The discrepancy was due to honoraria being left off of the budget, since other funding sources are covering that item. Oliver asked if there would be a critic on the panel. The organizers did choose a panel member with controversial views to provoke discussion. Todd mentioned that it seemed like this year's conference may not have as much grad involvement as in the past. We were assured that grads are attending reading groups discussing the work of panel members as well as being completely in charge of organization of the conference and introduction of the speakers.
Motion passes unanimously.
Representatives of the Art History conference returned to ask for a second disbursement of funds, as per our request in the Fall. The motion passed 5-1 with the caveat that we must receive a line item budget prior to releasing funds. Email advertising the forum has been sent to all reps to forward to their departments. Some discussion on the humanities orientation of the forum was held, and Amanda decided to try and find out if a social sciences editor from UVa press could be added to the forum. The HIC gave a brief update.