Syd Golson, from Scottsdale, Arizona has been elected vice president of NCSS and is in line to assume the presidency in 2009. Syd has been involved in NCSS and state social studies councils for more than 25 years. She served twice previously on the NCSS Board of Directors, was chair of the NCSS Conference Committee and Gender Issues Committee, and was co-chair of the NCSS 2002 Annual Conference Local Arrangements Committee.

As a secondary and college teacher for over 20 years, Syd specialized in local and women≠s history. She received Teacher of the Year and Arizona National History Day Teacher of Merit awards, and summer grants to Turkey on a Fulbright, to N.E.H., US Institute of Peace, and Gilder Lehrmann seminars, and to Oxford University. She authored Changing Woman of the Apache and two other books. She is currently Dean of Students at Alhambra High School in inner city Phoenix.

The NCSS membership also selected four members for three-year terms on the board of directors: Kim O'Neill, Livepool, NY (elementary representative); Nan Jones, Seneca, SC (secondary representative); Michael Koren, Milwaukee, WI (K-12 classroom teacher at-large); and Bruce Damasio, Towson, MD (at-large).

The membership approved two amendments to the NCSS constitution. The first removes the provision to conduct the election by mail ballot and will allow NCSS to examine using the Internet or other means for conducting elections. The second amendment changes the composition of the NCSS House of Delegates to add representatives from the associated groups and NCSS communities.

Voters also elected two new members to three-year terms on the governing board of the Fund for the Advancement of Social Studies Education (FASSE): Theron Trimble of Naples, FL and Steven Seto of Boston, MA.

The newly elected leaders will begin their terms on July 1, 2007. Gayle Thieman and Michael Yell will begin their respective terms as NCSS President and President-Elect on the same date. Members of the board who are complete their terms as of June 30 are: Lynne Boyle-Baise, Bloomington, IN; David Faerber, Baton Rouge, LA; Jesus Garcia, Las Vegas, NV Diane Hart, Menlo Park, CA; Michael Koren, Milwaukee, WI; Kelly Palmer, Wayne, OK; and Shelly Singer, Barrington Hills, IL.