Officers & Councilors
Officers:
President:
D.V. Chip Weseloh, Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada
Chip.Weseloh@ec.gc.ca
Vice President (President-Elect):
Katharine Parsons, Manomet Ctr for Conservation Sciences,
PO Box 1770, Manomet, MA, 02345, USA
parsonsk@manomet.org
Secretary:
Clay Green, Department of Biology
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA
claygreen@txstate.edu
Treasurer:
Christine Custer, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
U.S.G.S., 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, WI 54603, USA
christine_custer@usgs.gov
Editor of Waterbirds:
Robert W. Elner, Environment Canada
Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, 5421 Robertson Road, Delta, British Columbia, V4K 3N2. Canada
Bob.Elner@ec.gc.ca
Elected Board Members:
2008-2010: John Coulson, Becky Harris, Linda Wires
2009-2011: Patrick Jodice, Jaime Ramos, Patricia Szczys
2010-2012: Erica Nol, John Anderson, Gail Frasier
Past Presidents:
Francie Cuthbert, David Shealer
Councilors:
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.
Susan Elbin, 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. The Waterbird Society 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.
Don McCrimmon, Chair
Members: 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.
Jeff Spendelow, Susan Elbin
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.
Erica Nol, Chair
Future Meetings
Finds venues for future meetings for the society and presents them to the council for consideration.
Chip Weseloh, Chair