Executive Council Meeting of the American Society of Andrology March 13, 1984

              MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY HELD ON MARCH 13, 1984:
A meeting of the Executive Council of the American Society of Andrology was
called to order by President Bartke in the Mission Room of the Hilton Hotel,
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Executive Council members R.P. Amann,
R. Ansbacher, W.J. Bremner, J.E. Davis, B. Gondos, D.W. Hamilton, T.J. LobI,
F. Naftolin, B. Robaire, B.M. Sanborn, R.J. Sherins and L.J. Zaneveld, were present.
In addition, the newly elected officers A. Steinberger and B. Vickery and newly
elected Council members R. Horton and B.J. Rogers were present. At the invitation
of the President, Committee Chairpersons Bressler, Eward, Fourcroy, Harrison, and
Turner were present as were new Committee Chairpersons J. Nelson and L. Russell.
The editor of the Journal of Andrology, M.e. Orgebin-Crist and the Chairman of the
1985 Meeting, R. Newton, also were present.
President Bartke noted that the minutes of the two interim council meetings,
held in San Antonio and in Cleveland, had been distributed to all members of the
Executive Council. He moved that they be accepted as circulated; seconded by
B. Robaire and passed unanimously.
President Bartke reported on the state of the Society and noted that there had
been a gratifying increase in the number of new members and in the renewal rate
for previous members. He also noted that, especially through the efforts of
B. Vickery, two new sustaining members had been solicited; namely TAP
Pharmaceuticals and Schering Corporation. He mentioned the successful solicitation
of libraries for general subscriptions which was conducted on the initiative of
M. Dym, Chairman of the Publications Committee, and with the cooperation of
Lippincott. It was noted that the fall postgraduate course, scheduled for
presentation in Scottsdale, Arizona, was canceled because of a lack of registration.
Serono took the loss for the cost of mailings and there was no cost to the Society.
President Bartke noted that under new business he would raise the question as to
whether the Society needed an Executive Secretary or Business Manager. He noted
that early in the history of the Society, it survived through the tireless efforts of
many individuals and the indirect subsidization of meetings by the host institutions.
F or a variety of reasons, however, for the 1985 meeting the Slack organization has
been hired to help with the registration and other activities of the joint ASA/ISA
meeting. Sherins moved and LobI seconded that the President's report be accepted
with the notation in the minutes that President Bartke should be commended for his
tireless efforts on behalf of the Society. The motion was adopted unanimously with
a standing ovation.
Secretary Amann presented a report of the activities of his office during the
past year and stressed the need to resolve the question of whether mailings to
overseas members should go by First Class mail or Airmail. He noted that First
Class mail was too slow to many parts of the world but that Airmail was extremely
expensive. Naftolin moved and Sherins seconded a motion that the dues for
overseas members be increased in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of
Airmail. There was discussion on the pros and cons of this point. The motion was
withdrawn and the problem was given to an ad hoc committee consisting of the new
Finance Chairman (J. Nelson), the Secretary and the Trea$urer; a report was to be
presented to the Council at the Mid-year 1984 Meeting. In the interim, the
Secretary was directed to insure that correspondence to fo reign members was