The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. The first agenda item was the examination of the draft bylaws. First, there was some discussion over the organization's purpose. It was decided that MABA's purpose in the bylaws should read, "to promote behavior analysis, including the discussion and dissemination of scholarly issues through an annual convention." Second, it was further clarified that the elected president would have the responsibility of planning the conference for the year of his or her term. Last, it was agreed that Article II of the bylaws should read, "Membership dues at all levels of membership will be set by a vote of the full members present at the business meeting." Critchfield made a motion to approve the amended bylaws, Jacobs seconded the motion, and the by-laws were approved by majority vote.

Larry Alferink delivered the Treasurer's report, noting that as of Oct. 31, MABA had no income, no expenses, and hence no deficit. It was questioned whether the organization has a need for a credit card, and Larry agreed to look into this. Larry also explained that the bank may require that MABA have non-profit status, but the IRS would not require this. If income is at least $5,000 annually, MABA will need a tax ID number.

Ruth Anne Rehfeldt delivered the Operations Coordinator report and collected additions to the MABA email list, as well as suggestions for locations and invited speakers at future conferences. Most popular future locations included Kalamazoo, Milwaukee, and Chicago. (The Bahamas only got one vote).

MABA's next president (to replace Jack Michael) and president-elect were then elected via ballot. Tony Cuvo was elected to the position of president; Wayne Fuqua was elected to the position of president-elect.

With regards to future conferences, the following suggestions were made:

• The meeting should be held outside of Illinois since the first two meetings were held there.
• MABA should convene earlier in the fall to avoid winter weather.
• More people should present in single tracks.
• 1-hour talks should be included along with paper sessions.
• The meeting should be extended onto a Sunday.
• Avoid overlapping with the state ABA meetings (i.e., BASIL, BAAM).
• Allow more time for discussion.
• Recruit presenters from other disciplines (i.e., school psych, special ed, etc.).

It was clarified that the president will appoint a program chair each year. That
individual and the president will decide whether a call for papers will be disseminated, although there will likely be a routine call for posters.

Files made a motion to elect Greg Madden to the Board of Directors to replace Cuvo. The motion was seconded by Critchfield and Madden was elected to the Board of Directors by majority vote.

Rehfeldt made a motion to dismiss the meeting; the motion was seconded by Weatherly and the meeting was dismissed.