diff -u -r1.37 SectionForm.inc.php
--- classes/manager/form/SectionForm.inc.php	1 Jul 2008 01:16:10 -0000	1.37
+++ classes/manager/form/SectionForm.inc.php	26 Sep 2008 16:09:00 -0000
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@
 
 		$section->setTitle($this->getData('title'), null); // Localized
 		$section->setAbbrev($this->getData('abbrev'), null); // Localized
-		$section->setReviewFormId($this->getData('reviewFormId'));
+		$reviewFormId = $this->getData('reviewFormId');
+		if ($reviewFormId === '') $reviewFormId = null;
+		$section->setReviewFormId($reviewFormId);
 		$section->setMetaIndexed($this->getData('metaIndexed') ? 0 : 1); // #2066: Inverted
 		$section->setMetaReviewed($this->getData('metaReviewed') ? 0 : 1); // #2066: Inverted
 		$section->setAbstractsNotRequired($this->getData('abstractsNotRequired') ? 1 : 0);
diff -u -r1.44 sectionForm.tpl
--- templates/manager/sections/sectionForm.tpl	9 Jul 2008 02:45:40 -0000	1.44
+++ templates/manager/sections/sectionForm.tpl	26 Sep 2008 16:12:37 -0000
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@
 </tr>
 {/if}
 </table>
+
+{if $sectionId}{* Disable section editor selection if this is a new section *}
 <div class="separator"></div>
 
 <h3>{translate key="user.role.sectionEditors"}</h3>
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@
 	</tr>
 </table>
 
+{/if}{* $sectionId *}
+
 <p><input type="submit" value="{translate key="common.save"}" class="button defaultButton" /> <input type="button" value="{translate key="common.cancel"}" class="button" onclick="document.location.href='{url op="sections" escape=false}'" /></p>
 
 </form>