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Minutes of the August 1999 Governing Board Meeting

Minutes of the August 1999 Governing Board Meeting with metadata, and the full data set would be published in the ecological data archive. Schlesinger pointed out that the Governing Board should develop a pricing structure for the data papers that will ensure the viability of the data archive in perpetuity. Page charges associated with the data papers could be placed in an endowment account to meet future needs for maintaining the archive. The Governing Board agreed that this is a critical financial issue for the Society. President Gross charged Schlesinger and Vice President Clark to develop a pricing structure for the archive for consideration at the November 1999 Governing Board meeting. III. Discussion/Action Items A. Fiscal Year 1999–2000 ESA Budget 1) Vice President Schlesinger outlined the 1999–2000 proposed budget. The budget makes conservative estimates of growth in revenues. The most vulnerable aspect of the proposed budget is the expected revenue from renewal of library subscriptions, which fell behind expectations last year due to confusion regarding pricing changes. Schlesinger and Executive Director McCarter agreed that, in the event of shortfall in library subscription revenues, midcourse corrective actions in controlling spending would be possible. Schlesinger moved that the Governing Board present the proposed 1999–2000 budget to the Governing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Ecological Society of America

Minutes of the August 1999 Governing Board Meeting

Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America , Volume 81 (2) – Apr 1, 2000
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Ecological Society of America
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Copyright © 2000 by the Ecological Society of America
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0012-9623
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10.1890/0012-9623%282000%29081%5B0119:MOTAGB%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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with metadata, and the full data set would be published in the ecological data archive. Schlesinger pointed out that the Governing Board should develop a pricing structure for the data papers that will ensure the viability of the data archive in perpetuity. Page charges associated with the data papers could be placed in an endowment account to meet future needs for maintaining the archive. The Governing Board agreed that this is a critical financial issue for the Society. President Gross charged Schlesinger and Vice President Clark to develop a pricing structure for the archive for consideration at the November 1999 Governing Board meeting. III. Discussion/Action Items A. Fiscal Year 1999–2000 ESA Budget 1) Vice President Schlesinger outlined the 1999–2000 proposed budget. The budget makes conservative estimates of growth in revenues. The most vulnerable aspect of the proposed budget is the expected revenue from renewal of library subscriptions, which fell behind expectations last year due to confusion regarding pricing changes. Schlesinger and Executive Director McCarter agreed that, in the event of shortfall in library subscription revenues, midcourse corrective actions in controlling spending would be possible. Schlesinger moved that the Governing Board present the proposed 1999–2000 budget to the Governing

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