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	Committees
Name	Purpose	Chair, Member
Archives	Preserve records, documents, electronic material and memorabilia of the Society.	Roger Clapp, Chair
Membership	Develop and enact strategies to maintain and enhance membership in the Society.	Wing Goodale, Chair
Nominations	Provide the slate of candidates for elective office, and ensure rigorous tallying and reporting of election results. Send nominees to Secretary by early March for mailing	Jeff Spendelow, Chair
Bylaws	Preserve, update and make available copies of the Bylaws of the Society as needed. Committee is also charged with noting departures from bylaws in annual meetings and alerting officers to the need to change bylaws.	Bruce Peterjohn, Chair
International Awards	Recommend recipients of the Kai-Curry Lindahl Conservation Award and the Robert Cushman Murphy Award for Lifetime Scientific Achievement. Maintain an archive of recipients, see it is posted to the web, be responsible for the logistics of presenting the award. (See historic register for past recipients, past comm. members.)	Malcolm Coulter, Chair
Finance and Investment	Develop and maintain strategy for investment of the Society’s endowment assets. Work with Treasurer to develop annual budget. Advise council on finances each year and make recommendations for expenditures.	Emil Urban, Chair BA Schreiber Francine Buckley Shannon Bouton
Resolutions	Solicit and field resolutions to be considered by the Society through Council and Business meeting votes; ensure that they are published in appropriate places.
Student Awards	Oversee the solicitation, judging and awarding of annual student travel awards to meetings, and student presentation awards at meetings.	Linda Wires, Chair
ABC Representative	WS pays dues to Am. Bird Conservancy and appoints a representative to serve on the Policy Council and attend meetings in DC. Rep. makes an annual report to the board on activities of ABC and assists ABCs mission of bird conservation.	1998 - Jim Kushlan, BA Schreiber
Ornithological Council	WS pays support to the OC and appoints 2 representatives (has 2 votes) to attend OC Council meetings; in DC and at annual AOU meeting.	1997 – Jeff Spendelow, Jim Kushlan
Research Grants	Solicit applications for the Kushlan and Nisbet Grants. Maintain archive of recipients, proposal titles and award amounts and be responsible for the logistics of presenting the award and getting reports afterwards.	R. Michael Erwin, Chair
Distinguished Service Awards	Recommend recipients of the Distinguished Service Award to the Council for approval. Maintain a history of the award, and be responsible for the logistics of presenting the award.	David Shealer, Chair
Scientific Program	Responsible for developing the Scientific program for the annual meeting of the Society, including solicitation of major symposia and speakers. Submits all meeting announcements, call for papers, meeting program, and abstracts to the Web Editor. Writes Call for Papers and submits to Secretary for mailing. Receives and abstracts, organizes meeting program, designates session chairs. Gets information to Local committee for printing.	Current Vice-President and at least one member of Local Committee (usually chair)
Web Editor	Review WS website for content, add content, solicit content, assure that annual meeting announcements are posted, updates to officer list, etc. Consider new ways to use the website to promote the goals of the Society. May appoint web manager to do actual posting as advised by Web Editor.	VP serving-2/04: F. Cuthbert
Conservation	The goals of the conservation committee are to 1) promote research relating to the conservation of waterbirds and 2) promote science-based conservation of waterbirds and the habitats on which they depend.	Kathy Parsons, Chair
Publications	Assist with Waterbirds journal editor and council on journal issues (e.g. electronic publishing), keep data on the appropriate statistics to help manage the journal (BioOne data, JSTOR data), and manage advertisement within the journal.	Clay Green, Chair
Future Meetings	Finds venues for future meetings for the society and presents them to the council for consideration.	Chip Weseloh, Chair