Home - Latest News
Membership
Publications
Meetings - Workshops
Tree-Ring Links

 
Membership in the Tree-Ring Society
Membership in the Tree-Ring Society includes a subscription to the journal TREE-RING RESEARCH and announcements of future meetings and workshops oriented to tree-ring studies. 
   
Three classes of membership are available.  Note that as of 1 October, 2009, we have had to institute a postage and handling fee to cover increased printing and mailing costs for TRR.  In addition, we raised membership dues 10% to develop a special funding source specifically to provide support for international meetings, fieldweeks, and workshops.
  • Individual: $44 + $4.95 (P&H fee) = $48.95
  • Student: $22 + $4.95 (P&H fee) = $26.95
  • Institution: $55 + $4.95 (P&H fee) = $59.95
To become a member, please fill out the member application form and send in with your payment. 
   
(Payment of membership fee by credit card is open to members in most countries, but does require confirmation of card number through PayPal account.  Please follow the link from the member application form to the credit card payment system for further details.)
The Tree-Ring Society was founded in 1935 by A.E. Douglass and several archaeological colleagues at the third Tree-Ring Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Douglass and the new science of dendrochronology had recently won worldwide acclaim by providing precise dates for construction of many of the great pueblo villages of the southwestern US.  The first issue of the TREE-RING BULLETIN was published the year before, and Douglass was elected as the first President of the new society dedicated to strengthening the fledging discipline of dendrochronology.  During the following years, the Society maintained a very close relationship with the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona in Tucson, founded by Douglass in 1937.

Dendrochronology today consists of numerous laboratories and individual scientists that benefit from a professional association that serves as a conduit for the latest news of the discipline and serves to promote tree-ring research to the larger scientific community. The membership of the Society is reflective of the global nature of contemporary tree-ring research.

The Society is governed by an Executive Board elected to serve from 2008 to 2009:
    President: Jim Speer
      Indiana State University
       jspeer3 [at] indstate.edu
    Vice President: Elaine Kennedy-Sutherland
      US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
       esutherland [at] fs.fed.us
    Secretary:  Peter Brown
       Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research
       pmb [at] rmtrr.org
    Treasurer: Thomas Swetnam
      Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
       tswetnam [at] ltrr.arizona.edu
    Editor: Steve Leavitt
      Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
       sleavitt [at] ltrr.arizona.edu
    Member-at-Large: Steve Nash
      Denver Museum of Nature and Science
      stephen.nash [at] dmns.org
    Member-at-Large: Kevin Smith
      US Forest Service, Northern Research Station
      ktsmith [at] fs.fed.us
    Member-at-Large: Jacques Tardif
      Canada Research Chair in Dendrochronology, Univ of Winnipeg
      j.tardif [at] uwinnipeg.ca
        
    Society Bylaws
Call for nominations for Tree-Ring Society Offices

In accordance with the By-Laws of the Tree-Ring Society (TRS), I call for nominations to the offices of the TRS Executive Council.  There are eight offices to be filled: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor of the journal Tree-Ring Research, and three At-Large council members. The term of office is for two years, from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2011. You may nominate either yourself or someone else (if nominating another please include the nominee's e-mail address that we may contact them to confirm their interest in serving).

All nominees should submit a statement of intent no later than November 14th, 2009, via e-mail (preferred) or regular mail to the address below. Your statement of intent should state the office you are seeking, your affiliation, area of expertise, a summary of experience and qualifications relevant to your ability to serve, and a brief description of your intentions should you be elected to office. This statement should not exceed 350 words. All nominees for election to the TRS Executive Council must be members in good standing of the Society by the end of the nomination period (November 14), must have access to Internet communication, and must commit to being in regular e-mail contact with the Council during their 2-year term.

For a brief description of the responsibilities of each position, please go to http://www.treeringsociety.org/trs_exec-council.htm. An election ballot will be mailed to members on or before December 1st, 2009, with a request to be returned by December 31st, after which the new Executive Council will be announced.

Nominations and letters of intent for all OFFICES should be directed to: Jim Speer, President Tree-Ring Society
Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
jim.speer@indstate.edu

For questions or comments, contact Peter M. Brown (pmb [at] rmtrr.org)
Last update: 11 October 2009
© 2009 Tree-Ring Society.  All rights reserved.