EH.N: ANN: New Director sought for EH.Net

[Price Fishback]

The Economic History Association seeks a new director for EH.Net, to 
oversee the operation of the EH.Net website.  This involves 
maintaining the website on a server, hiring and supervising a 
computer programmer to make adjustments to the software required to 
operate the site, hiring and supervising a person to update the 
content of the site, interacting with the various committees and 
editors who provide content to the site, and interacting with the 
various associations for which the site provides links.  It is also 
an opportunity to add new features and projects that will benefit the 
economic history community.  Robert Whaples at Wake Forest University 
is the current EH.Net director, and he will step down from that 
position during the summer of 2008.  Robert has done a fine job and 
will be happy to help make the transition to a new director a smooth 
process.

Recommendations for a successor will be made by the EH.Net Executive 
Committee, which consists of Price Fishback (Chair), Alan Dye, Lee 
Alston, and John Murray.  Alex Field and Jari Eloranta are ex officio 
members.

The Economic History Association and other affiliated organizations 
currently provide a budget of about $15,000 a year, which can be used 
to help provide administrative assistance and programming support for 
the director.  This recommendation will then go to the Association's 
Board of Trustees for approval.

If you have interest in the position or would like to suggest someone 
whom you believe will be a good administrator, contact Price Fishback 
at pfishback at eller.arizona.edu or Alex Field (EHA Executive Director) 
at afield at scu.edu.  To get a better sense of what the position 
currently involves, you might wish to contact Robert Whaples at 
whaples at wfu.edu or 336-758-4196.