1. After copies of the proposed ARUME executive committee position descriptions were distributed, Ed Dubinsky reported that on Wednesday, January 19, 2000 there was a reception celebrating the establishment of ARUME as the first special interest group (SIG) of the MAA. He explained that the rights and privileges of being a SIGMAA were that ARUME would have a reception (possibly with other SIGMAA's), an invited talk and business meeting, and space on the program for contributed paper sessions. In addition, it was noted that the various publications of the MAA have been made aware of the inclusion of ARUME, possibly opening the door to more articles on research in undergraduate mathematics education. Another implication of ARUME becoming a SIGMAA is that membership will become more formal. In particular, MAA membership will be requisite for membership in the SIGMAA ARUME. Accompanying this membership requirement will be a supplement to support the activities of ARUME. Dues in the amount of $10.00 were proposed and unanimously accepted by the membership present.
2. A financial report will be provided by Ed Dubinsky in a forthcoming listserv announcement.
3. The next order of business was the election. The members of the Nominating Committee were Annie Selden, Kathleen Heid, and Jim Cottrill. The ballot of officers, as submitted by the Nominating Committee, included: Coordinator-elect: Marilyn Carlson or Barbara Edwards; Secretary/Treasurer: David Meel; Organizational Director: Mickey McDonald; Program Chair: Julie Clark. The floor was opened for additional nominations. No additional candidates were offered from the floor. It was declared that in the case of Secretary/Treasurer, Organizational Director, and Program Chair the nominated people were elected. They will serve in this capacity for the next two years. Ballots were passed to all of the members present at the business meeting to vote for the Coordinator-Elect. (Note: A quorum was present since there were over 25 members present with at least two officers.) Kathleen Heid and Jim Cottrill were asked to count the ballots. While ballots were being counted, ARUME Committee reports were presented and discussed (See 4.below.) After the votes were counted, Marilyn Carlson was declared Coordinator-Elect. At that point, Ed Dubinsky became the past-Coordinator and Annie Selden assumed the position of Coordinator.
4. Committee reports were presented and these will be distributed via the listserv in conjunction with a request for volunteers to be active members of the committees.
5. Annie Selden was formally introduced as the new ARUME Coordinator and she had a few announcements:
   • There will not be ARUME sessions in August of 2000 (Summer Meeting of the MAA) due to conflicts with the International Meeting of PME (Psychology of Mathematics Education) and ICME (International Congress on Mathematical Education). The lack of summer meeting is only for 2000.
   • Instead of the Summer Meeting, an ARUME business meeting will take place at the ARUME conference in September see http://galois.oxy.edu/mickey/rume2000.html.
   • The joint meetings will be in New Orleans in January of 2001.
6. Questions raised by the members present included:
   • Continuing the linkage with MER and sponsoring joint paper sessions at future meetings.
   • The possibility for contributed or invited paper sessions was discussed. Being a SIGMAA gives ARUME the right to hold contributed paper sessions, the 1-hour invited talk and 1-hour business meeting. (ARUME need only request space.) Anyone may request, through regular channels, a special session or a panel.
   • The support available from the Committee on Mentoring was discussed. In particular, funds are available in the form of mini-grants (max $2,000). See the committee reports for a more detailed discussion. One of the requirements is that the grant support a group in their research and groups should be formed prior to submission. If you are looking to formalize a group, solicitations should be sent to the listserv (email ARUME-LIST@ENTERPRISE.MAA.ORG) to build an interested group. In addition, Harel Barzilai is in the process of compiling a mini-bio on each person in ARUME and this will be accessible soon.
   • In discussions of the web committee, Tim Hendrix stated that his health has prevented him from moving as far forward as he would like and he needs a co-chair. Shandy Hauk volunteered for this position.

Submitted by:
David E. Meel, Ed.D.
ARUME Secretary/Treasurer
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
(419) 372-7452
(419) 372-6092 (fax)
meel@bgnet.bgsu.edu
dmeel@wcnet.org
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