Suggestions from the 1997 Leadership Meeting

The Annual CAS Leadership Meeting is an opportunity for CAS leaders to brainstorm or "blue sky" on the future direction of the CAS. Numerous ideas are generated; all are seriously considered and many are eventually implemented. The following is a short list of ideas that have come to fruition or are currently in progress.

• Proposals to create a new affiliate class of membership will be considered by the Board of Directors in May this year.
• Suggestions to increase communication among the leadership, committees, and members resulted in the development of Board and Executive Council private mail boxes and committee home pages on the CAS Web Site. Vice President cycle reports are now posted on the Web site for monitoring progress on Executive Council goals.
• Suggestions proposed and carried out that expand the use of the CAS Web Site include converting the catalog of bibliographies from paper to a searchable online catalog, posting prize papers to the download library, and hiring a Web site assistant.
• Suggestions to reimburse volunteer expenses resulted in the Board approving limited reimbursements to exam graders for travel and lodging. The Board will also consider expanding reimbursements for FY 2000.