April 3, 2024
The Governing Board met virtually on March 21 for its first-quarter meeting. During the meeting, the board took the following actions:
- Supported a request from the Early Career Professionals Committee to continue funding the ECP Rising Stars symposium for the 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Considered, but—due to an in-progress governance review project—declined a request from the Student Affairs Committee to change how chairs of the committee are selected. The board expressed a preference to wait for the end of the review before considering if such a change would still be required.
- Received a presentation from the chair of the Committee on the Insect Calendar and supported a motion to produce the 2025 World of Insects Calendar. The motion came among ongoing discussion on how to best serve member needs related to meeting promotional items and insect photography.
- Approved the 2025 journals pricing recommended by ESA’s publishing partner, Oxford University Press.
- Approved minutes from the most recent Governing Board and Executive Committee meetings.
The board also:
- Received updates on key programs, including Public Health Entomology For All, the Better Common Names Project, and the Governance Review Task Force. The board also received an update regarding the recently completed 2023 audit, during which the Society’s auditors highlighted a rule change that will require ESA to restate 2023 revenue. Despite this change, ESA remained solidly in the black for 2023.
- Received a presentation from the leaders of the NSF-supported Indigenous Voices project, of which ESA is a sub-awardee.
The ESA Governing Board also convened as the ESA Certification Corporation Governing Board. During that portion of the meeting, the board:
- Discussed the need for an ethics committee to review and oversee the certification programs. Due to time constraints, the board made plans to further consider and address the matter via a cyber discussion and vote.
- Approved the minutes from the prior meeting.
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