The Annual General Meeting of the Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference was held at the University of Glasgow on Saturday 26th of March 1994.

The meeting started at 17.30 with N. Ryan in the chair and over 50 members present.

1) Minutes of the last meeting (April 6th 1993, Stoke-On-Trent)

These were accepted.

2) Matters arising from the minutes

A) J. Chartrand asked whether motions A and B contradicted each other. N. Ryan explained that one was a general direction that the group should take and that the other was a shorter term policy to help achieve this.

B) S. Stead reported that the copyright material had been sent to a specialist solicitor for legal advice. It was noted that Canada might be a loophole and that this should be cleared up in the legal document.

3) Chairman's Report

The chairman reported that the committee had met on two occasions and conducted a lot of its other business by phone and E-mail. He also reported on a problem with the pricing of the CAA92 proceedings in that we had been undercut by Oxbow books. He concluded that we had no control over Oxbow and that the committee would continue to set CAA prices on an economic basis for CAA.

He concluded by thanking J. Huggett for his organisation of the conference in Glasgow.

4) Treasurers Report

The treasurer, Nick Fieller, was not present. A summary was presented by N Ryan.

A summary of the bursaries granted was also presented. There were 14 applications and 9 bursaries were granted, of which 8 were accepted.

5) Elections

Chair: Nick Ryan was nominated, agreed to stand and was elected unoppossed.

Treasurer: Stephen Stead was nominated, agreed to stand and was elected unoppossed.

Secretary: Hans Kamermans was nominated, agreed to stand and was elected unoppossed.

Auditor: Gina Martlew was nominated, agreed to stand and was elected unoppossed.

6) CAA Meetings in 1995

A) CAA95 in Leiden

A trip will be organised on the Monday. Creche facilities are needed and their provision will be looked into.

HK and SDS will organise travel from the UK, in a similar manner to arrangements made for CAA92.

B) CAA(UK)95 in Oxford

It was noted that this was occuring on 18/2/95 starting at 10.00 am at Rewley House, Oxford.

There was a discussion about splitting it over two days; preferably Saturday afternoon/Sunday morning. It was also noted that train fares were more expensive on Fridays and therefore the timing should try and avoid travel on Fridays. It was also noted that it will need to move around in future years. The final arrangements were left with G. Lock noting that it was probably too late to make any changes to this meeting.

7) CAA96

Only one proposal was made: IASI, Romania. A short presentation was made including a slide show and presentation of a formal letter of invitation from the organisers. K. Lockyear was appointed as their representative in the UK and to serve on the committee. Conference languages would be English, French and German.

Vote 28 For - 2 Against. Therefore CAA96 will be in IASI.

8) CAA97

It was noted that Birmingham would like to host the 25th CAA.

9) Any Other Business

A) G. Lock noted that the Call for Papers was very late this year. It was agreed that this important role would be back in the hands of the organisers in future.

B) G. Lock was also concerned about the lack of proceedings. There was a wide ranging discussion which drew two main conclusions:

i) The editorial committee should be retained and

ii) the 93 proceedings would be posted to those entitled to receive it as soon as it was completed.

C) J. Chartrand gave a vote of thanks to J. Huggett.

The meeting closed at 18.40.