Candidates Announced for 2004 SHA Election

    At its mid-year meeting on Sunday, June 27, the Society for Historical
Archaeology¹s Board of Directors approved the following slate for the
upcoming 2004 election.  The Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology has
also provided its slate of 2004 ACUA candidates.  Biographical information
and position statements prepared by each candidate will be distributed with
the ballots late summer/early fall.

For SHA President-Elect
    John Broadwater (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
    Douglas Scott (National Park Service)

Board of Directors (two positions available)
    Joseph W. Joseph (New South Associations)
    Terry Klein (SRI Foundation)
    Dana McGowan (Jones and Stokes Associates, Inc.)
    Michael Trimble (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Nominations and Elections Committee (two positions)
    Anna Agbe-Davies (DePaul University)
    James Bruseth (Texas Historical Commission)
    Susan Langley (Maryland Historical Trust)
    Donald J. Weir (Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group, Inc.)

Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology (three positions)
    Mark Staniforth (Flinders University of South Australia)
    Della Scott-Ireton (Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research)
    Dorrick Gray (Kingston, Jamaica)
    John Gribble (South African Heritage Resources Agency)
    Dolores Elkin (Instituto Nacional de Antropología)
    Felipe V. Castro (Texas A&M University)

    The SHA Bylaws (Article V, Section 3) provide for the nomination of
additional candidates from the membership within thirty days after
notification of the proposed slate.  Such additional nominations shall be
supported by five voting members of the Society.  Nominations should be sent
to Dr. Julia A. King, Chair, SHA Nominations and Elections Committee,
Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, 10515 Mackall Road, St.
Leonard, MD 20685; email [log in to unmask]; phone 410.586.8551.  Those
received on or before August 20 2004 will be included on the ballot if the
nominee is willing and eligible to be a candidate for office.

    During this election, SHA members will elect the Society's first
two-year president.  In this transition phase, the successful candidate will
serve the first year of his term as President-elect and the second two years
as President.  The position of Immediate Past President will be eliminated.

    The 2004 SHA Nominations and Elections Committee consists of Julia A.
King (Immediate Past President), Judy Bense and Mike Polk (retiring
directors), and Rebecca Allen and Tom Wheaton (elected from the membership).

    The ACUA Nominations Committee was chaired by Toni Carrell.


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Karen Hutchison
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Society for Historical Archaeology
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