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Motion 100: Subject: Minutes Approval
Proposed by: Robert Eberlein, Seconded by: James Lyneis
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: That the minutes of the 2008 Policy Council meeting in Athens be accepted as posted on the Society web site.
Motion 100 passed (YES: 24, NO: 0, ABSTAIN: 1, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
Motion 101: Subject: Budget Adjustment
Proposed by: Robert Eberlein, Seconded by: Brian Dangerfield
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: That the budget for 2009 be increased by $35,000. This money will be used in the account maintained with the University at Albany. There is a shortfall in this account because of the change in status during 2008 of Robin Langer to be under the University at Albany contract.
Motion 101 passed (YES: 25, NO: 0, ABSTAIN: 0, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
Motion 102: Subject: Composition of Community Service Awards Committee
Proposed by: James Lyneis, Seconded by: Erling Moxnes
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: The ex offico chair of the Society's Community Service Awards Committee shall be the Society's Past President (rather than the current President).
Notes on Supporting Material : Community Service Awards Committee (formed Summer 2008) consists of Bob Eberlein, Jack Pugh, Roberta Spencer, and Society President. Because current President has many duties, this motion changes ex officio chair from current President to Past President.
Motion 102 passed (YES: 25, NO: 0, ABSTAIN: 0, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
Motion 103: Subject: Slate of Candidates to take office on January 1, 2010
Proposed by: James Lyneis, Seconded by: Erling Moxnes
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.13
Formal Motion: The Policy Council is asked to recognize and accept the slate of candidates. The formal final approval is scheduled for the Summer Policy Council meeting in Albuquerque. SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2010: President-Elect: David Lane; VP Meetings: Andreas Groessler (re-appointment); VP At-Large: Joel Rahn (re-appointment); PC 1: Kim Warren; PC 2: Ignacio Martinez-Moyano; PC 3: Martin Schaffernicht; PC 4: Laura Black
Motion 103 passed (YES: 17, NO: 0, ABSTAIN: 1, NO VOTE PLACED: 7)
Motion 104: Subject: Electronic voting also for the summer meeting
Proposed by: Lars Weber, Seconded by: James Lyneis
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: Adopting the electronic voting procedure from the winter meeting also to the summer meeting to have a clear standard procedure for every meeting consisting of face-to-face meeting, electronic voting and previous email discussion.
Motion 104 did not pass (YES: 8, NO: 16, ABSTAIN: 1, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
Motion 105: Subject: Conference Program Chair Appointments
Proposed by: Robert Eberlein, Seconded by: James Lyneis
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: For each conference there will be a Program Chair appointed directly by the Policy Council based on the recommendation of the Society Program Oversight Committee in consultation with the Conference Organizing Committee. Normally this appointment will be made after the conference location and the Conference Organizing Committee has been approved by the Policy Council. This process would be followed starting with the 2011 conference.
Notes on Supporting Material: See report titled Conference Organization Guidelines by Robert Eberlein for more discussion on the overall organization of the conference program.
Motion 105 passed (YES: 24, NO: 1, ABSTAIN: 0, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
Motion 106: Subject: Adopt new Conference Organization Guidelines
Proposed by: Robert Eberlein, Seconded by: James Lyneis
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: That we adopt the Conference Organization Guidelines submitted as a report with that same title.
Notes on Supporting Material: See the report by Robert Eberlein.
Motion 106 passed (YES: 25, NO: 0, ABSTAIN: 0, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
Motion 107: Subject: Approve proposal: SD Society Outstanding Service Award
Proposed by: James Lyneis, Seconded by: Erling Moxnes
Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.20
Formal Motion: We ask the PC to approve this proposal and motion. (Look for Lyneis, James as the author) The proposal talks briefly about the history, frequency, the selection criteria, and what the recipient will receive. The proposal is submitted by committee members J. Pugh, R. Eberlein, E. Moxnes, and R. Spencer. It also has the endorsement of President-Elect R. Oliva, and Past President J. Lyneis. The overall Awards Committee has reviewed this proposal.
Motion 107 passed (YES: 25, NO: 0, ABSTAIN: 0, NO VOTE PLACED: 0)
END OF MOTIONS, Winter Policy Council 2009
Brad Morrison, Secretary
23 February 2009
NOTE: links to Email Discussion Detail and Minutes of Face-to-Face Portion of Winter PC Meeting can be found on the main PC Winter Meeting Page.