Those present – Joseph Cooper (UCLAN), Alisdair Denholm (Lancaster), Katy Young (Liverpool), Libby Bateman (Cumbria), Geoff Banks (Leeds), Ian Johnston (Lincoln), Glyn Parry (Bangor), Rick O’Toole (Sheffield Hallam), Dawn Yates (Sheffiled Hallam), Fergal McCullough (Man Met)

Apologies – Peter Kidd (York), Mike Riley (Sussex), Ian Boulger (Man Met), Phil Kynaston (Man Met), Alison Fleet (Bath)

Chairman Persons Report – Libby Baeman gave a review of  SASA activities over the past 12 months.

Treasurers Report – Geoff Banks reported that SASA had spent a total of £621.62 this year leaving a total of £1985 in the current account.  There are also funds in the membership account although he did not have that information to hand but believed it to be in the region of £2000.

Secretaries Report – Mike Riley was unable to attend this meeting due to illness and no report had been sent.

Committee Elections –

Libby Bateman expressed an interest at standing down from the role of Chair Person due to the fact that she is now coordination the website aswell.

Rick O’Toole was nominated as the Chairperson.  This was voted unanimously in favour by the members.

Geoff Banks agreed to stay on as Treasurer this was vote unanimously in favour by the members.

Mike Riley had asked for the position of secretary to be opened up to the members but he would stand again if no one else was willing to.  Nobody else came forward at the meeting so Mike was voted in as Secretary for another year.

Katy Young (Liverpool) and Ian Johnston (Lincoln) were voted on as committee members.

2008 Conference

At the crisis meeting in London in 2007 it was discussed that SASA should look to holding a conference in 2008.  There is still a strong feeling that this should go ahead.  Suggestions for venues were discussed.  It would be preferable to hold it at a southern venue as there is currently a lack of interaction from the south but with no southern institutions represented at the meeting it was difficult to nominate any.  It was decided that we should look to hold the conference at Liverpool on 1st, 2nd and 3rd