Minutes

 20th Annual Meeting of

the Caribbean Food Crops Society

 (Plenary Business Session)
 Held at Hotel-on-the-Cay
 St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
 October 26, 1984


 The 20th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society
(Plenary Business Session) was held at Hotel-on-the-Cay, Chris-
tiansted, St. Croix, October 26, 1984. The meeting was brought
to order by 1983-84 CFCS president Dr. Darshan S. Padda at
11:15 a.m. Minutes of the 19th CFCS Annual Meeting held in
Puerto Rico in September 1983, were presented by Dr. Miguel
Lugo-Lopez, moved for acceptance by M. Alam (Barbados) and
seconded by A. Petersen (St. Croix).
 President Padda greeted those assembled and thanked officers
of the CFCS and members for making the meeting such a success
for the 228 persons registered. He pointed out that part of the
success could also be attributed to the flexibility of the organiza-
tion which allowed for changes and adaptations to be made
where necessary. He said there had been many volunteers to host
Annual Meetings in the future.
 Secretary Carlos Cruz's report was delivered in his absence by
organizing chairman Walter Knausenberger. Information included:
 1. For the first time in years, all Proceedings volumes for re-
 cent past meetings are available. Thanks to the assistance
 of the College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puer-
 to Rico, three volumes have been published for the 17th,
 18th and 19th annual meetings held in Caracas ('81), Bar-
 bados ('82) and Mayaguez ('83) respectively.
 2. The new constitution has been corrected and retyped in
 accordance with the changes made at the business meeting
 during the 19th Annual CFCS Meeting in Puerto Rico.
 3. The Secretary and Treasurer attended a meeting of the
 organizing committee held on St. Croix in February 1984.
 It was most helpful.
 4. The Secretariat contacted CARDI about serving as 1985 host
 for CFCS since it was that organization's 10th anniversary.
 5. As a result of a drive by the St. Croix organizing commit-
 tee, there were many new members enrolled.
 6. Only a single issue of a Newsletter was issued, because the
 St. Croix organizers were doing a fine job in keeping the
 membership informed.
 The Treasurer's Report follows.

 VOL. XX-PROCEEDINGS of the CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY


 REPORT OF THE TREASURER
 August 1, 1983 September 30, 1984

Balance: August 1, 1983


Receipts:
 Sale of Proceedings
 Sustaining Membership
 Dues
 IICA Contribution
 Interest
 Barbados CFCS Committee
 Contribution





Expenses:
 Postage
 Office Supplies
 Secretarial Help
 Travel
 Office Expenses
 Contribution to St. Croix
 Organizing Committee
 Publication of Proceedings
 (Venezuela, Barbados,
 Puerto Rico)
 Miscellaneous


Balance September 30, 1984


 8.00
 124.88
1,465.55
5,000.00
 686.79

1,250.00






 450.00
 102.25
 110.25
 250.00
 104.20

2,000.00


3,828.00
 32.96


$ 6,517.88


 8,535.22

$15,053.10


Miquel A. Lugo-Lopez
 Treasurer


$ 6,877.66

$ 8,175.44