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Minutes of the Annual Meeting St. Louis, Missouri, 19 November 2019

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Anderson, Bob (2020): Minutes of the Annual Meeting St. Louis, Missouri, 19 November 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (1): 197-200, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.197, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/688b8b53-34fe-3c58-a63d-936d48f099e0/

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  • 3. Approval of 2018 AGM minutes. No objections or changes.
  • 4. Executive Council Changes. The newly elected Councilors for 2020-2021 are Lourdes Chamorro, Nicole Gunter, and student representative Vinicius Ferreira. Councilors leaving the Executive Council are Max Barclay, Andrew Johnston, and Kelly Miller. The new Editor for The Coleopterists Bulletin is Matthew Gimmel. The new Treasurer for the Society is Anthony Cognato. All Society officers were introduced and thanked for their service.
  • 5. Editor 's Report. The Coleopterists Bulletin editorial staff was reviewed. Volume 73 of The Coleopterists Bulletin will comprise 1,120 pages (the largest volume in Society history). Papers on taxonomy, distribution, ecology, and morphology dominate, with most well-represented taxa being Curculionoidea (by a large margin due to the special December issue), Scarabaeoidea, and Chrysomeloidea. The ongoing need for reviewers was announced. The Coleopterists Society Monograph this year is "Revision of the softwinged flower beetles of the genus Asydates Casey, 1895 (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Dasytinae: Listrini)." by A. J. Mayor and M. L. Gimmel.
  • 7. President 's Report. President Smith began by speaking about The Coleopterists Society' s commitment to promoting diversity and gender equity amongst the membership of the Society. Aside from actions already taken, some new actions will be introduced in 2020. President Smith announced that The Coleopterists Bulletin volumes 1-33 (1947-1979) are now available as open access through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. He also announced plans for a second edition of American Beetles. The Editorial team is in place consisting at present of Pat Bouchard, Art Evans, Paul Skelley, Andrew Smith, Kip Will, and Lourdes Chamorro. The framework for the revised edition is more or less in place and assembling superfamily coordinators and family authors is underway. The tentative schedule is for chapters to be finalized in 2022. Royalties based on sales will be paid to The Coleopterists Society and members will receive a discount on purchases of the book. President Smith announced that the Society will offer a new undergraduate award of up to $1,000 starting in 2020 to support the travel of an undergraduate student to The Coleopterists Society annual meeting. President Smith hinted at a possible increase of membership dues, noting that the last increase to the present $40 per year was in 2004 (and that equates to $55 in 2019 funds). President Smith reminded everyone of the presence of The Coleopterists Society on social media and encouraged everyone to follow the Society on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
  • 8. Youth Incentive Award. There was no junior applicant, so two senior awards were given for 2019. The first award goes to Erik Tihelka (Hartpury, UK): "Small is beautiful: revision of the Alexiidae". The second award is to Ridley Graugnard (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA): "Carabid transect/survey of abundance, species richness to determine the impact of construction along Highway 42 (Prairieville, LA)". Each winner receives $400, plus a $400 BioQuip catalog purchase. As always, The Coleopterists Society extends its deep appreciation to BioQuip, who sponsors the awards.
  • 9. Edwards Prize. The winner of the 2018 Edwards Prize based on MSc research is Mario Cupello for his paper "Monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Mart´inez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of "Canthon sensu lato". European Journal of Taxonomy 467: 1-205." (coauthored with F. Z. Vaz-de-Mello). The winner was not present to receive his award.
  • 10. Lacordaire Prize. The winner of the 2018 Lacordaire prize for the best published paper based on PhD research is J. P. Botero for his paper "Cladistic analysis of the tribe Eburiini Blanchard, 1845 and revalidation of the tribe Dychophyiini Gistel, 1848 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20: 1-28." (coauthored with M.L. Monne). The winner was not present to receive his award.
  • 11. Outstanding Paper of the Year. The winner of the best paper published in The Coleopterists Bulletin for 2018 is Joe Parker and Brittany Owens. 2018. Batriscydmaenus Parker and Owens, new genus, and convergent evolution of a "reductive" ecomorph in socially symbiotic Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(2): 219-230. Brittany Owens was present to receive her award (Fig. 4).