President Marco Santucci and President-Elect Allan Tucker presided. Approximately 50 members were present including members of the Executive Council.

I. The minutes of the last Business Meeting of the Society were approved unanimously with no corrections or additions.

II. Secretary/Treasurer Joe Harb reported that currently we have 186 members, of whom 15 are Emeritus. Twenty-six members have not paid their dues for two years. Assuming that Ultrapath XI will return the $10,000 loan previously granted, the Society's total assets are now $46,264.10 with no liabilities.

III. Marco Santucci called on Jerry Simmons, Chair of the Nominating Committee. John Hicks was nominated as President-Elect. There were no other nominations from the floor. This was approved unanimously. Robert Erlandson was nominated as Councillor for North America. There were no other nominations from the floor. This was approved unanimously.

IV. Ultrastructural Pathology: Taylor and Francis has offered an annual subscription rate of $125/year for SUP members, if this becomes a requirement for all members. Thus the annual dues would be $30 plus $125 or $155/year. Only three members voted in favor of this proposal, and approximately 47 voted no--thus this motion was defeated. Members will continue to subscribe on their own to this journal. It was requested that information on how to obtain a reduced rate be sent to the society members, and/or posted on the web page. Karlene Hewan-Lowe said that Ultrastructural Pathology is available on line.

V. Ultrapath XII will be held in Barcelona, Spain, July 11 - 16, 2004 at the Hotel Fira Palace. This hotel is near the Olympic site and is about 15 minutes from downtown by subway.

VI. USCAP 2003: Guillermo Herrera has organized an excellent program on gastrointestinal stromal tumors. He was not able to arrange a joint meeting with the renal pathology society.

VII. Awards for residents: Elba Turbat-Herrera said that 8 residents were selected to receive $500 towards their expenses at this meeting based on their abstracts. At the end of this meeting the resident who presents the best paper will also receive a $1000 prize. It is important to recruit residents into our society.

VIII. Future meetings: Jerry Simmons proposed that Ultrapath XIII be held in Rapid City, SD on the week of August 13, in the year 2006. This proposal was approved unanimously. Miklos Bely of Budapest then proposed that Ultrapath XIV meet in Budapest in 2008, and gave an interesting presentation on that city. Marco Santucci thanked him for this proposal and noted that Ultrapath XIV is too far into the future to decide on this today. The Future Meetings Committee Chair Ginette Lajoie will report on this at a future meeting.

IX. Ted Wills invited the members to attend the October 2004 meeting of the International Academy of Pathology in Brisbane, Australia. There will be a session on diagnostic electron microscopy at this meeting.

X. At the completion of this Business Meeting, Marco Santucci turned over the podium to the new President Allan Tucker. Allan proposed that appropriate certificates of appreciation be prepared for Joe Harb, Gary Mierau, Guillermo Herrera, and Marco Santucci for their outstanding service to the Society. This proposal was approved unanimously.

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