INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LICHENOLOGY
The International Association of Lichenology (I.A.L.) promotes the study and conservation of lichens. It organizes symposia, field trips, and distributes a biannual newsletter. There is a listserver which enables on-line discussion of topics of interest. Webpages devoted to lichenology are also maintained by members of the Association. People wishing to renew their membership in or become members of I.A.L. are requested to send their subscription ($20 for the biennium 1999-2000, $ 40 for the period 1997-2000) to the Treasurers.
IAL affairs are directed by an Executive Council elected during the last General Meeting. Council members elected at the IAL 4 Symposium (Barcelona, Spain, 2000) are listed below, and will serve until 2004.
I.A.L. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2000-2004
President: Pier Luigi Nimis, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Trieste, Via Giorgieri 10, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
Vice President: Irwin Brodo, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada.
Secretary: Leopoldo Sancho, Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
Treasurer: François Lutzoni, Center for Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Dept. of Botany, The Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
Assistant Treasurer: Christoph Scheidegger, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Editor: Martin Grube, Institute of Botany, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
Members-at-Large: Jack Elix, Department of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia - Rosmarie Honegger, University of Zürich, Institute of Plant Biology, Zollikerstr. 107, CH - 8008 Zürich, Switzerland - Gintaras Kantvilas, Tasmanian Herbarium, University of Tasmania, PO Box 252-04, Hobart 7001, Tasmania.
Advisory Board of I.A.L.
U. Arup (Sweden), J. Asta (France), Ch. Bratt (USA), S. Calvelo (Argentina), A. Crespo (Spain), P De Priest (USA), T. Esslinger (USA), D. Hawksworth (UK), H. Kashiwadani (Japan), E. Lisicka (Slovakia), R. Moberg (Sweden), P. Modenesi (Italy), S. Stofer (Switzerland), A. Tehler (Sweden), M.A. Thomas (New Zealand), A. Turk (Turkey), R. Tuerk (Austria), H. F. Van Dobben, (Netherlands), P. Wolseley (UK), A. Zavarzin (Russia).