Southern Criminal Justice Association

Mid-Year Executive Board Meeting

Friday, April 6, 2001

New Orleans, LA


Members Present: M. Miller, D. Everhart, B. Applegate, B. Doerner, B. Grossi, C. Fields, T. Edwards, G. Crews, R. Tewksbury, J. Sanborn

Absent: M. Robinson, J. Smykla, J. Sloan
 
 

 1. Meeting called to order by President Grossi at 7:50 a.m.

2. Motion by Sanborn second by Everhart to dispense with reading of the minutes from previous meeting. PASSED (unan).

3. Report of the President (Grossi)

Thanked Board for support and optimism throughout year. Updated Board on Secretary/Treasurer situation. Received and accepted resignation from D. Robinson; C. Fields appointed (with Board approval) to finish present term until new election. Thanked G. Crews and L. Mustaine for audit of SCJA financial records (see report below). Advised Board that D. Robinson indicated that financial records for previous three years destroyed after audit. Copies of destroyed records from bank forthcoming.

Results of Special Ballot Resolution #1 (re: SCJA stand on public policy issues) disseminated to Board: 55 nay, 54 yea, 4 no votes (resolution FAILED). Results of Special Ballot Resolution #2 (re: SCJA stand against death penalty) ergo moot and were not reported

Several members of the SCJA received awards or assumed leadership positions in ACJS: Bob Bohm (Founders Award), Mittie Southerland became 2nd Vice-President, Laura Moriarty and Beth Grossi will be Program Chair in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

Next meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 25-29, 2001.

4. Report of the First Vice-President (Sanborn)

Clearwater Beach Hilton for the 2002 Annual Meeting; rates of $116 ($5 rebate to SCJA).

Productive site visit to Baton Rouge. Described area around hotel; Louisiana State University very close. Tom Sullenberger is in charge of local arrangements. The conference will include three main plenary speakers, two evening receptions. Noted that breakfast and afternoon reception provided by hotel. Transportation (gratis) will be provided to casino. Several additional trips discussed, including Angola (nominal cost), and Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Examining AVoodoo on the Bayou@ as another possible evening entertainment experience.

Suggested that we target colleges, universities and justice agencies with special mailout to encourage attendance.

Budget for 2001-02 ($28,150 revenues and expenses - balanced) submitted and discussed.

5. Report of the Second Vice-President (Tewksbury)

Awards Committees have been appointed. Site Selection Committee for 2003 consists of R. Tewksbury, Darryl Ross & Alexis Miller. Arlington, Virginia, Ashville, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee were put out as possible meeting sites; rates at each discussed.

6. Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (Fields)

Fields presented budget summary and membership reports. General Account balance (as of 4/02/01) stands at $28,130.25. Balance in the Secretariat Account stands at $1,189.06. Membership (as of March 27, 2001) is at follows: 168 regular, 54 student; total 222.

7. Report of the ACJS Regional Representative (Edwards)

Election for Treasurer, Region 2 (Southern) Trustee, and two Trustees-at-Large to be held this year. Future meetings of ACJS and ASC are as follows:
    1. ASC Atlanta, Georgia
    2. ACJS Anaheim, California ASC Chicago, Illinois
    3. ACJS Boston, Massachuetts ASC Denver, Colorado
    4. ACJS Las Vegas ASC Nashville, Tennessee
    5. ACJS Chicago, Illinois ASC Toronto, Ontario
    6. ASC Los Angeles, California
Lease for National Office in Washington, DC is up for renewal and relocation options are being considered. Membership dues increased to $75 for regular members and $40 for students. Three-year library subscriptions for Justice Quarterly increased to $950. Steve Lab is incoming 2nd Vice-President. Peer review by ACJS is being examined.

Membership currently stands at 1400 regular members, over 400 student members, 200 life members and 150 institutional members.

8. Committee Reports
a. AJCJ Editor (Doerner)

Submitted and discussed written report. Submissions encouraged.

b. Audit (Crews)

Crews reported that the Audit Committee met in Valdosta, Georgia on January 21, 2001 to review the financial records of the Association. The members of the committee included were Gordon Crews and Elizabeth Mustaine. Also present was Deborah Robinson, Secretary/Treasurer of SCJA. The Committee reviewed all expenditures for 2000 and conducted a random check of revenue receipts. During the review, the Committee found no discrepancies or audit exceptions which should be noted.

No recommendations at this time.


c. Constitution and Bylaws (Janikowski)

No report

d. Dialogue (M. Robinson)

No report           e. Intergovernmental Relations (Applegate) Two positions (2nd Vice-President and Director-at-Large) will be open this year. Nomination and election materials were mailed to the membership on 2/13/01. Deadline for nominations is 4/15/01. To date, three personsd have been nominated for 2nd Vice-President and two for Director- at-large. Ballots will be mailed out on 5/15/01 with deadline for return of 7/1/01.
  g. Membership (Sloan)  
No report
  h. Parliamentarian (Camp)  
No report.
  i. Webmaster (M. Robinson)  
No report

No Old Business

No New Business

Meeting adjourned at 9:30am
Southern Criminal Justice Association

Mid-Year General Business Meeting

Friday, April 6, 2001

New Orleans, LA



Members Present: M. Miller, D. Everhart, B. Applegate, B. Doerner, B. Grossi, C. Fields, T. Edwards, G. Crews, R. Tewksbury, J. Sanborn

Absent: M. Robinson, J. Smykla, J. Sloan
 
 

  1. Meeting called to order by President Grossi at 5:30pm forty-four members in attendance.
  1. Introduction of Board and special guests: Mittie Southerland, 2nd Vice-President of ACJS, Bob Bohm, recipient of the 2001 ACJS Founder=s Award, and Laura Moriarty, 2002 ACJS Program Chair (Anaheim)
3. Motion by Camp second by Doerner to dispense with reading of the minutes from previous meeting. PASSED (unan).

4. Report of the President (Grossi)

Thanked members for support and optimism throughout year. Updated Board on Secretary/Treasurer situation. Received and accepted resignation from D. Robinson; C. Fields appointed (with Board approval) to finish present term until new election. Results of Special Ballot Resolution #1 (re: SCJA stand on public policy issues) discussed: 55 nay, 54 yea, 4 no votes (resolution FAILED). Reported that attendance was very high at the Charleston meeting and the SCJA is in sound financial shape.

Welcomed membership to next meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 25-29, 2001.

5. Report of the First Vice-President (Sanborn)

Discussed Baton Rough meeting and described area around hotel; Louisiana State University very close. Tom Sullenberger is in charge of local arrangements. The conference will include three main plenary speakers, two evening receptions. Noted that breakfast and afternoon reception provided by hotel. Transportation (gratis) will be provided to casino. Several additional trips discussed, including Angola (nominal cost), and Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Examining AVoodoo on the Bayou@ as another possible evening entertainment experience.

6. Report of the Second Vice-President (Tewksbury)

Awards and Site Selection Committee for 2003 appointed and Arlington, Virginia, Ashville, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee were put out as possible meeting sites.

6. Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (Fields)

Fields presented budget summary and membership reports. General Account balance (as of 4/02/01) stands at $28,130.25. Balance in the Secretariat Account stands at $1,189.06. Membership (as of March 27, 2001) is at follows: 168 regular, 54 student; total 222.

7. Report of the ACJS Regional Representative (Edwards)

Election for Treasurer, Region 2 (Southern) Trustee, and two Trustees-at-Large to be held this year.

Membership currently stands at 1400 regular members, over 400 student members, 200 life members and 150 institutional members.

8. Committee Reports

 a. AJCJ Editor (Doerner)

Discussed the status of the journal. Submissions encouraged.

b. Audit (Crews)

Crews reported that the Audit Committee met in Valdosta, Georgia on January 21, 2001 to review the financial records of the Association. During the review, the Committee found no discrepancies or audit exceptions which should be noted. c. Constitution and Bylaws (Janikowski)

No report

d. Dialogue (M. Robinson)

No report. e.  Intergovernmental Relations (Applegate) f.  Nominations and Elections (Grossi for Smykla) Two positions (2nd Vice-President and Director-at-Large) are open this year, nomination and election materials have been mailed.
  g. Membership (Sloan)  
No report
  h. Parliamentarian (Camp)  
No report.
  i. Webmaster (M. Robinson)  
No report
 

Motion by Edwards second by Madden to accept committee reports. PASSED (unan).

No Old Business

New Business

Membership encouraged to check out new SCJA website: www.scja.net.

Meeting adjourned at 6:20pm