this phase also saw the start of a homepage and subsequently an electronic mailing list, which gradually came to replace the older printed documentation such as the "liste" and the "annuaire". earlier international congress proceedings were produced either in special congress volumes or local journals, but since 1999 the proceedings have been published in a dedicated issue of the "journal of arachnology" produced by the american arachnological society. since 2002 administration of the society moved to berlin and jason dunlop at the museum für naturkunde. from 2007 the society has begun to make a series of awards during its international meetings to honour senior colleagues in the field.