Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges

General Meeting

February 27, 1998

Atlanta, Georgia

The meeting was called to order at 6:52 PM.

CCSC President Paul Myers gave a report on the state of the organization. The September issue of the Journal, which has in the past contained unrefereed papers, will be replaced by a September Newsletter. All papers published in the Journal from now on will have been through the refereeing process. The Journal will be abstracted and indexed by INSPEC, thus further enhancing its prestige and accessibility.

Paul also reminded the membership of the availability of grant money to bring SIGCSE workshops to the CCSC regional conferences. Contact person for this is Margaret Reek. Paul reported that the BOF session produced many ideas for coordination between SIGCSE and the regional conferences.

Cathy Bareiss gave the membership report.

Bill Myers gave the Treasurer's report, and noted that we have changed to an accrual system for accounting. He reported that the Board has adopted a budget for the next fiscal year with a surplus of approximately $3,000.

Various reports were presented to inform the membership of topics covered at the Board meeting (and covered more fully in the minutes of the Board meeting than here):

Dick Hull presented the NECC report for Gail Miles.

Will Mitchell, Conference Coordinator, reported that there is interest in starting a conference in the Northwest.

Dick Hull gave the Southeastern region's report for Kevin Treu. Next conference is November 6-7 at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN.

Laura Baker, South Central representative, reported that region's next conference will be April 17-18 in Jackson, MS.

Curt White, Midwest representative, reported that region's next conference will be September 25-26, in Spring Arbor, MI.

Tim DeClue, Central Plains representative, reported that region's next conference will be April 24-25, at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas.

Chuck Howerton, Rocky Mountain representative, reported that region's next conference will be the third weekend in October, in Riverton, Wyoming.

Ingrid Russell, Northeastern representative, reported that region's next conference will be April 24-25.

Paul Myers moved, and the Board seconded, that the next CCSC general meeting be held following the SIGCSE Business Meeting in New Orleans in 1999. Motion passed.

Paul Haiduk, immediate Past President, presented the report of the Nominating Committee. The following candidates have agreed to stand for election this spring:

for Rocky Mountain reperesentative: Peter Isaacson

for South Central representative: Laura Baker

for Northeastern representative: Viera Proulx

for Membership Secretary: Cathy Bareiss

for President-Elect: Chuck Howerton, Becky Tidwell

He then asked for nominations from the floor. There were none; it was moved and seconded that the nominations be closed. Motion passed.

Bill Myers accounced that volunteers are needed, especially in the following areas:

web page development, both for the CCSC and for the regions

people to serve as contacts for vendors interested in having a presence at one or more of the conferences, purchasing ads in the proceedings, etc.

people to help with organization of a new Northwestern regional conference

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.