Board Meetings

The SEA Board of Directors meet twice a year - at the AAA Annual Meeting in November and at the SEA Annual Meeting in March/April. A business meeting, open to all members of the SEA, is also held twice a year after the board meeting.

Index of Board Meetings and Business Meetings

April 2003
November 2002
April 2002
November 2001
April 2001
November 2000
November 1999
April 1997
November 1996
March 1996

Minutes from Board Meetings and Business Meetings

Minutes from April 2003

SEA Board Meeting (Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld)

The SEA Board held its official meetings at the 23rd Society of Economic Anthropology's Annual Meeting in Monterrey, Mexico, on April 4, 2003.

Present: Jeff Cohen, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Guadalupe Montes de Oca, Deborah Nichols, Stuart Plattner, Lillian Trager, Cynthia Werner, Richard Wilk, Deborah Winslow

1) Richard Wilk announced the results of the board elections: Lillian Trager, president; Georgia Fox, Board Member; Lisa Cliggett, Board Member.

2) Richard Wilk also announced that the presidential session for the 2003 meetings of the American Anthropological Society has been worked out.

3) Breen Murray reported on land arrangements for the meetings and the details for the banquet to be held at our host institution, UDEM. The board thanked Breen and Victor Zuñiga for all they had done to organize the meetings.

4) Deborah Winslow reported on SEA publications. She noted that because of a backlog of volumes we might be producing two volumes this year. The double publication would pose a revenue problem since we would not have dues/subscription funds to cover the second volume. Deborah said she would consult with Judith to see if an earlier year’s SEA membership payments are meant to cover the cost of one of the volumes. [Append publications report here].

5) Deborah Winslow reported that the publications committee had created the job of “Senior Editor” of SEA publications who would have jurisdiction over both the content and process of the annual SEA volume. The primary role envisioned for the Senior Editor would be to seek authorial follow through on manuscript review and when necessary would add authority to decisions to omit contributions from volumes that did not attend to issues raised in reviews.

6) In order to speed up the review process for annual volumes, the board discussed the development of an expanded publications advisory board whose members would be actively involved in reviewing.

7) Deborah Winslow announced that two manuscripts had been considered for a new SEA publications series of ethnographic cases studies. The first, “Electronic Potlatch” was returned to the author for more revisions before being sent out to formal review. The second, an ethnography of labor organizing has been sent out for review by AltaMira Press. Deborah stressed that this review is independent of SEA’s own decision as to whether to include the book with the SEA series. SEA does not have to accept it, even if it is positively reviewed.

8) Richard Wild circulated the call for papers for the Atlanta meetings on food. The board encouraged dissemination of the call in interdisciplinary journals and among food-oriented scholars beyond the boundaries of regular anthropological scholarly communities.

9) Two possibilities for the site of the 2005 meetings on landscape were discussed. Lillian Trager said she would investigate whether the conference facilities at Woods Hole were available. Deborah Nichols agreed to see if it would be possible to hold the meetings in Montreal in some relation to the SAA meetings.

10) Jeff Cohen has volunteered to establish a listserv at Penn State for reaching the wider membership. Judith is putting a list of email addresses together to help get the word out about the list. The board agreed that the listserv should start as a free service.

11) The treasurer’s report was received with thanks.

12) Under new business, Stuart Plattner drew attention to the exciting new work being done using experimental methods. He noted that these have also produced valuable interdisciplinary funding opportunities.
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Treasurer’s Report (Judith Marti)
SEA Annual Meeting,
April 2003, Monterrey, Mexico

INCOMES:
Membership Dues........................................................................ $ 460.00
Royalties........................................................................................ $ 424.34
Membership Dues.........................................................................$ 884.34

Membership Dues and Books (3/2/03)...................................... $ 450.00

Membership Dues and Books (3/21/2002)................................ $ 2,205.00

TOTAL INCOMES........................................................................ $4,423.64

EXPENSES:
U of Iowa, SEA (Fall 2002 SEA Newsletter)................................ $ 356.89
John Tofik Karam (graduate Schneider Prize 2002).................... $ 150.00
Tricia Olsen (undergraduate Schneider Prize 2002)................... $ 150.00
Judith Marti (re-imbursement Hotel for Schneider Prize
Winner 2003 SEA Conference, Monterrey)................................ $ 280.80
Deborah Winslow, SEA Senior Editor (photocopies)............... $ 11.25
Michael Chibnik (Spring 2003 SEA Newsletter)......................... $ 30.00
U of Iowa, SEA (Spring 2003 SEA Newsletter)........................... $ 356.89
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TOTAL EXPENSES....................................................................... $1,335.83

BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT (2/7/03)................................ $9,130.90

Minutes from November 2002

The SEA held two official meetings at the American Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, November 21 and 22, 2002.

SEA Board Meeting at the AAA Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA. November 21, 2002.

Present: Richard Wilk (President, Chair), Michael Chibnik, Jeffrey Cohen, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Karen Tranberg Hansen, B. Lynne Milgram, Judith E. Marti, Deborah L. Nichols, Kathleen A. Pickering, Lois Stanford, Lillian Trager, Cynthia Werner, Deborah Winslow.

1. Upcoming Conferences:

The SEA Board approved the preliminary program for the 2003 SEA Annual Meeting to be held in Monterrey, Mexico --Theme: "Migration and Economy” (Lillian Trager, organizer; William Breen Murray, local arrangements coordinator). Lillian Trager submitted the preliminary program, which was accepted by the SEA Board. The SEA banquet will be held at the university and a tour scheduled for Sunday. The SEA 2004 meeting--Theme: "Foods and Food Systems," will be organized by Richard Wilk. Richard Wilk discussed the progress of the 2004 meetings, including possible locations (Iowa City, Atlanta, Las Cruces). Lois Stanford reported on the facilities for a conference at Las Cruces. [Editor’s note: Atlanta was eventually selected as the site for the 2004 meeting.] The SEA 2005 meeting—Theme “Economies and the Transformation of Landscape” will be organized by Lisa Cliggett and Chris Pool. A conference on entrepreneurship, organized by Katherine Browne and Lynne Milgram, is tentatively set for 2006. The discussion on upcoming conferences included experimenting with new ways of organizing the programs.

At the upcoming SEA Business meeting, Richard Wilk will ask SEA members to contribute proposals for future conferences and/or volunteer to do land arrangements. Archaeologists in particular will be urged to organize conferences. Rick stressed that all conferences should include topics inclusive of archeologists.

2. The Harold K. Schneider Student Paper Prize Winners were announced.

3: Gracia Clark presented the slate for the spring election, which was approved by the SEA Board.

4. After many years of excellent service as newsletter editor, Michael Chibnik will be stepping down and Katherine Pickering will take over the office. We want to thank Mike for his dedication to the society.

5. Michael Chibnik gave a report on the new SEA Book Award that he will chair. Details will be outlined in the newsletter.

6. The issue of whether or not to join the American Anthropological Association as a section was reintroduced. The SEA Board voted to continue to exist as a separate organization. It was decided that the requirement that all SEA members join the AAA would pose a hardship for our growing number of international members. In addition, SEA is expanding its publication relationship with AltaMira Press. [Editor’s note: The AAA has rules about where member units may publish.].

7. Report from Deborah Winslow, SEA General Editor: Volume 18, Theory in Economic Anthropology, edited by Jean Ensminger and Volume 19, Economic Development: An Anthropological Approach, edited by Jeffrey H. Cohen and Norbert Dannhaeuser, have been published. AltaMira press is sending the volumes to SEA members who are to receive the books as part of their SEA membership. Volume 20, Gender at Work in Economic Life, edited by Gracia Clark is in press. Volume 21, Anthropology of Labor, edited by E. Paul Durrenberger and Judith E. Marti is currently undergoing final revisions. Volume 22, edited by Cynthia Werner and Duran Bell is currently being reviewed.

SEA Business Meeting at the AAA Annual Meetings, New Orleans. November 22, 2002.

The business meeting was well attended. Richard Wilk, SEA President, reported to the general membership about topics covered at the SEA Board Meeting.

Treasurer’s Report

TORONTO MEETING
Registration fees paid for the conference

INCOMES
Membership Fees $991
SEA Toronto Meeting Registration Fees
UPA Royalties: $227.10

EXPENSES SINCE APRIL 2002
Reimbursements for ConferenceBanquet $972.25
Professor Maurice Godelier: Honorarium $1,000, Translation $500

AltaMira Press: Vol. 18 buyback 100 books (5/15/2002) $1,500, Vol. 19 buyback 100 books
(7/6/2002) $1,500, Vol. 20 subvention (9/2002) $1,500

Schneider Prizes (2): $300

BANK OF AMERICA BALANCE………………………………..$9,231.35

UPCOMING EXPENSES—2003…………………………………..$7,700

Schneider Prizes (2)--$300
AltaMira Press- Vol. 20 buyback 100 books--$1,500, Vol. 21 subvention--$1,500, Vol. 21 buyback 100 books--$1,500, Vol. 22 subvention--$1,500 Ballots--$200
Newsletter--$700
AAA Board Meeting--$500

Minutes from April 2002

SEA Board Meeting, 22nd Annual Meeting, Society for Economic Anthropology
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 18, 2002

1. Present: Richard Wilk (President and Chair), Katherine Browne, Michael Chibnik, Gracia Clark, Karen Tranberg Hansen, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, B. Lynne Milgram, Kathleen Pickering, Lillian Trager, Cynthia Werner, Deborah Winslow.

2. Lillian Trager led a discussion of the 2003 meeting in Monterrey on the topic of Population Mobility in Socioeconomic Context. Victor Zuniga, who agreed to make ground arrangements in Monterrey, has been in Paris this year, making it difficult to finalize a venue and dates. Lillian Trager agreed to work with Victor on meeting logistics. Lillian Trager agreed to revise the call for papers to make it clear that archeological contributions are encouraged, and asked for suggestions of newsletters, publications and websites that would be good for the call for papers.

3. The election results and Schneider prize winners were announced. Suggestions were solicited for increasing the number of submissions to the Schneider prize committee. Lynne Milgram volunteered to work with Laura Finsten on the Schneider prize when she rotates off the Board.

4. Deborah Winslow presented a report from the Editorial Board. Two volumes have been published since the contract with Alta Mira press was signed, at a more affordable price with better advertising and much better editorial support. All prior SEA volumes are now available on-demand at their original prices. Constitutional changes were approved by the SEA membership which created a 5 member Editorial Board with 2-year terms. The initial Editorial Board includes Bob Hunt, Paul Durrenberger, Judith Marti, Timothy Earle, and Richard Wilk. Bob Hunt is interested in receiving suggestions for contributions to a series of teaching monographs on economic anthropology. The Board members expressed their appreciation to Deborah Winslow for orchestrating these improvements to the SEA publication process.

5. Michael Chibnik discussed ideas for an SEA book award. The Board asked Michael Chibnik to lead a book award committee, and to select three other members for the committee to develop details about nominations, timing, and other aspects of the book award.

6. Lynne Milgram and Cynthia Werner reported on the Toronto meeting logistics. The Board members expressed their appreciation to Lynne Milgram, Cynthia Werner and Duran Bell for all their efforts in planning such a well-organized meeting.

7. The 2004 meeting on the topic of food was discussed by Richard Wilk, the program organizer. He is still looking for volunteers to act as program co-organizer and venue organizer.

8. The 2005 meeting topic was discussed. A proposal by Lisa Cligget and Chris Pool of the University of Kentucky was accepted on the topic of Economies and the Transformation of Landscape. A 2006 meeting topic involving entrepreneurship, class, and specialization was suggested for further development by Katherine Browne and Lynne Milgram.

9. The Board agreed that future program chairs should be asked to sign an agreement that sets out their deadlines and responsibilities, particularly with reference to the SEA commitments to Alta Mira Press. Deborah Winslow emphasized that papers should be in final form at the conference in order to meet the production schedule of Alta Mira Press. The Board also agreed that presenters must preregister for the conference and banquet when their abstracts are accepted for the program.

10. Cynthia Werner reported on the SEA panel at the 2002 American Anthropological Association Meetings in New Orleans.

11. Richard Wilk presented Judith Marti’s Treasurer’s Report, noting that the SEA’s balance had plummeted this year. The Board voted unanimously to raise the fees for membership to $50 for Standard Professional, $30 for Standard Student, $35 for Basic Professional, and $10 for Basic Student.

12. The Board discussed strategies for attracting more members in Europe and Canada, as well as raising awareness among students about the SEA. Deborah Winslow suggested working with Alta Mira press to combine their book advertisements with a statement about the SEA, to expand public knowledge of the SEA.

13. The Board voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting.

SEA Business Meeting, 22nd Annual Meeting, Society for Economic Anthropology
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 19, 2002

1. President Richard Wilk welcomed all the Conference participants, and thanked Lynne Milgram, Cynthia Werner, and Duran Bell for their help in organizing such a successful conference. He made a special note of welcome for Maurice Godelier, the keynote speaker.

2. Richard Wilk read the election results, the Schneider Prize winners, and the approved constitutional amendments creating an Editorial Board.

3. Deborah Winslow, Editorial Board Chair, presented a report on recent volumes and the new relationship with Alta Mira Press. Bob Hunt, a member of the Editorial Board, asked for feedback on possible teaching monographs that could be published through the SEA by Alta Mira Press.

4. Michael Chibnik announced the creation of an SEA book award, and asked for volunteers to serve on a committee to develop a nomination process, name, and logistical plan for the award.

5. Richard Wilk made a progress report on the 2003 meeting in Monterrey, Mexico, on the topic of migration and mobility, and asked for volunteers to be co-chair and to make the local arrangements for the 2004 meeting on the topic of food. He also announced the 2005 topic of Economies and Landscape Transformation, and the 2006 topic of Entrepreneurship, Specialization, Class and Social Mobility.

6. Richard Wilk discussed the Board’s commitment to broadening the membership of the SEA, and suggested meeting in Europe in the future.

7. Richard Wilk presented the Treasurer’s report, and announced the Board’s decision to raise membership fees.

8. Michael Chibnik welcomed contributions to the SEA Newsletter on a variety of topics and issues from any of the SEA members.

9. Karen Tranberg Hansen asked about the status of the project to collect syllabi on Economic Anthropology. No progress had been made, and no one had taken responsibility for coordination the project. Cynthia Werner noted that the syllabi received so far were not yet on the SEA Website, but that it would be very helpful if people interested provided her with links.

10. Richard Wilk adjourned the Business Meeting.

Treasurer's Report

Judith Marti compiled a treasurer’s report for the April 2002 meeting of the SEA Board. This report does not include income from registrations at the Toronto meeting.

Balance on November, 2001 $7,037.36

Income
Memberships - $2,770.00

Expenses
Monograph Series - $1,000.00
Winter Newsletter - 664.91
Ballots, Labels - 549.98
AAA Business Meeting - 500.00
Toronto Hotel Prepayment - 2,530.92

Balance on April 16, 2002 - $4,742.05

Minutes from November 2001

The SEA held two official meetings at the American Association Annual Meeting in Washington DC, November 29 to December 2, 2001.

SEA Board Meeting

Present: Richard Wilk (President, Chair), Gracia Clark (Past President), Michael Chibnik, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, E. Paul Durrenberger, Karen Tranberg Hansen, B. Lynne Milgram, Judith E. Marti, Kathleen A. Pickering, Cynthia Werner, Deborah Winslow and Rosalie Robertson (Senior Editor, AltaMira Press).

1. Rosalie Robertson, Senior Editor, AltaMira Press presented her report to the Board. The SEA has signed a 5 year contract with AltaMira Press to publish our Mongraph Series in Economic Anthropology. AltaMira Press provides several important benefits for SEA members. Volume editors will no longer be required to prepare a "camera ready" manuscript--AltaMira Press will do the final editing check as well as the camera ready copy. The subvention for this benefit is high ($1,500 per volume), but the SEA Board believes it is well worth the cost. Two additional benefits for the SEA are plans to keep our entire monograph series in print and AltaMira's energetic advertising and promotion strategies. AltaMira is also interested in going beyond the publication of our series to include additional books in economic anthropology such as case studies, methodology books, etc., especially for use in the classroom. These additional books would not require a subvention.

2. Report from Deborah Winslow, SEA General Editor: Volume 18, Theory in Economic Anthropology, edited by Jean Ensminger (Evanston, 1998) will be published by end of year; Volume 19, Economic Development: An Anthropological Approach, edited by Jeffrey H. Cohen and Norbert Dannhaeuser (College Station, 1999) is in press, due out in Spring 2002; Volume 20, Gender at Work in Economic Life, edited by Gracia Clark (Bloomington (2000) has been reviewed, due to AltaMira Press in March 2002; Anthropology of Labor, edited by E. Paul Durrenberger and Judith E. Marti (Milwaukee (2001) is almost ready for review. The Ajijic volume (Martha Rees and Josephine Smart) was reprinted because of printer errors in the opening pages. Replacements were sent out to all who had received the original volume. Deborah Winslow's persistence has paid off with a royalty check due from University Press of America. The SEA is forming an Editorial Board to guide the new endeavors proposed by AltaMira Press. The SEA Board voted unanimously to put the necessary changes in the Society for Economic Anthropology Newsletter Page 23 Meetings Minutes (cont'd) constitution for formation of this board to the membership-at-large (to be included with the election ballot).

3. Suggestions for increasing SEA visibility included call for papers to SEA conferences on listserves of other societies (Society for the Anthropology of Work; NAPA, Canadian Anthropological Society, etc.); and awarding an annual prize for the best book in Economic Anthropology.

4. Mike Chibnik continues to solicit short pieces for publication in the SEA Newsletter from SEA members, such as syllabi for courses in Economic Anthropology, proposal abstracts from NSF grantees, book reviews etc.

5. Upcoming Conferences: The SEA Board approved the preliminary program for the 2002 SEA Annual Meeting to be held in Toronto, Canada--Theme: "Valuables, Goods, Wealth and Money" (Duran Bell and Cynthia Werner, organizers; B. Lynne Milgram, land arrangements). Lynne Milgram submitted the completed arrangements for the meeting site at the Toronto Colony Hotel. The 2003 SEA Annual Conference--Theme: "Mobility," will be held in Monterey, Mexico (Lillian Trager, organizer; Victor Zuniga, land arrangements). A proposal for 2004--Theme: "Foods and Food Systems," organized by Richard Wilk, was accepted for the year 2004, with Seattle as a possible meeting site. Lynne Milgram and Katherine Browne submitted a proposal revisiting entrepreneurship. Other suggestions for SEA conference themes included Anthropology and Technology; and Anthropology, Inequality and Justice.

6. At the upcoming SEA Business meeting, Richard Wilk will ask SEA members to contribute proposals for future conferences and/or volunteer to do land arrangements. Archaeologists in particular will be urged to organize conferences. Rick stressed that all conferences should include topics inclusive of archeologists.

SEA Business Meeting

The SEA business meeting was very well attended. Richard Wilk, SEA President, reported to the general membership the topics covered at the SEA Board Meeting.

Treasurer's Report

EXPENSES:
2001 SEA meeting: Land arrangements: display boards, etc.$ 201.53
The Park East Hotel (conference room, business lunch, reception and coffee breaks. 2,248.07
Honorable Frank Zeidler honorarium 500.00
Brown Bottle Inn (banquet) 1,092.33
Toronto Colony Hotel (deposit, 2002 SEA meeting) 921.99
Publications: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Grp (shipping & handling, vol. 17 274.43
AltaMira Press (subvention vol. 18) 2,500.00
AltaMira Press (subvention vol. 19) 1,500.00
SEA Newsletter (fall 2001) 629.03
FedEx Manuscript 26.40
TOTAL $9,393.78

INCOMES:
2001 SEA Conference (Milwaukee) - registration fees and banquet. $3,252.00
Membership dues and (book sales)758.00
TOTAL $4,010.00

TOTAL ASSETS:
Bank of America Account. $7,037.36

Minutes from April 2001

The SEA Board Meeting was held during the annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The minutes were compiled by Judith Marti. Present: Gracia Clark (Chair), Kathleen Browne, Duran Bell, Michael Chibnik, E. Paul Durrenberger, Laura Finsten, Thomas Hakkansson, Alice Kehoe, Judith Marti, B. Lynne Milgram, Kathleen Pickering, Cynthia Werner, Deborah Winslow, Richard Wilk.

1. President Gracia Clark introduced incoming SEA President Richard Wilk (Indiana University) and announced that new Board members are Victor Zúñiga (Universidad de Monterrey), Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld (University of Iowa), and Kathleen A. Pickering (Colorado State University).

2. Deborah Winslow, SEA General Editor, updated the board on the edited volumes. The Rees and Smart volume (Ajijic) was just published by University Press of America; the Ensminger volume (Evanston) was at Altamira Press; the Cohen and Dannhaeuser volume (College Station) had been revised and readied to send to press; and the Clark volume (Bloomington) was being sent out for review.

3. The board discussed the pros and cons of changing publisheers. The board unanimously voted for a five year contract with AltaMira Press. Altamira Press will do camera-ready copy, price our volumes lower, and promote our books.

4. Mike Chibnik suggested expanding the newsletter to include book reviews (to be solicited from SEA members), proposal abstracts from SEA grantees, etc.

5. Laura Finsten suggested ways to increase submissions for the Schneider Prize -- sending notices to anthropology departments, increasing the prize monies. Richard Wilk suggested distributing the announcement on AAA list serve and in the AAA newsletter.

6. E. Paul Durrenberger and Judith Marti organized an invited double session on Labor/Gender for the 2001 American Anthropological Association meetings in Washington, D.C. E. Paul Durrenberger also suggested an SEA Poster Session on labor that Judith Marti organized (to be reviewed by the Society for the Anthropology of Work).

7. Cynthia Werner gave an update on the web page and suggested including syllabi for teaching economic anthropology.

8. With the retirement of Barry L. Isaac, the editorship of Research in Economic Anthropology (REA) annual series has been turned over to Norbert Dannhaeuser and Cynthia Werner (Texas A&M University) with Elsevier/JAI.

9. Upcoming Conferences: Duran Bell and Cynthia Werner gave an update on plans for the 2002 SEA Annual Meeting to be held in Toronto. Mobility is the theme for 2003, organized by Lillian Trager. A proposal for "Food and Food Systems," organized by Richard Wilk, was accepted for the year 2004, with Seattle as a possible meeting site. Lynne Milgram and Katherine Browne proposed revisiting entrepreneurship. Other suggestions were Anthropology and Technology and Anthropology, Inequality and Justice.

10. Judith Marti, the SEA Secretary/Treasurer, gave the financial report for December 2000 - April 2001.

EXPENSES:
Fall 2000 SEA Newsletter - $522.34
Winter 2001 SEA Newsletter - $580.57
2001 Ballots - $250.00
AAA Guide - $40.00
SEA Board and Business Meeting (AAA) - $500.00
Subvention: SEA Volume - $500.00
Reimbursement to SEA Secretary/Treasurer - $471.20
TOTAL - $2,864.11

INCOMES: Membership dues and book sales - $2,310.00

BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT: Balance April 2001 - $12,886.91

Minutes from Board Meeting, November 2000

The SEA had two meetings at the annual convention of the American Anthropological Association in San Francisco in November 2000. The minutes of these meetings that follow were compiled by Judith Marti. Present: Gracia Clark (Chair), Duran Bell, Katherine Browne, Michael Chibnik, E. Paul Durrenberger, Karen Tranberg Hansen, Alice Kehoe, Judith Marti, B. Lynne Milgram, K. Ann Pyburn, Cynthia Werner, Richard Wilk.

1. Gracia Clark circulated the table of contents for her forthcoming volume, Gender in Economic Life.

2. Alice Kehoe gave a brief report on local arrangements for the SEA 2001 Conference.

3. The board approved preliminary programs for the SEA 2001 Meeting and the AAA SEA Invited Session. The committee received so many strong proposals that it was decided to form a separate panel for the AAA meetings in Washington, DC.

4. Proposals for upcoming SEA Conferences.

SEA Meeting 2002: Duran Bell and Cynthia Werner requested funding for a keynote speaker. The board agreed that SEA would contribute up to $500 toward the honorarium for a keynote conference speaker. Lynne Milgram is looking into local arrangements in Toronto for the meeting.

SEA Meeting 2003: The board approved the proposal submitted by Lillian Trager on the theme: Population Mobility in Socioeconomic Context. The board recommended keeping future conference titles short (in line with "Labor" for 2001) and suggested "Migration and Mobility" as a possible title.

SEA Meetings 2004 and beyond: Representatives from the AAA section Culture and Agriculture outlined a proposal for a joint SEA/Culture and Agriculture conference. (Topics would include barriers to improvement of agriculture such as access to credit, etc.). Rick Wilk suggested broadening the theme of the conference and titling it "Food" (and including such topics as allocation of food, changing demand and different kinds of consumption, food safety issues, food as symbol, etc.)

Karen Hansen suggested a joint SEA conference/ Society for the Anthropology of Work on a topic of mutual interest such as "Work" or "Consumption".

5. Deborah Winslow, SEA General Editor, gave a report on the status of forthcoming volumes: Volume 17 (Ajijic) has just been sent to UPA and should be out in Spring 2001; Volume 18 (Evanston) has been reviewed and revised; Volume 19 (College Station) has been reviewed and is being revised; Volume 20 (Bloomington) is being readied for review. Deborah is looking into alternative presses that will get us out of camera-ready copy producing and give the volumes more publicity. Rick Wilk suggested Altimira Press. A series in Economic Anthropology could include, in addition to our edited volumes, monographs, ethnographies, and books geared specifically toward classroom use such as collected papers for class readers. SEA would retain editorial control.

6. Michael Chibnik, SEA Newsletter Editor, is expanding the newsletter to include short articles, syllabi, and announcements of recently published books by SEA members and welcomes contributions from the SEA membership.

7. Because Martha Rees is currently in Mexico on a Fulbright Fellowship, Cynthia Werner volunteered to run the SEA web page.

8. The SEA is always looking for accessible, relatively inexpensive, pleasant sites for conference meetings (San Antonio was suggested) and SEA members to do local arrangements.

BUSINESS MEETING

After a short meeting, members were asked to introduce themselves and their areas of interest. Members then talked informally with one another.

TREASURER'S REPORT, April-November 2000 (submitted by Judith Marti)

EXPENSES:

Monies for editing vol. 17 $500.00

Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group,
Vol. 16: book and shipping costs to membership $640.53

Park East Hotel, Deposit, SEA Conference 2001 $600.00

The Brown Bottle Pub, Deposit, SEA Banquet 2000 $200.00

Miscellaneous (Fed-Ex manuscripts, etc.) $ 89.48

TOTAL EXPENSES $2,030.01

INCOMES:

Membership dues and book sales $2,435.00

SEA 2000 Conference $561.88

TOTAL INCOMES $2,996.88

BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT: balance in November 2000 - $14,222.02

Minutes from Board Meeting, November 1999

The SEA Board met in Chicago on November 18, 1999 at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Martha Rees provides minutes for this meeting: Present: Katherine Browne, Michael Chibnik, Gracia Clark, Thomas Hakansson, Arthur Murphy, Lillian Trager, Anne Pyburn, Martha Rees, Deborah Winslow, Richard Wilk

1. The Board discussed a letter from Cathy Costin about meeting times conflicting with religious holidays. We agreed that in the future, as in the past, we will take religious holidays into account in setting meeting dates. Gracia Clark agreed to write a letter explaining that these were the only dates available.

2. Deborah Winslow [SEA General Editor]will ask Judith Marti [SEA treasurer] whether we might have cash flow problems if four volumes are published in 2000.

3. The Board decided that editors of volumes in the SEA series will be allotted $500-$1,000 for editing and other expenses, given submission of receipts according to SEA guidelines.

4. Newsletter report from Michael Chibnik. (a)The contents of Research in Economic Anthropology will be published in future newslettters; (b) The fall 1999 newsletter cost $320 to put out; (3) The newsletter will continue to publish short articles and reviews.

5. Meetings: (a) 2001 meeting - topic labor, organizers Judith Marti and Paul Durrenberger. The site has still not been established. We prefer an east coast site, although the Amerind center in Arizona is a possibility. (b) 2002 meeting - Deborah Winslow agreed to do the local arrangements for the 2002 meetings, topic as yet undecided.

TREASURER'S REPORT: APRIL 1999 TO NOVEMBER

1999 INCOME

Memberships and books - $1,250.00

EXPENSES

Newsletter $415.02
Schneider Graduate Prize, Richard Wallace $150.00
Postage for Ballots $125.94
Preparation for upcoming volumes $845.00
University Press of America, Vol. 15: 80 paperback copies buy back $2,277.60 Miscellaneous $ 25.00

TOTAL $3,838.56

TOTAL ASSETS, BANK STATEMENT $9,915.43

1999 ANNUAL MEETING, TEXAS A & M, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

Income - $2,720.00

Expenses - $2,193.52

SEA PROFIT FROM CONFERENCE $526.48

Minutes from Board Meeting, April 1997

Meeting began at 8:00 pm. Present: Michael Chibnik, Gracia Clark, Jean Ensminger (chair), Timothy Finan, Laura Finsten, Rhoda Halperin, Judith Marti, Art Murphy, Stuart Plattner, Martha Rees, Josephine Smart, Deborah Winslow.

1.Election Results: The society's membership elected Arthur Murphy president; and Martha Rees and Mike Chibnik to the Board (until 2000). The general membership also voted to extend the term for president to 2 years.

2.Schneider Prize: Deborah Winslow, chair of the Schneider Prize Committee, announced the 1997 Schneider Prize winner: Greg Guest (University of Georgia), faculty sponsor Stephen Kowalewski. Graduate Honorable Mentions: Lynne Milgram (York University), faculty sponsor Penny Van Esterik; and Nick Taintor (Washington University), faculty sponsor Jean Ensminger. Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Kim Boyajian (U. of WisconsinParkside), faculty advisor Lillian Trager.

3.The competition was advertised in the AAA Newsletter, and flyers were distributed at the AAA meetings and sent to each SEA member. Deborah Winslow urged SEA members to encourage students to submit papers for consideration. Board members suggested that term papers suitable for submission be made an integral part of class assignments, and that students be encouraged to rewrite term papers over the summer or at the beginning of the fall semester before the semester's work begins to pile up.

4.Joining the AAA: Rhoda Halperin reported on the issue of joining the AAA as a Section and publishing as a section member with the AAA. The Board discussed the matter and tabled it for future discussion.

5.ICAES Conference: Jean Ensminger reported on the difficulty of submitting an SEA session proposal for the ICAES (International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) 1998 Conference at William and Mary. ICAES is requiring international rather than locally constructed panels.

6.Financial Report: Judith Marti gave the following financial report for November 1996-to present:

TRANSFER OF ACCOUNTS........$15,595.86

INCOMES.....................$ 5,090.00 [membership dues , book purchases, value of books, SEA Annual Meeting registration fees, (fees cover meeting expenses)]

EXPENSES....................$ 1,710.35 [Schneider Prize, ballots, 1998 AAA Annual Meeting (fees for SEA meetings), University of America Press book purchases (SEA discounts books for SEA members), mailing books, newsletters, etc. photocopying, etc.]

TOTAL (ASSETS)..............$18,975.51

7.Job Changes: Laura Finsten will take over as chair of the Schneider Prize Committee, while Deborah Winslow dedicates her efforts as SEA general editor. Peter Peregrin will publish the 1997 Summer SEA newsletter, Gracia Clark will edit the 1997 Winter SEA newsletter, with Mike Chibnik taking over as newsletter editer in 1998. Tim Finan volunteered to compile an SEA membership email directory. Peter Peregrin will continue to manage the SEA web site.

8.1998 SEA Annual Meeting: The 1998 annual meetings will be held at Northwestern University. The focus will be on theoretical approaches in economic anthropology, past, present and future. Jean Ensminger will be in charge of program organizing. Timothy Earle and Jane Guyer will host and make local arrangements. Meeting adjourned at 10:00 pm.

Minutes from Business Meeting, April 1997

1.The society's membership elected Arthur Murphy president; and Martha Rees and Mike Chibnik to the Board (until 2000). The general membership also voted to extend the term for president to 2 years.

2.Deborah Winslow, chair of the Schneider Prize Committee, announced the 1997 Schneider Prize winner: Greg Guest (University of Georgia), faculty sponsor Stephen Kowalewski. Graduate Honorable Mentions: Lynne Milgram (York University), faculty sponsor Penny Van Esterik; and Nick Taintor (Washington University), faculty sponsor Jean Ensminger. Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Kim Boyajian (U. of Wisconsin-Parkside), faculty advisor Lillian Trager.

3.Deborah Winslow, SEA general editor, is considering enforcing an 18 month deadline for delivery of SEA volume manuscripts to the press, and will seek to reduce the window from receipt of manuscript to publication. She would welcome input from past volume editors.

4.Laura Finsten will take over as chair of the Schneider Prize Committee; Peter Peregrine will publish the 1997 Summer newsletter, Gracia Clark will serve as interim newsletter editor until 1998 when Mike Chibnik will take over the duties; Peter Peregrin will continue to manage the SEA web site; and Tim Finan has volunteered to compile an SEA membership email directory.

5.1998 SEA Annual Meeting will be held at Northwestern University. The focus will be on theoretical approaches in economic anthropology, past, present and future. Jean Ensminger will be in charge of program organizing. Timothy Earle and Jane Guyer will host and make local arrangements.

6.Donald Attwood presented a proposal for the 1999 SEA meetings -- the theme to be post modernism and economic anthropology, with the working title "Let's Get Real."

7.Jeffrey Cohen and Norbert Dannhaeuser proposed the SEA 2000 meetings be held at College Station, Texas A & M, with the theme development, broadly defined -- critiques, power relations, etc.

8.Jean Ensminger reported on the Board's discussion on the pros and cons of joining the AAA as a section (greater visibility, ease of administrative tasks, increased membership, against loss of control of interface between treasurer and AAA, loss of community identity, requirement of all SEA members to join the AAA).

9.Josephine Smart and Martha Rees received a much deserved thank you for a wonderful job co-ordinating land arrangements for this year's SEA meetings.

10.Rhoda Halperin organized a regional economic anthropology group in Cincinnati three years ago. Speak to her if you want to start such a group in your region.

11.Arthur Murphy volunteered to handle the task of giving the SEA more visibility, (placing ads for volume publications, meetings, etc.).

Minutes from Board Meeting, November 1996

Location: San Francisco, AAA Meeting. Meeting began at 4:00 pm. Present: Jean Ensminger (chair), Paul Durrenberger, Timothy Finan, Rhoda Halperin, Stephen A. Kowalewski, Judith Marti, Peter N. Peregrine, Stuart Plattner, Martha Reese, Josephine Smart, Deborah Winslow.

1.Election Results: President-Elect, Rhoda Halperin; new Board members (until 1999) Gracia Clark and Stephen A. Kowalewski; new Secretary-Treasurer, Judith Marti.

2.Peter Peregrine is stepping down as Newsletter editor to pursue a new appointment as project director for the new HRAF Collection of Archaeology. The board agreed to announce the position at the business meeting.

3.Volume 13, Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System (Blanton et al.) is at the printers and will be available shortly. Reports were received on the status of the other volumes (Property Rights, 1994; Commodities, 1995; Households, 1996).

4.The Program Committee and Local Arrangements Committee reported on the 1997 Guadalajara meeting (Globalization and Regionalism).

5.The board approved three proposals: (1) to provide room and board for Bryan Roberts, the keynote speaker, (2) for Jane Guyer and Timothy Earle of Northwestern University to do the local arrangements and host the 1998 meetings in coordination with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the department by Mel Herskovits, and (3) for Jean Ensminger to organize the program centered around the theme of theoretical approaches in economic anthropology for the twenty-first century.

6.The board recommended Deborah Winslow for SEA general editor, to oversee production of the conference volumes and act as liaison between volume editors, the board and the publisher, UPA.

7.The SEA Ballot Slate for the 1997 election was submitted by Paul Durrenberger: President: Art Murphy and Timothy Finan; Board: Slate 1: Mike Chibnik and Jeffrey H. Cohen. Slate 2: to be announced.

8.Deborah Winslow gave a report on the Schneider Prize. The paper competition will be announced in the Newsletter and by flyer in a general mailing.

9.Jean Ensminger will put in a session proposal for the ICAES (International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) 1998 Conference at William and Mary.

10.It was suggested that the term for President be extended to 2 years. The matter will need a ballot vote of the general membership to change the SEA by-laws.

11.A committee was formed (Halperin, chair; Durrenberger, Marti, Plattner, Winslow) to study the question of whether the SEA should join the AAA. The committee will submit a report at the spring meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:00pm.

Minutes from Business Meeting, November 1996

1.The election results were announced (see #1 above).

2.The position of Newsletter editor is open (see #2 above). Members interested in taking on the job should contact Jean Ensminger.

3.The volumes are in various stages of production, with Vol. 13 to be available shortly (see #3 above).

4.The Program Committee and Local Arrangements Committee reported on the 1997 Guadalajara meeting (Globalization and Regionalism). The SEA web page has a registration form for making hotel reservations.

5.The board approved proposals for the site, program organizer and theme for the 1998 meetings (see #5 above). The theme co-incides with the 14th ICAES conference theme -- The 21st Century: The Century of Anthropology. (see #9 above). Email suggestions for topics on theoretical paradigms in archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, etc. for the 1998 SEA meetings and/or in cultural anthropology for the ICAES conference to Jean Ensminger.

6.Anyone interested in hosting, organizing the 1988 meetings in an eastern site (Washington D.C., etc.) please email Jean Ensminger.

7.The board recommended Deborah Winslow for a new position, SEA general editor (see #6 above).

8.The Sea Ballot Slate for the 1997 election was announced. With no nominations received from the floor for slate 2, we will go forward with the slate as read. Results of the February election will be announced at the Spring meetings.

9.Deborah Winslow gave a report on the Schneider Prize. The paper competition will be announced in the Newsletter and a flyer announcement will be send to all members of the society. Anyone interested in being a reader can contact Winslow.

10.Any suggestions on whether the term for President should be extended to 2 years can be directed to members of the board.

11.The ad hoc committee studying the question of whether the SEA should join the AAA welcomes information (especially from members of other units), and ideas. Direct your remarks to committee members (see #10 above).

12.A committee was formed (Halperin, chair; Durrenberger, Marti, Plattner, Winslow) to study the question of whether the SEA should join the AAA. The committee will submit a report at the spring meeting.

Minutes from Board Meeting, March 1996

Meeting held at Lehigh University. Present: Paul Durrenberger, Jean Ensminger, Robert Hunt, Stuart Plattner, David Small, M. Estellie Smith, Nicola Tannenbaum, Deborah Winslow.

1. Secretary-treasurer Bradley and Newsletter editor Peregrine were not in attendance, and did not present reports to the board.

2. The board discussed Secy-Treasurer Candice Bradley's request to be replaced in light of her several years of service. The board agreed to announce the position at the luncheon and in the Newsletter and to solicit applications. The previous secretary-treasurers were Rick Wilk, Art Murphy, Greg Truex, Lillian Trager. The board discussed whether to mail the ballots with the next newsletter, if it will be mailed soon, or else to issue a separate mailing. President Ensminger will check with Bradley and Peregrine on the best way to get the ballots out.

3. The local hosts reported that 40 people attended with 14 papers, and 5 posters - fewer than in the pre-program, as people dropped out at the last minute. The 1997 meetings in Guadalajara, Mexico and the 1998 meeting in Appleton, WI were affirmed. There was some discussion of returning to Washington DC and of meeting in Canada at some time.

4. The issue of having a "General SEA Editor" were discussed. The main argument for this position is to maintain continuity of style and procedures, and provide some institutional memory for new editors, to help maintain a timely schedule, and to work more smoothly with the publisher. The board voted to create such an office. The duties of the SEA general editor are to: 1.Oversee the production of the conference volumes, including advising the volume editors on how to maintain a timely schedule and consistent style and quality. 2.Liaison between the volume editors and the board 3.Liaison between the volume editors and the publisher, UPA. The board noted that the SEA General Editor will not have editorial (substantive) control over the content of the volume, which will remain with the volume editors and the editorial committee of the Board. The initial appointment should be for three years, and individuals with previous editorial experience some institutional support or equivalent will be preferred.

5. President Durrenberger discussed Northern Illinois University Press' interest in publishing a series in economic anthropology. Mary Lincoln, the editor, is the contact person. The board decided to ask the Secretary to advertise the search for manuscripts in the AAA cooperation column, RAIN, the Newsletter, etc., and to actively seek manuscripts.

6. Schneider prize: Deborah Winslow reported on the Schneider prize as chair of the committee consisting of herself, Angelique Haugerud and Martha Reeves. The board was delighted with the rise in submissions (to sixteen), and with the quality, and with the Committee's work in general and expressed sincere thanks for a job well done. The board decided to publish all four papers on the SEA-WWW site as well as the two winners in the newsletter. Winslow's committee recommended several changes in the procedures of administering the prize, all of which were voted on and passed by the Board. They consist of: 1.instituting the practice of sending out a reminder letter to all SEA members in the US and Canada 2.dropping the requirement that the student's sponsor (professor/adviser) be an SEA member 3.expressing the length constraint as 7,500 words (footnotes but not references included) instead of a page limit. 4.instituting "blind" reviewing of the papers 5.following the normal conflict of interest procedure that no one be involved in judging students' work from their own department/institution, 6.converting the Schneider prize committee's chair to facilitator but not a reader. Upon the board's urging, Winslow agreed to serve another year as the chair of the prize committee. Durrenberger volunteered to serve as a reader.

7. Volume editor's reports: Editor Winslow reporter that her volume (Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System, edited by Blanton, Peregrine, Winslow, and Hall) went to the press a month ago. Editor Hunt reported that his "Property" volume will be sent to the press this July. It was reported that editor Stone, et al were still in process of choosing papers for inclusion. The board discussed the importance of editors maintaining a timely schedule and bringing the books out as soon as possible, consistent with a high editorial quality.

Minutes from Business Meeting, March 1996

1. The NIU press interest in economic anthropology was announced and applicants were urged to contact Mary Lincoln of the press directly, saying they wanted to be considered for the economic anthropology series.

2. The position of SEA General Editor was announced at the business meeting, and candidates were solicited.

3. Martha Rees reported on the plans for the 1997 meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico on April 25-26. Jeffrey Cohen suggested Texas A & M as a possible meeting site.

4. There was a discussion of how to encourage students to get involved with the society. The four Schneider Prize papers (winners and runner-ups in graduate and undergraduate categories) will be issued on the Web site. After discussion, there was a vote to fund the 1996 winning student paper writers attendance (meaning registration fee and hotel room, but not transportation) at the 1997 SEA meeting to give their papers, and to maintain this practice so long as it was fiscally prudent for the SEA to do so.