62nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch

FEBRUARY 24-27, 2014 SAN ANTONIO, TX

Committee Reports

Fiscally, SWB in excellent shape

Increased total funds by $1,228.45 during FY 2013

Current assets

Checking = $18,054.86

Savings = $13,100.12

Total funds = $31,154.98

Thanks to Jerry Michels for careful management of accounts, and providing detailed account activity.

Thanks to ESA-SWB Audit Committee members: Ed Bynum, Gary Puterka.

Scott Armstrong to replace Gary Puterka FY 2014.

Committee Jesus Esquivel, Sonja Swiger, Justin Talley, Mike Brewer,

David Kattes, Jane Pierce

Accessed, Reviewed and Judged Southwestern Branch ESA Award Nominees for 2014: Undergraduate Student Achievement in Entomology

Award

Percival Scientific Undergraduate Entomology Student Activity Award

SWB ESA John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award

Overall, growth in 2013 for Board Certified Entomologists and Associate Certified Entomologists

ACE 37% growth –763 total

BCE 1% growth – 434 total

Applicants 229 ACE 22 BCE

22% of ACEs and 96% of BCEs are also ESA members.

Southwest Branch

BCE – 66

ACE – 106

Encouraging more BCE applicants in SW Branch

ACE structural changes – ACE exam revamped. 70-75% average score.

ACE-International – international certification exam in the works, available soon

ACE Award – launching 2013 ACE Study Guide – still in development the

process of developing the ACE study BCE Question Review – exam is being overhauled

New questions needed, those interested in helping contact Molly @ mekeck@ag.tamu.edu

Twenty-five letters/emails have been printed from September 18th, 2013 to February 18th, 2014 related to the 2014 SWB-ESA meeting.

A printed program and other printed material or printed photos from this meeting will be sent to the Texas A&M University archives, Cushing Library, College Station immediately following the meeting.

Goal: Approach Industry Partners for Contributions to support the ESA-SWB meeting Members: Scott Ludwig, Jerry Michels, Jesus Esquivel,

Carlos Bogran & Bob Davis

Accomplishments Created Contribution form and Request Letter

Updated Industry Contact List

Sent Form and Letter to Industry Contacts

Provided ESA-SWB Treasurer and Program Committee with list of contributors and logos for use in recognition

USAF Recruiters presence at meeting

Contributors (by levels): Platinum ($1000)

Trece Inc.

Gold ($500) AAMVAC,

BASF

OHP, Inc.

Silver ($300) Ninchino, Inc.

Winfield Solutions

Percival Student Award ($250) Percival

Total: $3,350.00

Please Thank & Utilize of these kind contributors!

Governing Board authorized strategic review of ESA publishing program by knowledgeable publishing industry consultants.

Assessed current complex publishing environment, ESA journal performance, and identified long-term trends and options to address them.

ESA’s journals are well-regarded and editorially sound.

Revenue and subscriptions have been declining, a trend likely to accelerate.

ESA is in a great position to make a planned change now rather than wait for a crisis.

Stay the course.

Improve our subscription sales and online journal platform.

Create publishing partnership with a large publisher in order to improve the dissemination and financial performance of the journals.

The Governing Board unanimously authorized ESA staff to negotiate with potential publishers and, in consultation with the Executive Committee, recommend an agreement for Governing Board approval.

Publisher will host journals online and market/sell subscriptions on behalf of ESA.

Increases journal reach and potential for more impact.

Little change from author and member perspective.

ESA retains editorial control and ownership of the journals and content.

Ensures financial health of the journal program and ESA as a whole in a rapidly changing publishing world.

Allan William Hook, age 59 – Passed away September 3, 2013. University of Texas and Saint Edwards University

Dr. Ellis Huddleston, age 77 – Passed away April 1, 2013. B.S. Texas Tech; Ph.D. Cornell University 1960.

Dr. J.W. (Dub) Stewart, age 75 – Passed away December 11, 2013. B.S. Arkansas Tech; M.S. Univ. of Arkansas, and Ph.D. Texas A&M 1973

George David Bleeker ACE

Information related to our Fallen Colleagues was reported and their contributions and families recognized at the Plenary Session

Oklahoma---Rick Grantham, OSU Very active/numerous pests: field crickets, bedbugs,

common oak moth, redbud leaffolder, more

45/77 OK counties have Africanized Honey Bees

Found again: brown widow spider, Japanese weevil

New State Records: Spotted wing Drosophila, daylily leafminer, dung beetle, Asian hackberry woolly aphid

Texas---Mark Muegge, TAMU AgriLife Extension New(er), but limited distribution: papaya mealybug,

African black slug, Aceria pongameae mite

Mexican Fruitf ly: 3 quarantine areas in S. Texas

Brown marmorated stink bug: only in Corpus Christi (since 2011); Bagrada bug sparse in Panhandle

New Mexico: Carol Sutherland, NMSU Tamarisk beetles: records added for at least 10 counties

Spotted wing Drosophila: new state record (central)

Wood borers thrive! Cerambycids, buprestids, bark beetles & more; pinyon needle scale common; Doug. Fir tussock moth in Cloudcroft

Assorted herbivores on landscape shrubs, range plants

1600+ sets of samples processed for ID in 3 states

Las Cruces Insect EXPO 2013 had 1200 attendees

Heavy Branch involvement with National EXPO Entomological Foundation sponsor

Austin Insect Rodeo

Saturday, November 9th

Bullock Texas State History Museum

1368 attendees

All ages

San Antonio Insect EXPO 1076 attendees registered

46 Master Gardener and ESA volunteers

TV and newspaper coverage of event

Financial Contributions for 2014 EXPO from: TAMU, OSU, WTAMU, NMSU

Support for Chair attendance from SWB-ESA

Donations from: Insect Adventure

Bexar County Extension Office

Restaurants

Propose that each Ento department equally contribute $600 in supplies for subsequent years Total operating budget = $2400

Alternative: Establish enduring Industry support

23 total submissions Traditional Macro: 7

Arthropods in Action: 7

Microscopy: 2

Artistic: 7

2015 Chair: James Tracy

Traditional Macrophotography Andrew Ly

Microscopy: Melise Taylor

Arthropods in Action Paul Lenhart

Artistic Danielle Restuccia

Best Overall: Andrew Ly

The 30th Annual SWB Linnaean Games Contest was held as part of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the SWB ESA.

Four teams competed from OSU (1), Texas A&M (2), and UT-Tyler (1).

The team from OSU won 1st place, $50 per team member, and the traveling trophy.

Texas A&M Team 1 placed 2nd.

The 1st and 2nd place teams each received a trophy and a $500 travel stipend to represent the branch at the national competition in Portland, OR.

ESA Staff (Debi Sutton) provided the figures on Membership through January 31, 2014:

2013 year-end ESA membership: 6889 total ESA (681 in the SWB)

2014 January ESA membership totals: 4880 renewed so far total ESA (391 in the SWB)

2013 New ESA member year-end: 1222 total ESA (204 in the SWB)

2014 January New ESA member totals: 329 total ESA so far (20 in the SWB)

The numbers are all-inclusive. The totals shown include new members. Of the 6889 total year-end 2013 members, 1065 were new.

Respectfully submitted,

Justin Talley

Chair, Membership Committee of the Southwestern Branch of the ESA

The committee put forward two excellent candidates

for the position of SW Branch Secretary-Treasurer elect:

Blake Bextine (UT-Tyler) and Justin Talley (OSU)

The membership elected Justin Talley as the new

Secretary-Treasurer elect.

From the Floor

Committee members:

Mark Muegge

Tom Royer

Carol Sutherland

Photos (by Mark Muegge) from 2013 SWBESA meeting in Las Cruces, NM were transferred to Branch Archivist.

Las Cruces Bulletin & Las Cruces Sun News stories & photos on Insect Expo-2013 also were transferred to Branch Archivist.

(Brief reports & video on Insect Expo-2013 were broadcast on local (El Paso, TX) TV: KVIA, KDBC and KTSM---reported last year.)

Photos were taken at the 2014 SWBESA meeting by Mark Muegge. ) …

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From the Floor – No Resolutions Presented

Recruitment of Student Volunteers Augmentation of student registration to encourage

volunteer responsibilities

Organization and Scheduling of Student Volunteers

Amendment of SOP Language to clarify… Job opportunity responsibilities

Chair and vice-chair responsibilities

Removal of the following SOP responsibility Organize and fundraise for Student mixer at the Annual

Branch meeting.

Establishment of time line for SAC responsibilities

Committee Members: Scott Armstrong Blake Bextine Scott Bundy Stanley Carroll Jack Dillwith David Kattes Jerry Michels Jane Pierce Eric Rebek Justin Talley

37 presentations:

13 orals – 4 Bachelor’s, 8 Master’s, 1 Ph.D.

22 posters – 7 Bachelor’s, 10 Master’s, 7 Ph.D.

Student abstracts published in Proceedings

1st, 2nd, and 3rd-places awarded $200, 100, and 50

Committee Members: Wizzie Brown, Molly Keck, Roy Parker, Bonnie Pendleton, Jane Pierce, Andrine Shufran and Mo Way (Chair)

Most members of the SWBESA perform youth outreach activities as part of our mission to serve clientele. For 2012, our Committee compiled a record of youth outreach activities conducted by members of our Branch. Our Committee has repeated this compilation of youth activities for 2013.Approximately, 300,000 youth were contacted by Andrine in 2013!

The complied activities of this committee are too numerous to list in a few slides. Youth outreach in 2013 represents approximately 334,000 student contacts by our Branch members in various ways and in various settings by members of the committee.

Southwestern Branch members are strongly encouraged to read the Youth Science Committee’s full report. It is extraordinary!

Members: B. Davis, J. Michels, T. Royer, S. Bundy, A. Knutson & J. Esquivel (stepping off )

ESA-HQ support with “Conference Direct”

Accomplishment 1 Finalized 2014 San Antonio, TX meeting site & dates

Accomplishment 2 Finalized 2015 Tulsa, OK meeting site & dates

Accomplishment 3 Progressing on selection of site/dates for 2016 meeting

2015 Site:

February 22-26, 2015

Close to airport shuttle

Championship Golf Course Event room

Free Parking

Insect Expo & Branch meeting at same site

Excellent dining, non-smoking, lots of R&R history

Excellent Dining, very reasonable prices

Entertainment options, newer and clean

Meeting Room Options

Banquet Room!

Newer Property, rooms very nice Single & Double = $109.00

Triple = $119.00

Quad = $129.00

Suite = $139.00

PLEASE USE ROOM BLOCK!

Conference Direct Advantage $7419.00 savings

Reduced meeting room costs

Reduced sleeping room costs

Complimentary rooms & suites:

20 hours of work (they are paid by the hotel!)

See you there in 2015!

62nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch

FEBRUARY 24-27, 2014 SAN ANTONIO, TX

Treasurer’s Report

Total Income

19,788.09

Total Expected Disbursements 17,819.64

Net 2013

1,968.45

Funds on Hand

2/21/2014

Checking

19,174.86

Savings 13,100.12

Total

32,274.98

Expected Income:

Society of Southwestern Entomologists 950.00

Industry Donations 4,700.00

Texas A&M Dept. of Entomology Support 1,000.00

ESA PEF based on attendance and membership 2,000.00

2014 Registrations from ESA 12,570.00

On-site registrations 2,755.00

Total Expected Income 23,975.00

Expected Disbursements:

Awards 3,650.00

Conference Direct 1,400.00

Poster Board Rental 923.00

Hotel Expenses 15,611.10

Total Expected Disbursements 21,584.10

Income-Disbursements 2,390.90

Category Pre-Registration On-Site

Member 61 10

Non-Member 6 1

Student 45 8

Emeritus 1

Honorary 1 1

ESA Staff 2

Guests 3

Total 119 20

Overall Total 139