Business Meeting Agenda Spring 2004

MRDS Business Meeting Agenda
Fetzer 1035
Friday, May 7, 2004, at 5 p.m.

1) Welcome and passing of wine

2) Presentation of minutes from last meeting

3) MRDS awards announcement and toast to winners:

a) David Bevington Award presented
b) Martin Stevens Award presented

4) Announcements and reports from allied organizations and publications

5) Treasurer's report

Old Business

6) Voting on proposed Constitutional Amendments. Proposed changes to individual sections of the MRDS Constitution appear on the MRDS Website at http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/mrds/ProposedConstitution03.html.

New Business

7) Report on the MRDS Council meeting

8) Nominations for Vice President and Council seats

9) Voting on topics for MRDS sessions at 2005 conferences:

• International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2004 -- 4 sessions
• International Medieval Congress, Leeds University, July 2004 -- 2 sessions
• Modern Language Association Convention, December 2005 -- 2 sessions

Proposals for panel topics may be e-mailed to Gloria Betcher (gbetcher@iastate.edu) before May 4 or presented at the business meeting itself. Those who suggest topics for sessions must be willing to organize these sessions or know someone who definitely is willing.

10) Introduction of new Council members