2007

Meeting Minutes

Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights

53 in Attendance

            David Cole, president of the society, opened the meeting by thanking Doug Knapp and Inver Hills for a wonderful meeting. He next asked the secretary to read the minutes of the 2006 meeting and to report on the Society’s finances.  After the secretary read these, the president asked for a motion to pass them—the motion was made, seconded and passed.  Next came the inroduction of new members—Sean Walsh, UMD, Ethics; Andy Platt, St. Cloud State, Modern; Emily Esch, St. John/St. Benedict, Philosophy of Mind; Lisa Bergin, Hamline, Feminism, Environmental Ethics; Elizabeth Arnold, Inver Hills; Kristen Peterson, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.

            The introduction of new members was followed by announcements.  UMD has money for a colloquium series, if you would like to give a paper there contact David Cole or Jason Ford.   St. Cloud State will host the central states philosophical meeting in the fall of 2008 the last weekend in September.  UMD announced it would be advertising for a joint position in ethics/political theory with the political science department; Moorhead that it would be advertising for a potion in feminism, St. Cloud State that it would be advertising for two positions, one in business ethics the other in ancient or modern, St. Thomas that it would be advertising for an open position for anyone familiar with and respectful of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

            The meeting closed with the election of officers.  Doug Knapp was automatically elected to the position of president and John Kronen was reelected as Secretary/Treasurer.  No one offered to host either the spring student conference or the 2008 regular conference. [Later, in March, St. Olaf offered to host both conferences next year.] The last entailing that no one ran for the position of vice president of the society.