AL: 2005 Council Meeting Agenda (First Draft)

Memo for all EC, Council and Committee Members
Astronomical League

Inserted below is the first draft of the council agenda. We will be
meeting on August 11 at the national office in Kansas City, MO. The
other main events will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Overland Park,
KS. Please let me know if you have any changes, corrections, or
additions to this agenda.

If you have not sent your reports to Jackie, please do so ASAP. If you
are unable to attend the council meeting, please assign a proxy and
send it to Jackie Beucher, Executive Secretary.

FYI, I will be traveling for the next week, and will be away from
e-mail. I will review your comments when I return.

See you soon in KC where everything is up-to-date!

Bob

Robert L. Gent
President, Astronomical League
www.astroleague.org

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ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE
NATIONAL COUNCIL AGENDA

ALCon Expo 2005
Kansas City, MO
Thursday, August 11, 2005

PART I. CALL TO ORDER (8:30 am)

PART II. ROLL CALL (Richard Schmude, Jr.)

Council members or proxies should be present. Proxies must have
written or e-mail approval to represent a region or officer. Written
and signed proxies may be submitted to the Executive Secretary at this
time if they have not been submitted already. No person may vote more
than one proxy at Council. No blank proxies may be accepted by the
Executive Secretary or voted.

All persons holding a proxy serve as members of the board of directors
of the Astronomical League (a.k.a. the Council), and all members are
bound to confidentiality in closed sessions of Council in the same
manner as elected Council members.

According to Bylaws III. 4., two-fifths (2/5ths) of the members of
Council, or 10 members, constitute a quorum.

PART III. READING AND APPROVAL OF 2004 COUNCIL MINUTES

PART IV. REPORTS (includes New Business)

A. President
B. Vice-President
C. Secretary
D. Treasurer [Treasurer's Report - later in schedule]
E. Executive Secretary
1. MAL Report (includes Charter MAL Report)
2. Society membership update and other news

F. National Office Report
G. Webmaster (Matt Ganis)
H. League Sales
1. 2004-05 sales report
2. On-Line and Catalog Sales

I. REFLECTOR
1. 2004-05 report
2. Future Plans
3. Budget

J. ISS-AT (Terry Mann)
1. Progress Report
2. Search for Program Manager

K. Publications (Sue Wheatley)
L. Publicity (League press officer)
M. "Observe" Committee Reports
N. Astronomy Day Awards report
O. Awards and Recognition
1. Astronomical League Award
2. President's Award
3. Peltier Award
4. Wright Award
5. NYAA
6. Horkheimer Award
7. Sterns Award
8. Webmaster Award

P. Nominating Committee Report
1. Ballot counting meeting; appointment of counters

Q. Region Reports:
- Great Lakes
- MARS
- Mid-East
- Mid-States
- North Central
- Northeast
- Northwest
- Southeast
- Southwest
- Western

R. Book Service
S. Education Committee
T. IDA (Gent)
U. Future Conventions Proposals/Approval
1. 2006 - Dallas, Texas (August 3-5, 2006)
2. Future ALCON Plans

V. Youth Activities Committee

W. History Files and League Historian
X . Other Committee Reports

PART V. TREASURER'S REPORT

A. Budget Proposal
B. Major Requests

PART VI. TRUST FUND REPORT

A. Financial report
B. Election of Trustee (Dave Bachtell, Term expires)

PART VII. OLD BUSINESS

A. Report of Bylaws Committee (Jim Fox)
B. EPO and ASP Liaison (Barry Beaman)
C. Professional-Amateur Collaboration
D. League's Youth Scholarship and Grant

PART VIII. NEW BUSINESS (not covered in other Reports)

A.. Dues Structure Change
B. New "Observe" Award Proposals
1. Open Clusters Program
2. Lunar Dome Program
3. Planetary Nebulae Program

C. League Statement on Safe Use of Lasers
D. Additional Master Observer Recognition
E. Endowment Fund and Grants
F. History of Universe Program
G. Use of e-mail for all League Documents and bylaws changes (AOSNY)
H. Release of Membership information
I. New AL Outreach Award Proposal (Mike Reynolds)
J. Honorary Member Nominations

PART IX. APPROVAL OF BUDGET

PART X. ADJOURNMENT