Society for American Music Handbook
(June, 2011)
Policies and procedures of the Society are described in detail in the Society's Handbook. For more information concerning the responsibilities of the various officers and committees, follow the links below.
Important Society dates and deadlines
Information on specific offices:
Information concerning specific committees:
Conference Site Selection Committee
Book Publications Subvention Committee
Currently active committees
Program committee for the annual conference
Local arrangement committee for the annual conference
Publications Council
Interest Groups Council
Outreach Council
How to establish an Interest Group
Journal of the Society for American Music
Archivist
Conference Manager
Executive Director
Representative to MUSA ( Music of the United States of America )
Representative to US-RILM
Representative to ACLS
Board Liaison to Student Forum
Guidelines for Transferring Records to the Archives
Guidelines for Weeding Records
Records Retention Schedule
PROCEDURES FOR AMENDING THIS HANDBOOK
Changes and additions to the Handbook shall be made by the Executive Director as necessary due to Board actions and will be reviewed annually. The Handbook should be checked for consistency and accuracy every five years by a committee of the Board designated by the President. A dated copy of the Handbook is saved annually as a PDF and kept on file. Once the Board has accepted a revision, this version of the Handbook is dated. Once the revised version of the SAM Handbook has been uploaded to the website, that shall be considered to be the authoritative version.