AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Georgia Chapter

Annual Meeting -- March 7, 2003

     Dr. Robert M. Sanders, chapter president, called the meeting to order at 6:11 p.m.  He asked Dr. Barry D. Friedman, secretary-treasurer, to present a financial report.  The secretary-treasurer reported that the chapter's treasury has a balance of $2707.95.  This includes a rebate of members' dues, recently received from the national office, in the amount of $1140.  The balance reflects an expense of $65 resulting from service charges assessed by the bank, RBC Centura (which took over the Tucker Federal Bank of Georgia), that has our checking account.  Dr. Friedman said that the charges started on October 31, and he just noticed them.  He has written to RBC Centura to ask that the service charges be refunded and the account be returned to no-fee status.  Otherwise, he will close the account this month, before the next $13 monthly charge can be assessed.

     President Sanders announced that the next item on the agenda was the election of officers and council members for 2003-2004.  On behalf of the chapter council, which acted as a nominating committee, Dr. Friedman placed the following names into nomination:

President (the vice president advances automatically to the presidency):
     Ann D. Maize
     Office of Technology and Support
     Georgia Department of Human Resources

Vice President / President-elect:
     Saundra J. Reinke, Ph.D.
     Assistant Professor of Political Science
     Augusta State University

Secretary-Treasurer (two-year term, 2003-2005):
     Barry D. Friedman, Ph.D.
     Coordinator - M.P.A. Program
     North Georgia College & State University

Immediate Past President (this year's president will take this title):
     Robert M. Sanders, Ph.D.
     Associate Professor of Political Science
     State University of West Georgia

Members of the Chapter Council

     Helen R. Buckelew
     Family Nurse Practitioner (Retired)

     Stanley M. Caress, Ph.D.
     Associate Professor of Political Science
     State University of West Georgia

     Elaine Elmore
     Health Insurance Specialist
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
     U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

     J. Chris Grant, Ph.D.
     Coordinator - M.P.A. Program
     Georgia College & State University

     Martha A. Griffith, D.P.A.
     Director - M.P.A. Program
      Kennesaw State University

     Paul A. Harris, Ph.D.
     Assistant Professor of Political Science
     Augusta State University

     Ulf Zimmermann, Ph.D.
     Associate Professor of Public Administration
     Kennesaw State University

     All of the nominees were elected.

     President Sanders declared the annual meeting to be adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

                                                             Respectfully submitted,

                                                             Barry D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer
                                              Georgia Chapter - ASPA