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March 1-2, 2019

BSA Business Office, 4475 Castleman Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, 314-577-9566

March 1; 1-5pm
 AGENDA
Business Office Report - Heather
Finance and Administration Report - Wanda
Membership and Communications - Amelia
IT Update - Rob
2:30 pm

Wiley Report and Plan S Discussion - Gillian
                       - Science Article on Plan S
                       - PNAS Article on Plan S
Publications - Amy M/Sean
Education and Outreach - Catrina
Conference Update  - Johanne / Amy L

Plant Summit Report - Ann/Lucinda/Minya

6:30 pm          DINNER - J. Devoti Trattoria

March 2; 8am - Noon
 AGENDA
1. Minutes Approval - Andi
     - Board Call 12/7/2018
     - Exec Call 1/9/2019

2. Financial Update - Lucinda/Heather
     - FY2018 Draft Financial Statements
     - FY2018 Sectional, Award and Board Allocated Funds
     - FY2019 Profit and Loss
3. Sectional Funding Issues - Amy L
4. Fundraising - Ned/Heather
     - Update Report
     - Kaplan Award - need Ad Hoc Committee
     - Bond Foundation
10:00 am 5. Audit Firm Selection - Lucinda
     -RFP for BSA Audit
     -Audit Proposal Comparison
                      - BKD Audit Proposal
                      - DJ Audit Proposal
                      - BSW Audit Proposal
                      - KEB Audit Proposal
                      - HB Audit Proposal
6. Investment Committee Update - Linda/Ned/Lucinda
7. Reallocation / Investment Policy revision
8. Student Report - Chelsea and Minya
9. Code of Ethics / Sexual Harassment Consortium
10 Election Committee Report - Loren
11. International Collaboration 
     - Nagoya Protocol
     - XXI Congreso Mexicano de Botanica - Oct 25-29, 2019 -            Aguascalientes