Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting
Hilton North Raleigh Hotel
Raleigh, North Carolina
September 18, 2004; 9:40 a.m.
President Weinberger convened the meeting. The minutes from the April 5, 2003 business meeting were approved.
Professor Sangster gave the Treasurer’s Report. She reported a current Association balance of $4,674.65, without the inclusion of the current meeting receipts, and a certificate of deposit worth $6,626.15. The Treasurer’s Report was approved.
The Nominations Committee put forward a slate of candidates for the executive committee. The slate included Carl Hughes for President-Elect, Martha McCaughey for Secretary, and Colin Ramsey for the at-large seat representing public institutions. A request for nominations from the floor was made. There being none, the slate was elected unanimously.
Professor Pubantz read a proposed resolution honoring the faculty of Gardner-Webb University, and requested an award of $100 be made to the Gardner-Webb University AAUP Chapter. The resolution (copy attached to the official hardcopy of these minutes) and the award were approved.
President Weinberger reported on the State Organization’s plans for the upcoming year. She told the group that the executive committee would be interested in helping local chapters with programming and in staging regional meetings specifically built around particular themes or for identified groupings of institutions. President-Elect Hughes noted that the annual meeting is usually convened on a college or university campus. He encouraged invitations to host the meeting from institutions represented at the gathering.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by,
Jerry Pubantz
Secretary
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