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Ontario Archaeological Society Arch Notes New Series Volume 19 Issue 1 ISSN 0048–1742 January/February 2014 The new OAS Board of Directors get acquainted at the January board meeting. Back Row (l-r): Jim Montgomery, Grant Karcich, Nicole Brandon, Rob MacDonald, Lorie Harris, Bill Fox, Peter Popkin. Front Row (l-r): Sheryl Smith, Lindsay Foreman, Chris Dalton, Dana Millson. Missing: Neal Ferris, Claire van Nierop OAS N EWS 10 DRAFT MINUTES OF THE 2013 ABM 3 President’s Message ARTICLES 5 L ithic So u rce Re s e a rch in Northeastern Ontario 4 All A-Board for 2014 – A Brief History 8 OAS Budget for 2014 V i s i t u s o n t h e W e b a t w w w . o n t a r i o a r c h a e o l o g y . o n . c a Ontario Archaeological Society BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Executive Director Rob MacDonald Lorie Harris [email protected] PO Box 62066 Past-President Victoria Terrace Post Office Neal Ferris Toronto, Ontario M4A 2W1 [email protected] Phone/fax: 416-406-5959 Treasurer exe c u t i ve - d i r e c t o r @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca Jim Montgomery t r e a s u r e r @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca APPOINTMENTS Vice-President Editor, Ontario Archaeology Sheryl Smith Chris Ellis v i c ep r e s i d e n t @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca [email protected] Director of Avocational Services Editors, Arch Notes Bill Fox avo c a t i o n a l @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy. o n . c a Sheryl Smith & Carole Stimmell Director of Chapter Services [email protected] Chris Dalton Editor, Website [email protected] Jean-Luc Pilon Director of Heritage Advocacy [email protected] Peter Popkin [email protected] First Nations Liaison Director of Membership TBA Dana Millson m e m b e rs h i p @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca Symposium Liaison: Director of Membership Services Sheryl Smith [email protected] Lindsay Foreman m e m b e rs e rv i c e s @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca Moderator – Ontario Archaeological Society Director of Publications Listserve (OAS-L) Grant Karcich http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAS-L/ p u bl i c a t i o n s @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca Vito Vaccarelli Director of Public Outreach Claire van Neirop p u bl i c o u t r e a c h @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca Contact Information Director of Student Services PO Box 62066 Nicole Brandon Victoria Terrace Post Office s t u d e n t s @ o n t a r i o a rc h a e o l ogy.on.ca Toronto, Ontario M4A 2W1 (416) 406-5959 [email protected] www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca The Ontario Archaeological Society gratefully acknowledges funding from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture through the Provincial Heritage Organization Operating Grant Program. 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE reetings OAS friends and to devote his efforts primarily to the recently published special edition colleagues. It is an honour and a important task of seeing through to ‘Aboriginal Fisheries of the Great Lakes’, Gprivilege to address you as your completion the development of our new with guest editors Shari Prowse and new president and to bring you best wishes membership management system, which Suzanne Needs-Howarth. on behalf of your new executive board, a is being built on the Wild Apricot software Our Director of Publications, Grant photo of which you will find on the OAS platform. Karcich, reports that the next volume is web site by clicking on the ‘About Us’ While we already offer on-line already being finalized, so we are very link. membership purchase and renewal much looking forward to that. Grant has I would begin by taking this opportunity through the coordinated efforts of our also been working diligently on his to thank out-going board members webmaster (Jean-Luc Pilon), treasurer strategic plan tasks, and has submitted an Meagan Brooks, John Sleath, and John (Jim Montgomery), and Executive impressive review of our publications with Moody for their service to the OAS as Director (Lorie Harris), this new system comparisons to similar products across Directors of Public Outreach, promises to provide improved integration Canada and even some in the United Membership, and Student Services, and a wider range of functionality than our States. We will be considering his r e s p e c t i v e l y. current setup. We are currently doing recommendations carefully as we continue We understand that Meagan will be alpha testing of the membership renewal to adapt to new media and modes of putting her board experience to good use function, and expect to begin rolling it out p u b l i c a t i o n . as a new member of the Hamilton Chapter to the membership later this year. Neal’s Other strategic plan initiatives currently executive, and we are delighted that she attention to this matter will allow the rest well underway include the following: has offered to continue supporting the of the board members to focus on revision and expansion of our symposium OAS in this capacity and to provide on- executing the strategic plan that was guidelines document by Vi c e - P r e s i d e n t going assistance to our new Director of ratified by the membership at the 2013 Sheryl Smith; development and Public Outreach, Claire van Nierop, as she AGM in Niagara Falls (see Arch Notes implementation of advocacy policy and takes over this important portfolio. If you 18(3) for details). procedures by Director of Heritage have checked out the OAS Facebook page A c t u a l l y, several of the strategic plan A d v o c a c y, Peter Popkin; convening of a or Twitter feed, you will have seen the initiatives were already underway in 2013, digital services committee and handiwork of Meagan and Claire. so it is very encouraging for me and the development of an increasing array of John Sleath’s portfolio has been new board to be able to ‘hit the ground online services by Director of Member assumed by new board member, Dana r u n n i n g ’ and already see progress in the Services Lindsay Foreman (with input and Millson, and we have plans to leverage early weeks of 2014. Undoubtedly the assistance from other board members); this portfolio to take full advantage of Dr. most noteworthy of these has been the and operational process, communications, M i l l s o n ’s developing contacts as an up- revival of the Grand River Chapter by a and infrastructure improvements by and-coming academic archaeologist. team lead by our Director of Chapter Executive Director Lorie Harris and me. Our third new board member is Nicole Services, Chris Dalton. After several In addition to the director portfolios Brandon, who is taking over from John ‘behind the scenes’ meetings and mandated by the OAS constitution, we Moody as Director of Student Services. discussions by key proponents, an also currently have two ex-off i c i o I am very much looking forward to inaugural planning meeting was attended directors, the Student Services portfolio working with these folks over the coming by over 20 interested members and already mentioned, and an Av o c a t i o n a l y e a r, since these are key portfolios with potential recruits on January 14th. An even Services portfolio to which Bill Fox has respect to member recruitment and bigger crowd is expected for the next returned, having been appointed in 2013. retention, and we are particularly meeting, on February 11th, which will Under Bill’s leadership, the Board has interested in fostering more student feature a talk by Professor Chris Ellis of discussed some very exiting ideas, involvement in the OAS at all levels. Western University, who you will also including some designed to expand During my tenure as president-elect in know as the editor of our peer- r e v i e w e d opportunities for members to participate in 2013, I was very pleased to work with the journal, Ontario A r c h a e o l o g y. hands-on archaeological activities while returning board members, all of whom are In spite of declining journal potentially saving important remaining in their same roles with the submissions, Chris Ellis has been doing an archaeological collections and small- exception of Neal Ferris who now excellent job of keeping the wheels museum holdings from oblivion. We also assumes a supporting role as past- turning in the Ontario A r c h a e o l o g y continue to explore opportunities for president. Indeed, Neal has already agreed editorial process, as evidenced by the members to get involved in archaeological January/February 2014 Arch Notes 19 (1) 4 field work.