International Congresses of Dipterology

Graham Griffiths (Chairman), Milan Chvála (Vice Chairman), Chris Thompson (Secretary), David Henshaw, László Papp, John Stoffolano, Hans Ulrich, and Vadim Zaitzev.
Three members of the Guelph organizing committee also attended for Items 1-3: Stephen Marshall (Chairman), Terry Wheeler (Secretary), and Monty Wood (Treasurer).

1. Approval of Minutes
   The minutes, already circulated, of the meeting of June 28 and July 4, 1992 were approved.

2. Constitutional Amendments
   The proposed amendments to Articles VIII, IX and XI of the Constitution, circulated by the Chairman, were adopted with certain modifications (see below). The revised Constitution incorporating these amendments will be printed and distributed to all Council members following the Congress.

3. Suggested Timetable for Congress Organization
   This document was adopted in principle, subject to correction of "Entomology" to "Dipterology" in line 19 on page 3. David Henshaw was authorized to work on producing a revised version of the document for consideration at the Florence meeting. Stephen Marshall indicated that the organizers of the Guelph Congress had some comments which they would send to him.

4. Financial Report
   The Chairman's indebtedness of $173.06 to the Council was forgiven as a contribution towards his travel expenses (Art. VI.2).
   Following his verbal presentation, the Treasurer/Secretary was asked to type and present a formal financial statement at the second Council meeting. Copies of this Statement will be circulated with these minutes, after the Congress.

5. Election of Honorary Members
   The death of Lars Brundin was noted with regret. Brian R. Stuckenburg was elected an Honorary Member of the Congresses. Motions to elect Tibor Jermy and Fan Zi-De were defeated, but it was suggested that these nominations could be resubmitted at the next Congress after "guidelines" for the nomination of Honorary Members had been prepared. David Henshaw was asked to work on preparing such a document.
   It was decided to ask dipterists at large to submit possible candidates for nomination as Honorary Members. Milan Chvála agreed to draft such an announcement for the current Chairman to read at the closing Plenary Session.

6. Election of Council officers
   Milan Chvála was elected Chairman, David Henshaw Vice-Chairman, and Adrian Pont Secretary-Treasurer. Graharn Griffiths, Chris Thompson, Ipe M. Ipe, László Papp, Hans Ulrich, Vadim Zaitsev, Hiromu Kurahashi and Rudolf Rozkošný were reelected as members of Council. Regretfully it was decided not to reelect G.C. Unnithan. While he had been an effective member of Council in its early stages, he had been unable to attend meetings since resigning from his position in Kenya. Samir Abu-Halawa, Chao Chien-ming, Mary Ogawa and John Stoffolano continue in office until the end of the next Congress. The total number of Council members remains at 15.
   The motion to elect Park Soung-Ho as a Council member was tabled for consideration at the next Congress, since he was not in attendance at the Guelph Congress and there are currently no vacancies on the Council. The Chairman reported that no response had been received to any Council communications sent to Abu-Halawa's last known address. Chris Thompson was asked to draft a constitutional arnendment to allow retirement of inactive members without having to wait for their appointments to expire after eight years.

7. Financing of Council
   Only abstract volumes would be available from the Guelph congress, which would not provide sufficient revenue for funding Council expenses. A possible constitutional arnendment to allow the Council to receive revenue from the Registration fees for future Congresses will be considered at the second Council Meeting.

There being no further business the Meeting was closed at approximately 17:50 hours.

Graham Griffiths
David Henshaw

Graham Griffiths (Chairman), Milan Chvála (Vice Chairman), Chris Thompson (Secretary), David Henshaw, László Papp, John Stoffolano, Hans Ulrich, Vadim Zaitzev, Hiromu Kurahashi, and Mary Owaga.
Terry Wheeler (Secretary of Guelph Congress) also attended for the first item (Resolutions).

1. Resolutions
   The Resolution thanking the Congress Organizers drafted by John Stoffolano was adopted unanimously. The resolution supporting the efforts of IUBS to promote Conservation on Biodiversity was approved, and will be transmitted to the IUBS by David Henshaw during their September General Assembly. A resolution received from the Anthophilous Diptera Section regarding the establisbment of a committee to develop a database was added to make it clear that the Congress was being asked to instruct the Council to appoint the committee. In that way the committee would be able to claim the support of the whole Congress for its work. Subject to Congress approving the establishment of the committee, Peter Kevan was appointed Chairman of the Committee to develop a database on anthophilous Diptera, with Stefan Kühne and Bannah Nadel as members, and given authority to appoint additional members.

2. Financial Statement
   The financial Statement prepared by Chris Thompson (Secretary-Treasurer) was approved, and a cheque for $218.61 representing the balance of Council funds was passed to Adrian Pont. Eighteen copies of the Bratislava proceedings remained unsold which were in Washington will be sent on to Adrian Pont.

3. Constitutional Amendments
   The following amendments additional to those approved at the first meeting were approved. A new sentence in Art. VII.1: "Non-response to communications from the Council for a period in excess of one year, including at least one letter with this Section of the Constitution quoted, will be deemed a resignation". Art. IX.4 to be replaced by the following: "Each Congress of Dipterology will contribute financially to help defray necessary expenses of the Council. The amount and manner of support will be negotiated at the time of acceptance of the invitation to hold their Congress".

4. Plans for the 1998 Agra Congress
   Concerns regarding a lack of information on the progress of preparations for this Congress were discussed. It was resolved that the new Chairman would communicate these concerns to Dr. Ipe and request specific information on such matters as composition of the Organizing Committee and financial and institutional support immediately following the Guelph Congress.

5. Proposals to host future Congresses
   Formal proposals to host future Congresses in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and England (Royal Entomological Society and Oxford University) were received and tabled for consideration at the next Council meeting in Florence. Another possible location for a future Congress was made by Israel.

6. Other business
   John Stoffolano suggested the production of publicity material outlining the importance of Dipterology. The matter will be considered by the new officers.
   The retiring Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer were given a vote of thanks for their work in establishing the Council.

There being no further business the Meeting was closed at approximately 18:30 hours.

Graham Griffiths
David Henshaw