New Slate of AAEC Officers Announced

The results are in and counted, and the 2009-2010 Board of Directors of the AAEC 
is as follows: 
 
President: Rex Babin 
President-Elect: Steve Kelley 
Vice President: Mikhaela Reid 
Secretary-Treasurer: V. Cullum Rogers 
Directors: Mark Fiore, Jeff Parker, Mike Thompson 
Ted Rall will also serve on the 2009-2010 Board as Immediate Past President. 
 
The new Board takes office today, September 18, 2009. Congratulations to the new 
Board, and thanks to the old for all its hard work during the past year. 
 
Members also voted overwhelmingly (62-4) in favor of the following amendment, 
which from today is officially part of the AAEC Bylaws: 
 
Article XIX: Ethical Guidelines 
In order the maintain the integrity of the editorial cartooning profession, 
members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists agree to never 
engage in plagiarism, the act of appropriating another creator's work as one's 
own. If a member is accused of a clear and brazen act of plagiarism, the Board 
may act to permanently or temporarily suspend his or her membership. 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
--V. Cullum Rogers 
AAEC Secretary-Treasurer