39 1998 Annual Business Meeting – Membership adopts “CCAS Statement on Professional Guidelines for the Evaluation of Academic Deans” 2004 Annual Meeting – Membership approves the establishment of Standing Committees on Associate/Assistant Deans and Cultural Diversity 2005 Associate and Assistant deans become eligible for term positions on the board Dorothy ABRAHAMSE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH When I first began attending, programs were dominated by the bad economy, laying off faculty, and closing departments; fortunately, better times came. I was especially involved in issues of Arts and Sciences collaboration with Education in reforming teacher preparation. During my time on the Board and as President, CCAS did its first strategic planning, added Associate Deans to the board, planned more special seminars, and moved into the computer age. In 2004-05, my presidential year, CCAS held its annual meeting in Vancouver, our second meeting outside the US. We also met with ICFAD (International Council of Fine Arts Deans) leadership to plan the 2005 joint meeting in Boston. The most important event was the decision to move CCAS’s home institution from ASU to William and Mary. 2004-2005