Minutes of the February 1, 2002 Meeting of the GTA Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Genetic Toxicology
Association met at Merck's West Point, Pennsylvania
Facility on February 1, 2002. The Board
thanks Vijay Reddy and Merck for their gracious
hospitality.
Members of the Board in attendance at the
Winter meeting were Anita Bigger, Gerry
DeVito (Secretary), Krista Dobo, Greg Erexson,
Vijay Reddy (Chair) and Skip Wagner. Also
in attendance were Dan Benz (Webmaster),
Russ DuFrain (Treasurer), Andrea Ham (Membership
Chair) and Darlynea McCluskey (Newsletter
Editor). Board member Leon Stankowski was
unable to attend.
The meeting came to order at approximately
9:20 a.m. Vijay provided the agenda for
the meeting.
Secretary's Report
Gerry DeVito thanked Leon Stankowski
filling in for her as Secretary at the last
Board meeting and everyone agreed that he
did a superlative job on the minutes. Gerry
reviewed the highlights of the minutes from
the previous meeting and the action items
for today’s meeting. The major item
to be accomplished today is the planning
of the upcoming Spring meeting. The minutes
were approved on the motion of Anita Bigger,
seconded by Vijay Reddy. Dan Benz will post
the approved minutes from today’s
meeting on the GTA Web site, and Darlynea
McCluskey will include them in the next
GTA Newsletter.
Treasurer's Report
Russ DuFrain reviewed the Treasurer’s
report. Russ stated that the Treasury was
in solid shape with a total of $35,161.35.
Current balances are: Checking $252.86,
Savings $8467.56, and 2 CDs, one at $15,978.69
and the other at $10,462.24. Current and
upcoming expenses are: $20.00 incorporation
tax, $300 to our representative for the
Delaware incorporation, $500 to EMS for
the Student Poster Session and Reception
in Alaska and $1000 for the Student Travel
Award for that meeting. We have an outstanding
bill for one speaker of $114.50 from the
Fall 2001 meeting, but basically broke even
for the costs of that meeting versus
the monies collected. The total interest
earned in 2001 was $1476.76. The interest
rates for our 2 CDs will be substantially
lower this year due to the decreased rates
available. Everyone agreed that our accounts
will stay at the Bank of America and that
Russ is doing a great job managing the group's
funds. Russ agreed to stay on for at least
one more year as our Treasurer and the Board
is very grateful.
Newsletter
Darlynea McCluskey (Newsletter
Editor) stated that the deadline for the
Spring Newsletter will be April 8
in order to be mailed in time for the Spring
meeting in May. Items to be included in
the Newsletter will include the agenda
for the Spring meeting, the minutes from
today's Board meeting and the Letter from
the Chair. Darlynea has received the Member
Profile of Kerry Dearfield. Also to be included
will be the details of our 25th
Anniversary Celebration with photos. Dar
proposed having a section in the Newsletter
for Personal Notes, which could be
used for 'On the Move' type information
and also interesting stories about our members
(with their approval). Everyone agreed that
this would be a fun idea and a worthwhile
endeavor.
Web Site
Dan Benz, Webmaster, stated that he
needs the electronic copies of the Summer
Board meeting minutes and the Member
Profiles to include on the Web site.
He asked that Dar send him the photos from
the 25th anniversary celebration
as .jpg files. He will also include the
Personal column from Darlynea. Dan told
us of the final decision by the EMS to remove
passwords from their Directory. The Board
would like to thank Dan for agreeing to
stay on indefinitely as GTA Webmaster.
Membership
Andrea Ham, Membership Chair, reported
that current membership is 229. After much
discussion, the Board decided that passwords
will no longer be required to access our
online Membership Directory in order to
agree with the EMS decision. Andrea and
Dan will decide at our next meeting how
best to handle the updating of the online
directory, i.e. whether to update
individually or as a whole list. Andrea
had received an e-mail from a foreign member
asking how to pay their membership dues.
Andrea will forward it to Russ. It seems
the best way is an international money order
in US dollars since we do not except credit
cards at this time. The idea of online credit
card registrations for meetings will be
looked into further.
Future GTA Meetings
Spring 2002
Greg Erexson and Leon Stankowski are
planning the Spring meeting of the GTA.
The date for the meeting is Wednesday, May
22, 2002. Following a great deal of discussion,
the title will be Case Studies involving
Secondary Mechanisms of Genotoxicity.
Possible speakers considered were Dave Eastman,
Maik Schuler, Ron Snyder or Pat Curry, Sheila
Galloway, Sid Aaron or Roger Wu, Wai Nang
Choy or Greg Erexson; with Bill Morgan as
a possibility for the Introduction session
of the meeting. The goal is to have 6 or
7 forty-five minute talks. Greg, Leon and
Skip will contact the speakers very soon.
Darlynea will need to have the agenda by
mid-March in order to get the meeting flyers
out on time. The luncheon will be buffet
style. Russ and Dan will contact possible
exhibitors for the meeting.
Fall 2002
Our newest Board members, Krista Dobo
and Skip Wagner, will be responsible for
planning the Fall meeting which will most
likely take place on the third Thursday
of October. Possible topics mentioned were
the future of Genetic Toxicology; Screening/Automation;
IWGT meeting review; Approval Strategies;
and Standard Genetic Toxicology - a Historical
Perspective. The possibility of having a
workshop with demos and exhibitors was also
discussed. Ideas for this meeting will be
further discussed at the Spring Board meeting
in order to be planned by the Summer meeting.
Andrea will look in to the availability
of the poster boards from BMS and also look
into the idea of storing our own boards
at the Clayton Hall facilities, possibly
allowing them to use them during the year
for other conferences.
University Outreach
Vijay Reddy has handed over responsibility
for this effort to Skip Wagner. Vijay will
provide Skip with his list of contacts.
The group advised Skip to include universities
in Connecticut and the Pittsburgh area.
We are planning to again have a GTA Poster
and GTA brochures at the Student Poster
Session and Reception at the EMS meeting
in Alaska.
EMS Student Reception and Travel Award
There are questions concerning our sponsorship
of the Student/New Investigator Reception
at this year's EMS meeting. Russ will contact
the appropriate people at EMS to clarify
the situation. The Board selected Laura
Schild to be the recipient of our Student
Travel Award of $1000. Vijay will contact
her to confirm her willingness to present
at our Fall meeting in October. Vijay asked
that either Gerry or Greg present the certificate
to Laura at the EMS meeting as he will not
be attending. The responsibility for next
year’s sponsorships will be passed
to Krista Dobo.
Recognition for Service
Vijay brought to the attention of the
Board a suggestion made by Dan that we institute
a policy to reward the outgoing Chairperson
with a book of their choice, which we will
have appropriately inscribed. Everyone agreed
that this was a wonderful idea. Vijay will
contact Peggy Guzzie to ask her choice and
we will present this to her at a future
meeting as a thank you for her service to
the society.
Future Board Meetings
The Spring Board meeting will be held
following the Spring GTA meeting at the
Clayton Hall Conference Center in Delaware
on May 22, 2002. Pfizer Inc. in Groton,
Connecticut will host the Summer Board meeting.
The date will be decided at the Spring meeting.
The meeting adjourned, on the motion of Gerry DeVito, at approximately 3:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Geralyn L. DeVito, Secretary
Minutes of the May 22, 2002 Meeting of the GTA Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Genetic Toxicology
Association met following the Spring 2002
GTA Meeting at the John M. Clayton Hall
Conference Center at the University of Delaware
in Newark, DE on May 22, 2002.
Members of the Board in attendance at the
meeting were Anita Bigger, Gerry DeVito
(Secretary), Krista Dobo, Greg Erexson,
Vijay Reddy (Chair) and Skip Wagner. Also
in attendance were, Russ DuFrain (Treasurer)
and Andrea Ham (Membership Chair). Board
member Leon Stankowski, and Dan Benz (Web
Master) and Darlynea McCluskey (Newsletter
Editor) were unable to attend today’s
meeting.
The meeting came to order at approximately
4 p.m. Vijay provided the agenda for the
meeting.
Secretary's Report
Gerry DeVito reviewed the highlights
of the minutes from the previous meeting
and the action items for today's meeting.
The major item to be accomplished today
was the planning of the upcoming Fall meeting.
Potential nominations for the Fall Board
election would also need to be discussed.
The minutes were approved on the motion
of Skip Wagner, seconded by Greg Erexson.
Dan Benz will post the approved minutes
from today’s meeting on the GTA Web
site, and Darlynea McCluskey will include
them in the next GTA Newsletter.
Treasurer's Report
Russ DuFrain presented a detailed treasurer's
report. Russ stated that the Treasury was
in solid shape with a total of $34,088.16.
Current balances are: Checking $119.86,
Savings $7344.22, and two CDs totaling $26624.08.
Recent expenses were $1000 for the EMS Student
Travel Award, Incorporation Fees of $224,
$963.32 for 2001 Meetings and $3397.30 to
the University of Delaware. Income was $3630
from the Fall Meeting and Dues and Interest
of $1476.79. Russ stated that we should
at least break even on today’s meeting
which had approximately 90 participants.
Newsletter
Darlynea McCluskey (Newsletter
Editor) was unable to attend. Gerry will
check with her to get the deadline dates
for submissions to and mailings of the next
Newsletter. Items to be included
in the Fall Newsletter will include
the agenda for the Fall meeting, the minutes
from today's Board meeting, the Letter
from the Chair and a Member profile.
Web Site
Dan Benz, Webmaster, was unable to attend.
Dan sent a message stating that the Web
site was functioning okay. He is awaiting
the member profile on Kerry Dearfield and
any "personal news" items from Darlynea
to include on the Web. He also requested
the title of the upcoming Fall meeting to
replace today's meeting information.
Membership
Andrea Ham, Membership Chair, reported
that the current membership is 227 dues
paying members during the past two years.
Dan will need to set up Andrea with an administrative
password for updating the online membership
directory. Andrea and Dan still need to
decide how best to handle the updating of
the On-line Directory, i.e. whether
to update individually or as a whole list.
GTA Meetings
Business Meeting
The Business Meeting was held just before
lunch during the Spring GTA Meeting. Vijay
chaired the meeting. Krista presented the
list of potential Fall and Spring meeting
topics and requested ideas and suggestions
from the membership. Gerry requested names
for nominations to the board prior to the
Fall meeting. Russ presented the Treasurer's
report. Skip presented an update on his
Student Outreach efforts. Vijay talked about
our EMS Travel Awardees. Further details
can be found throughout these minutes.
Spring 2002
The board members present agreed that
Greg Erexson and Leon Stankowski did a stellar
job in planning the Spring meeting of the
GTA. The title "Case Studies Involving Secondary
Mechanisms of Genotoxicity" attracted a
rather large number of attendees. Speakers
Sheila Galloway, Maik Schuler, Sid Aaron,
Pam Spencer, Dave Eastman and Ron Snyder
all gave interesting talks that stimulated
discussion.
Fall 2002
Krista Dobo and Skip Wagner are planning
the Fall meeting, which will take place
on October 17, 2002 at Clayton Hall. Russ
will confirm the arrangements with the University.
Russ asked that the cutoff date for pre-registration
be October 11, 2002. Darlynea will put this
into the Fall Newsletter. Topics
discussed were Screening/Automation; International
Workshops on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT)
Meeting Review; Approval Strategies, Standard
Genetic Toxicology - a Historical Perspective,
GLP Compliance Regarding Analytical Issues,
Use of Non-Standard Assays- What situations
warrant their use and what assays are most
useful, and GeneTox Testing as Predictors
of Carcinogenicity Outcomes.
Our first choice for the Fall meeting topic
was the IWGT Meeting Review. The meeting
will take place in Europe in late June.
The workshops will be on Mouse Lymphoma,
In vitro Micronucleus, Transgenic
Genotoxicity Models and Strategy and Classification.
Possible speakers identified were David
Kirkland, Marilyn Aardema, Kerry Dearfield,
Steve Bulera, Martha Moore and Jim MacGregor.
Krista and Skip will contact them for their
availability and willingness to present
us with a synopsis of each workshop.
The backup topic was Screening and Automation,
with possible speakers being Rick Storer,
Tom Skopek, representatives from Litron,
Loats, Pfizer and/or Lilly. The possibility
of allowing exhibitors to advertise in our
Newsletter was briefly discussed.
Russ will also check with potential exhibitors
for the meeting. Vijay will contact Raj
Sharma at Astra Zeneca to check on the availability
of poster boards which we might borrow for
our meetings. Russ will also look into the
idea of storing our own purchased boards
at the Clayton Hall facilities, allowing
them to use them during the year for other
conferences.
Spring 2003
Anita and one of the new board members
to be elected this Fall will chair this
meeting. A possible topic could be High-Throughput
Screening or Standard GeneTox Testing -
A Historical Perspective.
University Outreach
Skip Wagner has gathered a list of over
50 universities in a 150-mile radius of
Newark, Delaware. He is in the process of
searching Web sites for possible contacts
and sending out e-mails to them.
EMS Student Reception and Travel Award
Laura Schild, our selected recipient
of the Student Travel Award will present
at the Fall meeting. Laura was unable to
accept the monetary portion of the award
so we decided to sponsor two additional
students to attend the EMS meeting in Alaska
this year. Certificates were handed out
to the recipients during the EMS Business
meeting. Krista now has taken on the responsibility
for GTA sponsorships. Questions concerning
our sponsorship for next year's EMS Student
Reception will need to be addressed.
Recognition for Service
The Board members that attended the
EMS meeting in Alaska presented Peggy Guzzie,
our outgoing Chairperson, with a book that
she had chosen, at a small luncheon in her
honor. Dan had the text nicely inscribed
and signed by all of the GTA Board. This
was to thank her for service to the society
and this tradition will most likely be continued
for all outgoing Chairs.
Elections
Both Vijay and Gerry will be rotating
off of the board this Fall. Possible nominees
were discussed. Vijay, Krista, Gerry and
Anita will contact several people mentioned
to inquire of their interest in running
for the Board. Gerry has "volunteered" to
serve as Secretary for an unspecified length
of time, joining Russ and Dan as "lifers".
Future Board Meetings
The Summer Board meeting will be held
at Pfizer Inc. in Groton, CT on July 19
or 26, 2002.
The meeting adjourned, on the motion of Vijay, at approximately 5:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Geralyn L. DeVito, Secretary
Minutes of the July 19, 2002 Meeting of the GTA Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Genetic Toxicology
Association met at Pfizer Inc. in Groton,
Connecticut on July 19, 2002. The members
thank Krista Dobo and our other Pfizer colleagues
for planning the meeting and for their gracious
hospitality.
Members of the Board in attendance at the
meeting were Gerry DeVito (Secretary), Krista
Dobo, Greg Erexson, Vijay Reddy (Chair),
Leon Stankowski and Skip Wagner. Darlynea
McCluskey (Newsletter Editor) was
also in attendance. Dan Benz (Webmaster),
Anita Bigger, Russ DuFrain (Treasurer) and
Andrea Ham (Membership Chair) were unable
to attend. The meeting came to order at
approximately 9 a.m. Vijay provided the
agenda for the meeting.
Secretary's Report
Gerry DeVito reviewed the highlights
of the minutes from the previous meeting
and the action items for today's meeting.
The major item to be accomplished today
was the finalization of the plans for the
upcoming Fall meeting. Nominations for the
Fall Board election would also need to be
discussed. The minutes were approved on
the motion of Vijay, seconded by Skip. Dan
will post the approved minutes from today’s
meeting on the GTA Web site, and Darlynea
will include them in the next GTA Newsletter.
Treasurer's Report
Russ DuFrain sent an informal update
on the finances of the GTA as of July 18,
2002. Russ stated that the Treasury was
still in good shape with a total of $33,612.41
with $140 debt outstanding. Current balances
are: Checking $543.34, Savings $6355.93,
and 2 CDs totaling $26,6713.14. The Spring
meeting expenses were $3708.10 to the University
of Delaware and $1763.51 for speaker expenses
for a total of $5471.61. Other expenses
were the $224 incorporation fee for 2002,
$1000.00 for the student support at the
EMS meeting and $204.00 for the book and
dinner for Peggy Guzzie, our past chairperson.
Income was $5021.00 from the Spring Meeting
registrations, dues payments and commemorative
mug sales.
Russ also stated in his email that he had
not yet contacted the University of Delaware
about the possibility of storing our purchased
boards at the Clayton Hall facilities, allowing
them to use them during the year for other
conferences. He said he would do so in the
next couple of weeks. We will plan to have
a poster session at the Spring Meeting 2003
if this arrangement is acceptable.
In light of the lower interest rates on
our CDs, increasing costs of meetings/speakers
and the fact that the membership fee has
not changed in many years, the board decided
to review the spending history of the GTA
over the past several years. After much
discussion and review a vote was held and
the board unanimously decided to increase
the dues from $10 to $20 per year for regular
members and $10 for students. The meeting
registration fees will remain unchanged.
This increase will be relayed to the membership
at the Fall business meeting.
Newsletter
Darlynea McCluskey (Newsletter
Editor) discussed the dates for submissions
to and mailings of the next Newsletter.
The deadline date for additions to the Newsletter
will be September 3, 2002. She would like
to have the agenda for the Fall meeting
by August. Items to be included in the Fall
Newsletter will include the agenda
for the Fall meeting, the minutes from today's
Board meeting, the Letter from the Chair
and a Member profile. Possible member profiles
are Ceinwen Schreiner or Steve Haworth.
Greg will contact them.
Web Site
Dan Benz, Webmaster, was unable to attend.
Dan sent a message stating that the Web
site was functioning okay. He has posted
the member profile on Kerry Dearfield. Skip
will send Dan the agenda for the upcoming
Fall meeting to be posted on the Web as
soon as possible.
Membership
Andrea Ham, Membership Chair, was unable
to attend. The current membership is 227
dues paying members. Dan and Andrea will
update the online Directory by the first
week of September.
Future GTA Meetings
Fall 2002
Krista Dobo and Skip Wagner have prepared
the agenda for the Fall meeting, which will
take place on October 17, 2002 at Clayton
Hall. The topic is the International Workshops
on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT) Meeting Review.
Speakers will be Martha Moore, Marilyn Aardema,
Véronique Thybaud and Jeff French, and
Lutz Müaut;ller. The workshops they
will cover will be Mouse Lymphoma, In
vitro Micronucleus, Transgenic Genotoxicity
Models and Strategy and Classification,
respectively. David Kirkland or Lenny Schechtman
will be asked to give a brief introduction
to the meeting. Krista and Skip will send
out the formal letters to the speakers requesting
the abstracts of their talks, information
for a short introduction and asking if they
will need us to make travel arrangements
for them. Russ will be asked to handle any
necessary travel arrangements. The on-line
registration deadline will be October 11,
2002.
Laura Schild, our selected recipient of
the Student Travel Award for EMS 2002, will
also present her talk, "Formation of
tamoxifen-DNA adducts in organs of monkeys
dosed orally with tamoxifen for 30 days."
Andrea will be asked to block some rooms
at the Embassy Suites since we have several
out of town/country speakers who will need
overnight accommodations. Andrea will also
be asked to plan the dinner with the speakers
held the evening prior to the meeting. Possible
exhibitors are MD Biotech, MolTox and Protocol.
Greg will check with Russ on the status
of this.
Vijay contacted Raj Sharma at Astra Zeneca
to check on the availability of poster boards,
which we might borrow for our meetings with
no success.
Spring 2003
Anita Bigger and one of the new board
members to be elected this Fall will chair
this meeting. A possible topic could be
High-Throughput Screening or Standard GeneTox
Testing - A Historical Perspective. The
date for this meeting was discussed. Since
SOT is March 9-13 and EMS is May 10-15 in
2003, a possible date would be April 24,
2003 so as not to overlap with either meeting.
Russ will check the availability of this
date with Clayton Hall.
University Outreach
Skip had gathered a list of over 50
universities in a 150-mile radius of Newark,
Delaware. His goal is to add about 50 contacts
by the next meeting. He will be sending
out emails to each of them about the upcoming
meeting.
EMS Student Reception and Travel Award
Krista has taken on the responsibility
for GTA sponsorships. We will again sponsor
a Student Travel Award recipient in 2003.
She will contact Bill Morgan at EMS in January
to obtain the list of their selected recipients
for us to choose from. Dave Eastmond has
indicated that sponsorships of receptions
and coffees at EMS will again be encouraged.
We will plan to sponsor the Student Reception
and Poster Session for $500. We will ask
that we be allowed to talk for a few minutes
about GTA and announce our travel award
winner during the reception.
Elections
Both Vijay and Gerry will be rotating
off of the board this Fall, although Gerry
will stay on as Secretary. Nominations were
discussed. Several nominees have been contacted
and have accepted to run. They are, Tim
Johnson, Laura Schild, Andrew Henwood and
Jagannath Devaraya. Gerry will also contact
Ron Snyder to see if he is interested. Dan
will bring the paper ballots for writing
in your choices.
Post meeting note: Ron has accepted the
nomination as well.
Future Board Meetings
The Fall Board meeting will be held
immediately following the Fall GTA Meeting
on October 17, 2002 at John M. Clayton Hall
Conference Center at the University of Delaware
in Newark, DE.
The meeting was adjourned, on the motion of Leon seconded by Vijay, at approximately 2:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Geralyn L. DeVito, Secretary
Minutes of the October 17, 2002 Meeting of the GTA Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Genetic Toxicology
Association met following the Fall 2002
GTA Scientific Meeting at the John M. Clayton
Hall Conference Center at the University
of Delaware in Newark, DE held on October
17, 2002.
Members of the Board in attendance at the
meeting were Anita Bigger, Greg Erexson,
Leon Stankowski and Skip Wagner. Dan Benz
(Webmaster), Gerry DeVito (Secretary), Russ
DuFrain (Treasurer) and Andrea Ham (Membership
Chair) were also in attendance. Darlynea
McCluskey (Newsletter Editor) was
unable to attend. The group welcomed the
two newly elected board members, Laura Schild
and Jagannath Devaraya. The meeting came
to order at approximately 4:15 p.m. Vijay
(outgoing Chair) had provided the agenda
for the meeting. Anita Bigger was elected
the new Chairperson and congratulations
were extended to Anita.
Secretary's Report
Gerry DeVito reviewed the highlights
of the minutes from the previous meeting
and the action items for today's meeting.
The major items for today's meeting were
election of a new Chairperson and a discussion
of plans for the Spring Meeting in 2003.
The minutes were approved on the motion
of Greg, seconded by Skip. Dan will post
the approved minutes from today's meeting
on the GTA Web site, and Darlynea will include
them in the next GTA Newsletter.
Treasurer's Report
Russ DuFrain detailed the finances of
the GTA as of October 17, 2002 at today’s
Business Meeting. Russ stated that the Treasury
has a total of $33,754.07. Current balances
are: Checking $543.34, Savings $6371.53,
and 2 CDs totaling $26,839.20. Today’s
meeting expenses will include $3521.60 to
the University of Delaware. Speaker expenses
have not been calculated as yet but Russ
cautioned that due to the number of European
speakers the costs for travel and lodging
could be high. Income was $3825.00 from
today's meeting registrations, dues payments,
exhibitors' fees and commemorative mug sales.
Russ will contact Jan O'Neill, the conference
manager at the University of Delaware about
the possibility of storing poster boards,
that we would purchase, at the Clayton Hall
facilities, allowing them to use them during
the year for other conferences. We would
like to plan to have a poster session at
a future meeting sometime in 2003 if this
arrangement is acceptable to the University.
Vijay announced to the membership at today's
Business Meeting the plan to increase the
dues from $10 to $20 per year for regular
members and $10 for students. The meeting
registration fees will remain unchanged.
Newsletter
Gerry reported that Darlynea McCluskey
(Newsletter Editor) had no updates
regarding the Newsletter at this
time. Dan requested that Dar send him the
most recent member profile and photos for
the Web site.
Web Site
Dan Benz, Web Master, stated that there
had been 285 hits on our Web site's program
page for today's scientific meeting. He
said having the abstracts early from the
speakers worked out well. The publication
advertisement has been posted through a
link on the home page. Dan would like to
post information about upcoming meetings
as quickly as possible.
Membership
Andrea Ham, Membership Chair, will send
Dan the new database for the on-line membership
directory. Andrea sent our mailing list
to EMS per their request and approval by
the board.
Future GTA Meetings
Fall 2002
Everyone agreed that Krista Dobo and
Skip Wagner planned an informative and thought
and question provoking Fall Meeting. Russ
told us that there were a total of 79 meeting
attendees, including 65 members, 5 non-members,
2 exhibitors (Moltox and Protocol) and the
7 speakers.
Spring 2003
Anita Bigger and Laura Schild will chair
this meeting. It was decided after much
discussion that the Spring Meeting would
have an agenda of "Hot Topics." Possible
topics might be High-Throughput Screening
including the BioLum Ames and Flow-based
Micronucleus Assays, Estrogenic/Androgenic
chemicals - Nongenotoxic vs. genotoxic
mechanisms, in vivo mutagenesis,
Transplacental carcinogenicity and mutagenicity
- Protease inhibitors. Possible speakers
could be Jiri Aubrecht, Jim MacGregor, Olivera
Walker and someone from Martha Moore's laboratory.
Anita will contact Vijay to have him select
a book that will be presented to him at
the Spring Meeting as an acknowledgement
of his service as Chairperson.
Russ will confirm whether April 24, 2003
is available at Clayton Hall.
Post Meeting Note: April 24th is not available at Clayton Hall so the board approved a decision to hold the meeting on Wednesday April 23, 2003.
University Outreach
Skip Wagner presented an update of his
University Outreach efforts. He detailed
the criteria that a school needs to satisfy
in order to receive an invitation to a meeting
as follows:
- College, university or institution with baccalaureate, master's or doctorate program(s) in the life sciences
- Located within approximately 150 miles of Newark, DE
- Referral by a GTA member.
Skip has contacted about 87 of 150 such institutions.
EMS Student Reception and Travel Award
Krista Dobo sent updates with Gerry
DeVito for both the Student Travel Award
and Reception sponsorships. Bill Morgan
is managing EMS travel awards for 2003.
Krista contacted him and he indicated that
the list of EMS Student Travel Award candidates
would be available in early 2003. Therefore,
Krista will contact Bill Morgan again in
January to request the list of candidates.
The GTA board can then select an award recipient
at the Winter Board Meeting.
Krista contacted both Dave Eastmond and
Tonia Masson (of the EMS management firm)
regarding GTA's interest in supporting the
Student Reception with a $500 donation.
Tonia indicated that the on-site program
that recognizes sponsors is prepared in
early March, and that a note indicating
our desire to support the Student Reception
and the funds should be received by mid
February 2003. Therefore, Krista plans to
take this up early next year (with Russ's
assistance in providing a check). Sponsors
will be recognized this year for supporting
individual events. This will be done in
the on-site program and with signs outside
of the respective rooms.
Krista will speak with Jonathon Ward, who
is in charge of organizing the student reception,
about having a representative from GTA speak
at the reception this year regarding the
GTA.
Elections
The elections were held during the Business
Meeting. The candidates were: Timothy Johnson,
Laura Schild, Andrew Henwood and Jagannath
Devaraya. Laura and Jag were elected. Vijay
thanked all of the nominees for participating
in the election process and congratulated
Laura and Jag.
New Business
Dan asked if the GTA would be interested
in sponsoring a meeting on Informatics and
Computational Toxicology that he and Jennifer
Sasaki are planning, to be held next spring
in Bethesda, MD. The board agreed that they
would financially co-sponsor the meeting.
Future Board Meetings
The Winter Board Meeting will be held
at BioReliance in Rockville, MD sometime
in February 2003.
The meeting was adjourned, on the motion of Anita seconded by Greg, at approximately 6:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Geralyn L. DeVito, Secretary