Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest
Business Meeting, March 22, 2003
1. The meeting was convened at the University Club, University of
Calgary, at 1.20 p.m. Those present were Laurel Bowman, Catherine
Connors, Martin Cropp (President), Walter Englert, Andrew Goldman, Fred
Lauritsen, Nigel Nicholson, Lorina Quartarone, Catherine Roth, and
James Russell.
2. Minutes of the 2002 Business Meeting at the University of Oregon, as
recorded in the Fall 2002 CAPN Bulletin, were unanimously approved.
3. National Committee for Latin and Greek
A motion (Lauritsen/Englert) to approve renewal of the CAPN’s annual
$165.00 contribution to the NCLG was approved unanimously. In further
discussion it was noted that a shortage of new Latin teachers in the
schools was currently threatening the continuation of some school Latin
programs, and that university departments should be active in
addressing this urgent need and encouraging students to consider
careers in Latin teaching. This topic had been featured at the Jan.
2003 APA meeting in New Orleans.
4. Treasurer's report
A written report was received from the Treasurer. The CAPN is solvent,
but printing and mailing expenses for the bulletin have been high. The
University of Oregon has provided a work-study student to help put the
bulletin together and stuff envelopes, but cannot afford to subsidize
printing and mailing costs. Costs could be cut by using a less
expensive format for the bulletin, by deleting from the mailing list
the substantial number of members in arrears with dues, or by
increasing dues.
In discussion the consensus was that, while an
increase in dues would not be unreasonable, electronic communication
through a combination of e-mail and website could go a long way towards
limiting costs. Most members would probably be happy to receive and
access most, if not all, CAPN information in this way.
5. Scholarship Committee
No report was available.
6. Schedule of Meetings and new Officers
The University of Washington’s invitation to host a CAPN meeting in
Seattle on April 2-3, 2004, was enthusiastically accepted. For 2005 it
was noted that the CACW would meet in Victoria, and that this could
become a joint CACW/CAPN meeting. This idea was strongly favored by
those present, and Laurel Bowman (U. Victoria) undertook to plan
accordingly. Members from Reed College expressed their willingness to
host the 2006 meeting.
Officers for 2003–04 were confirmed as follows: Joint Presidents, Alain
Gowing and Catherine Connors (U. Washington); Vice President, Laurel
Bowman (U. Victoria); Secretary/Treasurer (continuing), Mary Jaeger (U.
Oregon); Bulletin Editor (continuing), Malcolm Wilson (U. Oregon).
7. New Business
A brief discussion of strategies for the CAPN yielded the following
points:
(1) A gathering of CAPN-area scholars at APA meetings would be
valuable. Next year’s APA meeting in San Francisco would make an
excellent starting-point, and Andrew Goldman undertook to invetsigate
possibilities.
(2) Coordination between CAPN and CACW could usefully be developed, and
exchanges of inform-ation and strategies for teaching, outreach etc.
could be featured in the programs of annual meetings.
(3) Next year’s CAPN meeting in Seattle should be advertised to CACW as
well as CAPN members. Martin Cropp undertook to act as intermediary for
this.
8. Thanks were expressed to Martin Cropp, his colleagues, and the
Classical Association of the Canadian West for organizing and hosting
the 2003 conference.
9. The meeting was adjourned at 2.10