2003 Annual RCML Business Meeting Minutes
March 7, 2003

President Virginia Usnick called the meeting to order at 1:20 p.m. The
meeting was held in the Cochise Room at Arizona State University.

Item 1:  Approval of minutes for last year's meeting
David Boliver called for approval of the minutes: seconded by Pat Lamphere Jordan.

Item 2:
VP for Publications report
Dan Brahier reported the following:

Newsletter:
Three issues have been published this year.  Dan thanked all members who contributed to the newsletter, in particular Rama Menon for writing Musings, Ginny Usnick for the President's Column, and Roland Pourdavood for the mailing labels.  Dan further reported that the Executive Board discussed an electronic newsletter.  The next newsletter will be sent via US mail and electronically as a PDF file.  Dan will send each member an email informing him or her that can click on the link to access the newsletter.  This will serve as a pilot on the effectiveness of sending the newsletter electronically.  If members do not receive their newsletter electronically, they are to contact Dan with their correct email address. This process will enable RCML to transmit the newsletter easier, faster, and cheaper.

Website:
Dan thanked Ryan Speer for maintaining the website.  Ryan does a wonderful job of updating the website, posting items on the site almost immediately.

Focus:
Dan thanked Jodi Harbal, his undergraduate assistant at Bowling Green State University for her assistance with Focus and Jean Schmittau for editing Focus.  Dan explained the Focus is a product of RCML in that we provide articles for the Journal, but we not own the Journal.  Dan has copy edited Winter and Spring, 2003 issues.   He mention problems associated with Focus that were being addressed by the Executive Board.

Ginny Usnick thanked Dan on behalf of the members for his work as Vice President for Publications and presented him with a certificate of appreciation.

Item 3:  VP for Conference report
Kay Wholhuter reported the following:
Kay thanked Ginny Usnick for organizing the 2003 conference and presented her a gift of appreciation.  She thanked the outgoing members of the conference committee: Claudia Pagliaro and Diana Steele and welcomed the newly elected members to the committee: Michael Naylor and Mary Enderson.

RCML conference for 2004 will be in Oklahoma, probably in Oklahoma City with a tentative date of February 19-21.  The focus of the Conference is "Mathematics Education ?Then, Now, and the Future." Jayne Fleener, Anne Reynolds, Sandy Johnson, and Kerri Richardson are working on the conference. Proposal forms were passed out and members were asked to submit the proposals by June 30.

Kay reported that the Executive Board is planning on introducing a Research Award at the Oklahoma Conference.  Members were encouraged to complete the purple conference evaluation form and to consider hosting a future RCML Conference.

Item 4:  Treasurer's report
Jayne Fleener presented the Profit and Loss report for January through December 2002.

RCML had approximately $4,000 in income generated by membership dues and $6,000 in income generated by program registration.  Expenses incurred for the 2002 and 2003 conferences, Focus, office supplies, plaques, postage, printing, and web master honorarium totaled approximately $11,000.  When income generated by interest and back service charges were calculated, the net result was a loss of approximately $200 for the period January through December 2002.  The total assets of RCML in both operating and conference accounts are approximately $26,000.

David Davison moved that the treasurer's report be accepted and Pat Lamphere Jordan seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

Item 5: Membership
Roland Pourdavood reported:
RCML has 215 active members, 45 new members, and 49 expired  memberships. Members will receive the Winter, 2003 Focus in a few weeks and are  asked to look at the label on the Journal.  If the date is 2002, they need to renew their membership.  The membership dues are $28.  If members do not  receive their 2003 copies of Focus, they are to contact Roland.  If they are  missing back copies, they should contact CTLM.

Item 6: Old Business
Ginny Usnick announced that Anne Reynolds was completing her term as secretary.   She thanked Anne for her work and presented her with a certificate of appreciation.

Election Results:
The following new officers were introduced:
Vice President for Publication-Alan Zollman
Secretary-Sue Brown
Conference Committee members-Michael Naylor and Mary Enderson.

Nominations are needed for the following positions falling vacant in  2004:
President Elect, Vice President for Conferences, Treasurer, and two  members for the Conference Committee.  Nominations are to be submitted to Ginny Usnick by June 15. They will be announced in the October newsletter with ballots mailed in mid November or early December.

Sheryl Maxwell thanked Ginny Usnick on behalf of RCML for her four-year commitment as President elect, President, and Past President and  presented a plaque to her.

Ginny reported that Sheryl was now officially president of RCML and  turned to meeting over to her.  Sheryl announced that it was a pleasure to serve as president of RCML.

Item 7:  New Business
There was no new business. President Sheryl Maxwell closed the meeting at12:50 pm.