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Sam Robinson, Ingrid Johnston, Rebecca Luce-Kapler, Denis Sumara, Diane Dagenais, Rita Irwin, Renee Fountain, Linda Laidlaw, Dolores van der Wey, Susan Tilley
by consensus
- minor correction needed in date of previous Executive meeting. Motion to
Approve Laidlaw/Fountain Carried
General Discussion: Slate of members
for 2001-2 Executive
A full slate is being offered including:
Rita Irwin as President
Sam Robinson as Past-President
Renee Fountain as First Vice-President
Ingrid Johnston as Second Vice-President
Rebecca Luce-Kapler as Publications Chair
Denis Sumara as Membership Chair
Dolores van der Wey as Student Representative
Susan Tilley
as Secretary-Treasurer
Linda Stanley-Wilson as Program Chair for 2002
The Executive expects 35 - 40 people to attend the Annual General Meeting.
General Discussion: Electronic
Communication
The Executive
needs to evaluate how well efforts at communicating are working for Executive
members. It was suggested that it is difficult to get to know people through
the e-mail lists. The Executive should revert back to having teleconferences
again rather than depending solely on email for communication. The CACS web-site
appears to be functioning effectively.
It was brought to the Executive’s attention that there is still an account in the name of the previous treasurer. This will be closed and funds transferred to the most recent account in June. The report to the AGM will note that there are additional monies to be transferred. Secretary-treasurer’s records from previous years have been miss-placed in transit. An effort will be made to track and recover these documents.
It was noted that the translation of the bulletin was well done. Only partial payment was made through CACS funds so the amount was low. Costs will be higher in future years.
CSSE funded all translations except the newsletter.
More information is needed on the amount cited for the plaques last year. Action: Susan will check the amount and report back.
Motion to approve Treasurer's Report Tilley/Luce-Kapler Carried.
No written report was presented. Challenges faced by the Program Chair were discussed. A more systematic way to review and accept/reject proposals needs to be developed. Many different formats are used and this causes confusion. A CSSE central database needs to be constructed.
There were 109 proposal submissions this year. Arts 4, LARC 21, Franco-phone 4, Critical Pedagogy 27, Curriculum 53.
Nine Roundtables were sponsored by CACS. All CSSE Roundtables were scheduled at the same time this year. No other presentations were scheduled during this time.
A number of areas were represented in the submissions including curriculum, science education, teacher eduction, language education, special education, large-scale evaluation, technology.
Last minute cancellations are still a problem. One week before the conference, individuals were still canceling. The Executive needs to consider a theme that will bring people in to the conference. Focusing on internationalization specifically, theoretical pieces related to internationalization was suggested. CSSE might consider inviting individuals to present on broad curricular issues.
Confusion still exists in relation to the bilingual sessions. Titles in the program are listed in English first even when the session is in French or bilingual. Clarification is needed.
Issues of larger Association discussed.
Too many no shows during the conference
Action:
Rita Irwin will bring the concern of no shows to the Association meeting on
Saturday.
There appears to be a philosophical split among board members in terms of the direction of the conference. At least two views seem to be represented. One group would like to have CSSE more closely aligned to AERA (higher rejection rate etc.). The other perspective represented views CSSE in a different light than AERA. The Canadian field is small and people know each other well and this serves as motivation to present scholarly work. CSSE needs to support the development of Canadian scholars. A common set of criteria for selection of papers needs to be articulated. Also organizers might need to consider a place for works in progress outside of Roundtable presentations.
CSSE is attempting to define themes for the conference more solidly.
Motion to approve the Program Chair Report Fountain/Johnston Carried.
Two newsletters were published this year. Earlier kinks have been dealt with and a PDF format is now being used. Planning continues for the introduction of a CACS electronic journal. The Executive needs to consider in what ways a curriculum journal might affect the Canadian Journal of Education
It was noted that the Newsletters were very sharp and downloaded easily.
Motion to approve the Publications Chair report Luce-Kapler/ Laidlaw. Carried
Ingrid Johnston noted that a written report was posted on the website.
The date for submissions for the awards has been moved from February 28th to the 1st of 2002. Last year notices were sent to the Deans of universities offering Ph.D. programs. Five submissions in English and one in French were received. The winners will be announced at the wine and cheese book launch.
Motion to approve the Awards report Johnston/Dagenais. Carried
Adjournment agreed by consensus.