Providence,
Rhode Island
7:30 – 9:00 pm
October 5, 2003
Minutes
1.
Call to Order
- meeting was called to order at 7:30
pm by
Vice-President Essie
Fallahi.
President Kappel was unable to attend because of an illness in the
family.
2.
Treasurer/Business Manager’s Report
– Rob
Crassweller
submitted a calendar year report for the period of Jan. 1 – Dec.
31, 2002.
He also included a copy of the Financial Statements and Auditor’s
report of Dec.
31, 2002.
Rob indicated that APS had a positive cash flow in 2002. The report
was reviewed and accepted.
3.
Secretary Report
– Des Layne submitted the minutes for the 2002 Annual Business
Meeting. Minutes were reviewed and accepted.
4.
APS Sponsored Workshop at ASHS’04
– Kim
Hummer will
chair a program workshop committee. Essie informed us that Mike
Neff at ASHS considered APS qualified to function as a working group
of ASHS. As a result of this, we are entitled to host/direct a
workshop each year at the annual meeting. The tentative
workshop topic discussed was “Trends and Fashions in Cultivar
Development”. Potential speakers discussed included Allan
White (NZ) – pome fruits; Floyd Zaiger (CA) – stone
fruits – discussed the idea of APS providing an honorarium for
Zaiger; John Clark (AR) – small fruit. Peter Hirst
suggested adding someone from ENZA who is involved in
marketing. The ASHS meeting next year will be July
18-21, 2004
in Austin,
TX.
5.
Journal Editor Report
– John
Barden noted
that his transition of editorship from Dave Ferree effective Jan.
1, 2003 has
been smooth. John
Barden
indicated that more papers are needed and that he is looking for
additional cover stories. He noted that there are no page charges
associated with a cover story.
6. Shepherd Award – Kim Hummer presented the 2003 Shepard award to Dr. John Barden for his paper: Barden, J. A. 2002. The influence of cultivar and orchard system on pruning time per tree, per hectare, and per unit of yield. J. Amer. Pom. Soc. 56(4):202-205.
7.
Hedrick Award –
John Proctor presented awards for the following two papers:
First
Place:
Serce, S., P.W. Callow, H.-J. Ho, and J.F. Hancock. 2002. High
temperature effects on CO2 assimilation rate in genotypes
of Fragaria x ananassa, F. chiloensis and F.
virginiana. J. Amer. Pom. Sci. 56(1):57-62.
Second
Place:
Chun, I.-J., E. Fallahi, W.M. Colt, B. Shafii, and R.R. Tripepi.
2002. Effects of rootstocks and microsprinkler fertigation on mineral
concentrations, yield, and fruit color of 'BC-2 Fuji' apple. J. Amer.
Pom. Sci. 56(1):4-13.
He
noted that a review manuscript by Harbut and Sullivan on “Breeding
potential of lower ploidy Fragaria” received honorable
mention. A plaque will be sent to the authors of winning papers
and a check for $300 and $150 will be sent to first and second place
winners, respectively. Proctor indicated that he will not serve
on the committee any more and expressed thanks for the opportunity to
serve.
8.
Wilder Silver Medal Award –
Des Layne presented the 2003 award to Dr. John Clark, Univ.
of Arkansas.
Dr. Curt Rom received the award on behalf of Dr. Clark who was unable
to attend. Dr. Rom read some prepared remarks from Dr. Clark.
Layne indicated that a biographical sketch and award write-up that
will appear with a photo in an upcoming issue of J. Amer. Pom.
Sci. Layne encouraged APS members to nominate people for
the 2004 award.
9.
Editorial Committee – Wes
Autio noted that a guide for authors will appear in a 2004 issue of
J. Amer. Pom. Sci. He indicated that the transition of editors
from Ferree to Barden has been smooth. Autio is looking in to
the possibility of electronic manuscript submissions.
10.
Membership Report
– John
Barden
indicated that he was seeking ideas on how to increase
membership. Fallahi and Crassweller discussed the possibility
of having an APS team of judges to evaluate student posters at the
ASHS meeting to judge them for the Hedrick award. This may require
approval from Mike Neff at ASHS headquarters. Perhaps an
announcement could be posted in the ASHS Newsletter prior to the
annual conference.
New
Business
1.
Nominations Committee –
Curt Rom presented a slate of candidates for 2004 that was
unanimously approved. These were as follows:
1st
VP: Hummer
2nd
VP: Stover
Secretary:
Layne
Treasurer/Business
Manager: Crassweller
Resident
Agent in Massachusetts:
Autio
Executive
Board: Percival
Advisory
Committee: Forsline, Finn, Cline, Nonnecke
2. APS Website – Kim Hummer acknowledged the work of Joe Postman to enhance the website with much new information including history, awards, officers, and the table of contents of the Journal. The articles, however, are not available through the web. The contents are only searchable through the edit function of the web browser for the page that is open. The website has no capabilities of searching all the journals at once for a particular topic. Kim noted that if the APS Board would like, they could look into putting in a google search engine within the page that could search that. The current website address is: http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu/aps/
Hummer
indicated that she will try to get a link to the APS website from the
ASHS website.
3.
APS Program Committee
– Fallahi noted that there would be two talks (to follow) for
the educational program following the APS Business Meeting: 1. Dr.
Curt Rom (Univ.
of Arkansas)
would present a talk entitled, “One hundred years of
pomological progress”; and 2. Dr. Carolyn DeMoranville (Univ.
of Mass.)
would present a talk entitled, “Cranberry industry in New
England”.
The
meeting was immediately followed by the educational program and it
adjourned at 9:00
pm
Respectfully
submitted,
Desmond R. Layne
Secretary, American
Pomological Society
12/04/03