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[/vc_column_text][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-fb-icon4.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.facebook.com/ASOResearch/” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-tw-icon4.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://twitter.com/ASOResearch?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-in-icon4.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-schools-of-oriental-research” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-ml-icon_7.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”mailto:asor@bu.edu” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/blog-icon3.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”http://asorblog.org/” margin_bottom=”0″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496683923840{margin-right: 20px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;border-left-color: #99422f !important;}”][mk_divider divider_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.01)” thickness=”1″ margin_top=”3″ margin_bottom=”3″][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1487276122024{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]NEW YEAR (2014) WELCOME MESSAGE FROM 17吃瓜PRESIDENT SUSAN ACKERMAN
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17吃瓜 two weeks ago, on January 1, 2014, I began my tenure as ASOR鈥檚 new president. I am extremely honored to have been asked to serve 17吃瓜in this capacity, and I am grateful to the , to the , and to all of you for placing your confidence in me and for offering me your support.
I also feel extremely fortunate, as I come to the 17吃瓜presidency at what is surely one of the great moments in our organization鈥檚 history. Our most recent annual meeting, in November 2013 in Baltimore, was our largest ever, with a record-setting 928 total registrants. In 2013, we also gave 55 summer field scholarships and excavation grants, another record-setting number. Our publications program, too, celebrated several important milestones in 2013: for example, the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research debuted a striking new format and cover design, and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies published a gala sixty-fifth anniversary issue. In 2013 as well, we launched several exciting initiatives and introduced several new resources. We began a new outreach program, 鈥�,鈥� and with the support of the Lanier Theological Library and Stevan Dana, we started a new e-zine geared to the public, . In addition, thanks to several gifts from the Kershaw Family Trust, we created the member newsletter that you are reading right now, .
Other new on-line resources include our YouTube channel, ; our 鈥溾��; and the opportunity to sign up for for members who otherwise lack access to the archival collections available through JSTOR. Moreover, we accomplished all this without breaking the bank: indeed, we ended the most recent fiscal year (FY 2013) with a surplus. In addition, as you will see elsewhere in this newsletter, 17吃瓜has just received a significant new gift to our 鈥淏uilding a Foundation for 17吃瓜Campaign,鈥� which comes in addition to major gifts we received in 2013: a major legacy gift of $475,000 and the 鈥�,鈥� with a current market value of $110,000.
So, what president would not feel fortunate, to have the opportunity to head a thriving organization that is on such sound financial footing? Still, however notable the accomplishments and strengths of 17吃瓜that I have outlined above, our greatest strength is, as always, you: our members. Your numbers, incidentally, are also at an all-time high 鈥� we鈥檙e almost 1600 strong. And while it鈥檚 probably too much for me to hope that I will get to know all of you during the term of my presidency, I do hope to get to know many more of you than I do already, and I hope to get to know you beyond an exchange of a handshake and just saying 鈥渉i.鈥� Our members care deeply about 17吃瓜and are full of insights and wisdom about how it can be the best it can possibly be. I am eager to hear your advice, as are my 17吃瓜colleagues who have also been entrusted with positions of leadership: ASOR鈥檚 Executive Director (Andy Vaughn), the Chair of our Board of Trustees (B.W. Ruffner), and ASOR鈥檚 other officers (Vice-President Sharon Herbert, Secretary Lynn Swartz Dodd, and Treasurer Richard Coffman).
Finally, as I think about you, I鈥檇 like to thank you for all you do for ASOR. Even though I鈥檝e occupied my presidential vantage point for only two weeks, I鈥檝e already been astonished at the vibrancy of our committee system and how very, very hard our committee chairs and committee members work on ASOR鈥檚 behalf. It鈥檚 also astonishing how generous you are not just with your time, but with your money: about 20% of our members give charitable contributions to 17吃瓜over and above their annual dues, which is a participation rate that most organizations like ours can only dream of. Again, for me, what is indicated here is how deeply ASOR鈥檚 members care about our organization and how invested you are in ASOR鈥檚 well-being. Having a community like ours to draw on is, for me as president, and for the organization鈥檚 other leaders, an asset of inestimable value.
So, I close as I began: I am honored to have been chosen to lead such a vibrant and on-the-move organization, and I feel extremely fortunate to have taken office at a moment when 17吃瓜is in a position of such incredible strength. It鈥檚 with great enthusiasm, then, that I look forward to the next three years and to ASOR鈥檚 continued success.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_wp_posts title=”BROWSE THE NEWS ARCHIVE” number=”4″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684008271{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]