| How are SAH officers and directors selected?
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| Nominations for SAH officers and directors are solicited from the membership in the SAH Newsletter each year (for directors) and every other year (for officers) and are forwarded to the Nominating Committee. The committee then reviews all nominations, weighing the qualifications for each and then making their recommendations to the Board and officers. Click here for criteria for selection detailed in the Nominating Committee Policy set by the SAH Board.
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| How is the Nominating Committee selected?
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| The Nominating Committee consists of the First Vice President of the Society and four members of the Society appointed by the President not less than six months prior to the election of officers and directors with which they are concerned. At least one member and not more than three members of each Nominating Committee will have been a member of the previous Nominating Committee. The President may consider, but will not be bound by, recommendations for membership on the Nominating Committee received from the First Vice President of the Society and any member of the Society. It will be the function of the Nominating Committee to recommend each year to the members of the Society a slate of nominees for elec¬tion as Elected Officers and Elected Directors of the Society. Nominations of Elected Officers and Elected Directors may also be made on petition of twenty-five or more members of the Society, provided they are communicated to the Executive Director in writing not less than two weeks in advance of the annual business meeting at which their election is to be held. The Nominating Committee may consider its own members as candidates.
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| How are the locations and hotel venues for annual meetings selected? What are the criteria for selection?
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| Locations for the annual meeting are selected based on several criteria. These include a vibrant local or regional cultural landscape; the availability of a local chair who is willing to help organize the annual meeting; the availability of a reasonably-priced conference hotel that also has adequate space and facilities to accommodate multiple simultaneous sessions and meetings and that can likewise accommodate the various activities associated with the annual meeting; a conference hotel location that allows easy access to walking tours and affordable restaurants. The locations are researched and proposed by the SAH staff and approved by the SAH officers.
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| What does the annual meeting registration fee pay for?
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| The annual meeting registration fee covers a wide variety of expenses directly related to presenting the meeting. The major expenses include rental of audio visual equipment for every paper session and lecture at the meeting; hiring AV staff to install and monitor the equipment; design, printing and mailing the Annual Meeting brochure that is sent to every SAH member; buses for tours and evening events; site rental fees for paper sessions, noontime meetings, receptions and evening events; and staff travel to manage the meeting. Generally, the Society negotiates so there is a minimal fee for meeting rooms used in the conference hotel, but in exchange the Society contractually must guarantee the hotel certain levels of catering and sleeping room revenue. That is why we stress the importance of staying in the official meeting hotel. Travel fellowships for the Annual Meeting are paid for with endowment and foundation funds.
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| How are the sessions chosen and organized for the annual meetings?
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| The First Vice President of SAH serves as the General Chair for each annual meeting. The General Chair selects and organizes the sessions for the annual meeting from those that are submitted following the solicitation for session proposals that appears annually in the SAH Newsletter. All session proposals that focus on the history of the built environment are considered for inclusion. The number of sessions is limited by the duration of the annual meeting (Thursday through Saturday) and the number of simultaneous sessions (five) that can be accommodated by the meeting venue. The meeting includes 25 paper sessions with at least four or five speakers in each session. The scheduling of the sessions is done by the First Vice President and the SAH Manager of Meetings and Tours in an effort to provide a balanced program without sessions on the same topics competing.
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| What is the review process for papers submitted to sessions for the annual meetings?
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| The selection of papers for individual sessions is the responsibility of session chairs. Each session chair evaluates the proposals submitted to him/her by the deadline, selecting papers that best conform to the session topic.
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| How are SAH study tour sites selected?
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| Study tour locations are proposed by the SAH Second Vice President who works in consultation with the Study Tour Committee and the SAH staff. Members may propose locations for consideration. Typically, SAH organizes three domestic and one foreign study tours each year. Locations are selected for their significance to the history of the built environment. Duration for domestic study tours is typically 4-5 days; foreign study tours typically last for ten days. Locations must therefore offer a rich enough selection of sites to sustain tour participants' interest for that length of time.
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| How is the cost of SAH study tours computed?
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| The Society uses a very precise calculation to determine the price of every study tour. First, all the individual and group expenses are researched by SAH staff and the study tour leader. Individual expenses include hotels, meals and admission fees; group expenses include bus rental, tour leader honorarium, administrative expenses, and other costs that the group will share. The group expenses are divided by the number of tour participants, which can be anywhere from 20 to 40, depending on the restrictions of the sites visited. Then the individual expenses are added to the prorated group expenses. Finally, a contribution to SAH, ranging from $100 for short domestic tours to $350 for long international tours, is added to the expenses. The cost of the tour will be the total of those three expenses-individual and group costs plus a contribution. Additional expenses for single supplements consist only of the difference in cost between a hotel room used by a single person and a hotel room shared by two people.
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| How are the study tours filled?
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| The study tours are filled on a first come, first served basis. SAH Members are notified by email notices and a mailed tour announcement. Official registration for a study tour is accepted once a study tour participant has filled out and returned the registration form and placed a deposit to hold their spot on the tour.
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| How are SAH Chapters related to the SAH?
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| The Chapters of SAH are affiliated groups, consisting mainly of people who have an interest in the local architecture of their region. The Chapters exist to raise awareness about historic preservation and the history of architecture in a particular region. The one exception being the Landscape History Chapter which is more thematic and international in scope. Each of the SAH Chapters must be incorporated in their own state and maintain financial accounts that are separate from the national SAH. All the Chapters are listed on the national SAH website and many of the Chapters have their own websites to announce events and programs.
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| Must I be an SAH member to become a Chapter member?
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| Yes and no. To become a member of the thematic Landscape History Chapter of SAH, you must become a member of the national Society. You do not have to be a member of the national SAH to become a member of a Local Chapter.
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| Must I be an SAH member to present at the annual meeting?
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| Yes, you must join SAH to present at the annual meeting.
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| How are fellowship winners selected?
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| Fellowship winners are selected by the SAH Fellowship Committee. The committee is composed of the first-vice-president and four other members selected by the President of SAH. Criteria for selection vary according to the stipulations included in the endowments that fund each award. In all cases, scholarly merit, academic credentials, and financial need are considered.
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| How can I make a donation to SAH?
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| Please visit our Support page for further details. Checks payable to the Society of Architectural Historians may also be mailed directly to SAH at the following address:
SAH
1365 North Astor Street
Chicago, IL 60610-2144
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| What is the SAH Legacy Circle? How can I become a member?
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| The SAH Legacy Circle is a group of people who have made promised estate gifts to the Society. Please visit our Support page for further details.
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| How are articles selected for the journal?
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| Authors submit manuscripts to the JSAH editor. The editor first reviews manuscripts for content suitability before sending them out to two peer reviewers. JSAH uses a double-bliind peer-review process. Reviewers make recommendations about whether a manuscript should be accepted as is, accepted with revision, or declined. The JSAH editor then makes the final determination and contacts the author about outcome.
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| What role does SAH play in preservation of historic structures and landscapes?
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| As the leading professional society in the field of architectural history, the Society adopted the SAH Guidelines for Architectural Historians Testifying on the Historic Significance of Properties. On preservation issues of national and international importance, preservationists may request that the SAH Board pass resolution and a send letter of support for in favor of their efforts. Since these matters can only be discussed by the Board at their semi-annual meetings, in the interim the SAH Preservation Officer may contact the Board requesting their support of a preservation effort. In addition, every year at the SAH Annual Meeting, the Local Committee for the meeting organizes a day-long preservation colloquium designed to focus on a preservation issue that is of particular importance to the city in which SAH is meeting.
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