The Annual General Meeting of the Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference was held at Leiden University on Sunday 2nd April 1995.

The meeting started at 15.40 with N. Ryan in the chair and about 100 members present.

1) Minutes of the last meeting (Saturday 26th March 1994, Glasgow)

These were accepted.

2) Matters arising from the minutes

None.

3) Chairman's Report

The chairman reported that the committee had met on three occasions (in Glasgow on 27th March 1994, in London on 22nd July 1994 and in Bradford on 16th December 1994) and had conducted most of its other business by E-mail.

Both the 1993 and the 1994 proceedings were published recently; 'a monumental event'.

David Wheatley initiated a CAA www home page on the computer in Southampton:

http://caa.soton.ac.uk/caa/

David was thanked for setting it up and providing the resources.

4) Treasurer's Report

The previous documentation and the money are as yet unavailable to the treasurer, since they are still in the possession of Nick Fieller, the previous treasurer. A summary of the financial situation was presented which showed that there is 'a small cash flow problem'.

Still to be booked under income are the proceeds from the proceedings sold during the CAA95 UK and during the WAC95 in India, as well as a donation from CAA93 and CAA95 UK.

5) Elections

Chair: Nick Ryan was nominated, agreed to stand and was re-elected unopposed.

Treasurer: Stephen Stead was nominated, agreed to stand and was re-elected unopposed.

Secretary: Hans Kamermans was nominated, agreed to stand and was re-elected unopposed.

Auditor: Gina Martlew was nominated, agreed to stand and was re-elected unopposed.

Note: the accounts have not been audited since the days of Clive Ruggles!

Jeremy Huggett was thanked as ex-officio member.

The following are ex-officio members of the Steering Committee for 1995-96:

Hans Kamermans (CAA95 organiser).
Kris Lockyear, Virgil Birliba & Vasil Chirica (CAA96 organisers).
The CAA97 organiser.
Dave Wheatley (editorial and WWW).

The occasional post 'students & low income' is still vacant. No nominations were received.

6) CAA Meetings in 1996

A) CAA96 in Iasi (Romania)

This will be a joint venture between the Romanian Academy and the Al. I. Cuza University< Iasi.
Coca Cola may be a possible sponsor.
There will be workshops prior to the conference, possibilities are Nick Ryan on databases and Clive Orton on pottery quantification
The trip from the UK to Romania will cost about £ 200. Another possibility to reach Iasi is by train from Warsaw. Travel information will be on the CAA home page.

B) CAA(UK)96 will be held in York.

There will be both longer (25-30 minutes) presentations and short presentations as in Stoke-on-Trent. The sessions will be similar to a seminar with themes, chairs and organisers.

7) CAA97

Only one bid was received: Birmingham (UK). It will be CAA's 25th birthday and as CAA was born in Birmingham it seems appropriate to celebrate this event in Birmingham.

Sue Laflin will be the main organiser.

Birmingham University is a large red brick university with good connection by air with other parts of Europe. The meeting will be held during the Easter holidays. Accommodation costs should be about average. Social events may include trips to Ironbridge Gorge and Wroxeter Roman city.

There will be a session to present a longer review on what we have accomplished so far and what the future may bring.

Vote: A large majority For - about 10 Against. Therefore CAA97 will be in Birmingham.

8) CAA98

No bids currently. Written bids are invited. Kris Lockyear proposed to change the date for the acceptance of bids. Jeff Chartrand seconded the motion. The motion was accepted. Bids should be received two years in advance, at the latest at the first day of that year's conference.

9. Copyright issues.

          Steve Stead explained the background of the issue and presented the text for a motion.

After ample discussion the meeting accepted a motion (44 in favour, 1 against and a large number of abstentions) to instruct the Steering Committee to proceed and submit the proposal to a postal vote.

10. Internationalisation.

Nick Ryan presented the ideas of the Steering Committee for a reform of CAA into CAA international, a federation of local CAA's. A motion was accepted to instruct the Steering Committee to proceed and prepare a proposal for a postal vote.

11. Logo competition.

No design could meet with the approval of the meeting. A motion was accepted to try a second round.

9) Any Other Business

A motion of thanks to the organisers.

The meeting closed at 17.30.