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The 1980s
 

1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

 


1980

  • President-elect was Mary Esther Raker.
  • Bill English resigned as Executive Secretary effective January 1.
  • Membership approached 300 individuals.
  • Summer Conference held in Ft. Lauderdale.
  • Fall Conference hosted in Orlando.
  • Sims Award to Jack Kelly.
  • Aid to FAEDS Award to Nikki Riggsbee and Tom Lunsford.
  • Terry Shoultes becomes first historian.
1981
  • FAEDS becomes one of three cosponsors of FICC (Florida Instructional Computing Conference) and begins acting as its fiscal agent.
  • Scholarship established in honor of the memory of William English.
  • Award given to the outgoing president was renamed the English Presidential Award.
  • President-elect was Terry Shoultes.
  • Fall Convention in Sarasota.
  • Sims Award to Terrell Shoultes.
  • Aid to FAEDS Award to Peggy Roblyer.
  • Sims Scholarship awarded to Robert Bailey.
1982
  • Funding in the amount of $529,000 was granted to establish the first three nodes of FIRN (Florida Information Research Network).
  • Word processors and microcomputers included in Installation Survey for the first time.
  • FAEDS acts as host for the national AEDS Conference in Orlando.
  • President-elect was Lewis Nall.
  • Fall Conference held in Pensacola.
  • Sims Award to Bernard Slessinger.
  • Aid to FAEDS Award to Valerie Baker.
1983
  • Election procedures officially changed in bylaws:
    1. mail in balloting only
    2. elected officials take office immediately following Annual Meeting.
  • Mike Staggs given Honorary Lifetime Membership.
  • Bernie Slessinger elected president-elect.
  • Fall Conference in Jacksonville.
  • Sims Award to Mary Esther Raker.
  • Aid to FAEDS Award to David Brittian.
1984
  • Membership over 350.
  • Installation Survey includes salary survey/schedule.
  • 25 scholarship applications received.
  • Bernard Kelly (University of Central Florida) awarded English Scholarship.
  • Fred Kauffman was president-elect.
  • Fall Conference held in Tampa.
  • Sims Award to Ronald McCord
  • Aid to FAEDS Award to Terrell Shoultes.
1985
  • FAEDS honored by AEDS with Geographic Award.
  • Membership peaks at greater than 430.
  • First outside financial audit conducted. To be an annual occurrence due to amount of money involved in FICC.
  • Scholarship amount increased from $500 per year to $1000 per year.
  • President-elect was William E. McTammany.
  • West Palm Beach hosted Fall Conference.
  • Marie Dence first elected to FAEDS Board.
  • Sims Award to David Brittain.
  • Aid to FAEDS Award to Lew Nall.
1986
  • FICC attendance climbs over 2000 participants.
  • FAEDS and FICC cosponsor an educational booklet with AEDS entitled "Procedures and Results from a Multi-state Needs Assessment".
  • AEDS suffered declining revenues and dissolved.
  • FAEDS Instructional Computing Teacher of the Year (CTOY) Award created.
  • Corporate Sponsorship Program begun:
    • for $1000, a corporation could get a mailing list, membership directory, profile, booth at conference, and recognition in FAEDS publications. It was to be administered by the Past-president.
  • Aid to FAEDS Award renamed in honor of Ray Parker.
  • Michael Kanofsaki received the English Scholarship.
  • Rebecca Ballard awarded the Sims Scholarship.
  • President-elect was Peggy Roblyer.
  • Fall Conference held in Jacksonville.
  • Sims Award to Francis Watson.
  • Raymond Parker Aid to FAEDS Award to Randall Johns.
1987
  • AEDS reappears as IACE (International Association of Computers in Education).
  • First "Conference Cookbook" compiled.
  • Martha Eng (Duval County) received first CTOY Award.
  • Final year that the Installation Survey was actually produced.
  • Membership around 340 individuals.
  • Gregory Stelmark (University of Southe Florida) awarded the Sims Scholarship.
  • Matthew Lavoie (University of Central Florida) received the English Scholarship.
  • President-elect was Jack Tinsley.
  • Fall Conference in Tallahassee.
  • Sims Award to Fred Kauffman.
  • Raymond Parker Aid to FAEDS Award to Fred Rabe.
1988
  • FAEDS incorporated.
  • "Job Stream" renamed "Network News" after years of debate.
  • First Officers' "Handybook" compiled.
  • FAEDS cosponsors the new publication the FECQ (Florida Educational Computing Quarterly).
  • English Scholarship to Nancie Hopins (Florida State University).
  • Sims Scholarship to Christine McKoon (Brevard Community College).
  • Marie Dence elected president-elect.
  • Fall Conference held in Tampa.
  • Sims Award presented to Marie Dence.
1989
  • FAEDS 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
  • FICC changed to FETC (Florida Educational Technology Conference).
  • IACE merges with ICCE and becomes ISTE (International Society of Technology in Education).
  • FAEDS agrees to act as the fiscal agent for Southeast Conference of the Macademia Users Group.
  • By-laws changed to provide for a "swap" of representatives between FAEDS and FACE (Florida Association of Computers in Education).
  • Lewis Nall honored with Lifetime Membership to FAEDS.
  • Russ Miller was president-elect.
  • Fall Conference held in Orlando.
  • English Scholarship to Chris Moss (Florida State University).
  • Sims Scholarship to Mei Ying Dewey (Okaloosa-Walton Community College).
  • Teacher Scholarship to Jean Marie Whaley.
  • Trudy Jermanovich honored with the CTOY.
  • Sims Award to Steve Botts and Annette Barwick.
  • Raymond Parker Aid to FAEDS Award to Allan Pither.

Any questions or input? Contact:
Marie Dence, FAEDS Historian,
telephone (352)392-2061 or E-mail
lmcd@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu