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Midwest Archaeological Conference
October 5, 2007
Notre Dame, Indiana
Those attending:
Ernie Boszhardt, Susan Martin, Bonnie Styles, Jan Brashler, Mark
Schurr, John Doershuk, Katy Egan-Bruhy, Tim Baumann
President Styles called the meeting to order at 11:45
am. The President welcomed the Board to the meeting and thanked Mark Schurr,
the meeting organizer, and the sponsors for generous support of the MAC
Annual Meeting. Sponsors included the University of Notre Dame Department
of Anthropology, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts of
the University of Notre Dame, the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology
of Indiana University, CRM Analysts, Inc, and Commonwealth Cultural Resources
Group.
Secretary's Report:
The Secretary submitted a written report. The Secretary announced
the annual MAC election results. Schurr was elected Editor-Elect, Egan-Bruhy
was elected Treasurer-Elect, and Jim Brown was elected to the Executive
Board. The Secretary's report was approved by voice vote (Brashler, Baumann).
The Secretary's minutes of the 2006 Executive Board meeting were approved
(Brashler, Baumann).
The President thanked the Nominating Committee of John
Kelly (ch), Bill Green, Cheryl Munson and Jan Brashler for establishing
a list of candidates, and thanked all the candidates for offering to serve
the MAC. She suggested that Mark Schurr be apprised of the kinds of institutional
support that MAC could offer re: the tasks of the Editor.
The President announced the appointment of Ernie Boszhardt
as Secretary, to replace Kira Kaufman, who resigned her position as Secretary-Elect
when she moved out of the region. The President suggested that the Bylaws
need a change to reflect actual practice, and proposed that a change to
an on-line ballot might be considered.
Treasurer's Report:
The Treasurer submitted a written report. He reported a healthy
savings balance, largely generated by the 2006 Annual Meeting. The ebb
and flow of expenses and revenue from AltaMira is regular, and the relationship
appears to be a good one, with expenses per member on the order of $10
per member per mailing. SPORG expenses, at $1300 a year, also appear to
be a worthwhile expenditure (on line registration, membership, etc). Membership
is steady at ca. 440 people, with that number expected to rise a bit before
the end of 2007. The MAC has completed a 5-year Federal review of its
non-profit status, and a yearly update of our incorporation by Wisconsin.
The report was accepted (Martin, Brashler).
Editor's Report:
The Editor submitted a written report. The Manuscript count this
year is a little low at 14 papers submitted. The 'at printer' time length
continues to expand, to the point that a near 6-month lead time to publication
must be anticipated. The editorial assistant has been a benefit and the
Editor hopes for continuity in this area when the editorial duties pass
to Mark Schurr. The Editor hopes that methods to promote submittals (letters
and emails to each symposium organizer, as well as mass mailings to 2007
contributors and members) can be undertaken. There are some inconsistencies
between the submittal and formatting information in the journal as opposed
to those posted on the web site which need correction. The issue of whether
members can post their own pdfs of their work published in the MCJA on
their own websites was discussed; the conclusion was that this was a matter
of individual members rather than an issue for the MAC to settle. Altamira
will not release its versions of authors works to authors; they provide
5 copies of articles to authors. A royalty check from a MCJA backlist
sale came to the MAC from Gale Publishing. It was not clear whether this
should actually go to Altamira. The report was accepted by the board (Martin,
Doershuk).
Annual Meeting Report:
Mark Schurr presented a synopsis of the annual meeting. There
are 280 members registered, with an overall registration of 300 expected.
This is about average for an annual MAC meeting. SPORG registration worked
very well for registration, and fit well with the Notre Dame system. The
following sponsors supported the annual meeting: Notre Dame Department
of Anthropology, Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
($5000), the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology of Indiana University
($1000), Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. ($500) and Commonwealth Cultural
Resources Group ($500). The costs at Notre Dame ($7 per person for registration
and room uses) were extremely reasonable, as was the providing of an experienced
ND event planner for consultations. The band for the evening of the banquet
was free. The conference presented 160 papers and between 25-30 posters.
Discussion and planning:
The 2008 Annual Meeting received a tentative invitation from
the Michigan State University Department of Anthropology, delivered by
Lynne Goldstein and Bill Lovis. A backup tentative invitation was offered
by the Illinois State Museum (Bonnie Styles). The 2009 Annual Meeting
will be hosted by the University of Iowa, with an invitation from John
Doershuk.
Old business: none.
New business:
The Student Paper contest attracted 5 papers. The judges were
Bob Mainfort, Mark Seaman, and Cheryl Munson. The first place was a tie,
and two winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting on October 6.
The prizes will be shared, and several additional prizes (banquet ticket,
etc) will be added. The judges were thanked for their contributions to
the success of the competition.
A proposal from Tom Emerson for establishing a Distinguished
Career Award was discussed. The Executive Board was in agreement that
this would be a good idea. Several proposals about procedures were discussed,
including the inducting of a class of recipients for the first go-around,
the idea of electing a representative from each state to an award committee.
It was agreed that the Executive Board should develop guidelines, and
would designate a chairperson, a committee and a set of guidelines and
procedures so that the award can commence in 2008. There will be a plaque
designed to be presented to the awardee. The issue of how many awards
to presented in 2008 will be discussed over e-mail.
President Styles suggested that the Bylaws be updated
to reflect current practice, particularly regarding the annual elections.
Currently, the Bylaws state that the yearly call for nominations be published
in the MCJA every spring, but this is difficult to assure – this
year, Altamira did not publish our submitted call for nominations. An
Ad Hoc Bylaws committee of Styles, Doershuk and Martin was formed to address
needed Bylaws changes.
Further discussion:
SPORG has a facility that allows mass emailings with the authorization
of the Treasurer. This may be useful for eventual on-line elections, and
may allow mass communications to solicit contributions to the MCJA.
A motion to adjourn (Martin, Doershuk) ended the meeting
at 1:04 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan R. Martin
Secretary
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