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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & AWARDS CEREMONY

The Awards Ceremony and AGM will be held together at 11:30 – 13:00 on Wednesday 6 September in the Lecture Theatre A of the Department of Zoology. Members attending the event are invited to a drinks reception immediately afterwards. The Awards Ceremony will comprise the award of Honorary Membership, the BES Award, the Marsh Award for Ecology, the Marsh Ecology Book Prize, the Founders' Prize and the best Young Author Prizes for the Society’s Journals. This year we are delighted that Professor Phil Ineson will give a short talk at the end of the meeting entitled ‘Gases, Soils and Leaves’.

Agenda for the AGM & Awards Ceremony

The Annual Report is available. The minutes will be published in December Bulletin.

The agenda for the 26^th Annual General Meeting of the British Ecological Society is as follows;

Review of the past year

1. Acceptance of the minutes of the 25^th AGM held in the Auditorium of the University of Hertfordshire on the 6^th September 2005, which appeared in the December 2005 Bulletin Vol. 36:4 pg 64.

2. Update report on the spending and investment plans announced at the 25^th AGM.

· Reserves policy – minimum level as a contingency against unforeseen events.

· Supporting ecology in developing countries: Building Capacity in Ecology Fund.

· Establishment of the Ecological Opportunities Fund.

3. Change to the Articles.

· The articles have been reviewed and amended pending approval (Members and Charity Commission).

· The revisions are available as a PDF. The current articles are also available.

4. The Accounts of the Society for the year ended 31 December 2005 as published in the December 2005 Bulletin Vol. 36:4 pg 64 and summarized in the Annual Report.

5. The reports of the Treasurer and the Auditors.

6. The reports of the Council Secretary and the Hon. Chairpersons of the Committees.

7. The reports of the Editors.

Forth coming year

8. To elect Officers of Council of the Society

Present Officers Retiring Date Council Nominees

President J. Lawton 2007

Past President A. Fitter 2006

President Elect 2007 M. Press

Vice President G. Mace 2006 D. Raffaelli

Vice President S. Hartley 2007

Council Secretary G. Masters 2006 G. Masters

Treasurer C. Dytham 2007

Hon. Chairpersons of Committees:

Meetings T.H. Jones 2007

Journals S. Leather 2006 S. Hartley (interim)

Public Affairs D. Osborn 2008

Education, Training D. Slingsby 2008

& Careers

9. To elect Ordinary Members of Council for 2006

Present Members Retiring Nominees

K. Ling 2006 J. Bale

J. Vickery 2006 P. Carey

P. Warren 2006 D. Godbold

K. Kirby 2007 D. Hodgson

P. van Gardingen 2007 M. Palmer

S. Power 2007 E. Ranta

M. Bonsall 2008 K. Wilson

R. Brooker 2008

S. Dalrymple (Postgraduate representative) 2008

A. Beckerman 2009

G. Phoenix 2009

S. Sait 2009

10. The appointment of the Auditors for 2006.

11. Auditor's remuneration.

12. Any other business.

To be tabled in writing to the Council Secretary at least three weeks before the AGM.

Awards Ceremony

Honorary Membership: Was to be awarded to the late Professor Arthur Willis

BES Award: Dr David Slingsby.

The Founders' Prize: Dr Andrew Beckerman.

Marsh Award for Ecology: Professor Phil Ineson.

Marsh Ecology Book Prize: Professor Richard Bardgett.

The Biology of Soils: A Community and Ecosystem Approach

Harper Prize: Michael Stastny.

Do vigour of introduced populations and escape from specialist herbivores contribute to invasiveness?

Special mention: Kathryn Yurkonis.

Invasion impacts diversity through altered community dynamics.

Dr Annette Kolb.
Reduced reproductive success and offspring survival in fragmented populations of the forest herb Phyteuma spicatum.

Elton Prize Roxina Soler.
Root herbivore effects on above-ground herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid performance via changes in plant quality.

Southwood Prize Craig Tambling.
Modelling wildebeest population dynamics: implications of predation and harvesting in a closed system

Special mention: Dr Yvonne Buckley.
Slowing down a pine invasion despite uncertainty in demography and dispersal.

Haldane Prize: Dr Matt Daws.
Traits of recalcitrant seeds in a semi-deciduous tropical forest in Panamá: some ecological implications.

Anne Keymer Prize: Awarded at the meeting

Prize for the best poster: Awarded at the meeting

Guest Speaker

Professor Phil Ineson: Gases, Soils and Leaves.

AGM Reception

G. Masters

Council Secretary