News of the Organization

Action Items of the OAH Executive Board

At its Spring 2009 meeting at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, March 26-28, the OAH Executive Board took the following actions:

▪ Approved unanimously the minutes and consent agenda of its fall executive board meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 25, 2008.

▪ Approved unanimously an amendment to the OAH Bylaws, item 2a, to allow the OAH president to fill service and award committee vacancies that occur between annual Committee on Committees appointments. OAH Bylaw 2a now reads, “The President shall preside at the official meetings of the Organization and the Executive Board and shall perform all duties of the presiding officer, including the appointment of ad hoc committees. The President shall also fill service and award committee vacancies created by a member’s death or resignation that occurs between the annual appointment meetings of the Committee on Committees. The President-Elect shall appoint the Committee on Committees, including its chair, and serve in the absence of the President. The Vice President shall appoint the Program Committee and the Convention Local Resource Committee.”

▪ Approved OAH as a signatory to an amicus brief supporting the Regents of the University of California in the case Association of Christian Schools International v. Stearns, et al.

▪ Approved unanimously the recommendation of the OAH Nominating Board that: a.) its annual meetings be staffed by executive office personnel, and b.) the executive director notify candidates, both successful and unsuccessful, of the outcome of each OAH election.

▪ Approved unanimously that candidates standing for election to the OAH Executive Board are notified that travel expenses to attend board meetings may not be subsidized by the organization.

▪ Approved unanimously that the OAH Executive Director modify the amounts of OAH awards and prizes so that the underlying funds of each are on a sustainable basis.

▪ Approved unanimously the FY 2010 budget, with an instruction to management to present a revised balanced budget by July 1, 2009, which reflects $50,000 less in revenue.

2009 OAH Election Results

OAH President: Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota; OAH President-Elect: David Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley; and OAH Vice President: Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University. OAH Executive Board: Doris D. Dwyer, Western Nevada College; Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of Chicago; and Mary Kelley, University of Michigan. OAH Nominating Board: George Chauncey, Yale University; Rosemary Kolks Ennis, Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio); and Kathleen Smith Kutolowski, The College at Brockport, State University of New York. Total ballots cast: 955.