ADSA Board of Directors 1985-1986: Seated 1 to r. J. R. Campbell. Treasurer; D. L. Bath. Vice President: N. F. Olson, President; B. R. Baumgardt, Past President, and Kimberly Kreibel, President Student Affiliate Division. Standing 1 to r. R. A. Schmidt, Assistant Executive Secretary; H. H. Van Horn. R. L. Richter, J. M. White, Directors; G. H. Schmidt, Associate Editor; J. H. Clark, C. H. White, Directors, and C. D. Johnson, Executive Secretary. (Not pictured are C. A. Ernstrom, Editor-in-Chief, and J. G. Parsons. Director.)

Board of Directors Meeting at the Eighty-First Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association

Minutes of the Executive Committee Meetings and

Summary Reports of ADSA Committees and Representatives

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: JUNE 1988

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of ADSA was called to order at 8:30 a.m., June 21, 1986, Faculty Club, University of California, Davis, by President Olson.

Officers and Directors: N. E Olson, Univer- sity of Wisconsin, President; D. L. Bath, Univer- sity of California, Vice President; B. R. Baum- gardt, Purdue University, Past President; J. R. Campbell, University of Illinois, Treasurer; Carl Johnson, ADSA Executive Secretary; R . A . Schmidt, ADSA Assistant Executive Secretary;

C. A. Ernstrom, Utah State University, Editor- in-Chief; G. H. Schmidt, The Ohio State Univer- sity, Associate Editor; and Directors, R. L. Rich- ter, Texas A&M University; H. H. Van Horn, University of Florida; C. H. White, Mississippi State University; J . M . White, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and J. H. Clark, University of Illinois.

Olson welcomed Director-Elect, N . A . Jorgensen, University of Wisconsin, of the Pro- duction Division; Director-Elect, R. L. Sellars, Chr. Hansen's Laboratory, Inc., of the Dairy Foods Division; Vice President-Elect, G . H .

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On Monday evening, June 23, 1986, 13 Past Presidents of ADSA gathered with guests for a social hour and dinner. Those present were in the first row (1 to r.): R. T. Marshall G. A. Muck, J. H. Martin. R. P. Niedermeier, and T. H. Blosser. Second row (1 to r.): K. L. Turk, W. L. Dunkley, J. R. Campbell. and G. M. Trout. Third row (1 to rt: L. H. Schultz. J. E. Legates, E. N. Boyd, and B. R. Baumgardt.

Richardson, Utah State Univers i ty ; Treasurer- Elect , L. H. Schultz , Univers i ty o f Wisconsin; and Student Aff i l ia te Div i s ion President , K i m Kriebel , The Pennsylvania State Universi ty, who at tended the mee t ing as observers .

Olson requested approval o f the minutes of the 1985 Annual Mee t ing as publ ished in J o u r n a l

o f D a i r y Sc i ence 68:2479-2500 . Clark moved

and John White seconded that the publ ished mi- nutes be approved. Mot ion carried. Minutes o f the Apri l Execu t ive C o m m i t t e e meet ing were approved. (These minutes appear in full on pages 2505-25O9.)

Johnson presented the Execu t ive Secretary 's report; he distributed lists o f the 1986 recipients o f awards, of the 1986 applicat ions for Life

H. H. Van Horn completed a 3-year term as Director representing the Production Division and was presented a director's plaque by President N. F. Olson.

R. L. Richter completed a 3-year term as Director repre- senting the Dairy Foods Division and received a director's plaque from President N. F. Olson.

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President N. F. Olson installs N. A. Jorgensen as Direc- tor for a 3-year term representing the Production Division.

President N. F. Olson installs R. L. Sellars as Director for a 3-year term representing the Dairy Foods Division.

Membership, and of deceased members, 1985 to 1986.

Olson spoke on the need to ensure that all qualified candidates are nominated for awards. To facilitate this, Olson said he had written divi- sion chairpersons and requested them to appoint award committees that would take a proactive stance; these committees would examine the list of potential nominees and, if necessary, would contact department chairs, etc. to see that addi- tional qualified candidates were nominated. The current mechanism of canvassing committees is often too difficult to put into place to be effec- tive.

Schultz mentioned that there was an occa- sional problem in that the same 5-years' research cannot be used for two awards. This policy was enacted to prevent a candidate from using one body of research for several different awards. However, the chairpersons are not always aware of this stipulation. Also, perhaps a scientist under consideration for more than one award should be given a choice as to which award he/she would want to receive, as some awards might be considered more prestigious than others, and receiving one might preclude the candidate from receiving a second award for 5 years. Baumgardt suggested that perhaps a com- mittee could be appointed to study this issue, especially in regard to the Borden Award, where the 5-year limitation might not be as valid as for some of the others.

Olson requested a motion to approve the ap- plications for Life Membership. Van Horn moved and Charles White seconded that the ap-

plications be approved. Motion carried. Johnson reported on the status of office auto-

mation. He explained the need for the additional equipment that had been approved by the Execu- tive Committee at its April meeting. The first goal had been to get American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) labels on the computer, and that society can now obtain information on labels in any of the ways presently needed. This would be done for all the other organizations, including ADSA, by the end of August. Data for inclusion in the data base are still being gathered. Johnson already contacted the various societies and asked them what information they wanted; forms re- questing this information would go out with re- newal notices in the fall for all societies. It is hoped that by January or February, complete information would be on the computer for all societies. After that time, directory infor- mation would be available in updated form for all individuals. In the past, directories had to be assembled and typeset, which was costly, but now they can be put together much more inex- pensively. Also, the ADSA annual meeting was computerized this year; members received con- firmation of their registration; by meeting time data were available on how many people were signed up for tours, spouses and children's pro- grams, etc. Additional meeting data will be en- tered after the annual meeting, thus generating some type of historical data for future reference. Employee records are on the computer. Still to be done this summer are accounting and typeset- ting functions. In July, the office will begin type- setting one of the society journals. The 5-year

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plan appears to be moving ahead of schedule. Johnson thanked the Board for providing finan- cial means, equipment, and staff support of the automation process.

Olson reported that in April the Executive Committee had authorized expenditures for Johnson to purchase an IBM System 34 to sup- plement and utilize fully equipment already purchased by ADSA. The expenditure turned out to be less than authorized, and the Executive Commitee commended Johnson on his wise choices and decisions in regard to computeriza- tion. Olson also expressed thanks to the Board for its cooperation and to the office staff for accepting the additional responsibilities of auto- mation.

Johnson then reported on the status of liability insurance. Bath had received requests to see if ADSA could get liability insurance for its mem- bers; the issue was brought to the attention of the Board by extension personnel, who have seen other agents sued for recommendations con- cerning stray voltage, computerized rations, etc. The kind of liability insurance for this type of lawsuit can be obtained by groups but not by individuals. The Board discussed whether the Association wanted to obtain insurance, of this or any other type, as a service to its members. In the past the employer of the individual tended to support the individual in case of lawsuit, but institutions are also a target if an individual is sued. However, some states have recently in- itiated legislation to prevent this type of "deep pockets" lawsuit; such legislation might make the individual more vulnerable than in the past. Bath suggested Johnson investigate the possibil- ity of insurance that individual members might purchase without cost to ADSA. ADSA could also consider trying to work through the Council of Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) to get insurance. If other organizations already had such insurance, notifying members of its existence might be a service and should be inves- tigated.

Next discussed was whether or not the Board of Directors and officers of the Association were protected with insurance. Johnson said that the Board of Directors and Association were insured for attorney fees and judgment to $1.5 million. The question was raised as to whether the Edito- rial Board was covered; Johnson said he thought they were but he would check. The policy is up for renewal soon. The Board of Directors agreed

President N.F. Olson installs G . H . Richardson as ADSA Vice President for the year 1986-1987.

the Executive Committee could move approval to reissue a policy for liability insurance when it expired. An umbrella policy rather than one paying attorney fees is desired.

Campbell presented the Treasurer's report. He distributed copies of the current budget for 1986 and the proposed budget for 1987. The budget for 1986 shows a projected gain of $34,000. However, Campbell pointed out several vari- ables that could affect final gain. First, journal size is still increasing. After office automation is complete, actual cost per page and the impact of a larger journal on the budget will be known. Second, until ASAS formally renews its con- tracts for services, income from composition and management cannot be determined with cer- tainty.

Campbell then pointed out that some ex- penses were probably going to be less than anti- cipated in the 1986 budget. Consultation and computer equipment purchases should cost less than the $20,000 that was budgeted. In addition, income from membership would be slightly up from the projected amount. In April, the Execu- tive Committee recommended that the Board of Directors approve a $5 increase in dues effective January 1, 1987. Membership would be in- creased to $45 per year and Student Affiliate Division membership increased to $22.50.

Campbell mentioned that, at the April Execu- tive Committee meeting, Johnson had requested additional staff to be hired on a temporary, 1 year basis to help with the computerization of the office. This proposal would impact the budget of 2 fiscal years. However, the expendi-

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PresidentN. F. Olson installsL. H. Schultz asTreasurer.

ture would be finite and should generate continu- ous savings. The Executive Committee recom- mended adoption of Johnson's proposal. Richter moved and John White seconded that the Board of Directors approve Johnson's proposal. John White moved and Clark seconded to approve the budget as presented. Motion carried.

Bath then reported on the activities of the Intemal Affairs Committee. The committee had been charged with the development of a person- nel policies and procedures manual. The final version was distributed to the Board with the recommendation that the manual be approved as written and adopted effective July 1, 1986. The Board approved this action.

Richter then discussed the second charge of the Internal Affairs Committee: to develop guidelines for host institutions. This document was completed. Richter pointed out that the deadline dates assume that meeting dates are constant, and that if meeting dates are changed, deadlines must be changed accordingly. Some items in the guidelines might not apply for all years; also, individual items could be changed as each host institution sees fit; this would be the function of the Program Committee. Richardson suggested that current year amounts be added in parentheses to give the host institu- tion an idea of what was spent the previous year. Bath moved adoption of the guidelines for host institutions as the official host planning guide. The Board approved this action.

In conjunction with this topic, fundraising for the annual meeting was discussed. Institu- tions were often under the impression that much fundraising had to be done for the annual meet-

ing, and there were problems in contacting donors who were already award sponsors, sus- taining members, or both for additional contribu- tions for the annual meeting. Perhaps raising the amount of sustaining member dues with the stipulation that these organizations would not be contacted for other monies during the year would be beneficial for both the Sustaining Member and the Association. Johnson, Bob Schmidt, Clark, and Richardson were charged with meeting before the Thursday meeting of the Board so that they could make recommenda- tions on this issue.

Sellars said that the guidelines for host in- stitutitons needed to be in the hands of the next year's Program Committee by the business meet- ing. A list of donors was needed before October 1.

Richardson and Van Horn, as part of their charge from the Internal Affairs Committee, re- ported on additional memorials for Claude Cruse. The commissioned portrait had been finished and would be displayed with a plaque at a future time. The 1985 Annual Meeting had been dedicated to him, and a memorial fund had been established. The Dairy Remembrance Fund had set up the mechanism for a scholarship in Claude's name upon receipt of $500. Therefore, the committee recommended no further memo- rials were needed. The committee moved for acceptance of the report; motion passed.

Baumgardt reported on the activities of the Intersociety Council. The Intersociety Council comprises past presidents, presidents, and the vice presidents or president-elects from Poultry Science Association (PSA), American Meat Sci- ence Association (AMSA). ASAS, and ADSA. The Intersociety Council Research Committee has organized the Animal Research Conference to be held November 2 to 4, 1986 at the Hyatt Regency, Lexington, KY. This conference is a follow-up to the Boyne Mountain Conference and, like that conference, is by invitation. The purpose of the conference is to bring to the atten- tion of policy makers and fundraisers the needs of animal and animal production research.

The Intersociety Council voted to eliminate the Intersociety Extension and Teaching Com- mittees. These committees have not been active in recent years, but they could be reformed in the future should the need arise.

The Council had discussed the possibility of a federated meeting of the ASAS, ADSA,

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Outgoing President N. F. Olson pins the ADSA Presi- dent's ribbon on D. L. Bath, who will serve as President for 1986--1987.

Incoming President D. L. Bath pins the ADSA Past Pres- ident's ribbon on N. F. Olson.

AMSA, and PSA societies, but the first possible time would be 1992 as meetings are arranged until then. A convention center would be the likely meeting site.

Olson recommended that the ADSA Past Pres- ident, when coming from the Dairy Foods Divi- sion, not be chairperson of the Intersociety Council, because approximately 95% of Council business concerned production matters. The feel- ing was that the chairperson ought to be produc- tion oriented.

The Animal Care Committee is trying to develop guidelines for care of research animals. The National Academy of Sciences had a prop- osal to do this over 3 to 5 years at a cost of $300,000 to $500,000, but US Department of Agriculture would not fund the project. Pat Jor- don of ESCOP had called a meeting for July 2 to structure a process to develop guidelines; ADSA would have input through its members at the meeting, although this representation would be unofficial. The guidelines for the care and use of farm animals in research and teaching will be available in 1 year. Morrill, the ADSA representative to the committee, is aware of these developments.

Next Kim Kriebel, President of the Student Affiliate Division, presented her report. The 1986 meetings for the Student Affiliate Division promise to be the best yet. The variety of schools attending is great and several schools are par- ticipating that have never done so before. The chapter yearbook contest has 10 entries. The 1986 student meetings are dedicated to Susan

Durrer, First Vice President, California Polytechnic State University, who was killed in an automobile accident this spring. The Student Affiliate Division Consitution was changed to include only nonsexist language.

One of the goals the past year for the officers was to increase communication between officers and chapters; it was hoped this would increase participation in the annual and regional meet- ings. Students wanted job opportunity speakers from graduate schools and industry; this did not occur this year, but a committee will study the possibilities of this type of activity in future years. Kriebel thought the Student Affiliate Di- vision was strong and doing well; one sign of this was that ASAS had inquired concerning the conduct of the undergraduate student paper con- test; that organization would like to sponsor a similar contest.

Ernstrom, Editor-in-Chief, and Glen Schmidt, Associate Editor, presented their re- ports. Ernstrom said the editors felt good about the clearing of the backlog with the December 1985 journal. Schmidt said that if authors present good papers and revise them quickly, publication time can be 6 months from time of receipt. In a related topic concerning revision of manu- scripts, Clark asked about authors who neither changed their manuscripts in accordance with reviewer comments nor responded to those com- ments. Schmidt said authors should respond to reviewers' comments if they are not in agree- ment; revision without comment or change is not acceptable and will cause delay.

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Incoming President D. L. Bath presents N. F. Olson with the ADSA President's plaque expressing appreciation for outstanding work as President of ADSA during the past year.

Glen Schmidt thought the Board, perhaps through the Joumal Management Committee, should consider long-range objectives and future trends for the journal. These might include pos- sible transmission of manuscripts by electronic means; alternative options for publication; and other topics. The Board thought the Journal Man- agement Committee would be a good forum for this type of discussion.

Richter presented his report as Board repre- sentative to the Journal Management Commit- tee. Most of the charges to the Journal Manage- ment Committee last year had been resolved. Last September the Committee met in Lawrence, KS to tour Allen Press. There the committee considered computerized typesetting to replace the current magnetic card system; electronic transmission of manuscript between editors, na- tional office, reviewers, and authors; and future potential of publishing the journal electronically rather than as hard copy. The committee recom- mended consideration of the first now and the rest after additional technological development. The problem of plagiarism was also considered. The manuscript in question was rejected and the editor prepared a statement on plagiarism for inclusion in the instructions for authors; the Editor prepared a statement on publication ethics. The committee was scheduled to meet twice during the annual meeting and would re- port back to the Board of Directors on Thursday.

Olson requested the Journal Management Committee consider again the prepublication policy adopted during the past year. The policy

was the subject of several letters to Board mem- bers and editors from members and staff of trade journals, who thought the policy too rigorous. Olson requested the committee bring to the Board some recommendation for action on this issue on Thursday.

Olson initiated discussion on advertising in the journal. The Board supported the idea of advertising in Journal of Dairy Science and suggested Johnson discusg the topic with the Journal Management Committee. Board mem- bers thought there should be some procedure to screen advertisements and to ensure that they were not misconstrued as endorsements by the Association.

Next Charles White presented the report of the Membership Committee. Total membership had increased in 1985-1986. Increases were in the industry and foreign sectors. Student mem- bership declined slightly. The committee is work- ing through the Publicity Committee to send out the brochures that explain about the Association; the Publicity Committee is going through trade associations to reach US industry members. Also, universities with known dairy or dairy-re- lated departments and curriculums are being con- tacted.

Campbell moved to increase institutional membership dues to $75. The journal had in- creased in size by 10% each of the last 3 years, which also raised the production, printing, and shipping costs. Johnson pointed out that $75 was still very competitive with other journals, and in fact was less than most other journals, of which some were only quarterly and most had fewer number of pages. Charles White sec- onded. Motion passed.

Next to be discussed were committee reports requiring action from the Board. The Executive Committee in April had reviewed and recom- mended continued affiliation with International Dairy Federation ($1250), National Mastitis Council ($250), CAST ($2500), and Agricultural Research Institute ($500). John White moved to continue affiliation with these four societies in the amount requested. Richter seconded. Motion passed.

Olson next discussed recomendations from the Executive Committee for financial support of several activities. The American Feed Industry Association Representative had requested travel expenses ($600) to attend one Nutrition Council Meeting. The Program Committee had requested

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travel expenses associated with annual meeting program preparation. The Journal Management Committee had requested travel expenses for its fall meeting. The representative to the 3-A Stan- dards Committee had requested travel expenses. The Executive Committee had also considered and recommended approval for a request from CAST to support its new magazine, Science of Food and Agriculture. CAST had requested $3000 from ADSA, half this year and half next, in support of this new venture. After the initial distribution and promotion campaign, which would be funded with contributions, the magazine would be self-supporting. Schultz suggested a line item of $3000 be added to the budget to allow for committee representative travel expenses. Van Horn moved to approve financial support for the seven items. John White seconded; motion carried.

Olson led a discussion on committee travel. He asked the Board to define the policy and to consider whether they wanted to send represent- atives to meetings required by their committee assignments, whether requests should be consi- dered on an individual request basis, as they are now, or whether requests could be honored only if the individual or institution had no funds avail- able. After discussion, the Board thought that it could not afford to subsidize the travel of all the committee members and representatives and that it should not encourage members to request sup- port. Individuals derive some benefit from com- mittee assignments and the institutions have some responsibility to support professional activ- ity of their faculty and staff. However, the Board thought it should keep a mechanism and fund available for those cases where funds were not available and were needed for travel. No change in the current policy was made.

Another item referred to the Board by the Executive Committee was the proposal on bulk drug sales by the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). In his report, K. L. Smith, representa- tive to the US Animal Health Association, had requested the Board of Directors draft a state- ment to CVM in opposition to this proposal. Bath had consulted experts on this matter and had received divergent opinions. The concern expressed by Smith was that the risk of antibiotic contamination of milk and meat might be in- creased; that it might encourage use of antibio- tics not approved by the Food and Drug Admin- istration for use in lactating cows; that drug dos-

ages and formulations would be used that had not been proven efficacious or safe. Schultz suggested the Drugs, Chemicals, and Additives Committee, an Intersociety Subcommittee, con- sider the proposal and, if they thought it approp- riate, draft a response to it for Olson to sign. Baumgardt said he would contact the committee chairperson, K. L. Simpkins, during the annual meeting.

Clark moved and John White seconded a mo- tion to accept those committee and representa- tive reports that required no Board action. Mo- tion carried.

Olson then reported on award stipends. Last year the Board decided to contact award donors to standardize amounts of awards to $1500. Last fall, Olson contacted donors to determine their interest in raising the stipend to $1500 in 1987.

On a related topic, Olson presented additions to the DeLaval Agricultural Division, Alfa- Laval, Inc. Award to include areas that would encompass the dairy foods area. As it is now, the description of the award is structured more toward production. Although the present descrip- tion does not preclude a recipient from dairy foods, the additional statements make the award description more complete. The suggested addi- tions are under "the work of the nominee" and would include "programs to improve the effi- ciency and profitability of processing and/or mar- keting of dairy products; improvements of qual- ity and safety of dairy products; cooperative ef- forts of industry to develop new products or enhance acceptability of existing products; in- teractions with groups such as nutritionists, con- sumers, and marketers to enhance the consump- tion of dairy products." These terms were in the original description of the award but not on Form D. Bath moved, and Richter seconded that these be included in the description on Form D of the Alfa-Laval award. Motion carried.

The Executive Committee had considered a suggestion by Carl Coppock concerning de- velopment of an award for the best paper pub- lished in the past year in the Journal of Dairy Science. The Executive Committee thought that there were several inherent problems in the estab- lishment of the award. Two were lack of sponsor and scope of the award. Coppock had since suggested names of potential donors; the prob- lem of scope still remained. The consensus of the Board was that this type of award, although difficult to establish, should be kept in mind.

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Bath reported on the status of an international award in the production area. Roger Hemken and Charles Lassiter had been appointed to pur- sue this type of award. Lassiter said that Eastman Chemical was interested in finding out more about sponsoring such an award. They would like a letter from the ADSA president to John Peters at Eastman describing the award ADSA would like sponsored, how much it would be, when it would be offered, etc. After that, Peters would take this information to the Eastman board for approval. One advantage of international award recipients, especially if they are invited to make a presentation based upon their research to the Association, is members can become ac- quainted with recognized individuals and re- search outside the country, thereby broadening their perspective. An international award also stimulates interest in ADSA and allows interna- tional members the opportunity to receive an Association award. John White moved and Charles White seconded that Bath continue to pursue establishment of an international produc- tion award. Motion carried.

Olson indicated he would receive a motion to reaffirm the telephone conference call offering the position of Executive Secretary to Carl Johnson and the position of Assistant Executive Secretary to Bob Schmidt. Clark so moved and Van Horn seconded; motion carried. Olson added that he felt confident that the Association had an excellent management team in the two men.

On behalf of the Board, Olson expressed his appreciation to Bob Schmidt for his efforts and dedication in the time of transition.

Olson had a request from the president of one of the associations receiving management ser- vices concerning the title of the ADSA Executive Secretary or Assistant Executive Secretary in the second association. At the Executive Committee meeting in April, Olson had requested that Bob Schmidt and Johnson consider the issue in the interim and bring forth recommendations or thoughts to the Board meeting. Johnson said the term "Executive Secretary", when applied to the other societies, would be an honorary title. Each society would need a liaison between it and ADSA, whether or not the title of that pos- ition was Executive Secretary. The actual title of the liaison person needed to be clarified and defined and the individual groups contacted about their preferences concerning the title of

their liaison person. Schmidt pointed out that the ADSA Executive Secretary was referred to as Executive Secretary in the contracts and con- stitutions and by-laws of the other organizations and had duties within their structures and boards. Bath suggested that the Management Services Policy Committee could clarify and work out this type of wording to be satisfactory to everyone. Schultz added that it is good to define the title and function of the ADSA Executive Secretary as he relates to each organization. It should be clear that the ADSA Executive Secre- tary is employed by ADSA and not the individual organizations.

Olson presented the list for future annual meetings: 1987 University of Missouri

June 21-24

1988 University of Alberta, Edmonton June 26--29

1989 Lexington, Kentucky; joint with ASAS August 1-4

1990 North Carolina State University June 24--27

1992 The Ohio State University

Missouri in 1987 and Ohio State in 1992 were already approved. John White moved and Charles White seconded that the Board accept the invitations for 1988, 1989, and 1990. Motion carried.

Olson recently had received a letter from Rod- ney Brown, head, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, and Dean Plowman, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science, Utah State University, inviting ADSA to have its an- nual meeting at Utah State in 1991. Richter moved and John White seconded that Bath pur- sue that invitation, and if such an invitation were offered, to accept it. Motion carried.

The Board discussed the pros and cons of beginning the annual meeting on Monday, as was done in California, rather than on Sunday, as was tradition. Response to beginning the meeting on Monday was very positive; one un- foreseen benefit was an extra day, Sunday, for committee meetings. It was suggested that Bath see if Monday might be the starting date at Utah

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State University. Perhaps other institutions host- ing the annual meeting earlier than 1991 would also be willing to change the starting date from Sunday to Monday.

Olson then reported on the Management Ser- vices Policy Committee. He referred the Board to the minutes of the Management Services Pol- icy Committee Meeting and to a first draft of a charge for the Management Services Policy Committee written by Don Bath after conversa- tion with C. B. Theurer and Lloyd Wax. The initial meeting generated a positive feeling about the management services and the Management Services Policy Committee. That group seemed committed to working together to develop sug- gestions, etc. to bring before the ADSA Board. The committee intends to meet each year in

October; additional meetings could be called if necessary. Charles White moved and John White seconded that Bath proceed with the develop- ment of the functions of the Management Ser- vices Policy Committee and present them to that committee. Motion carried.

Olson requested Bath respond to a letter from Joe Fontenot, Intersociety Council, concerning a proposal from the Board of Agriculture on management of genetic resources. In turn, Bath contacted Gene Freeman and asked him to re- spond by letter directly to Fontenot concerning the proposal. A copy of Freeman's letter was distributed to Board members. No further action was taken.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned until Thursday morning.

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