The issue of the future of Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology
(TIEE) is still unresolved. The minutes from the May meeting of the
Governing Board of the ESA read:
A. Proposal from TIEE
TIEE has been funded for four years through Hampshire College, with
TIEE Editor Charlene D'Avanzo as PI for four NSF grants totaling
$750,000. Funding will end in November and D'Avanzo would like ESA
to consider taking over the publication of TIEE. She proposes
establishment of an advisory committee that would be charged with
preparing a recommendation about the issue, including a business
plan. The Publications Committee is asked to form a group that
includes educational expertise to consider the issue. The committee
is charged to: 1) consider the value and worthiness of the
publication, 2) determine whether ESA is the proper home, and 3)
develop a business plan that may include other alternatives. The
Committee will make a recommendation to the Governing Board,
preferably by the November Board meeting. Options to explore could
include partnering with a publisher (e.g., Island Press).
A motion is moved, seconded, and approved unanimously: The Governing
Board requests the Publication Committee to form a subcommittee which
includes educational expertise, to conduct a feasibility study of
having the Society take over publication of Teaching Issues and
Experiments in Ecology. The subcommittee shall consider the three
elements of the charge mentioned above.
David Inouye, Secretary of the Governing Board
