M I N U T E S
Meeting of the Board of Directors
Mountain Plains Management Association
October 7, 2010
The 2010
meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order at 12:45 p.m. by Board
President Casimir Barczyk
in Room 229A at Weber State University – Davis Campus. Board members in attendance were: Alan
Hamlin, Donald Carpenter, James Frost, Ed Harris, Srivatsa
Seshadri, David Summers and Richard Vail. Geoff Gurka and
Larry Carstenson also attended.
The minutes of the
October 8, 2009 Board of Directors meeting were revised to correct the year
reported in item 1 to 2009. The minutes
were approved as amended.
Ed Harris, Conference
Chair, reported on the activities of the 2010 Mountain Plains Management
Conference (MPMC). There were 54 paid
registrants. There were 59 submissions,
which included 27 full papers and 32 abstracts.
The winners of the Best in Track paper awards will each receive a
certificate and a $100 cash award. The
Board expressed its sincere gratitude to Ed Harris and his organizing team for
a job well done.
Returning members of
the Board of Directors, term expiration years, and roles for 2009-10 are as
follows:
Alan Hamlin, 2012,
Member
Casimir Barczyk, 2012, President
Carla Cabarle,
2010
Donald Carpenter,
2010
James Frost, 2012,
Member
Ed Harris, 2011,
Conference Chair
Srivatsa Seshadri, 2011, Member
David Summers,
2012, Member
Richard Vail, 2010, Past Conference
Chair
Tom Liesz, 2012, Conference Chair Elect, effectively resigned
because of his institution’s withdrawal as host of the 2011 MPMC at the
University of Idaho.
An amendment to the Bylaws
of the Mountain Plains Management Association, Section 5.01 d, Article V (Host
Colleges or Universities), was discussed and revised. The revised document was approved by the
Board and will be voted on at the Membership Meeting on October 8, 2010. The revised amendment is appended to these
minutes.
The Board discussed and
approved the following rotation schedule:
53rd National
Meeting of the MPMC – Mesa State College in 2011
54th
National Meeting of the MPMC – University of Nebraska – Kearney in 2012
55th
National Meeting of the MPMC – Southern Utah University in 2013
56th
National Meeting of the MPMC – Idaho State University in 2014
57th
National Meeting of the MPMC – Mesa State College in 2015
The Nominating Committee
of the Board of Directors, comprised of Donald Carpenter, Srivatsa
Seshadri, and David Summers, recommended:
That Suzanne Lay of Mesa
State College be nominated as a Board member for a
term ending in 2013.
That Larry Carstenson of the University of Nebraska – Kearney be
nominated as a replacement for the Board position vacated by Srivatsa Seshadri for a term
ending in 2011.
That David Summers be
appointed President of the Board for a one year term ending in
2011.
That Geoff Gurka of Mesa State College be appointed to the Board and
named Conference Chair with a term ending in 2013.
That Kay Hodge of the
University of Nebraska – Kearney be appointed to the Board and named Conference
Chair Elect with a term ending in 2013
The nominations of
Suzanne Lay and Larry Carstenson will be submitted
for a vote at the October 8, 2010 Membership Meeting.
The appointments of
David Summers, Geoff Gurka, and Kay Hodge are Board
actions that do not require a vote by the membership.
Going into the 2011
MPMC, and assuming that the recommendations of the Nominating Committee are
approved, the Board will consist of the following members:
Alan Hamlin¸ Southern Utah
University, Member, 2012
Casimir Barczyk, Purdue University Calumet, Member, 2012
Larry Carstenson,
University of Nebraska – Kearney, Member, 2012
James Frost, Idaho
State University, Member, 2012
Geoff Gurka, Mesa State College, Conference Chair, 2013
Ed Harris, Weber
State University, Past Conference Chair, 2011
Kay Hodge, University
of Nebraska – Kearney, Conference Chair Elect, 2013
Suzanne Lay, Mesa State College, Member, 2013
David Summers,
University of Houston – Victoria, President, 2012
The Board recommended that
the website of the MPMC contain a link that would describe
the process of becoming a conference host.
The next opportunity to host a conference would be in 2016, in which
case, an institutional commitment would have to be received in 2014.
The Board requested Donald Carpenter to
draft an amendment to the Bylaws that would address Board membership
and named chair positions.
The Board decided that
future conferences should produce two CD’s, one of which would be the
Proceedings containing full papers. The other would contain “Other Presentations”
of the named meeting, e.g., the 53rd National Meeting of the
MPMC.
There being no further
business, the meeting
was adjourned at 1.45 p.m.
The next formal meeting will occur in October 2011 on the campus of Mesa
State College in Grand Junction, Colorado.
2010 Revised Amendment to the Bylaws of the MPMA
[In September 2010, the Board of Directors of the Mountain Plains
Management Association voted to present the following proposed amendment to the
MPMA Bylaws to be considered by the MPMA Membership at its annual meeting on
October 8, 2010 in Layton, Utah. It was
amended at the Board of Directors meeting on October 7, 2010.]
"5.01 d Host Colleges or
Universities. The Board of Directors is responsible for approving a
rotation of host colleges or universities. This conference is
hosted on a rotating basis among four colleges, including Idaho State
University, Southern Utah University, Mesa State College (Grand Junction), and
the University of Nebraska at Kearney and other colleges chosen by the Board of
Directors. The directors will choose from among those colleges who have
submitted a letter of intent from the dean (or similar authority) of the
candidate college."
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