ATN 2008 general
meeting minutes

The 2008 annual general meeting of the society Friends of ATN was
held on 14 May 17.30-18.30 at the Centre for Textile Research, in Copenhagen. In
order to maximise the number of members present, this year the meeting was held
in conjunction with the North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles,
taking place on 13-18 May.
Present:
Margarita Gleba, Eva Andersson Strand, Ulla Mannering, Marianne Bloch
Nansen, Sascha Mauel, Susan Möller-Wiering, Ida Demant, Frances Pritchard, Carol
Christiansen, Sandra Comis, Jerzy Maik, Eva Jordan-Fahrbach, Dietlind
Hachmeister, Johanna Banck-Burgess, Nicole Reifarth, Britt Nowack-Böck, Kordula
Gostencnik, Elisabeth Völling, Annelies Goldmann, Eva-Maria Pfarr, Saskia
Thijsse, Ruth Gilbert, Sue Harrington, André Verchecken, Chris Lammens, Felicity
Wild, John Peter Wild, Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, Hanna Zimmermann, Ellinor
Sydberg, Marie-Louise Nosch, Lauritz H. Gregersen
As no additional proposals have been sent in by the members, the
agenda was following:
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Election of a chairperson, if somebody so wishes: Eva B.
Andersson Strand elected as chairperson of the board.
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The report of the board for the period since the previous
annual general meeting: Eva B. Andersson Strand, Margarita Gleba and Ulla Mannering
reported on the establishment of the society ‘Friends of ATN’, statutes, new
editors, scientific board, establishment of website, new layout,
advertisement of ATN in TSA, CIETA, DISTAFF and fliers to be sent to various
institutions around the world; issue 46 in progress.
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Presentation and approval of the revised account of 31st
of December: no account for 2007; transfer of 29.578,50 DKK from Manchester
by John Peter Wild on 18th January 2008; 14 individual and 7
institutional memberships paid via website as of 17 April 2008.
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Decisions concerning individual and institutional
subscription fee for the current financial year: yearly membership fee for
2008 established at 20€ individual, 30€ institutional; for 2009: 30€
individual, 40€ institutional.
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Election of 3 members of the board and 1 deputy member for
the current financial year: Eva B. Andersson Strand, Margarita Gleba, Ulla
Mannering remain as board members, Carol Christiansen elected as deputy.
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Election of an auditor and 1 deputy auditor member for the
current financial year: Marie-Louise Nosch and Lauritz H. Gregersen stay as
auditor and deputy.
Miscellaneous:
presentation of website and new layout; discussion of challenges and
possibilities: digital version of ATN to be sent as PDF file for lesser fee;
issues 46- available on-line a year later (copyright clearance required from all
authors); reprinting of issues 1-45; website as a platform for announcements and
distribution of other items.