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Notice of 2013 Conference

'Systematics without Borders' Sydney, 1–6 December 2013

The Organizing Committee invite you to the Systematics without Borders Conference 2013, a combined conference of Invertebrate Biodiversity & Conservation, Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, and Australasian Systematic Botany Society.

First Cirular (PDF flyer)

For more information visit: www.systematics2013.org/

Notice of Annual General Meeting

In accordance with Section 25 of the Society’s Rules, notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc. will be held on Tuesday 3rd December 2013 in the DT Anderson Lecture Theatre, Heydon-Laurence Building, University of Sydney, NSW (link to Google map) beginning at 5:00 pm AEDT.

The purpose of this meeting is to:

confirm the minutes of the annual general meeting held on Tuesday 25th September 2012 (see ASBS Newsletter 153: 5–20);
receive reports from Council on activities of the Society during the preceding financial year;
declare the results of the vote for membership of Council.

Nominations for membership of Council
In accordance with Section 13 of the Society’s Rules, nominations are hereby called for membership of Council. Council consists of the following positions: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and two (2) Councillors.

All incumbent Councillors are eligible for re-election.

Nomination forms can be downloaded here or can be obtained from the Secretary (john.clarkson@qld.gov.au).

Note: A member may be nominated simultaneously for any number of positions on Council but is ineligible to hold more than one position at one time.

Last General Meeting of the Society

Tuesday 25 September 2012

The University Club of Western Australia, Hackett Drive, Crawley, WA

Last ASBS Conference

23–28 September, Perth, Western Australia

The conference theme, Local knowledge, global delivery, was inspired by the recent, landmark decision to allow electronic publication of new taxa and abstracts on biodiversity informatics, web-based collaborations, electronic publishing and eFloras. Presentations on local endemism, pollination ecology and biodiversity threats such as climate change and plant pathogens were also encouraged.

History of ASBS Meetings and Conferences

Month Year	Location	Conference Title	Associated groups and meetings	Annual General Meeting Number	Newsletter where published	Burbidge lecture	Newsletter where published
Sept 2012	Perth, WA	Local knowledge, global delivery		34	153:24-25	Bruce Maslin "A Nancy Burbidge Memorial Speech"	153: 25-30
Nov 2011	Melbourne (not held with conference)			33	149: 2-14
July 2011	Melbourne Convention Centre	Part of 'International Botanical Congress', IBC	IBC	No associated AGM		Professor Michael Crisp “Evolution of the Australian Flora” July 2011, part of IBC
Nov-Dec 2010	Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand	Systematic botany across the ditch: links between Australia and New Zealand	New Zealand Plant Radiation Network	32	144: 2-15
Dec 2009	Armidale	Systematic botany: from science to society		31	141: 3-13
Sep-Oct 2008	Adelaide	Systematics in a changing environment		30	136: 2-12	S.D. Hopper (Old Australian landscapes yield new perspectives on biodiversity evolution and conservation)	136: 15-16 (Abstract)
Sep 2007	Darwin	Australian Plant Taxonomy		29	133: 1-13
Nov 2006	Cairns	Plant Diversity in the Tropics		No associated AGM
Mar 2006	Canberra (not held with conference)			28	126: 1-16
Nov 2005	Brisbane	Plant Systematics in Australia - Where is it Going?		No associated AGM
May 2005	Sydney			27	123: 2-14
Jul 2004	Canberra	Handbook on Families of Australian Vascular Plants		26	119: 1
Sep-Oct 2003	Melbourne	150 Years of Systematic Botany in Australia		25	117: 1-13	R.S. Hill (Fire, air, water and earth: elemental evolution of the Australian flora)
Sep 2002	Adelaide		Australian Institute of Biology conference: "Evolution of the Australian Biota"	24	113: 3-11
Sep 2001	Sydney		Flora Malesiana (International meeting)	23	109: 1-11	J.G. West (Future directions of systematics in Australia)
Jun 2000	Sydney	Roderick Page workshop on Historical Associations		22	104: 1-12
Dec 1999	Perth	Dampier 300	SASB	21	101: 3-14	A.H. Burbidge (Conservation of the biota of the megadiverse South-West Botanical Province of Western Australia)	102: 25-33
Sep 1998	Sydney		Monocots II (International meeting)	20	95: 3-11	M. Bennett, Kew (Genomic organization and systematics in the 21st Century)
Sep 1997	Adelaide	Systematics: advancing knowledge and conservation of Australia’s biodiversity	Society of Australian Systematic Biologists (SASB)	19	93: 4-18
Oct 1996	Melbourne	Beyond the Floras/ Proteaceae/Fungi		18	89: 3-10	P.Y. Ladiges (Biogeography after Burbidge)
Sep 1995	Canberra	Workshop: Analysis of cladistic data: morphological and molecular.		17	85: 24-29
Jul 1994	Kuranda	Origin and evolution of Flora of Monsoon Tropics		16	80: 35-42	G.A.M. Scott (Cryptogams: the better investment)	80: 13-18
Oct 1993	Perth	Systematics, Evolution and Conservation of the Western Australian Biota		No associated AGM
Jan 1993	Hobart	Southern Temperate ecosystems - origin and diversification	Southern Connections, Ecological Society of Australia	15	74: 5-9	E. Truswell (Vegetation change in the Australian Tertiary in response to climatic and phytogeographic forcing factors)	74: 10 (Abstract)
Mar 1992	Sydney (not held with conference)			14	71: 10-19
Nov 1991	Auckland	Systematic and Ecological relationships of South Pacific floras	New Zealand Botanical Society	No associated AGM
Aug 1991	Hawaii	Biogeography and Phylogenetics of Pacific Flora	American Botanical Society	No associated AGM
Aug 1990	Canberra	Indo Pacific Biogeography; at the crossroads	post Hennig conference	13	65: 13-25	R. Carolin (There is one thing greater than armies: an idea whose time has come)	65: 1-7
Jun 1989	Sydney	Plant systematics in the age of Molecular Biology		12	60: 30-36	R. Schodde (Origins, Radiations and Sifting in the Australasian Biota - Changing Concepts from New Data and Old)	60: 2-11
May 1998	Melbourne	Development of systematic botany in Australasia		11	56: 19-28	J.H. Willis (Melbourne: a focal point for early botanical activity)	56: 1-4
Aug 1986	Brisbane	Evolution & systematics of Australian tropical flora	Ecological Society of Australia	10	48: 15-20	D.E. Symon (The diversity of Solanum fruits: a world survey)	52: 1-7
Feb 1986	Thredbo	The systematic status of large flowering plant genera		No associated AGM
Feb 1985	Thredbo	Origin & evolution of Australasian Alpine Biota	APES	9	42: 1-6	H.E. Connor (The effect of Australian dicotyledons on the taxonomy of the Angiosperms)	43: 1-15
May 1984	Canberra	Cladistics, Systematics and Phylogeny	ANZAAS	No associated AGM
May 1983	Perth	Systematics & Biogeography of Myrtaceae	ANZAAS	8	35: 9-20	B.J. Grieve (History of key to Flora of temperate WA)	39: 1-7
Aug 1981	Sydney		International Botanical Congress	7	28: 3-8
May 1980	Adelaide	Evolution of the flora and fauna of arid Australia	Ecological Society of Australia, Australian Entomological Society and Australian Society of Herpetologists	6	23: 2-10	H.T. Clifford (Seedlings and the Australian flora)
Jan 1979	Sydney		ANZAAS	5	18: 2-7	S.L. Everist (The Role of Herbaria in Australia today)
Aug 1977	Melbourne	The cytogenetic stimulus to taxonomy	ANZAAS	4	12: 2-7
May 1976	Hobart	Plant Biogeography	ANZAAS	3	8: 9-20
Jan 1975	Canberra	Modern methods in Plant Taxonomy	ANZAAS	2	4: 2-7
Aug 1973	Perth		ANZAAS	1	1: 4-6