Society
for the History of Children and Youth
Business Meeting
Minutes, June 28, 2003
President Joe Hawes called the meeting to order at 5:45 and briefly
summarized the agenda for the meeting.
Joe thanked outgoing Executive Committee members Miriam Forman-Brunell
and Peter Bardaglio and introduced new members Harvey Graff and
Sean Martin, as well as new VP-President Elect Kriste Lindenmeyer.
Secretary-Treasurer Jim Marten presented the mission statement
approved by the Executive Committee, which, after a brief discussion,
passed on a voice vote.
Jim then presented the amended by-laws, which have been approved
by the Executive Committee and now reflect the evolution of practices
and procedures over the last two years. After a spirited discussion
of whether the organization met and dues were collected "bi-annually"
or "biennially"*, the amended by-laws passed by voice
vote.
Jim also announced that the final financial statement would be
posted to the website after the revenue and expenses for the 2003
conference were finalized.
Joe
thanked a number of people and directed Jim to produce formal
letters of thanks on behalf of the Society. They included: The
President and Provost of UMBC for hosting the conference; Peter
and Miriam for their service on the Exec. Comm.; Paula Fass, Leslie
Paris, and Patrick Ryan for their work on the Program Committee;
and Kriste for her work as local arrangements coordinator.
Most
of the rest of the meeting was devoted to announcements.
Joe solicited volunteers interesting in helping with the 2003
program, with publication issues, and with any other functions
of the Society and asked interested parties to contact him or
members of the Executive Committee. A call will also be distributed
via email later in the summer.
Kathleen Jones solicited ideas for the newsletter, as well as
information about members' activities, website reviews, etc. In
response to a question from the floor, Joe announced that the
possibility of publishing a journal will be explored over the
next few months. Kathleen answered another question by reporting
that a column on recent publications in children's history was
being prepared for the next Newsletter. In response to further
comments from the floor, Kriste explained the process of submitting
paper abstracts for posting on H-Childhood.
Kriste thanked E. Wayne Carp for his work as H-Childhood book
review editor and announced that Patrick Ryan will succeed Wayne,
which necessitates finding a new editor for H-Childhood. Interested
parties were asked to contact either Patrick or Kriste.
Joe announced that the 2005 Conference will return to Marquette
University in Milwaukee. He also asked members interested in hosting
the 2007 Conference to come forward between now and 2005 so that
the site of the 2007 Conference can be announced in Milwaukee.
Lisa Ossian requested ideas for her newsletter column on teaching
children's history, including syllabi.
Jim announced that a new list of members' emails will need to
be compiled following the Conference and warned members not to
expect emails from the Secretary-Treasurer for a few weeks.
Joe requested members to give him or the Executive Committee feedback
on the conference; later in the summer a survey will be distributed
to members regarding this and future conferences and other issues
of interest to the Society.
A question from the floor inspired a very brief discussion about
plans for growth and the size of the next conference.
Joe
adjourned the meeting at 6:20.
