Governor’s Report |
 Ruth Favro |
Here are some highlights from the Board of Governors meeting at the Joint Math Meetings in San Antonio.
Membership has been stable and receives continued attention. Attrition is being examined; for example, how many Project NExT members continue as members of MAA.
The dues restructuring that has been discussed over the past year was passed. Currently, dues + journal subscriptions do not cover operating costs + cost of providing journals. The proposal is to change the fees in increments over four years.
Don Albers, who has overseen the acquisition of many excellent books, is retiring from his position as publications head. Among a variety of new books this year are some with a Michigan connection. Our colleague Bob Messer (Albion C) and Phil Straffin’s Topology Now! book proofs were displayed; the book is due out in March. A book titled Infinite Series was co-authored by Don Bonar and Mike Khoury. Mike, now a graduate student at OSU, was an MMPC winner and ARML team member when at Brother Rice HS in Birmingham.
MAA Online Web development continues. Focus is online, with back issues to 2003.
New columns include Convergence (Math History); MAA Reviews (replaces Telegraphic Reviews); and Classroom Capsules online (taken from The College Mathematics Journal). Some features are accessed in a Members Only site. Check these out in MathDL. Focus can use short math articles, cover images, book reviewers.
In the program area, SUMMA received funding for 12 sites for the summer 2005 NREUP, minority-participation REUs (up from 6 in 2004). MAA President Carl Cowen attended meetings of a new interprofessional committee, “Finding Common Ground in K–12 Mathematics Education”. A new award called the Euler Prize has been funded by the Halmos’s.
In the area of public policy, the MAA has teamed with other organizations such as AIP to produce 90 second spots on TV in the form of stories, to promote public awareness of math and science.
Ruth Favro, Governor
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