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MINUTES OF THE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 28th MARCH 1992, AT UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS, DENMARK. The meeting started at 3.15pm with Paul Reilly in the Chair. Over 80 members were present. 1 Minutes of 1991 Business Meeting The minutes were approved. 2 Chairman's Report Paul Reilly reported that the committee had met on 27th March 1991, 11th December 1991 and 5th Feburary 1992. The committee had consisted of Paul Reilly (Chair), Stephen Stead (Secretary), Nick Fieller (Treasurer), Prof K Ozawa (Seconded from CAA Japan), Gary Lock and Jonathen Moffett (Organisers CAA91), Torsten Madsen and Jens Anderson (Organisers CAA92) and John Wilcock (Organiser CAA93). The annual levy was raised to £15 so that bursaries for cases of hardship could be provided. Twenty applications were received and sixteen bursaries were granted, of which two were declined. Sponsorship in the form of the loan of computers had been made by a Danish company. Internationalisation of CAA was going well as could be seen by the numbers attending. Professor K Ozawa had been seconded onto the committee and it was hoped to get other international representatives in the future. Proposals for hosting CAA95 had been received from Birmingham, Leiden and Paris. However no decision needs to be made until CAA93. 2a Matters Arising A motion was proposed (Prop: Clive Ruggles, Sec: Sebastian Rahtz) that "CAA should meet in a different country every year". During the debate that followed the following points were raised: - More publicity was needed in North America - Support for students would be needed (possibly in the form of cheap accomodation) - "Every year" must not force the conference not to meet due to lack of venue offers in another country - There may be room for two levels of conference: international and national or local In view of the debate the Proposer accepted the modification of the proposal to "The committee shall produce a proposal for next year dealing with the internationalisation of the venue selection process. The proposal will be circulated before the meeting to allow postal votes" This motion was passed unanimously. 3 Treasurer's Report A summary of the current financial position and stocklist was circulated. It was noted that there was £2000 for next year. A motion was proposed (Prop: Paul Reilly, Sec: Paul Austin) that "That current overstocks should be disposed of in a manner to be decided by the committee" This motion was passed unanimously. 4 Election of Officers and Auditor The present Chairman (Paul Reilly), Treasurer (Nick Fieller) and Secretary (Stephen Stead) were all eligible for re-election and were elected unopposed. The following are ex-officio members of the Steering Committee for 1992-93: Torsten Madsen and Jens Anderson (CAA92 organisers) 5 CAA93 and 94 It was noted that CAA93 would be in Stoke-on-Trent, England and that CAA94 would be in Glasgow, Scotland. 6 Other Business A motion was proposed (Prop: Clive Ruggles, Sec: Kris Lockyear) that "the committee was authorised to seek advice on the assignment of copyright of the procedings to enable their distribution outside Europe, the US and Australia. The proposal will be circulated before the meeting to allow postal votes" This motion was passed unanimously. During the debate that followed the following information was discussed: - Contributers to the procedings were sold copies at cost (20% off) and that attendees received a 12.5% discount. It was felt that this was unacceptable as most authors receive free copies and/or offprints. A motion was proposed (Prop: Herb Maschener, Sec: Stephen Stead) that "the committee was authorised to seek the best possible publishing deal, including, if necessary, changing publishers from Tempus Reparatum. The purpose of this being to provide free copies and/or offprints to contributers. The proposal will be circulated before the meeting to allow postal votes" This motion was passed unanimously. The meeting closed at 16.00 |
