News of the OAH

Fall 2005 OAH Executive Board Meeting, Washington, DC

At its 2005 fall meeting at the Washington Hilton the OAH board took the following actions:

  • Approved the minutes for the March 31-April 3, 2005, Executive Board meeting in San José, as well as the minutes of actions taken by the board subsequent to the meeting.
  • Thanked ninety-six OAH members who graciously gave of their time to deliver more than one hundred OAH Distinguished lectures from July 2004 through June 2005; and especially to Allida M. Black, William H. Chafe, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Steven M. Gillon, Nancy A. Hewitt, Joan Hoff, Wilma King, Elaine Tyler May, Douglas Monroy, Theda Perdue, Brenda E. Stevenson, Patricia Sullivan, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Brian Ward, and Jonathan Zimmerman, who each gave more than one lecture during the last fiscal year.
  • Selected recipients of the Friend of History and Distinguished Service awards who will be announced at the annual meeting in Washington on April 22, 2006.
  • Approved a resolution thanking OAH Deputy Director John R. Dichtl "for his many years of steadfast service, for his mature and thoughtful leadership, and for the wisdom of his counsel to this Executive Board."
  • Voted to sign on with other national organizations to a letter to the appropriate congressional leaders urging them to support a funding level of $7.5 million for FY 2006 for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
  • Approved sites for the following annual meetings: 2011, Chicago; 2012, Milwaukee; 2013, San Francisco; and 2014, Washington DC.
  • Approved requesting the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA to consider holding a joint regional meeting with OAH in summer 2008 in Vancouver, BC.
  • Created a subcommittee of the board (Daniel Czitrom, James O. Horton, and Robert Cherny) to address the future of the Talking History radio program.
  • Tabled a request from the American Association for State and Local History to OAH to join a coalition seeking the approval of a federal formula grant initiative for museums.
  • Accepted and approved the auditor’s report for FY 2005.
  • Began a discussion on strategic planing and reorganizing the OAH committee structure.