SocietySociety forfor CaliforniaCalifornia ArchaeologyArchaeology NewsletterNewsletter Founded 1966 Volume 40, Number 3 September 2006 MeaMea CulpaCulpa Thomas F. King Inside: An Open Letter from SHPO Milford Wayne Donaldson Data-Sharing Meetings 2007 Annual Meeting Update 2 Society for California Volume 40, Number 3 Archaeology Newsletter September 2006 A quarterly newsletter of articles and information essential to California archaeology. Contributions are welcome. Lead articles should be 1,500-2,000 words. Longer articles may appear in installments. Send submissions as hard copy or on diskette to: SCA Newsletter, Department of Anthropology, CSU Chico, Chico CA 95929-0401 or as email or attachments to <[email protected]> The SCA Executive Board encourages publication of a wide range of opinions on issues pertinent to California archaeology. 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King . 29 SCA Newsletter 40(3) From the President contract with them lapsed. This task Society for California was further complicated by the fact Archaeology that I needed to recuse myself from these negotiations given that I am Executive Board affiliated with CSUC in a variety of 2006-2007 capacities. Our A-team of contract negotiators (Shelly Davis-King, Ted Jones and Steve Horne) have resolved President: several key points of concern and set Frank E. Bayham, up an interim solution. We expect to Department of Anthropology, sign another contract with the CSUC CSU, Chico, Chico, CA, 95929-400; Foundation for the next fiscal year. We Tel: (530) 898-4540; e-mail: [email protected] apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused; however, this hitch Immediate Past President: in the function of the Business Office Shelly Davis-King, Davis-King & Associates, did not stall several other SCA P.O. Box 10, Standard, CA, 95373-0010; planning initiatives. Tel: (209) 928-3443; e-mail: [email protected] Planning and programs for the upcoming fall SCA Northern and President-Elect: Stephen Horne Southern Data Sharing Meetings have 17225 SW Quail Road been proceeding full-steam ahead. Terrebonne, OR 97760 The Northern Data Sharing Meeting Tel: (541) 923-7778; will be held at Sonoma State on e-mail: [email protected] fter reflecting on what to October 7th, and is being coordinated include in this column, I can by the Northern Vice-President, Mike Southern Vice-President: Aonly conclude that the SCA is a Newland. The Southern Data Sharing Andy York, EDAW Inc., 1420 Kettner Boulevard, vibrant organization with a broad range Suite 620, San Diego, CA 92101; Meeting will follow in Ensenada, Tel: (619) 233-1454; of planning and outreach efforts active th Mexico on November 11 , and is e-mail: [email protected] at any given time. And for those being coordinated by Southern Vice- efforts, allow me to thank those many President AndyYork. Please check out Northern Vice-President: members of the SCA that willingly the notices in this Newsletter for more Michael Newland, Anthropological volunteer their time, intellect and information on programs, locations and Studies Center, Sonoma State University, Building 29, Cotati, CA 94928 resources towards the enrichment of accommodations (pages 14-15). archaeology and heritage preservation Tel: (707) 664-2734; e-mail: [email protected] in California. At this time I would like In my original nomination to take the opportunity to inform you statement, and again in my last Secretary: of several SCA activities that have message in this Newsletter, I Risa Huetter, Sentinel Archaeological engaged members of the Executive conveyed my grave concerns about a Research, LLC, 735 Lytton Station Road Board during the summer months as number of common practices in Geyserville, CA 95441 well as some upcoming events. heritage preservation and CRM in (707) 431-0526 voice California that “if left unchallenged e-mail: [email protected] First, and perhaps the most visible, and unchanged can serve to you may have noticed a slight Treasurer: compromise the integrity of our Ted Jones, PO Box 579 disruption of service in the Business profession.” These fall under the Valley Ford, CA 94972-0579; Office. This office, under the able broad umbrella of Professional Tel: (707) 876-9415; direction and management of Greg Standards and Ethical Guidelines. e-mail: [email protected] White, is run through the California Responses to that column by both State University, Chico (CSUC) practicing archaeologists and Native Business Office Manager: Research Foundation. Due to the Greg White, CSU-Chico, Building 25, Suite 101 Americans have encouraged my efforts Chico, CA 95929-001 possibility of impending audits, the to continue in this endeavor. Two Tel: (530) 898-4360 Foundation proposed changes in the potentially important meetings e-mail: [email protected] manner in which fees and monetary occurred which hint that the winds of transactions were handled. Discussion change are beginning to blow. In mid- and negotiation of these issues June, along with Vice-Presidents Andy SCA Business Office involved a series of meetings over a York and Mike Newland, I attended a Christa Frazer-Kerley period of weeks during which our Ph (530) 898-5733 meeting Fx (530) 898-4220 (continued page 20) [email protected] SCA Newsletter 40(3) 4 Society for California Archaeology Committees SCA 2006-2007 Business and Activities Advanced Annual Meeting Planning Tom Origer Tel: (707) 584-8200 E-mail: [email protected] Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Several IC’s are also working a Jennifer Farquhar Liaison and Tel: (831) 588-1724 Natural Resource Conservation E-mail: [email protected] Committee Reports Service GIS project that started in Annual Meeting Program Chair 2003. Prison Industry Authority Mark Hylkema Digital Services are also working with Tel: (831) 335-6381 E-mail: [email protected] IC Liaison Report four of the IC’s on map scanning and Archaeology Month Representative digitization. This project will end on Laura Leach-Palm March 31, 2007. Tel: (530) 756-3941 Lynn Compas and Eric Alison E-mail: [email protected] An ICPAC committee meeting was Bennyhoff Memorial Award The Information Center held on August 17, 2006 in Patricia Mikkelsen Coordinators met with representatives Tel: (530) 756-3941 Sacramento. Co-IC Leaison Mike E-mail: [email protected] from OHP in Bakersfield on June 21 Newland filled in for me at the and 22, 2006. They worked on CA Arch Site Stewardship Program meeting (thanks Mike!!). The main Beth and Chris Padon formulating a better definition of the topic of discussion was the need to Tel: (562) 432-1801 relationship between OHP and the E-mail: [email protected] better define the function of the E-mail: [email protected] IC’s. Though this is still a work in ICPAC committee. The discussion progress, they discussed improving Curation Representative will continue at the next quarterly Cindy Stankowski existing contracts, proposed meeting to be held on November 17, Tel: (619) 239-1868 development of a Memorandum of 2006 at OHP in Sacramento. E-mail: [email protected] Agreement and the possibility of Grants and Fundraising regulating the relationship through A THPO/SHPO/IC summit Lynn Compas E-mail: [email protected] state legislation. meeting was held on August 23, 2006. Membership The topics of discussion were open They also formulated a fee inventory management, GIS, remote Native American Programs increase that was unanimously access to data, the security of digitized Janet Eidsness approved by the State Historic data, the ICs decision making Tel: (530) 629-3153 Resources Commission on August 4, processes and other related items. E-mail: [email protected] 2006. Record search fees were Newsletter OHP and the ICs provided an update Greg White increased by 25 percent and other fees on GIS projects. The THPOs reported Tel: (530) 898-4360 were increased in a similar manner. on the status of inventory management E-mail: [email protected] The last fee increase was in January of and use of GIS. Everyone discussed Nominations 2001. A list of the new fees is open various issues including separate included in this issue of the SCA news treatment of inventory info for tribal Proceedings letter and they will become effective Sharon Waechter lands.