Ex-President Irving Kaplansky requested the indulgence of the Council so that he may give his retiring presidential address at a somewhat later time than that suggested in the bylaws. The Council readily acceded. In the attached letter, Irwin Kra proposed that the system of selecting editors be changed so that editors are appointed by an elected Editorial Board Appointments Committee. It has been observed that the Government Speaker does not draw well when not properly publicized. This is an embarrassment when a representative of distinction has been importuned to speak, as in San Antonio.
Proper publicity requires that the speaker be listed in the preliminary announcement.
It has been proposed that no government speaker be scheduled if none has been secured by the time that the preliminary announcement goes to press. The Council referred the matter to the Committee on Sciencer Policy. At the request of the Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics, Professor Cora Sadosky moved that the Council rescind the action of the Council of 20 January 1987 that limits repeated nomination by petition. A statement from AWM is attached. The motion failed.