Minutes of the Popular Culture Division: March 30, 2000

The Popular Communication Division meeting was called to order at 11:00 a.m. Division Chair 
Trudy Hanson welcomed division members and distributed copies of the proposed division bylaws. 
Mary Jackson Pitts of Arkansas State moved and Margaret D'Silva of the University of Louisville 
seconded the motion to accept them as written. The motion carried. Trudy Hanson will submit a copy of the
bylaws to the SSCA Executive Director.

Webmaster's Note: The bylaws are also available on the website as well. The link is at the side of the page.

Margaret Usha D'Silva of the University of Louisville was elected to the office of Vice Chair-Elect and 
J. Emmett Winn of Auburn University was elected to the office of SSCA Nominating Committee
Representative. Wendy Haijar, Vice Chair, reported that 18 papers had been programmed for the 2000 
convention and she was successful in recruiting participation by members from the Midwest. The top
student paper award went to Brian E. Johnston from the University of Arkansas and the Top Division 
paper was written by Benjamin R. Bates from the University of Georgia. Mary Jackson Pitts, Vice
Chair-Elect, asked for volunteers to assist with the 2001 SSCA Convention planned for April 4-8 in 
Lexington, Kentucky. The convention theme is "Narratives We Live By: Redefining the Power of
Communication." Jim Vickery of Troy State suggested that we schedule a round table in which 
participants could define "popular communication."

Jim Vickery moved and J. Emmett Winn seconded the motion that the meeting adjourn. 
The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m. 

Submitted by Trudy Hanson.