Members Present: Leung, Barton, Triplett, Berendsen, Robbins, Cink, Taylor, Buchanan.
Cink called the meeting to order and made introductions. Cink moved that the previous meeting's minutes (by Freeman) be approved as submitted. Taylor seconded. Motion carried.
Berendsen reported on memberships and gave a report on subscriptions to the Transactions. There was discussion of student subscriptions.
Barton gave the treasurerís report, including $3879 from the 2001 Lawrence meeting that was directed toward the KAS endowment and $3200 from bound volume sales. There was conversation about the bulletin, page numbers, costs, etc. Buchanan moved that the President appoint a subcommittee to meet with the editor to discuss costs related to the journal. There was a discussion of endowment funds and how income from the endowment could be used. Robbins agreed to ask Galen Neufeld about his knowledge of the endowment fund. Berendsen agreed to check KAS records at the Kansas Geological Survey.
Berendsen presented the editorís report for Dan Merriam. Merriamís recommendation of Jim Aber as associate editor was accepted.
Buchanan presented a proposal from the Gale Group for digitizing and making Transactions articles available electronically. Berendsen described a similar proposal for another publisher. Buchanan moved that the KAS enter into non-exclusive agreements to digitize journal articles, with the KAS receiving a royalty rate of 20 percent. Motion carried.
Leung presented a report on the KAS web site.
Buchanan reported on the fall field trip and the distinguished lecture series.
Cink reported on the Hays meeting. Taylor asked that KAS clarify who pays for lunches for student presenters at the meeting. The consensus was that payment of student lunches would be at the discretion of the local organizing committee.
Cink reported that the joint KAS/Missouri meeting was scheduled for 2004. With the 2002 meeting in Hays, the location for 2003 is yet to be determined.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Rex Buchanan