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SCB COMMITTEES ADDRESS STRATEGIC PLAN

As part of SCB's 2006-2010 Strategic Plan [see SCB Newsletter 12(3)], SCB's standing committees (Nominations, Development, Conference, Awards, Student Affairs, Policy, Education, Membership, and Publications) are formalizing their membership as well as assessing and, where necessary, revising their terms of reference, objectives, and implementation plans. As this newsletter went to press, several committees submitted updates on their current status. More news from these and other committees will be featured in upcoming newsletters.

Publications. There are vacancies on this committee. If you are interested in serving, please contact chair Georgina Mace, georgina.mace@ioz.ac.uk.

Awards. This committee is chaired by Kathryn Saterson. Mike Scott chairs the Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award subcommittee. Current members are Luigi Boitani, Delali Dovie, David Duffy, Karen Firestone, Susan Haig, Menna Jones, Devra Kleiman, Carolyn Lundquist, Rodrigo Medellín, Jon Paul Rodriguez, Eleanor Sterling, Gopi Sundar, and Bill Sutherland. Each year, SCB presents five distinguished service awards for outstanding contributions to conservation biology or its application in policy, education, and journalism. Membership in the committee is open to any member of SCB. The members of the committee help to generate a diverse set of nominations from around the world for these awards. In addition, committee members help to define the policies and procedures for the awards process. This committee is open to new members at any time but is usually recrafted after the annual meeting.

Membership. This committee is chaired by Erica Fleishman. Current members are Kathy Kohm, Rodrigo Medellín, Reed Noss, John Robinson, Alan Thornhill, Jim Tolisano, Rich Wallace, and Peter Wilshusen.

Education. We have had substantial interest in membership in the Education Committee, which is wonderful, but difficult to capture and direct appropriately. Therefore, we are requesting that individuals interested in serving on the committee send a short description of their vision for proposed activities, outcomes, and accomplishments for the committee over the next three years. Information on what you would like to accomplish as a member of the committee would be helpful. Please send these summaries by 15 December 2005 to committee chair Eleanor Sterling, sterling@amnh.org.

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