Minutes of the Virtual Annual General Meeting 12 December 2025

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place in virtual format via Zoom.A Social Hour occurred in-person, with a keynote speaker and a few announcements, during the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America at Portland, on 11 November.The keynote speaker for 2025 was Dana Price with the talk: "Rolling in the deep: A 25-year love affair with dung beetles and other scarabs".The online meeting started at 1:30pm EST with President Pat Bouchard welcoming the attendees and calling attention to the Code of Conduct and Ethics Statement of The Coleopterists Society, with the recommendation to attendees to be always respectful and kind.Approximately 96 members and guests were present online for the talks, around 75 for the AGM.Attendees registered from 25 countries and about 32 states in the United States.A series of talks were presented by award winners and new Executive Council members as follows:1:40-1:55pm EST -"On the first captiverearing attempt of a tiger beetle species from the Philippines", Decier Oliver R. Mapile, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.Winner of the Youth Incentive Award, 2023.