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Requests for information and suggestions for future news columns can be sent by electronic mail to aaai-news@sumex-aim.stanford edu or by US mail to the AAAI office Suggestions, comments, and questions on all aspects of the society are welcome -William 7 Clancey 4 Claudia Mnzzetti Present were William Clancey, Hector Levesque, Kathy McKeown, Daniel Bobrow, Bruce Buchanan, Lynn Conway, William Woods, Raj Reddy, Elaine Rich, Reid Smith, Geoffrey Hinton, Douglas Lenat, Nils Nilsson, Claudia Mazzetti, and Peter Patel-Schneider. Financial Committee (reported by Bruce Buchanan): The final financial report for the conference's net income was incomplete at this time The anticipated interest income for 1988 will be $340,000. Raj Reddy and Bruce Buchanan proposed a policy on the allocation of the AAAI annual interest income for philanthropic purposes. It was suggested and approved that the annual interest income would be used to support grants, scholarships and other projects [such as the electronic library) However, during years when anticipated revenues decrease, the interest income will support the operation of the office and philanthropic funding will decrease At this time, the Council approved the following activities. Smith described the number of submissions, the overall topical distribution, and the ratio of accepted to rejected papers Reid noted that the survey talks were increasing in popularity and were becoming a feature of the conference.