1. Adoption of the agenda

The agenda of the meeting was adopted, as were the minutes of the last business meeting, held at the University of Manitoba in June 2004.

2. Report of Activities

2.1 Chairman's Report
2.1.1. General activities. John noted the high profile the CCHC has enjoyed over the past year. He reported that several CCHC-related sessions were being held at Congress 2005, including sessions sponsored by the Consortium for Computers in the Humanities/ Le Consortium pour ordinateurs en sciences humaines [COCH/COSH]. John recommended COCH/COSH — which will presently be renamed the Society for Digital Humanities/ Société pour l'étude des médias interactifs — to members of the CCHC.

2.1.2. CCHC website. John reported on revisions he had made to the CCHC website, and plans to port history and computing syllabi, conference notices, and other relevant material to our website. Pat Dunae will help with this work. John invited anyone with ideas, suggestions and links for the CCHC web site to send them to him.

2.1.2. Congress 2006. John reported that he and Chad Gaffield were organizing a one-day symposium to be held at York University during Congress 2006 next year. The symposium will be international and interdisciplinary and will feature eminent keynote speakers. More details will be announced when arrangements with speakers and facilitators are confirmed.

2.2. Treasurer's Report
2.2.1. The report from our treasurer, John Belshaw, was received and circulated:

Canadian Committee on History & Computing Treasurer's Report, 2004-2005
Date: 25 May 2005

CCHC Chequing Account
At the 2004 Annual Meeting in Winnipeg the Committee's GIC was cashed and deposited in an account with the CIBC at a Halifax branch. Signing authority was established for the President (John Bonnett), the Treasurer (John Belshaw), and the past-President (Lisa Dillon). The balance when the account was opened was $702.61. Given the fact that service charges on the savings account run to roughly a dollar a month, the executive might want to look into a better service.

2004-2005 Budget
Balance 31 May 2004	$1645.75
Term Account	$1018.60
Savings Account	$ 614.42
Revenues & Expenditures
Dues paid, 2004 (to 1 May 2005)	$ 60.00
Expenses: Mailboxes Etc (printouts for poster session 2004) Staples Business Depot (poster session 2004 supplies)	$ 57.50 $ 288.62
2003-2004 Accounts
Savings Account Balance (26 May 2005)	$ 326.30
Term Deposit Balance (without interest) (Renewed at 1.65%)	$1018.60
Balance (26 May 2005)	$1344.90

In his report, John indicated that he would be resigning from his office as treasurer because of his increasing responsibilities at Thompson Rivers University.

2.2.1. On a motion from Stéphane, CCHC members unanimously passed a vote of thanks to John Belshaw for his work as treasurer.

3. Elections
3.1. New treasurer. On a motion from Léon, CCHC members unanimously elected Bill Turkel (UWO) as the new treasurer of the CCHC.

3.2 Chad informed the new treasurer of an old custom at CCHC meetings, whereby everyone attending the AGM is required to renew their memberships before leaving the room. In short order, the treasurer was inundated with $5 notes. Receipts were duly and speedily provided to everyone in attendance.

4. Reports from other CCHC Members
4.1. H Canada. Matthew Hayday gave an informative report on progress and developments at the H-Canada Discussion Network. He said that H-Canada had appointed a new advisory board and refined the H-Canada website. The revised site will have more book reviews and more notices of up-coming conferences and related activities. Matthew asked CCHC members for help creating a French language version of the website and assistance increasing the subscription base of the H-Canada service. Presently, 850 scholars (750 of whom are in Canada) subscribe to the discussion list. He asked CCHC members to encourage their colleagues and students to become H-Canada subscribers and asked the membership for support in creating an on-line directory of H-Canada subscribers. He reported that H-Canada had made progress with scholarly book publishers who, in the past, have not been willing to provide review copies of books. (Discussion ensued on the immense value of timely book reviews, such as those posted to H-Canada.)

4.1.2. Chad moved/José seconded a motion that the CCHC congratulate H-Canada on the important role it plays in promoting scholarly work, including the reviews it publishes, and asked our chairman, John, to write a formal letter of appreciation to H-Canada on behalf of the CCHC. Motion carried unanimously.

4.2. CHA Internet Communications Committee. A report by John Lutz (co-chair, CHA Internet Communications Committee) was received and distributed. The Summary of Report on Internet Communications to CHA Council deals with issues relating to the CHA's website and online access to CHA publications. Brian reported that he had taken on the duties of CHA webmaster and invited CCHC members to direct questions about the CHA website to him. Allan moved/Brian seconded a vote of thanks to John Lutz for providing us with a summary of his report and for the work he and his colleagues had undertaken for the CHA's Internet Committee. Motion carried unanimously.

5. Other Business/New Initiatives/Discussion
5.1. New constitution. John moved/Bill seconded a motion that we adopt the new which includes sections for life members and honorary members.

Discussion: José suggested we eliminate categories of life members and honorary members, because such categories are problematical in many respects. John and Lisa then moved that we consider a separate motion on lifetime and honorary members. On a vote, the motion to include lifetime and honorary members in the constitution was defeated. An amendment to the main motion, to adopt the new constitution (with revisions that would eliminate categories for lifetime and honorary members while maintaining categories for general and student members) was passed. The amended motion was carried and the new constitution was duly adopted.

5.2. Peter announced an upcoming international conference to be held at the University of Victoria from 15-18 June. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computers in the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing. He recommended the ACH/ALLC Conference 2005 to CCHC members.

5. 3. Lisa reported on a new web site for the 1881 Canadian census project. CCHC members congratulated her on developing this valuable research tool.

5.4. Thanks to the chair. José moved/Chad seconded a motion to thank John for his work as our chairman. Motion carried unanimously and enthusiastically.

6. Adjournment
CCHC members adjourned to enjoy a sumptuous luncheon of pizzas and cold drinks.