MAA - Wisconsin Section
                       Executive Committee Meeting
                             January 31, 2003

Present:  Clare Hemenway (Annual Meeting arrangements), Jon Kane, Andy 
          Matchett, Kathy Muhs, Rick Poss, Mark Snavely, John Symms, 
          Aaron Trautwein

    The meeting began at 4:00 p.m., Jon Kane presiding.

1.     The minutes of the meeting of September 27, 2002 were approved.

2.     The treasurer's report was presented and approved.  The NExT budget 
    is right on target as is the general budget.  Here we have an example 
    of good management (albeit on a small scale).

3.     Rick Poss presented his governor's report.  In these times of 
    corporate scandal and mismanaged public budgets it is interesting to 
    note that the MAA has a very high members-to-staff ratio and is 
    solvent and doing very well.  The organization has only 9 salaried 
    staff members.  Here we have an example of good management on a 
    rather large scale.  
       Electronic voting is coming for section governors and MAA 
    officers.  It has been certified by legal counsel as ok in Illinois, 
    the corporate home state of the MAA.  Also former governors standing 
    in for governors who cannot make a meeting of the board of governors 
    may vote.  Others standing in may not.  

4.     Jon Kane reported on the section officers' meeting held in 
    January.  New programs of interest are PMET (Preparing Mathematicians 
    to Educate Teachers), PREP workshops for summer to show faculty how 
    to run undergraduate research,  and SIGMAA workshops at section 
    meetings.  We have not been contacted by any SIGMAA about a workshop 
    at our annual meeting which is coming up in April.  
       Other items of interest include Dick Gibbs setpping down as 
    AMC director and Elgin Johnston stepping up.  Many sections now have 
    electronic newsletters.  The MAA has published a textbook on 
    mathematics for business decisions.

5.     John Symms reported on the mathematics competitions.  Edgewood 
    College is doing an excellent job with the Wisconsin MAA math 
    contest.  The faculty members running the show are Ken Jewel, Steve 
    Post, and Linda Uselmann.   

6.     Mark Snavely brought the committee up to date on plans for the 
    spring meeting which he is organizing.  Interestingly, 8 of the 12 
    talks were submitted online via the website Mark created for the 
    purpose.  So that is working.  Clare was given the go-ahead to hold 
    the banquet lecture in a different room from the banquet, itself.
    The banquet will be $17.00 for regular participants and $5.00 for 
    students.  Speakers will be David Stone, Deanna Hansberger, and Steve 
    Kennedy.  Herb Kasube will give an hour discussion on CUPM 
    recommendations.   We approved $50 per panelist for graduate students 
    on the panel,  $150 for each of Hansberger and Kennedy.  Andy will be 
    in touch with Clare about meeting arrangements, refreshment budget, 
    etc.  
   
    The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
    
    Respectfully submitted,
 
    Andy Matchett
    Secretary/treas.