CIES 2016

Vancouver, BC
LASIG Business Meeting
Wednesday, March 9th
Pavillion Ballroom B

Presentation of Agenda
Introduction to LASIG Board and Bylaws

Presentation of LASIG Board Bylaws

Two co-chairs (two years each)
Secretary (one year, with expectation to become co-chair)
Social Media Officer (year-to-year basis)
Treasurer (year-to-year basis)
LASIG Advisors (immediate past-chair and past chair)
Recommended: Liaison (year-to-year basis)

Election procedures to take place every year before or after the conference for the
Secretary position and any other positions that may be vacant.

Report on activities from last year

Received 36 paper proposals and 3 session proposals

Organized reviews
Organized Dissertation Award and Outstanding Scholar committees
Funds from dues totaled $1,686.54
Funds were invested in: LASIG merit travel grants (Three awards of $150 each), LASIG
Outstanding Dissertation Award ($400); LASIG Outstanding Scholar Award ($300), and
contribution for the joint reception with LISIG ($300). There is $36.54 remaining for the
next cycle.
Growing SIG: Maintained a list of 119 members, 21 more than last year
Consistently published on Facebook
Created a new website (http://cieslasig.weebly.com/)
Started sending a quarterly newsletter to the membership
Continued working on Latin American Series draft proposal with Palgrave McMillan

News
Congratulations to Stephanie Samaniego, Claudia Ovalle, and Jessica Bridges, who
received LASIG Merit Travel Grants to travel to CIES.
Congratulations to Brent Edwards, winner of the Dissertation Award, for his dissertation
titled, "The development of global education policy: a case study of the origins

and evolution of El Salvadors EDUCO program."

Congratulations to Mariano Narodowski, winner of the Outstanding Scholar Award.

Initiatives for next year

Keeping up and increase communication through Facebook and our newsletter

Advertise awards and encourage people to apply
Locate reviewers that can read in Portuguese and Spanish to consider dissertations in
Spanish and Portuguese for award
Send call for secretary and liaison tasked with building relationships with other SIGS and
organizations in the US and Latin America
Find ways to collaborate with other SIGS
Find ways to attract scholars from Central America and the Caribbean, currently
underrepresented in the SIG
Feature work by people in the SIG on Facebook, the website and the newsletter
Communicate with Palgrave Macmillan about book series proposal and send a call for
nominations for editors
Martina Arnal and Lucrecia Santibez mentioned that more collaboration is needed
between CIES and organizations in Latin America. One idea was to funnel funds for
people who are coming from far or are less likely to get funds. A short paper award, like
policy paper or report was also suggested to attract researchers and practitioners
working for development agencies. Yesly Contreras suggested supporting them by
providing guidance on submitting abstracts or finding sources of funding.
The Board suggested that people who are doing great work in LA can be featured in the
newsletter or the Facebook page. Members are encouraged to send a blurb about the
work they are doing to be featured in the newsletter.
Carlos Ornelas and Mark Ginsburg expressed interest in using LASIG funds to sponsor
Cuban scholars to present in Atlanta. LASIG has invited scholars to present in previous
years. Mark Ginsburg and the LASIG Board will work together to determine interest,
funding and possible collaborations.
Carlos Ornelas reminded the membership about the upcoming Mexican fiesta, now a
tradition at CIES

Meeting Adjourned.