MOUNTAIN PLAINS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
10/20/2006
Attendance: James Frost, Alan Hamlin, Donald Carpenter,
Richard Vail, Nolan Lickey, Kay Hodge (substitute for Larry Carstenson).
Nolan Lickey reported that there were 51 papers accepted
for presentation at the conference with 58 paying participants. There are 41 papers on the conference CD
-ROM. Eight to twelve papers will be
included in the Journal of Business Inquiry as a Special Edition.
The succession of
47th annual conference at Southern Utah University in 2005
48th annual conference at Utah Valley State College in 2006
49th annual conference at University of Nebraska Kearney in
2007
50th annual conference at Idaho State University in 2008
51st annual conference at Mesa State College in 2009
52nd annual conference at XXXXXXXXXXXX in 2010
53rd annual conference at Southern Utah University in 2011
University of Nebraska Kearney has a web site prepared for
next year’s conference () and a call for papers ready for distribution. They are offering continued development of
the MPMC at this web site for an annual fee.
We will require an acceptance letter from the Dean of the
host college in the future to indicate the school’s commitment to our
endeavor.
Alan Hamlin will contact several schools to identify their
interest for hosting in 2010. The schools
are Metro State (Jerry Geisler), New Mexico State (John Groesbeck), UNLV and
potentially a Colorado school (Air Force Academy or UNC).
The board of directors was reconstituted as the term of
officers was reached.
Donald Carpenter – President of the Board of Directors
Members of the board (2006 – 2007):
Alan
Hamlin - Member
Larry
Carstenson – Conference Chair
James
Frost – Conference Chair Elect
Casimir
Barczyk - Member
David
Summers - Member
Richard
Vail - Member
Nolan
Lickey – Past Conference Chair
Changes to the by-laws accepted by two-thirds vote at the
business luncheon.
Section 4.01a Conference
Chair.
This officer is the designee of the host-college or university that was
approved by the Board of Directors for the next annual meeting. The Conference Chair will assume office at
the close of the last year’s annual conference and serves in that capacity
until the next annual conference.
Section 4.01b Past
Conference Chair. At the close of the annual conference the
Conference Chair becomes the Past Conference Chair.
Section 4.01c Conference
Chair Elect. This officer is the designee of the host
school for the year-after-next annual meeting..
It should be the track chairperson, but could be a designee. The purpose is to maintain continuity of
operations and to learn how to improve the conference.
Section 4.01d President of
the Board of Directors. The President of the Board of Directors is
elected by members of the Board of Directors.
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Section 5.01a Best of
Track Award. The Mountain Plains Management Conference
wishes to acknowledge the best conference papers submitted each year. The host school reviews the submissions in
each track and awards a “Best of Track” plaque and a single cash award to the
author of that paper. If there are
multiple authors, they can divide the cash award to their satisfaction.
Section 5.01b Contribution
to subsequent conference. At the conclusion of a conference, the host
school will deliver $500 to the next host school to assist in financing the initial
activities for the subsequent Mountain Plains Management Conference.
Section 5.01c Conference
tracks.
The following tracks are offered at each management conference:
Pedagogy, Economics, Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Management, and
Marketing. Additional special focus
tracks sponsored by the host university are acceptable.
Future Action Items:
Utah Valley State College offered to consider publishing a
special edition of the Journal of Business Inquiry annually for the MPMC. The ensuing discussion centered on why have a
special edition if the requirements for publication are the same as the regular
journal.
It was suggested that $10 – 20 be added to the conference
fees to establish a fund for scholarships and membership.
The separation of by-laws for the Mountain Plains Management Association and the Mountain Plains Management Conference will continue over the next few months. The initial two documents are separated by Alan Hamlin.