Executive Committee Meeting
SECOLAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
March 10 (Thursday), 2016; 2-4PM
Cartagena, Colombia; Hotel Caribe, Veleros 3
Current SECOLAS Officers:
- President: Angela Willis (Davidson College)
- President Elect: Paul Worley (Western Carolina University)
- Secretary-Treasurer: Steven Hyland (Wingate University)
Executive Committee:
- Angela Herren Rajagopalan (UNC at Charlotte) (past president)
- Frank Robinson (Vanderbilt) (previous past president)
- Blake Pattridge (Babson College) (At large 2016)
- Rebecca Atencio (Tulane University) (At large 2017)
- Alejandro Velez (St. Mary’s University) (At large 2018)
- Gregory Weeks (UNC at Charlotte) (Editor, The Latin Americanist)
- Jurgen Buchenau (UNC at Charlotte)(co-Editor, Secolas Annals)
- Gregory S. Crider (Winthrop University) (co-Editor, Secolas Annals)
- Stephen Morris (MTSU)(Web page) (non-voting)
Call meeting to order, give welcome and thanks to organizing committee (!!!): Angie Willis
- Reports
- Financial Report, Steven Hyland, Secretary-Treasurer
- Report on The Latin Americanist, Greg Weeks, Editor
- Report on the Annals Edition of TLA, Greg Crider, Editor
- Announcements (? Open)
- Old Business
- Conference in 2017, Raleigh-Durham (Duke/UNC): Updates?
- Revisit the question of whether or not we wish to consider proposing changes to the SECOLAS constitution and/or by-laws to add graduate student members to EC.
- This year (or in future years), we may consider proposing changes to the SECOLAS constitution and/or by-laws regarding conference organizing structure. A proposal could allow for/ would need to address:
- If graduate students were to become official members of the Executive Committee, would they have voting privileges
- We would also potentially need to determine how these positions would be determined: by vote of the EC, by vote of the larger membership, or by appointment from the president of SECOLAS.
- Term limits
- Likewise, if conference graduate students would serve on a staggered basis, to ensure “organizational memory,” continuity and coherence, at the same time that we need to ensure “new energy” and welcome new members to the EC.
- Conference Organizing Committee/ Structure. Some of the issues to discuss:
- We have been trying a pilot program this year. We may wish to continue with this pilot program for another year (or two).
- This year (or in future years), we may consider proposing changes to the SECOLAS constitution and/or by-laws regarding conference organizing structure. A proposal could allow for/ would need to address
- If the Conference Organizing Committee members should become official voting members of the Executive Committee
- We would also potentially need to determine how these positions would be determined: by vote of the EC, by vote of the larger membership, or by appointment from the president of SECOLAS
- Term limits
- Likewise, if conference organizing committee members would serve on a staggered basis, to ensure “organizational memory,” continuity and coherence, at the same time that we need to ensure “new energy” and welcome new members to the EC.
- New Business
- Conference in 2018, discussion
- Conference in 2019, discussion
- Program Chairs for next year, suggestions.
- Consider proposing changes to the SECOLAS constitution and/or by-laws to make Web-master a voting member of EC.
- This year (or in future years), we may consider proposing changes to the SECOLAS constitution and/or by-laws regarding the Web-master position. A proposal could allow for/ would need to address:
- If the Web-master should become official voting members of the Executive Committee.
- We would also potentially need to determine how this position would be determined: by vote of the EC, by vote of the larger membership, or by appointment from the president of SECOLAS.
- Term limit.
- This year (or in future years), we may consider proposing changes to the SECOLAS constitution and/or by-laws regarding the Web-master position. A proposal could allow for/ would need to address:
- How to address EC members who are not responsive to correspondence.
- Elections:
- Officers/EC
- Secretary-Treasurer
- Steven Hyland continues (2014-2019)
- President Elect
- Paul Worley (2016-2017)
- The Executive Committee will nominate _________ for 2017-2018.
- At-large Members
- Current members are:
- Blake Pattridge (2016)
- Rebecca Atencio (2017)
- Alejandro Velez (2018)
- The Executive Committee will nominate _________ to as a replacement for Blake’s position.
- Current members are:
- Secretary-Treasurer
- Officers/EC
- Awards Committees
- Alfred B. Thomas Book Award (3-year staggered appointments).
- Current Committee consists of:
- Steven Taylor, Chair (2016)
- Tim Hawkins (2017)
- Rebecca Atencio (2018)
- The EC will nominate a replacement for Steven (2019). The EC nominates ___________.
- Current Committee consists of:
- Sturgis Leavitt Award (3-year staggered appointments)
- Current Committee consists of:
- Matt Childs, Chair (2016)
- María del Carmen Collado (2017)
- Benjamin Cowen (2018)
- The EC will nominate replacement for Matt (2019). The EC nominates ___________.
- Current Committee consists of:
- Edward Moseley Student Paper Award (3-year staggered appointments)
- Current Committee consists of:
- Sarah Bares (Chair, 2016)
- Oscar de la Torre Cueva (2017)
- Michael Pisanti (2018)
- The EC will nominate a replacement for Sarah (2019). The EC nominates ___________.
- Current Committee consists of:
- Alfred B. Thomas Book Award (3-year staggered appointments).
Financial report
2015 SECOLAS Financial Report Summary (pdf download)