The Board of Trustees of The Herpetologists' League (HL) met on 23 July 2008 and the Business Meeting of HL occurred on 25 July 2008 (full text is posted on the society's web site: www.herpetologistsleague.org). With the election of new officers and councilors, David Cundall has replaced Linda Ford as President and Harold Heatwole is Vice President. Meredith Mahoney has replaced Lora Smith as Secretary. Tod Reeder is the new editor of Herpetological Monographs, replacing Lee Fitzgerald. Michelle Boone, Erin Muths, and Melissa Pilgrim are the incoming members of the Executive Council, Class of 2011, replacing the Class of 2007 (Neil Ford, Michael Lannoo, and Susan Walls). HL started the 2007/2008 fiscal year with $248,193.59 and ended at $264,079.85 (full report is posted on the society web site).
Major items of business at these meetings included:
Patrick T. Gregory was the HL Distinguished Herpetologist and gave a plenary...