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President Pat Hayes opened the meeting by welcoming the four newly elected members of the Executive Council who are Johan de Kleer, Benjamin Kuipers, Paul Rosenbloom, and Beverly Woolf. He also thanked the four retiring councilors-Ken Forbus, Howie Shrobe, Bill Swartout, and Marty Tenenbaum-for their three years of service on the Council and their continuing service to AAAI. Standing Cqmmittee Reports Reports were presented by the finance, workshop grants, fellows, conference, publications, symposium, and scholarship committees. Finance Committee: Secretary-Treasurer Bruce Buchanan presented the financial report. Due to the decline in revenue for the association and poor interest rates, the financial outlook is not as positive as in past years.