PRESENT: D'Antonio, Neal, Meadow, Brewer, Roozen, Nelsen, Wallace, McGuire, Carroll, Richardson, Capps, Seidler, Wuthnow, Hammond, Roof, Johnson, Ploch, Hadden, Crumrine.

1. Minutes: Moved and seconded to accept the 1980 Council Meeting minutes with minor corrections. Passed.

2. Announcements: President Johnson announced the gifts from Loyola College and Johns Hopkins University to defray costs of the General Reception. Moved and seconded that we send thanks to Harve Horowitz for handling the book displays and hosting a Council Dinner at his home. Passed.

3. Election Results: President Johnson announced that Marie Augusta Neal was elected President, Jeffrey Hadden was Vice President, and Eileen Barker and John Seidler were new Council members.

4. Executive Secretary's Report: Executive Secretary, Wade Clark Roof, reported on the year ending noting the stable membership and fiscal soundness of the Society. We have 2,575 members and subscribers. Membership renewals continue to be a problem, and actual membership figures have declined. Financially we are holding our own with diversified holdings and are in a secure position. With high interest rates in the money market our year was financially productive. The Society was able to add to its General Fund.

Registrations were reported at 283. He noted that Mary Jo Meadow had done an excellent job with the program, and Mary Rose in local arrangements and D. Roozen in media publicity.

Meeting for next year to be in Providence, October 22-24. The Association for Sociology of Religion will be meeting with us. At the time it was not known if APRRE would be meeting with us.

He consented on the excellent services of Phil Hammond as the Journal editor, and Bill Newman as monographs editor, noting that a new monographs editor would have to be named.

Concerning future expenditures, he suggested (a) funding research awards at a higher level, and (b) need for more equipment in the Business Office.

Concerning new members, it was suggested in discussion that the following might be contacted: Political Scientists, Historians, some Geographers, in other words, non-religious scholars. Seidler suggested a committee to send statements to other departments. Neal suggested a letter be sent to Ph.D. granting institutions requesting names of graduates or an invitation to join SSSR. D'Antonio and Hammond, moved and seconded that the Executive Secretaries' Report be accepted. Passed.

5. Treasurer's Report: Ruth Wallace reported a $15,934.54 increase in the General Fund. She suggested that we might wish to:

(1) increase summer grant awards,

(2) invest in younger people and encourage graduate paper and give a prize to the best paper.

D'Antonio suggested a $15,000 to $20,000 expenditure. Wallace mentioned that COSSA, a lobby group in Washington, needs our support. Roof cautioned that we may be too optimistic, if interest rates come down we won't make so much money and may not be able to sell the stock at a profit. Ploch indicated that we only have two years' figures here. Will we have $20,000 extra each year? D'Antonio noted that for the last 10 years we had been in the black every year and that we should reduce our surplus. McGuire suggested that we must distinguish between long term expense and one-time outlay. Lorraine D'Antonio noted that up to now we have never paid computer charges at the University of Connecticut. Eventually we will be charged for labels. On the matter of a new address machine she suggested either (1) the Society buys the machine; (2) she buys it and we pay her rent; or (3) that if she buys it, the University could also use it and pay rent over time. Ploch said this would be a good investment. Objections - none. Richardson moved and McGuire seconded that the Society buy the machine. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Capps suggested we set up a committee to investigate how we should spend the extra monies. Richardson suggested that inheritance money might be given and/or members might grant funds to the Society, and the Society would equal these monies. Neal suggested that research fund amounts could be linked to interest rates, providing more at high interest times and avoiding embarrassment during low rate periods. McGuire suggested that under agenda item 16 we really should discuss these monies. D'Antonio moved and Hammond seconded to accept the Treasurer's report, PASSED.

6. Report of Program Chair: Mary Jo Meadow indicated that our Society membership is terrible about getting things in on time. Members should be encouraged to aid the Program Chair in this matter. Also she added that it is good to list individual's departments on the program. D'Antonio and Hammond moved and seconded acceptance of the Program Chair's report. Passed.

7. Publicity: David Roozen reported that some progress was made with the media. Our program had been picked up in various media outlets. Also he noted that the Washington area was a good location for media coverage. D'Antonio and Hammond moved and seconded the acceptance of this report. Passed.

8. Advertising Agent's Report: Horowitz had no elaborate report and therefore no specific concerns. In advertising, we are doing little better than previously. Roof says Horowitz has 11 other societies to represent. He is concerned about where SSSR fits into his operation. Plus the economic situation is bad. Generally it was felt that the Society is suffering in its income from advertising.

9. Affiliations: Ploch reported that we had good representation at the last AAAS in Toronto. For the Washington meeting our membership submitted 2 proposals and neither were accepted. We have requested membership in two new AAAS sections and have been accepted in Anthropology and Psychology. We continue in History and Philosophy of Science, Economics, Political Science and Sociology. A MS will meet in 1983 on the 3 days before Memorial Day. At the Washington Meeting two sections will be held and therefore we need 2 representatives. Also it would be good to have a local representative and pay his/her membership for this term. With respect to the CSR Clark Roof indicated we provide a $500 contribution. He mentioned the Southwestern Association for Scientific Study of Religion. Agreed by acclamation that they now are solvent and no longer require our assistance.

10. Nominating Committee: D'Antonio reported that he looked for candidates not only within the local membership but also outside U.S., outside of Sociology, and especially among our female membership. D' Antonio moved and Capps seconded that the report be accepted. Passed.

11. Reports of Journal and Book Review Editors: Hammond reported that manuscript rejections have been a bit fewer. Our index will cost $4,000 for 3,000 copies. Hammond suggested it be given free to members but asked for voluntary donations. He also suggested that free subscriptions be given to religion editors of newspapers or asked if they would like free copies. Capps indicated a concern with the quality of books he is receiving for review. Many are quite specific and topical volumes. His term expires next year and therefore he is reducing the number of reviews sent out. D'Antonio moved and McGuire seconded the acceptanceof these reports. Passed.

12. Report of the Monograph Series Editor: D'Antonio presented the report for Newman. D'Antonio reported a successful and impressive year and asked for a letter of appreciation as Newman's term is expiring. Richardson moved and Carroll seconded the acceptance of this report. Passed.

13. Program for 1982: Wuthnow reported that the meeting would be a joint effort, SSSR, ASR, and RRA with 3 program chairs. He would like to have people attend that have not done so in the past. He would like to draw in more comparative and historical scholars. The meeting theme will be "Religion and Power." Meadow suggested that this proposal is geared to scholars in Political Science and History. It was suggested that mailing to departments might be useful in attracting participants. A number of possible Meeting title-topics were suggested: D' Antonio mentioned the abortion issue, Carroll suggested the Church/State relations, Ploch argued that abortion should be combined with reproductive behavior, and Roozen added World Religions, especially the concept of Power from a Christian versus a Muslim viewpoint. Roof mentioned that it was not always easy coordinating with APRRE. Perhaps we should set our terms, let them make their own arrangements with hotel rooms, etc. D' Antonio suggested a minority of them do attend some of our sessions. Thus he urged Clark to set our conditions. McGuire suggested we put them on Sundays only at the end of our program. Ploch moved and Richardson seconded that Roof use his discretion to set conditions in order to alleviate the burden from officials of SSSR. Passed.

14. Future Meeting Sites: Roof presented several possibilities for 1983: Pittsburgh - Hilton $47-57, Knoxville - $50 for singles and doubles.

14a. Recess: Hammond moved and Meredith seconded that the Council recess. Passed at 11:45 p.m.

14b. Council Meeting reassembled on Friday at 9:30 a.m.

14c. Considerable discussion followed concerning meeting sites. Richardson moved that Roof check Minnesota, Cleveland, Knoxville, Pittsburgh and check with the President. D'Antonio suggested a two step vote and that Richardson withdraw the motion. Hammond moved that Roof check Minnesota and that we vote now on Pittsburgh vs. Knoxville. D'Antonio called airlines to check on rates. The item was tabled.

14d. Future Meeting Sites: Roozen moved and Hammond seconded that the 1983 meeting be held in Knoxville. A secret ballot was requested by D'Antonio. 7 - yes, 3 - no. The Executive Secretary was instructed to finalize Knoxville as the meeting site.

15. Publications Committee: Sister Marie Neal reported that the committee recommended Donald Capps as Journal editor and Robert Wuthnow as the book review editor. For the Monograph series editor the committee had a list of names but no final decision. She indicated that she had a proposal regarding the Research award and would present it later. She proposed a new membership directory and a "Beyond Classics"-type publication. Hammond was asked to edit such a book. Neal moved we accept the committee's total package with no second necessary and she thanked the committee.

A discussion of the Monograph Editor followed with several more names suggested. Roof suggested we increase the Research Award from $2,500 (one) or two at $1,500 each to $5,000 to $6,000 with two awards of $3,000 each or three of $1,000 each. Ploch suggested an upper limit of $6,000. The question of Junior Scholars was discussed and was agreed they should be recognized. Roof suggested we appoint a research committee. Neal moved and Roozen seconded that we award up to $6,000. Passed. Richardson moved and Ploch seconded that at least one award normally be given to a Junior Scholar (defined as within 5 years after Ph.D.). The augmentation of dissertation research would be considered. Neal moved and Wuthnow seconded that we establish a research committee. The committee will consist of the Vice-President and not less than 4 persons from the disciplines, with membership staggered with 2-year terms. The Chair will seek outside evaluation as appropriate.

16. Budget Motion: D'Antonio asked about the salary for the Business Manager. He suggested an increase from $7,000 to $10,000, adding $2,200. Roof indicated that his office will not have future University support as in the past. Thus the Business Manager will be doing more.

Clark listed our needs:

(l) Membership Directory plus Index - $4,000.

(2) Graduate Student Award for paper at yearly meeting - $500.

(3) Possibility of spring Council meeting.

(4) Research committee to meet and explore funding opportunities.

D'Antonio supported a Membership Directory. Neal moved to have a directory every other year including specialization. Richardson seconded. Passed. Regarding funding of Index, Hammond suggested that in the membership bill we add a tax deductible contribution for the Index. McGuire moved the Business Manager's salary be increased to $10,000. Richardson asked for a secret ballot on salary motion. Passed. McGuire moved that the Society establish a student paper award of $100 and up to $400 travel expense to be judged by the Program Chair. D'Antonio seconded. Passed. D'Antonio returned to COSSA and moved a $500 donation. Richardson seconded. Passed. Ploch reminded the council of the need of more AAAS representatives. We need an extra local person. He asked that we pay membership and registration of $100. D'Antonio moved and Richardson seconded. Passed. Richardson pointed out that in Poland there were no JSSR sets. He suggested we send a complimentary set or complimentary copies. D'Antonio noted that the Society should not do this unless we give them to everyone. It would be best to publish a newsletter notice, asking individuals to donate volumes to Third World countries. D'Antonio moved and Richardson seconded, that we increase postage costs to $250. Passed. D'Antonio moved and Nelson seconded that the new Research Committee be given $200 for its work. Passed. Richardson reopened the question of an endowment fund. D'Antonio suggested that Richardson chair a committee to consider this question. Wallace seconded. D'Antonio also will serve on this committee. Passed. Meridith moved and D'Antonio seconded to accept the Budget. Passed.

17. Other Business and/or Resolutions: Mary Jo Meadow discussed letters she received concerning non-sexist language. Wallace mentioned that publishers have a guideline. Roof indicated that we only need to affirm our position. Richardson moved and Wallace seconded that we reaffirm our position. Passed. The matter of a Program Chair for 1983 was discussed. It was recommended that the customary letters of thanks be sent to Harvey, Program Chair (Meadow), the Local Arrangements (Mary C. Rose), the Hotel, and letters of appreciation to Hammond, Newman and Capps. Acclamation.

18. Adjournment: 11:55 a.m.