M I N U T E S

Annual Membership Meeting

Mountain Plains Management Association

October 8, 2010

The annual membership meeting of the Mountain Plains Management Association (MPMA) was called to order at 12:45 p.m. by Casimir Barczyk, President of the Board of Directors, in Room DV 110 at Weber State University – Davis Campus, Layton, Utah.

Minutes from October 9, 2009 MPMA membership meeting were amended to reflect that Richard Vail was the Conference Chair for the 2009 conference at Mesa State College. The amended minutes were subsequently approved.

Casimir Barczyk expressed appreciation to Weber State University and to Conference Chair Ed Harris for hosting a successful conference.

Casimir Barczyk introduced the 2009-2010 Board of Directors, noting the expiration year of their terms. He thanked them for their service to the MPMA.

Alan Hamlin, Southern Utah University, Member, 2012

Casimir Barczyk, Purdue University-Calumet, President, 2009

Carla Cabarle, Minot State University, Member, 2010

Donald Carpenter, Mesa State College, Member, 2010

James Frost, Idaho State University, Member, 2012

Ed Harris, Weber State University, Conference Chair, 2011

Srivatsa Seshadri, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Member, 2011

David Summers, University of Houston-Victoria, Member, 2012

Richard Vail, Mesa State College, Past Conference Chair, 2010

The Conference Chair Elect was Thomas Liesz, University of Idaho, whose term would have expired in 2012. The University of Idaho decided on September 29, 2010 not to host the 2011 conference, effectively leaving the Board of Directors without a Conference Chair Elect.

It became apparent in August 2010 that the Board of Directors had ten members. This violated the Bylaws, which stipulate that the Board should have nine members. Donald Carpenter subsequently resigned.

Casimir Barczyk explained the pending revised amendment to the Bylaws of the MPMA that the Board presented for approval by the membership. After a brief discussion, the amendment to Section 5.01 d, Article 5 (appended to these minutes) was approved.

Geoff Gurka, 2011 Conference Chair, discussed the upcoming 53^rd National Meeting of the Mountain Plains Management Conference to be hosted by Mesa State College.

Kay Hodge, Conference Chair Elect, discussed the 54^th National Meeting of the Mountain Plains Management Conference to be hosted by the University of Nebraska – Keaney in 2012.

The rotation schedule for future conferences is:

53^rd National Meeting of the MPMC – Mesa State College in 2011

54^th National Meeting of the MPMC – University of Nebraska – Kearney in 2012

55^th National Meeting of the MPMC – Southern Utah University in 2013

56^th National Meeting of the MPMC – Idaho State University in 2014

57h National Meeting of the MPMC – Mesa State College in 2015

Donald Carpenter presented the recommendation of the Nominating Committee and the Board to elect Suzanne Lay (Mesa State College) to the Board of Directors with a term to expire in 2013. He called for additional nominations from the floor. None being offered, he called for the vote and the membership approved the recommendation.

Donald Carpenter also presented the recommendation of the Nominating Committee and the Board to elect Larry Carstenson (University of Nebraska – Kearney) as a replacement for the position vacated by the resignation of Srivatsa Seshadri. He called for additional nominations from the floor. None being offered, he called for the vote and the membership approved the recommendation. Larry Carstenson’s term of office will expire in 2011.

Casimir Barczyk urged the membership to take an active role in promoting the MPMC and to encourage colleagues to submit papers for the 2011 and subsequent conferences. He stressed the need to promote the organization to insure its viability in the future.

Casimir Barczyk announced that David Summers (University of Houston – Victoria) had been elected as President of the Board of Directors for 2010-11 and congratulated him on his election.

David Summers thanked Casimir Barczyk for his two years of service as President of the Board of Directors of the Mountain Plains Management Association.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m. The next Annual Membership Meeting of the MPMA will be in October 2010 at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Approved Revised Amendment to the Bylaws of Mountain Plains Management Association

2010 Amendment

[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. The amendment was revised at the Board of Directors meeting on October 7, 2010.]

Section 5.01d of Article V of the Bylaws would read:

"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."