family. While this family selected for the program will receive substantial financial rewards, many other rural and mountain families will be humiliated. This will be especially true for our young people who already have a difficult time establishing a positive identity for themselves. We will be meeting at our annual conference in March at Eastern Kentucky University. We would welcome the chance to start a dialogue with CBS about the show at that time. I would be willing to set up an open meeting during the conference that would facilitate that discussion. Please contact me at your convenience if you or any member of your staff would be interested in joining this conversation. Thank you, in advance, for your time and professional courtesy. Sincerely, Gordon B. McKinney President Appalachian Studies Association Mountain Top Removal Resolution RESOLUTION: Passed at the Business Meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association, March 20, 1999, Abingdon, Virginia WHEREAS, mountain top removal coal mining is extremely profitable to the coal companies who practice it, and WHEREAS, a large part of its profitability is that many fewer miners are required than in the usual traditional methods of coal mining, and WHEREAS, entire tops of mountains have been removed in the Appalachian areas of the states of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Ohio, and WHEREAS, the removal of mountaintops has resulted in severe and unlawful damage to the homes of persons living in the nearby communities, along with damage to wells, the bombarding of their homes with “blast rock,” and massive amounts of dust, and WHEREAS, the millions and millions of tons of earth and rock removed from the tops of mountains are dumped into the valleys next to these mountains totally destroying the springs and the headwaters of streams in these valleys, along with all animal and plant life in them, and WHEREAS, mountain top removal mining, by destroying home places, is also destroying ancestral ground, sacred ground where generations after generations have lived, worshiped as
Future Program Chair Archivist/Historian JAS Editor Executive Director Office Manager Editor of Appalink Marshall-ASA Liaison Scholarship Committee Chair Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair Finance Committee Chair Membership Committee Chair Communications Committee Chair Awards Committee Chair Education Committee Chair At-Large Members *The Secretary may choose to appoint a separate Appalink Editor. The Secretary is a voting member. The Appalink Editor is a non-voting appointment. 2015-2016 Steering Committee Voting Members: 28 (Those who hold multiple positions only receive one vote) Non-voting Members: 3 (Executive Director, Office Manager, and Appalink Editor are nonvoting appointments) Elected Officers President: Anita Puckett () 2014-2015 VP/Pres Elect; 2015-2016 President; 2016-2017 Past Pres/Conf Chair (2017 Conf.) Past President/Conference Chair: Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt () 2013-2014 VP/Pres Elect; 2014-2015 President; 2015-2016 Past Pres/Conf. Chair (2016 Conf.) VP/ President Elect: Debbie Zorn () 2015-2016 VP/Pres Elect; 2016-2017 President; 2017-2018 Past Pres/Conf Chair (2018 Conf.) Past Conference Chair: Chris Green () 2012-2013 VP/Pres Elect; 2013-2014 President; 2014-2015 Past Pres/Conf Chair (2015 Conf.) Secretary (2011-2015): Meredith Doster () Treasurer (2011-2015): Kristin Kant-Byers () Archivist/Historian (2015-2019): Lori Thompson () MU Liaison (2014-2018): Kathy Seelinger () Executive Director (nonvoting): Mary Thomas () Office Manager (nonvoting): Christopher Leadingham ()
Invoices June 15th Fall Teleconference Set up day and time for September teleconference; distribute via SC listserv President June 30th ASA Handbook Update ASA Handbook and email to all SC members ED June 30th Call for Award Nominations Update Call for Award Nominations Awards Chair June 30th Annual Corporate Report File annual corporate report ED July 1st Nominations Email a list of positions up for re-election to VP Secretary July 1st Call for Participation Update the Call for Papers with the following information: conference site and accommodations, meal prices, information specific to your conference (1 page). Send to Executive Director. President, LAC, PC previous Calls for Papers July 1st Letter to Exhibitors/ Update the Letter of Invitation with # of tables we can sell, exhibit room layout, contact person, set-up times for exhibit hall, breaks, and receptions; locations on campus for loading, copying; shipping address for vendors to send their materials LAC, ED Program and Local Arrangements Guide July 1st Conference Site Contract Negotiate contract with conference host CC Aug. 1st President’s Message send to Appalink Editor for spring edition of Appalink President previous issues of Appalink Aug. 1st Conference Update Write a short blurb about the conference and sent to Appalink Editor President, CC, PC previous issues of Appalink Aug. 1st JAS Information Write a short blurb about the JAS; email to Appalink Editor JAS Editor previous issues of Appalink Aug. 1st Online Proposal Form Update and post the online Call for Proposal form PC, ED, WM Aug. 15th Finances Email corrected Quicken report and MURC report to treasurer, president, and accountant ED Sept. 15th Registration Forms Update registration form and email to Web Manager ED Sept. Scholarship Budget Develop a scholarship budget and sent to the Scholarship Chair President, CC, ED Sept. Fundraising/ Grant Letters Send out fundraising/ grant request letters to Appalachian Centers, ARC, and any others President, CC Appendix C in ASA Handbook; Program and LA Guide Sept. Appalink Send 1st proof to MU Printing by 1st; Final proof should be ready by 15th; should be mailed to membership by Sept. 30th Appalink Editor; ED previous issues of Appalink Nov. 15th Preliminary Program Compile updated information for Preliminary Program President, CC, PC, LAC, ED Preliminary Program Responsibilities Appendix B-1 Nov. 15th Taxes Review, sign, and mail IRS form 990, Schedule A & B to IRS and send copy with Treasurer, PP, ED
signature to ED for office records Nov. 15th Spring Teleconference Arrange date and time for spring teleconference; distribute information via SC listserv President Nov. 15th Conference Update Write a short blurb about the conference and sent to Appalink Editor President Dec. Appalink Send 1st proof to MU Printing by 4th; Final proof should be ready by 15th; should be mailed to membership by February 11th. Appalink Editor; ED previous issues of Appalink Dec. 1st Membership Demographic Form Update Demographic form for conference packets and send to ED Membership Chair conference packets from past conferences Dec. 31st Annual ASA FY Budget Collaborate on the projected annual ASA budget before presenting it at the SC meeting at the conference President, Treasurer, FC, ED Jan. 15th Final Program Update and proofread information for final program President, CC, PC, LAC, ED Final Program Responsibilities Appendix B-2 Jan. 15th Conference Evaluation Sheet Update conference evaluation sheet and send to ED PPC Feb. 11th Award Spreadsheet Email Award Spreadsheet to ED Schol. Chair Feb. 14th Award Winners Email a list of award winners to ED so certificates, plaques, and checks can be ready by conference Awards Chair Feb. Preliminary Call for Participation Develop insert for the final program and email to ED VP previous Calls for Participation March 1st Status Report Write status report for review at the Annual Conference Steering Committee and Business Meeting; send to President Treasurer, ED March Conference Business Meeting Present new slate of officers to the association at the conference business meeting on Saturday President Abbreviations: SC= Steering Committee; PC= Program Chair; LAC= Local Arrangements Chair; ED= Executive Director; CC= Conference Chair; PP= Past President; PPC= Past Program Chair; VP= Vice-President; FC= Finance Chair; WM= Web Manager