.1.2 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. ................. 5 3.1.3 Colloquium Editorial Committee. ......................... 5 3.1.4 Mathematics of Computation. ........................... 5 3.1.5 Transactions and Memoirs Editorial Committee. ................ 5 3.5 COMMITTEE ON THE PROFESSION (CPROF). ................... 6 3.5.1 Statement on Protection against Discrimination. ................ 6 3.5.2 Undergraduate Research Prize. .......................... 7 3.6 COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS (CPUB). ..................... 8 3.6.1 Electronic Journal Editorial Board. ........................ 8 3.6.2 Subcommittee on New Media. ........................... 9 3.7 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE POLICY (CSP). ..................... 9 3.7.1 Number of supported mathematicians. ...................... 10 3.7.2 Salary Caps. .................................... 10 4 REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 10 4.1 Joint Committee on Preparation for College Teaching. ................. 10 6 NEW BUSINESS. 10 6.1 American Journal of Mathematics. ............................ 10 6.2 Reciprocity Agreement with South African Mathematical Society. ........... 11 6.3 Tian Jing Huang. ...................................... 11 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECORD. 12 7.1 Future Meetings ...................................... 12 7.2 Centennial Fellowships. .................................. 12 7.3 Copyright Policy. ...................................... 12 7.4 Survey of Meetings. .................................... 13 7.5 Bradley leaves the AMS. .................................. 13 8 ADJOURNMENT. 13 CONTENTS 3 II ATTACHMENTS 14 A CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS. 14 BMINUTES 16 B.4 Minute of Business by Mail. ................................ 16 H NEW BUSINESS. 17 H.1 American Journal of Mathematics. ............................ 17 I ANNOUNCEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECORD. 20 I.1 Future Meetings ...................................... 20 4 3 REPORTS OF BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES. Part I AGENDA 0 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS. President Graham called the meeting to order at 09:05. 1MINUTES 1.1 April 94 Council. The Minutes of the April 94 Council were approved with the following corrections noted by the Secretary: 1. Item 1.2.2 contains the statement: “She will serve until a new election is conducted in 1988 to replace her.” This should be amended to “She will serve until a replacement is elected in 1996.” 2. Several minor typographical errors were corrected. 1.2 05/94 Meeting of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. The Executive Committee and Board of Trustees met in the period 20–22 May 1994. The minutes of these meetings have been distributed to the members of the Council and are considered to be part of the record of the Council. 1.3 Minute of Business by Mail. The Council conducted Business by Mail, the minute of which appears in Attachment B.4. This minute was approved. 3 REPORTS OF BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES. 3.1 EDITORIAL BOARDS COMMITTEE (EBC). The Editorial Boards Committee recommended appointments of several editors. These appoint- ments were considered in Executive Session. 3.1.1 Journal of the American Mathematical Society. The EBC recommended and the Council approved the appointment of WILLIAM FULTON as Chair of the Journal of the AMS Editorial Committee beginning on 01 February 1995. It also recommended and the Council approved the election of CLIFFORD TAUBES to the com- mittee for a term of three years beginning on 01 February 1995. Further it recommended appointment of ANDREW ODLYZKO to an additional three year term. The Council approved the reappointment. Remaining members of the Committee are Gross and Stein. 3.1 EBC (EXECUTIVE SESSION) 5 3.1.2 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. The EBC recommended and the Council approved the election of NOLAN WALLACH as Editor for Research Surveys on the Bulletin Editorial Board to complete the unexpired term of Palais (from 01 Feb 1995 to 31 Jan 1996) and for a term of three years beginning on 01 February 1996. It also recommended appointment of Wallach as Managing Editor beginning on 01 February 1995. The EBC also recommended and the Council approved the re–election of MURRAY PROTTER for a second term as Editor for Book Reviews. Protter’s second term begins on 01 Feb 1995. Members of the Bulletin Editorial Committee are thus: Miller, Protter, and Wallach. [NB: A long standing tradition has been that the second year member of the Bulletin Editorial Committee is the Managing Editor. The EBC favors maintaining this tradition. The Secretary failed to notice the departure from this tradition that is indicated in the suggested appointment of Wallach as Managing Editor. The Editorial Boards Committee and the Bulletin Editorial Commit- tee desire to maintain the tradition. Consequently, Miller will be the Managing Editor and member of the Council in 1995, Protter in 1996, and Wallach in 1997.] 3.1.3 Colloquium Editorial Committee. The EBC recommended and the Council approved the election of KAREN UHLENBECK for a position on the Colloquium Editorial Committee for a normal term of three years beginning on 01 February 1994. Continuing members of the committee are William Browder and Luis Caffarelli (chair). [NB: Uhlenbeck has resigned from the committee.] 3.1.4 Mathematics of Computation. The EBC recommended and the Council approved the re–election of FRANK W. J. OLVER to the Mathematics of Computation Editorial Committee for a term of three years commencing on 01 Feb 1994. 3.1.5 Transactions and Memoirs Editorial Committee. The EBC recommended and the Council approved the re–election of RICHARD T. DURRETT to a four year term on the Transactions and Memoirs Editorial Committee. The EBC recommended and the Council approved the election of DANIEL BURNS and JILL PIPHER to four year terms on the same committee. The EBC recommended and the Council approved creation of a new editorial position in algebra. Then the Council approved the election of LARRY EIN to this position for a four year term beginning on 01 February 1995. Other members of the committee are Avner Ash, Robert Bryant, Gregory Cherlin, Philip Hanlon, Wen-Ching Li, Mark Mahowald, John Mallet-Paret, Daniel Rudolph, Peter Shalen, Robert Stanton, and Efim Zelmanov. Burns and Pipher will replace Chang and Jerison, whose terms expire. 6 3 REPORTS OF BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES. 3.5 COMMITTEE ON THE PROFESSION (CPROF). 3.5.1 Statement on Protection against Discrimination. The Committee on the Profession considered a “Statement of Protection against Discrimination” which was proposed, initially, by the Mathematical Association of America. It recommended that the statement be adopted by the Council so as to “speak in the name of the Society”. The statement was first submitted to the Council’s Executive Committee (EC) which considered it at its meeting in May 1994. The EC made several revisions and forwarded the resolution below to the Council with a recommendation that the Council pass it so as to speak in the name of the Society. Statement of Protection against Discrimination Whereas, The Council of the American Mathematical Society has frequently affirmed the commitment of the Society to the freedom of mathematicians from discrimination based on race, gender, nationality, religion, or sex ori- entation, the Society bears a particular responsibility to provide the partic- ipants in meetings with an environment which is supportive of their consti- tutional human rights. Therefore, the Council [Society] resolves that the AMS will make every reasonable effort to schedule its national meetings in localities which are supportive of the constitutional human rights of the meetings’ participants. The Secretary recommended that the Council waive prior notification and vote on this matter. Prior notification was waived by the Council. So the resolution was moved and seconded by the Executive Committee. It was moved and seconded