Annual General Meeting (1995)

Members present: Paul Wood, Peter Sabor, David Oakleaf, Kenneth Graham, Katherine Quinsey, Jay Macpherson, Carol Percy, Eleanor Ty, David Smith, William Kinsley, Olive Dickison, Thierry Belleguic, Marie Laure Girou Swiderski, Juliette Merritt, Peter Walmsley, Benoît Melançon, Claire Grogan, Kathleen James-Cavan, Nancy Senior, R.S. Krishnan, Catherine Galloüet, Paul F. Rice, Dagny Boebel, Alison Scott-Prelorentzos, Christa Fell, Helen Heller, April London, John P. Wright.

The President brought the meeting to order at 9:15am, and thanked the Conference President and her Committee for organizing the Windsor meeting.

1. Conference President's Report: Katherine Quinsey explained the rationale for the conference theme, "Freedom and Boundaries", and details of the conference organization. She reported that the University of Windsor had contributed $21,000 towards the costs of the conference, and expressed her thanks for the University's generous support. She also thanked the four plenary speakers and all of the presenters for the quality of their papers.

2. President's Report: Peter Sabor emphasized the importance of keeping up membership levels if CSECS/SCEDHS was to continue to thrive. He reported to the membership that the Executive was dealing with the revision of the constitution, and said that members would be given the opportunity to discuss the changes introduced. Alison Scott-Prelorentzos read out a tribute to E.J. Greene, a long-time member of the Society who had recently passed away. Tributes were also given for two other recently deceased members, James Woodruff and Louise Marcil. A minute's silence was observed in their memory.

3. Secretary-Treasurer's Report: Paul Wood discussed the state of the Society's finances and membership. He reminded members to pay their annual dues promptly.

4. Executive Editor's Report: Alex Sokalski reported on the financial position of Lumen.

5. Bulletin: David Oakleaf discussed some of the difficulties he had experienced in producing the Society's newsletter. Kenneth Graham offered to help with the distribution of the Bulletin through the IUTS service in Ontario. Katherine Quinsey suggested that an expanded mailing list be used, in order to generate new membership.

6. Future Conferences: Paul Wood reported on plans for the 1996 Victoria conference, and Thierry Belleguic outlined his ideas for the 1997 University of Western Ontario meeting. Marie Laure Girou Swiderski asked about the venue for the 1998 conference in Quebec, and some discussion followed.

7. New Executive: Peter Sabor proposed Eleanor Ty for the position of Secretary-Treasurer, effective October 1996. No nominations were received from the floor, and Eleanor Ty was elected. Roger Emerson was proposed as the disciplinary representative for History, and was elected. Peter Sabor proposed Benoît Melançon and Raymond Stephanson as co-editors of the Bulletin, and they were elected.

8. Madoff Prize: The 1994 Madoff Prize was awarded to Stephen Snobelen of the University of Victoria. His essay was praised by four readers, and he was to receive $50 and a book prize from the Society, plus an additional $100 given by the English Department of the University of Saskatchewan.

9. ISECS: David Smith reported on ISECS business, and outlined the problem of funding a delegate to attend the ISECS meetings. Discussion followed on the ISECS Bulletin, and the membership indicated that they were not interested in receiving copies. Marie Laure Girou Swiderski asked about the need for a regular CSECS/SCEDHS delegate at the business meetings of ISECS. No decision was taken because of the problem of travel funding.

10. Other Business: Benoît Melançon mentioned that there was a Gopher site at the University of Montreal which could be used for information regarding eighteenth-century studies, and wondered if this could be linked to a CSECS net site at the University of Victoria.

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