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THE CRUSTACEAN SOCIETY
Annual Business Meeting
2014
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
WELCOME!
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
BUDGET
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
2013 Gross Profit US$175,108.22 DonationsScholarshipsJCBMembership
2013 Total Expenses US$165,638.18Society operationsMeetingsJCB
BUDGET
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Moved $$ into investment accounts that will produce between 4.8% - 12% per year
This is our restricted money for Student AwardsWorked hard to cut other expenses
Produced positive budget in 2013 and we have a projected positive budget for 2014
Requests for TCS support for symposia or meetings must be made at least a year in advance because we have to
build them into the coming budgets
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Membership
Current (Dec. 2013) membership <300Membership continues to be a priority for TCS
Projected $73K (on 2012 #’s) got <$40KEach member needs to bring in one new member or
more per yearTCS is always exploring new ways to maintain, or
increase, our membership
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Student Scholarships/Fellowships
We give six student scholarships/fellowships of $1000 each per year
Last year we received a sponsorship for one of these scholarships from Loligo Systems. We named the
scholarship after themPlease let us know if you know of opportunities like this
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Elections For New OfficersConstitution & By-Laws changes – passed (>99%)
President Elect - ? Program Officer – Chris BoykoAsian Governor – Shirley Lim
Latin American Governor – Ingo WehrtmannSICB Liaison Officer – John Zardus
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Future Meetings2014 Frankfurt Germany (18-23 August) ICC-8
2015 Sydney Australia (July?)2016 Possible joint meeting with IAA-21 in Tampico,
Mexico? Please contact TCS execs with any suggestions or ideas
for meetings 2016 – on
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
JCBImpact Factor: 1.019 (2013)4 year trend = 0.974, 1.115, 1.116
Current rejection/declination rate = 39+%Submission rate is up since move to Brill
Future JCB editor search
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
2013 TCSERA Award
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Other business?
Annual Meeting 2014Austin, TX
Goodbye & thanks for all the fish!
