MOUNTAIN PLAINS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEMBERS BUSINESS MEETING
October 11, 2008
1. The meeting was called to order by Don Carpenter, President of the Board of Directors
2. Minutes from October 12, 2007 MPMC membership meeting were approved as submitted.
3. Carpenter introduced the 2007-08 Board of Directors, noting expiration year of their terms.
Casimir Barczyk, Purdue University-Calumet, Member, 2009
Carla Cabarle, Minot State Universtiy, Member, 2010
Don Carpenter, Mesa State College, President, 2010
Larry Carstenson, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Past Conference Chair, 2008
James
Frost,
Alan Hamlin, Southern
David Summers, University of Houston-Victoria, Member, 2009
Richard
Vail,
4. Carpenter expressed MPMA’s sincere appreciation for an outstanding MPMC 2008 to James Frost and Idaho State University’s Informatics Research Institute. Frost introduced and thanked members of the organizing team. Frost then presented the Best Paper Awards.
5. On behalf of Alan Hamlin, Carpenter discussed the Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics. He stressed the need for submissions and for reviewers. He noted that additional information can be read on the MPJBE web site or can be obtained from Hamlin hamlin@suu.edu.
6. Carpenter presented the Board recommendation that Sri Seshadri should be elected to fill a vacant position on the Board of Directors. He called for additional nominations from the floor. None being offered, he called for the vote and membership approved Seshadri’s appointment. Carpenter also noted that the chair of the 2010 MPMC will also join the Board according to the Bylaws.
7. Carpenter discussed the proposed amendment to the Bylaws (attached) that had been distributed by email a month earlier as required in the Bylaws and had been forwarded by the Board for approval. With no discussion forthcoming, the amendments were approved by vote of the members.
8. Richard Vail discussed MPMC 2009 which will held at Mesa State College. He distributed the Call for Papers. Carpenter demonstrated the web site for MPMC 2009 which is up and running.
9. Carpenter explained the pending amendments that the Board is likely to propose for approval at the October 2009 MPMA General Membership Meeting. Specifically, he called for discussion on the notion of adverting MPMC as a national conference. Positive feedback was offered by members.
10. Carpenter introduced Casey Barczyk as the new President of the Board for 2008-09 and congratulated him on his election. Barczyk described his intention to grow MPMC.
11. With no further business, Barczyk adjourned the meeting at 1:30 p.m. The next Members Business Meeting will be in October 2009 in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Approved
Amendments to the Bylaws of Mountain Plains Management Association
1. Clarifying the
terms of Board Members.
Background
At the October 2007
Board of Directors annual meeting, the Board discussed confusion that presently
exists regarding terms of service of the Board Members. The confusion occurs when a Board Member
becomes the Conference Chair Elect during his/her term of office, thereby
extending the term for three years as the Conference Chair Elect rotates to
Conference Chair and then to Past Conference Chair.
Proposed Amendment 1
Section 6.3 shall be
amended by the addition of the following sentence: “If a member of the Board of
Directors becomes the Conference Chair Elect, that member’s term of office
shall be extended and will end after having served as Conference Chair Elect,
Conference Chair and Past Conference Chair.
2. Clarifying
relationship to Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics.
Background
At the October 2007
Board of Directors annual meeting, the Board discussed the relationship between
MPMA and the Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics, which is not
mentioned in the Bylaws.
Proposed Amendment 2
The following
section shall be added to the Bylaws: “2.5 Mountain Plains Journal of Business
and Economics. The Mountain Plains
Journal of Business and Economics (MPJBE) is a double-blind peer-reviewed
electronic publication hosted by Southern Utah University, which is responsible
for operations, interaction with authors and reviewers, and the journal’s
budget. MPJBE’s editor periodically
informs the Board as to the state of the journal.”
3. Clean-up
Background
At the October 2006
Mountain Plains Management Conference, the membership approved an amendment
that changed the title of the “Chairman of the Board” to the “President of the
Board,” but some related wording was not changed.
Proposed Amendment 3
In Sections 7.1 and
7.3 of the Bylaws, “Board Chairperson” shall be changed to “President of the
Board of Directors.”