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ACADEMY OF ACCOUNTING HISTORIANS
Minutes of the Officers' and Trustees' Meeting
Wyndham Anatole Hotel
Dallas, Texas
Sunday, August 17, 1997
Present: Ashton Bishop, A. J. Cataldo, Ed
Coffman, Dick Fleischman, Dale Flesher,
Tonya Flesher, Finley Graves, Sarah Holmes,
Tom Lee, Alan Mayper, Barbara Merino,
Gary Previts, Bill Samson, Jeanette
Sanfilippo, Paul Shoemaker, Kathy Sinning,
Elliott Slocum, Mary Stone, Donna Street,
Ross Tondkar, Dick Vangermeersch, and
Gloria Vollmers
1. The meeting was called to order at T.00
p.m. by Ross Tondkar, President of the
Academy.
2. Bill Samson, Secretary, distributed the
minutes of the April 26, 1997 meeting
in Nashville. These minutes were
approved.
3. The report of the Education Committee,
chaired by Gloria Vollmers, was given.
The Education Committee has been
active in updating the Academy's collection
of course syllabi in which historical
topics have been integrated into the
accounting curricula.
4. The Membership Committee (chaired
by Jean Harris) gave its report which
contained suggestions of activities to be
placed on the annual calendar.
5. Jeanette Sanfilippo gave the Public
Relations Committee's report. The possibility
of replacing Pacioli T-shirts
with artistic note cards depicting
notable accountants will be investigated
for next year's meeting. The silent book
auction will be repeated at the
December 1997 Conference.
6. The membership report was given by
Bill Samson. An increase in membership
(53 over last year) was noted. The
gain in membership is partially attributable
to a recent article in The Wall Street
Journal about the Academy as well as
promotional letters sent out to prospective
members by the Membership
Committee. It was suggested that
Academy members might approach state
CPA societies about helping with writing
a history in connection with 75th
and 100th year anniversaries. This
"Celebration Accounting" might provide
access to potential new members.
7. Sarah Holmes gave the Treasurer's
Report. Of primary concern was to
resolve the printing charges. A motion
was made by Ed Coffman that Gary
Previts discuss the bills with Harold
Fulton to see if a settlement could be
reached. The motion was seconded,
voted, and passed.
8. Ed Coffman described the tentative program
for the December 1997 Conference
in Richmond.
9. Editors Merino and Fleischman discussed
the transition of the Journal and
the editorship changes. Printing of the
December and future issues was also
discussed.
10. Elliott Slocum, editor of The Accounting
Historians Notebook, reminded the Board
that The Notebook would begin publishing
on an October/April schedule starting
with the October 1997 issue (rather than
the December/June sequence).
11. The Tax History Center report was given
by Tonya Flesher. Dale Flesher described
the video library activity. Elliott Slocum
discussed the status of the cataloguing at
the Georgia State Accounting History
Center and the receipt of 60 boxes of
books from the Jones estate. The Garner
Center at The University of Alabama—
the administrative office—of the Academy
was discussed by Bill Samson. Tom
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