Business Meeting
Orlando, FL
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Minutes

Item 1. Welcome and Introductions
Meeting called to order: 11:05 AM ; presiding: Enrica Ardemagni, LD Administrator; Montserrat Zuckerman, LD Assistant Administrator, acting as secretary.

Item 2. The agenda was accepted without changes.

Item 3. Montserrat Zuckerman was appointed to take minutes for the Business Meeting.

Item 4. Division Mission
The mission of the ATA Literary Division is to uphold excellence and ethical standards within the profession, to advocate fair and just treatment of literary translators by authors, agents and publishers, to promote recognition of work and professionalism of literary translators, to encourage cooperation among other literary translation organizations, and to support literary translators as a community.

• Sessions at the Annual Conference – 8-9 sessions slated for presentations on literary translation.
  Newsletters – Source the first online edition came out in September (http://www.ata-divisions.org/LD/newsletter/2008/Source8_27.pdf.) Michele Aynesworth has accepted the position of Editor of Source for two years starting in 2007. In 2009 the Literary Division will open a search for a new editor. Past editors may apply for the position. A small stipend is awarded. The newsletter is quarterly and enhances the educational experience of the division members. It is currently on the LD website. You may submit articles to the editor through her email address on the LD website. Currently she is also doing the layout design and has some regular contributors to the newsletter.
• LD annual journal of literary translation, Beacons X, is online and can be purchased in hardcopy through the ATA website. There is currently a search for an editor for Beacons XI, which will be an online edition only. There are monies allocated for a web/layout designer for Beacons. Applications have been received and interviews will take place shortly with a search committee, headed by Liliana Valenzuela.
• LD Website has a new web master, Myriam Young. If you want anything posted, especially in the category of publications or conferences, please send them directly to Myriam through the LD website.

Item 5. Elections
The term for the current LD Administrator expires with the 2009 conference so elections will need to be held. The current LD Assistant Administrator is serving a one-year Interim position. Since elections were not held, there will be an appointment of another one-year term with elections in 2009 for the 2-year Administrator and Assistant Administrator positions. Nominations and self-nominations accepted.

Item 6. Listserv
Those present were in agreement that the LD should start a listserv. Current membership is 1,850.

Item 7. Old Business

• Publication of the hardcopy of Beacons X was possible by private donations and an ATA match. The electronic copy of Beacons X is available by contacting the LD Administrator.
• Conflicting sessions is always a problem. Propose to the ATA Board that Business Meetings be held when no sessions are scheduled.

Item 8. New Business
Suggestions for ATA 50th Annual Conference (New York City, October 28-November 1, 2009):

• Propose to the ATA Board that literary translation be the focus of the conference
• Increase the number of panel presentations for literary division
• Literary Café: (1) podium with a mike and better lighting; (2) invite distinguished speakers to read; (3) stage translated play; (3) advertise distinguished speaker reading or play
• Staging of translated play: (1) in hotel restaurant area during lunch or dinner as a way to promote LD; (2) at Literary Café. Phyllis Zatlin volunteered to investigate this possibility; costs would be modest; need ATA buy-in as sponsor
• Keynote for 50th Annual Conference: Edith Grossman, Catherine Porter Lewis or Gregory Rabassa; request submissions from PEN
• Organize a special outing for LD members; e.g. a play

Advancement of new MLA-ATA ties:

• Promote ATA membership at MLA conferences by having hard copies of Beacons and Source on hand at the MLA conference.
• Propose that ATA Board submit the Proceedings of the ATA conferences for inclusion in the MLA bibliography bank.
• The topic for the 2010 MLA conference is translation. The LD will promote having members sent proposals to the conference: suggestions: one session to consist of individual presentations of 10 minutes in duration; that Michael Scott Doyle be invited to submit his ATA presentation (2008) at the MLA conference.

Monkey survey of membership to canvas LD membership re: conference attendance in general and attendance at LD sessions.

Meeting adjourned: 12:00 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Montserrat Zuckerman