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Academy of Accounting Historians Minutes
of Annual Business Meeting
Cleveland Marriott—Cleveland, Ohio
Saturday, December 7, 1996
1. Doris Cook, Academy president, called
the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.
2. The minutes of the 1995 annual business
meeting were approved.
3. The secretary, Bill Samson, gave the
interim report on Academy membership.
Membership is down from 1995
with U.S. regular, student and institutional
membership declines accounting
for the overall decline.
4. Sarah Holmes, treasurer, gave the treasurer's
report.
5. Ross Tondkar, president for 1997,
announced the plans for meetings during
1997. The Academy's research conference
will be held in Richmond
December 4 - 6 , 1997. Also, the business
meeting will be held there on December
6. The officers and trustees will meet on
April 26, 1997, in Nashville during the
Southeastern meeting of the American
Accounting Association. The officers
and trustees will also meet in Dallas on
August 17th during the national meeting
of the American Accounting
Association.
6. Donna Street announced June 15, 1997,
as the deadline for the Vangermeersch
Award.
7. Barbara Merino, editor of The Accounting
Historians Journal, announced that the
December 1996 issue was in galley form
and it would be printed soon.
8. Elliott Slocum, editor of The Accounting
Historians Notebook, stated that the Fall
issue of the Notebook was being printed.
Also, the collection of Academy holdings
at Georgia State had been catalogued.
9. Dale Flesher reported that the Tax
Center at Ole Miss had received some
donations of materials and that grants
were available to reimburse travel
expenses for researchers wanting to utilize
the collection. Also, the video
library had steady usage.
10. Tommy Singleton was thanked for his
efforts in video taping the panel discussions
at this conference. The tapes will
be available for loan from the video
library at Ole Miss.
11. Gary Previts described the contents of
the Academy's Home Page on the
Internet.
12. Marilynn Collins, Kathy Sinning, and
Jeanette Sanfilippo were recognized for
their efforts in setting up this conference
and were thanked for their hard
work.
13. The recommendations of the nominating
committee were read. The slate of
officers were: President — Ross H.
Tondkar (Virginia Commonwealth
University); President-elect - Elliott L.
Slocum (Georgia State University); First
Vice President — Tom A. Lee (University
of Alabama); Second Vice President —
Kathleen E. Sinning (Western Michigan
University); Secretary — William D.
Samson (University of Alabama);
Treasurer — Sarah A. Holmes (Texas
A&M University).
The slate of Trustees included: Doris
M. Cook (University of Arkansas);
Michael J.R. Gaffikin (University of
Wollongong); Alan J. Richardson
(Queen's University); Richard G.
Vangermeersch (University of Rhode
Island).
There were no other nominations. This
slate of officers and trustees were voted
and approved.
14. President Cook thanked all members
and officers for their work during the
year. The meeting was adjourned at
2:40 p.m.
18 The Accounting Historians Notebook, April, 1997
