Archive for April, 1998

Minutes of the Business Meeting of the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association, April 20, 1998, Minneapolis, MN

Attendence: 48 people

1. The meeting was called to order by Section Chair Phillippe LePrestre, shortly after 12:30. The agenda was shown and adopted. An Ad Hoc Secretary (Ronnie Lipschutz) was appointed to take minutes.

2. LePrestre acknowledged and thanked the members and work of the Executive Committee: Detlef Sprinz, Beth DeSombre, Andrew Hurrell, Richard Matthew and Karen Litfin. Marvin Soroos was presented with a gift from the ExCom in recognition of his many years of tireless work as newsletter editor.

Dear Colleagues:

A few late-breaking items have come in that did not make it into the

newsletter.

1. The ESS section will be electing a new chair. Philippe LePrestre has

served the two-term limit. So, please send your nominations to the

Nominating Committee, Miranda Schreurs, Dept. of Government and Politics,

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Fax: (301) 314-9690; Email:

MSCHREUR@bss2.umd.edu.

2. ESS member publications:

Marvin S. Soroos, “The Thin Blue Line: Preserving the Atmosphere as a

Global Commons,” Environment, Vol. 40, No. 2, March 1998, 6-13, 32-35.