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Here I am back for another term. Thanks
to the Council for its vote of confidence.
I hope I will be able to help WAC with another
successful and productive four years. One
of my main goals is to update and perfect
our database so that Officers and the Executive
can communicate more effectively with members.
I need your help to keep me informed
of your address and email changes. Martin
Hall and I are also looking for new ways
to raise our revenue. Send us any ideas
you may have about fund raising for WAC.
Renewal forms are sent out in June only
to those whose memberships have expired.
So if you receive a renewal form, take it
seriously and act quickly before it gets
buried under the other paperwork on your
desk. I am happy to receive credit card
details by email, but please also include
current address, telephone, fax, and email
so we can maintain an up-to-date membership
database. If you need to have your fee waived,
please fill out the form with current address
details and return it with a note requesting
a waived membership. This also helps me
keep a check on addresses, etc. WAC is one
of the few organisations that has kept its
membership fee stable. We are incredible
value for money so don’t forget to
*****RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION*****
A financial statement for 1998 is presented
below. We have a very healthy balance at
the moment only because we are behind on
the publication of the Bulletin. An
issue with papers from the Croatia Inter-Congress
discussing the Ayodyha question will be
appear soon in the new, twice-yearly series
of the Bulletin. Up to now, the WAC
offices run by the Officers and Editor have
been operating on a voluntary basis with
no subsidies from the membership. At WAC-4
the Executive agreed to a small subsidy
for running expenses of the Chief Executive
Officer, Secretary, and Editor. Since we
are replacing WAC News with two Bulletins
a year, we will consume our surplus over
the next four years. Hopefully by then increased
membership will be bringing in higher revenues.
*****LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD*****
We need your help to recruit new members.
Here is an attractive incentive. In June
2000 I will award a Life membership to the
member who has recruited the most new members
in the 18 months beginning with WAC-4 (students
will count as half members). If this initiative
is successful, the award will be given annually.
Helga Seeden is already in the lead with
10 new student members and her sterling
efforts gave me the idea for the award.
Let’s see what the rest of you can
do.
At WAC-4 the Executive approved a new membership
category for libraries. Library members
will be charged only US$40 per year for
a subscription to the World Archaeological
Bulletin. Library membership will not
replace Institutional membership, which
provides the members of the subscribing
institution with the benefits of WAC membership
(i.e. discounts on conferences, voting,
etc.), but provides only one copy of publications.
Please urge your library to subscribe at
this new discount rate and consider
the benefits of Institutional memberships
where there is a group of members at one
university or institution.
******WAC MEMBERSHIP FEES******
US$20 Full
US$10 Student
US$40 Library
US$100 Institution
We gratefully acknowledge financial donations
received from the following members this
year: Mary-Jane Mountain, Ernestine Elster,
Ingareth Macfarlane, Phillip Partington,
Jack Golson, Marianne Cordale Schrimpff,
Ben Rhodd, Izumi Niiro, Jenny Coy, Andres
G. Laguens. We also thank Peter White and
Deidre Koller of Oceania Publications, University
of Sydney, who look after our banking and
accounts and the Australian Museum, which
has assisted with postage and email.
Financial Statement as of December 31,
1998
(Amounts in Australian dollars)
INCOME
Carried forward $6767.39
Subscriptions and
Back issues $7337.65
Interest $267.39
Total $14,372.43
EXPENDITURE
Printing WAC News $680.00
Postage $415.78
Total $1095.78
BALANCE $13,276.65 |
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