MINUTES OF CCSC BOARD MEETING

November 2, 1995
7:00 p.m.
David Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN

Attendees: Sue Fitzgerald, Martha McCormick, Dick Hull, Scott Sigman, Will
Mitchell, Cathy Bareiss, Gail Miles, Paul Myers, Susan Dean, Chuck Howerton,
Barbara Owens, and John Meinke.

I. Welcome
The Annual Theme for CCSC was announced as
"Access to Computing: Coming On-line With Today's Technology"

Board members in arrears with their membership fees were reminded that they
could not vote on CCSC matters until they were paid.  All responded with
payment.

II. Approval of minutes of last meeting
Due to Kevin Treu being absent the minutes of the last meeting will be approved
later.

It was requested that the secretary send by e-mail the minutes of the meeting
10 days after each meeting and again 10 days before the next meeting.

III. Conference Reports

Southeastern - Gail Miles
The present conference meeting being held at David Lipscomb University has 50
prepaid and expect approximately 70 attendees.  The site for the 1996
conference will be at ETSU in Johnson City, Tn with Bob Risner as the
Conference Chair.  The 1997 site will be Lenoir Rhyne College.

South Central - Barbara Owens
The 1995 conference was held in April at Shreveport, LA. The total attendance
was 99.  It was a successful conference highlighted with excellent speakers.
and a profit  The 1996 conference with be held in Wichita Falls and the fee
will be $105.  The 1997 conference will be in San Antonio - Bangor Hotel- with
Trinity College acting as host.  Deadline for papers is November 15.

Central Plains - Scott Sigman
The 1995 conference met at Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO. with a
total of 52 in attendance.  The 1996 conference will be held at William Jewell
College , Kansas City, MO.  Deadline for papers is November 15.  The 1997
conference will be at Rockhurst College.

Rocky Mountain - Chuck Howerton
There were 35 present The fees were $95 and there were 35 present.  The poor
attendance is probably due The 1995 conference was held October 20-21 in Salt
Lake City, sponsored by Westminister College.  to Salt Lake City being to far
from the nucleus of the conference.  The
third week of October seems to also conflict with the Public University
Conference in the area.

Northeastern -  Will Mitchell
Not present at the scheduled time. The report was to be given later.


Midwest - Cathy Bareiss
A good conference this year.  It was held in Ft. Wayne, IN and there were 66 in
attendance.  Next year the conference will be held in Indianapolis, IN.
PROBLEM - the conference needs to have a better feel of the cost and income.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION - get some seed money from Becky and have a local money
manager.

IV. Other Reports

A. NECC - Gail Miles
The 1995 conference meet in Baltimore, MD on June 15-17, 1995.   CCSC presented
a session "Desirable Computing Skills for New College Students."  The 1996 NECC
will be in Minneapolis, MN during June.  CCSC has submitted two panels and will
know about acceptance by January, "Cyper School" and "Women in Computing".
 NECC will be in Seattle for 1997 and San Diego for 1998.

B. SIGCSE - Paul Myers
Membership for SIGCSE has stabilized at approximately 1700
All correspondence is being done by e-mail
Plans were discussed to increase membership.  The present membership retention
rate is high.
Plans to encourage more international members.  There will be a joint
conference with SIGCUE in Barcelona, Spain in 1996.  The call for papers
deadline is Nov. 15.
Travel Grant in Second Year - Paul felt we need more input to the SIGCSE Board.
Two ways were suggested (1) Ask for a booth at SIGCSE (not possible as they
are controlled by CSC) and (2)  to have conference announcements in SIGCSE
Bulletin.  Motion made by Barbara Owens - Request formal relation with SIGCSE
Board and appoint Paul Myers as the liaison.  Second Paul Haiduk.  Motion
passed.  Paul H. and Sue F. will assist if Paul M. succeeds in getting door
open.
Fifth Anniversary for SIGCSE in 1996.  Conference will proceed CSC.  Nell Dale
will be receiving the  Annual Award and be the Key Note speaker.
A copy of the Travel Grant will be in an announcement.

C. Conference Coordinator's Report - Will Mitchell
Northeast Conference Report - The 1995 conference was a great success.  The
luncheon speaker was great . There was a good participation from the larger
schools and seems they will play a big role in this conference.
Conference Coordinator's Report -
1. Study of Cost implies that $100+ needs to be charged for
conference registration
2. Need more directions for registrar's at conference meetings.

D. Membership Report - Sue Fitzgerald for Bill Myers
1. The 27 Oct. 1995 e-mail was referenced - Membership Secretary Report - for
an update on membership.  (See attachment.)

2. Barbara Owens read the two motions from 30 Oct. 1995 e-mail from Bill Myers

"I move the following MOTION:

All on-site registrations will be at the nonmembers rate.  The Consortium will
refund the difference between the members and non-members rate to any person
who has prepaid for more than one year in advance."

The motion was seconded and was tabled until Friday morning when the
Board is to talk with Becky.

"I move the following MOTION:

All Spring conferences shall charge a "non-member" rate to all attendees.  The
"non-member" rate shall include membership in the Consortium for the following
academic year.  The Consortium shall refund the difference between the
non-member and member rate to any person who already has member ship for the
following academic year."

The motion was seconded and was tabled until Friday morning when the
Board is to talk with Becky.

Barbara Owens made a MOTION we accept in principle the request of procedure for
conferences to expedite registration information requested in the 30 Oct. 1995
Myers e-mail.  Motion seconded by Dick Hull.  A friendly amendment by Paul H.
to request the form be sent to authors to provide the information needed.
Motion passes.

Concerns:  (1) conference representative needs to stress and explain the role
of Consortium and importance of continued membership.  (2)  how do we retain
membership rather than have it sporadic.

E. Treasurer's Report - Sue Fitzgerald for Becky Tidwell

Copy of the report from Becky was given to each Board member.

A request was made for an e-mail treasurer's report

Concerns and Suggestions:
Concern over the approximately $2000 difference in Income/Expenses - Raised
dues should aid the problem and also address the motions made by Bill Myers by
e-mail on 30 Oct. 1995.

Concerning the Report - Suggestions (1) prepare a summary statistical analysis
- percent for various items, average cost of needs, etc.  (2) Show the amount
shared among the conferences and the amount sent back from conferences. (3)
request for budgets for conferences.  A report on these concerns will be
addresses during spring meeting.

F. Editors Report - John Meinke

Newsletter being sent
Proceedings -  Telnet these to John .  This is the most efficient way.
There was discussion on updating the wordprocessing software. It was decided
that the editors will decide which wordprocessor.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m., to reconvene at 9 a.m. on November 3.

*Re-convened:  9:00 a.m., November 3, 1995, David Lipscomb University

*Attendees: McCormick, Meinke, Dean, Miles, Haiduk, Hull, Owens,
Mitchell, Sigmon, Howerton, Treu, Fitgerald, Barreis, P. Myers
Guest: Bob Riser of ETSU, host of 1996 SESCCC

G. Report on spring membership and board meetings - Paul Haiduk

1. Duke referred to his e-mail of 10/30, reporting that the Annual 
Meeting of CCSC will take place at the Philadelphia
Marriot in room Salon I immediately following the SIGCSE annual
business meeting.  The meeting time will be approximately 6:30 PM
on Friday, February 16, 1995.  This
meeting will be included in the SIGCSE Technical Symposium '96 final
program.
2. He also reported via e-mail (10/30) that the spring meeting 
of the Board for CCSC will occur in room 410 at
the Philadelphia Marriot beginning at 4 PM and continue until 10 PM
on Wednesday, February 14 (Valentine's Day).  We actually have the
room for the entire afternoon and evening.  After discussion,
the Board agreed to meet at *1 p.m.* on Wednesday, 2/14 instead.

H. Treasurer's Report (continued) - Becky Tidwell (by phone)

1. Due to the time change, we were unable to get ahold of Becky.
2. Two motions from Bill Myers e-mail message of 10/30 were considered:

First motion - All on-site registrations will be at the nonmembers rate.  
The Consortium
will refund the difference between the members and non-members rate to
any person who has prepaid for more than one year in advance.

Second motion - All Spring conferences shall charge a "non-member" rate to all
attendees.  The "non-member" rate shall include membership in the
Consortium for the following academic year.  The Consortium shall refund
the difference between the non-member and member rate to any person who
already has membership for the following academic year.

Sue noted that these issues pertain to *procedure* rather than *policy*,
and it was agreed that Bill would resolve these matters with Becky and
report to the Board what is to be done.

V. Old Business

A. CCSC E-mail List Server - Sue Fitzgerald for Dennis Martin

Sue distributed a handout reporting on the electronic CCSC newsletters
which have been distributed by Dennis, starting with the first issue
on 9/28/95.  Four issues have been sent to a mailing list of 191 people.

The issue of terminology for various CCSC publications was raised.  
Specifically, we now put out a regular paper newsletter (inserted
in the Journal), an electronic newsletter, and the Journal itself.
No particular decisions were made.  It was simply noted that these
are three distinct publications, not to be confused.

The idea that all of these be placed on the new Web site alone was
proposed, so that distribution would be passive rather than active.
It was agreed that this should be done *in addition to* actively
sending them out.

Dick noted that an actual moderated listserv (mailing list) for CCSC
has not been created.  It was agreed that Dick would return with a
recommendation on this at the next Board meeting.

Barbara made the MOTION that the president appoint a publications
subcommittee to establish guidelines for publications and report
issues to the Board.  This motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Sue then appointed Kevin Treu, Dick Hull, John Meinke and Dennis Martin
to this subcommittee, with Kevin as chair.  It was suggested that 
John Rabung and Dean Hendrix be among those people contacted to help.

In charging the subcommittee, Sue suggested consideration of the issues
of privacy, and who on the Board is ultimately responsible for all
publications.  The subcommittee was left to define its objectives.

Cathy made the following MOTION: The Board thanks Dennis Martin for
his significant and wonderful contributions to the promotion of the
Consortium.  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

B. CCSC World Wide Web pages - Kevin Treu

A report detailing the design and contents of a prospective Web site
for the CCSC was distributed.  The site, to be created largely at
Furman University, is expected to go on-line during Christmas break.

C. Representation Issues - Martha McCormick

Martha reported on the results of an e-mail survey she conducted
regarding Article VI ("Governing Body") of the CCSC By-Laws, 
pertaining to the make-up of the Board.  The majority of respondents
stated a preference to have representatives from each *conference*
on the Board.  It was, however, immediately evident that the
majority of Board members disagreed with this suggestion.

Paul Myers suggested that representation be by *region* rather than
by *conference*, noting strongly that there is no strong CCSC identity 
with the conference approach.  He also pointed out several semantic
peculiarities between "conference" and "region" in both the current
by-laws and in the proposed changes.

Gail Miles raised the issue of the Board being too big, suggesting
that the conference coordinator simply represent *all* conferences.
Dick Hull subsequently suggested the elimination of conference
representatives, using at-large reps only.  These and other suggestions
were discussed.

Paul Haiduk agreed that the Board is too big, but stressed that
entire groups would be potentially disenfranchised by the previous
suggestions.  He noted that other conferences could break from the
CCSC (like Eastern) upon becoming successful if they feel they are
not an equal part of the larger whole.

Paul Myers re-emphasized that *no one* feels like a "member" of
CCSC, and suggested the idea of renaming the conferences as
"CCSC:Southeastern" and "CCSC:South Central" for example.  

Cathy Bareiss stated that there must be a representative of each
conference or region on the Board, but "regions" are not presently
well defined.

Paul Myers suggested once again that we focus on *region* and 
not *conference*, saying that one implies the other.

Barbara made the following MOTION: From this meeting on, every new
conference document produced will refer to the conferences as
"CCSC:Southeastern Conference", etc.  The motion was seconded and
passed unanimously with one abstention.

NOTE: Since the meeting, this issue has been raised again, with
a new, currently pending motion.  (Scheduled for a 12/4 vote.)

Will Mitchell presented the idea of having a *regional* steering
committee in addition to a *conference* steering committee in 
each area, serving as a middle layer.  A person from the regional
steering committee would then be a member of the CCSC Board.
Will noted that there has been resistance to this idea, especially
in areas where the two committees would be the same.

There was an extended discussion regarding the definition regions,
including the suggestions that they be flexible and not mutually
exclusive, allowing people to choose which region to be affiliated
with, regardless of where they live.

Returning to the issue of Board size, Paul Haiduk make the following
MOTION: Starting with fiscal year 1997-98, the President-Elect of the
Board will serve as the Secretary of the Board, thus eliminating the
current position of Secretary.  The motion was seconded and passed
unanimously.

Chuck Howerton also suggested elimination of the NECC representative
to the Board.

At Sue's request, the discussion returned to the issue of region
definition.  Among the suggestions were that the definition
be done without regard to the locations of the conferences, and 
that an individual would join the overall Consortium, subsequently
idenfifying which region they want to be in, regardless of where
they actually live.

Paul Haiduk made the following MOTION: Align the CCSC by region and
follow up with appropriate policies and procedures to implement this
alignment.  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The discussion then turned to potential regions, how many there would
be, and whether they would be static or dynamic in size and number.
Will Mitchell suggested that we simply define a specific *number*
of regions and let the membership actually define them.

Barbara made the following MOTION: The Board will form six CCSC
representational regions for purposes of guiding the revision of the by-laws.
Paul Myers made the AMENDMENT that the exact number of regions be
left out.  This was rejected as a friendly amendment and was withdrawn.
He then made the AMENDMENT that the term "initially six" be used.
This was accepted as a friendly amendment, making the final MOTION:
The Board will form initially six CCSC representational regions for
purposes of guiding the revision of the by-laws.  The motion was
seconded and passed unanimously.

Dick then made the following MOTION: The initial regions will be
roughly centered around the current conferences and will cover the 
entire U.S.  Chuck Howerton made the AMENDMENT that "and North America"
be included.  This was accepted as a friendly amendment, making the
MOTION: The initial regions will be roughly centered around the current
conferences and will cover the entire U.S. and North America.
The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

D. Bylaws Changes - Board

Paul Myers made the following MOTION: The revision of by-laws oriented
toward representation and membership will be tabled, to be addressed
by an appointed subcommittee, subject to the charge of the Board.
Discussion included the fact that proposed by-law changes must be
approved and distributed to the membership 30 days before SIGCSE.
The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.  Sue then appointed
Paul Myers, Chuck Howerton, Paul Haiduk and herself to the subcommittee.
The charge to the committee was to come back with proposed by-law
changes within 10 days, for a vote to be taken within another 10 days.

Sue raised the question of how the election on the proposed changes
would take place.  It was concluded that it would be by ballot at
the annual meeting.

The composition of the Nominating Committee was then discussed.  It
was concluded that each conerence representative would provide Dick
Hull with two names of people who could serve on the Nominating Committee.

Barbara Owens made the following MOTION: Revision of the by-laws will
include the replacement of the term "Newsletter Editor" with 
"Publications Chair," who will be an elected and voting member of
the Board.  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

Paul Haiduk made the following MOTION: The governing body of the CCSC
shall be redefined to consist of the President, Past President,
President-Elect/Secretary, Membership Secretary, Treasurer,
Publications Chair and the *regional* representatives only.  Chuck
Howerton made the AMENDMENT that the Publications Chair be excluded
as a voting member.  There was no second to this amendment.
The original motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

Paul Myers made the following MOTION: The institutional membership
shall be eliminated/re-defined.  Paul Haiduk made the MOTION that
this be tabled.  This motion was approved without a vote.

In subsequent discussion, it was determined that the following
articles of the by-laws, and Bill Myers' motions concerning changing
them, would be considered by the appointed subcommittee:

	Article VII (Officers)
	Article IV (Voting)
	Article III (Membership)
	Article XV (Bylaw Amendments)

Regarding Article VIII (Fiscal Affairs), Paul Myers made the
following MOTION:  Bill Myers' motion to change Article VIII
(submitted via e-mail) shall be accepted as written.
John Meinke made the AMENDMENT that the term "fiscal year"
be used in place of exact dates.  The motion was tabled for
consideration by the committee.

Regarding Article IX (Committees), Chuck Howerton made the
following MOTION: Bill Myers' motion to change Article IX
(submitted via e-mail) shall be accepted as written.
The motion was tabled for consideration by the committee.

Regarding Article XVI (First Year Operating Rules), Paul Haiduk
made the following MOTION: The first of two "Article XVIs" shall
be stricken, as it is no longer in effect.  The motion was
seconded, then passed by a vote of 7-2 with 2 abstentions.

Regarding Article V (Meetings), Paul Myers made the following
MOTION: Item 1.5) of Bill Myers' suggested change to Article V
shall be deleted, as a second safeguard is not needed.  (See
attachment.)  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously
with two abstentions.

Regarding the new Article XVII (Sponsored Regional Conferences)
proposed by Bill Myers (see attachment), Barbara Owens made
the following MOTION: Conference representatives shall be charged
with bringing up discussion of Article XVII regarding regional by-laws
for regions/conferences at their next steering committee meeting.
Dick Hull made the AMENDMENT that the conference representatives
will also report back to the Board at the next meeting.  This was
accepted as a friendly amendment.  The motion was seconded and
approved unanimously.

Regarding Article XIII (Quorum), Barbara Owens made the following
MOTION: The changes to Article XIII suggested by Bill Myers 
(see attachment) shall be approved.  The motion was seconded and
passed unanimously.

E. Good and Welfare - Sue Fitzgerald

Sue circulated a handout with four questions for the Board's
consideration.  These were discussed only briefly, with
agreement that it is beneficial both to circulate reports
via e-mail prior to Board meetings, and that it is
worthwhile to discuss things via e-mail ahead of time.

VI. New Business

Items of new business from the agenda were omitted.

A MOTION was made to adjourn, was seconded and passed
unanimously.  The meeting adjourned at 12:02 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Treu

**********Addendum #1: Final Membership Report**********


                       THE CONSORTIUM FOR COMPUTING

                             IN SMALL COLLEGES

                     REPORT FROM MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

                             October 27, 1995


                          Membership Information

                         1993-94      1994-95     1995-96
                                                  (as of today)
Regular Members            332          342            342
Associate Members            6            8              3
Institutional Members       17           26             18

                          Conference Information

                              Central Plains

                                                       1995
Regular Registrations                                    47
Students                                                  1
Others in Attendence                                      4
  (Speakers, Local Faculty Receiving Discount, Vendors, Etc.)
     Total                                               52

                               South Central

                           1993           1994         1995
Regular Registrations      124             76            83
Student Registrations        2              1            13
Others in Attendence         2              3             3
     Total                 139             80            99

                                  Midwest

                                           1994        1995
Regular Registrations                        59          62
Student Registrations                         4           1
Others in Attendence                          4           3
     Total                                   67          66

                              Rocky Mountain

                           1993          1994          1995
Regular                     54             50*           35
Student                      2              5             4
Other                        3              5*            2 
     Total                  59             60            41

                               Southeastern

                           1993           1994         1995(Pre.)
Regular                     65             84            45
Student                      1             11             2
Other                        7             13            10
     Total                  73            108            57

* - Corrected Figure


**********Addendum #2: Suggested By-Law Changes**********
**********made by Bill Myers which were acted  **********
**********upon during the Board meeting.       **********

DATE:     October 17, 1995

SUBJECT:  Proposed Article V of Bylaws


                      ARTICLE V - MEETINGS

 1.  The Board of Directors shall conduct business as a group at
     least twice each year; one of these meetings shall be held
     within the week prior to the annual meeting.  The Board of
     Directors may conduct business by electronic mail provided the
     following procedure is followed:
      1)  Proposals to be voted upon must be a presented for
          discussion for a period of no less than 30 days by
          electronically mailing them to all board members with
          electronic mail access.  The author of the proposal shall
          mail copies of the proposal to those members of the board
          without electronic mail access.
      2)  During the discussion period, the author of the proposal
          may withdraw the proposal or revise the proposal; in
          addition amendments may be proposed.  If two board
          members propose an amendment by mail or by electronic
          mail to the President, the amendments shall be discussed
          for a second 30 day period.  The President shall mail or
          electronically mail copies of the amendments to all board
          members along with the due date for the return of the
          vote, the date being the end of the second 30 day period. 
          A count shall be taken of the vote on all amendments by
          the Secretary at the end of this second 30 day period. 
          The Secretary will inform the Board of the result of the
          count and will inform the membership of the result in the
          next issue of the Journal.
      3)  Once the final proposal has been formulated (at the end
          of the first 30 day period if no amendments are proposed
          or at the end of the second 30 day period if amendment
          are proposed), the President shall mail or electronically
          mail copies of the final proposal to all board members
          along with the due date for the return of the vote, that
          date being 30 days after the mailing of the proposal.  A
          count shall be taken by the Secretary at the end of this
          30 day period.  The Secretary shall inform the other
          members of the board of the result of the count and will
          inform the membership of the result in the next issue of
          the Journal.
      4)  For a proposal or amendment to pass by ballot, it must
          receive the affirmative vote of at least 60% of the board
          membership, unless 25% of the board membership request
          that the vote be delayed until the next regular meeting
          of the board.
      5)  All proposals passed in this way will be reviewed at the
          start of the next regular meeting of the board and will
          be recorded in the minutes for that meeting.  Any
          proposal not receiving majority support at this meeting
          will be rescinded.

2.   The Consortium will hold an annual meeting each year between
     January 15 and April 15.  The officers of the Consortium and
     the representatives of the conferences shall present reports
     to those members in attendance.  The date and place of this
     meeting shall be in conjunction with the Annual SIGCSE
     Technical Symposium unless that meeting is not held between
     the above dates or unless that meeting is (in the view of the
     Board) held at a location at some distance from the majority
     of the membership.  In case that the Annual SIGCSE Technical
     Symposium is not acceptable, a vote of the membership at the
     previous annual meeting can set the date and place of the
     annual meeting.

3.   (No change)


Reasons for changes:  (See any issue one of the Journal for the
present Bylaws)

Section 1.

This will provide for a procedure to conduct business by electronic
mail.  It will provide that all such actions can be reviewed at the
next regular meeting.

Section 2.

This will allow us to hold our annual meeting at someplace other
than SIGCSE in case it is at a time or place that is not
appropriate for our purpose or for our membership.

*****

DATE:     October 18, 1995

SUBJECT:  Proposed Article XIII of Bylaws


                      ARTICLE XIII - QUORUM

3.   A simple majority of the members of any standing or special
     committee of the Consortium shall constitute a quorum of the
     committee.



Reasons for changes:  (See any issue one of the Journal for the
present Bylaws)

Quorums are not stated only for the entire membership and the
Board; we also need a quorum for other committees.

*****

DATE:     October 25, 1995

SUBJECT:  Proposed New Article for Bylaws


          ARTICLE XVII - SPONSORED REGIONAL CONFERENCES

1.   The Board of Directors may from time to time, when it deems
     advisable, establish regional conferences when petitioned by
     twenty (20) or more members of the Consortium, of which at
     least ten (10) must live in the region of the conference.  The
     petition must contain the following:
     a.   A list of the initial Steering Committee members.
     b.   A list of a Conference Committee for the first
          conference.
     c.   The dates and locations for the first two proposed
          regional conferences.
     d.   A temporary set of Bylaws for the regional conference.
     e.   A budget for the first regional conference.

2.   The Board of Directors shall coordinate communications among
     the various Steering Committees.  In event that the concerned
     Steering Committees cannot reach agreement, the Board of
     Directors shall be empowered to settle all disputes.

3.   The Steering Committee of each regional conference shall be
     responsible for selecting the site and date of each
     conference, preparing a budget for each conference, preparing
     amendments to the conference bylaws, and for selecting each
     Conference Committee.

4.   The Conference Committee of each conference shall be
     responsible for soliciting papers, tutorials, panels,
     speakers, etc. for the conference; preparing and mailing calls
     and registration announcements; selecting the conference
     program; compiling and editing the conference proceeding;
     planning for the conference events; and conducting the
     conference.

5.   The Bylaws for each regional conference shall include
     provisions for the election of the Steering Committee, the
     selection of conference sites and dates, the selection of
     conference committees, the election of conference
     representatives, the amendment procedure to the bylaws, and
     any other matter the Steering Committee shall deem advisable. 
     The Bylaws for each regional conference must be consistent
     with the Bylaws of the Consortium.

6.   All paid participants in attendance at the conference who are
     or will be within three (3) months voting members of the
     Consortium and all Consortium voting members residing in the
     region shall be eligible to vote on the adoption of bylaws or
     on bylaw changes submitted for approval at any conference. 
     Proxy voting is allowable for those eligible voters not in
     attendance.

7.   The Bylaws for each regional conference and any amendments
     thereof must be approved by the Consortium Board before they
     can go into effect.

8.   The Board of Directors may disband or dismiss the Steering
     Committee of any sponsored regional conference in the event
     that all the members of the Steering Committee resign or
     become ineligible to serve, that the Steering Committee fails
     to hold a successful conference for two (2) consecutive years,
     or that the Steering Committee fails to follow these Bylaws or
     the Bylaws of their conference.  A successive conference is
     one that has a full program with proceedings, has fifty (50)
     or more attendees, and that either makes a profit or has a
     loss that can be covered by the funds held in the conferences
     account.  The first two annual conferences held in any
     regional shall be considered successful conferences.  In the
     event that the Steering Committee is without members, the
     Board shall advertise among the membership in the region of
     the Conference for members to assume the duties of the
     Steering Committee.  If within six (6) months of the mailing
     of the advertisement, a new Steering Committee is not formed,
     the Board may disband the Steering Committee by majority vote. 
     In the event that the Steering Committee fails to hold a
     successful conference for two (2) consecutive years or that
     the Steering Committee fails to follow these Bylaws or the
     Bylaws of their conference, the Board of Directors shall
     formally notify the Steering Committee of the sponsored
     regional conference of their deficiencies.  In the event that
     within twelve (12) months of the notification, the Steering
     Committee does not rectify all the deficiencies stated in the
     notice, the Board of Directors may dismiss the Steering
     Committee by majority vote.

9.   Conferences in existence at the time this Bylaw is adopted
     shall have two years to submit conference bylaws.  They may
     operate under their current organization during this period. 
     If the conference steering committee does not submit bylaws
     within this period, the Board of Directors may disband this
     conference under the procedure of Section 8 until such a time
     as bylaws are submitted and approved.




Reasons for changes:  (See any issue one of the Journal for the
present Bylaws)

     This bylaw formalizes the position of regional conferences and
will allow the membership to be informed on their operation and
management.  At present, many members are unaware of the
organization of these conferences.

Section 1.
     This will formalize the formation of regional conferences and
will spell out a procedure for starting conference and will provide
a mechanism to protect the Consortium from uncontrolled growth.

Section 2.
     This will provide for Board authority to settle disputes
between the conferences.

Sections 3 and 4.
     These provide for the general duties of the regional steering
committees and conference committees.  The conference bylaws can
provide more specific guidelines and can add additional duties to
either.

Section 5.
     This section lists the minimum that needs to be in the
conference bylaws.

Section 6.
     This section defines who is eligible to participate in votes
on the adoption or amending of bylaws.

Section 7.
     This section provides that the Board must approve all Bylaws.

Section 8.
     This section deals with problems that might arise: an inactive
Steering Committee or a Steering Committee that is running a
conference into the ground.  This states a procedure that the Board
may use to disband a conference in the case that becomes necessary.

Section 9.
     This give present conferences a two year period in which to
adopt bylaws and get them approved by their membership and the
Board.