Business Meeting of the American Society of Andrology 1979

              AMETIICAN SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY
BUSINESS MEETING
March 15, 1979
HOUSTON, TEXAS
1. The meeting was called into session by Dr. C. Alvin Paulsen, President,
at 1700 hours.
2. The President thanked the Society for their support during the past
year. In addition, he thanked the Officers, the Council, and the
Committee Chairpersons for all that was accomplished. Fjnally, all
appreciated the great efforts of the Program Chairperson, Dr. Anna
Steinberger, for her dedication and the fiiie- program she had arranged.
3. The Program Chairperson's Report was given by Dr. Anna Steinberger for
this 4th Annual Meeting of the Society. The meeting was advertised in
11 Journals, 82 abstracts were received, of which 70 were selected for
presentation (4 of which were cancelled by the SUbmitters). Registration
totals about 150, with 5 Industrial Exhibitors. She thanked the Univ.
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Ayerst Laboratories, and the
Organon Company for their support towards this meeting.
4. The Treasurer's Report was given by Dr. Richard J. Sherins: at the end
of the calendar year (fiscal year) 1978 there was a cash balance of
$10,100. The estimated cash balance at the end of 1979 should be around
$22,000. The detailed report is available for any member who would like
to peruse it.
5. Constitution and fry-Laws Committee Report -was given by Dr. Richard M.
Harrison: the Dy-Laws have been revised, vnth minor ch~ lges incorporated.
It \1aS proposed to mai l the revised By-Laws to all members ... ith the
fir st mailing of the announcements of the next Annual f.1eeting in June,
1979, for approval or disapproval (with suggested additional changes).
This VIas unanimously approved by those present (around 65 members).
6. Publication Committee: this information was presented by the President
due to the excused absence of Dr. Eugenia Rosemberg. As all ~ay recall,
the Past President, Dr. Don Fawcett, polled the membership in late 1977
about having our own journal - 59% desired a journal, 32% were undecided,
and only 9% vot ed to keep Andrologia.
J.B. Lippincott and Company has offered to publish a journal for us.
The Editor-in-Ghief has been identified as Dr. Andr21ej . B3.rtke, who has
indicated he will accept this position pending approval by his university
and a satisfactory contract with the publisher. A journal would cost
about $35.00 per year in addition to the dues, and all members would
be billed. 6 issues per year are planned, around 400 pages per year.
The International Journal Q! Andrology desired to have us subscribe to
that journal, but would only allow us 4 editorial pages, and the cost
to each member would be much more than our own journal.