What happened
- First mention of FAEDS coordinated Installation Profile in extant minutes.
- First year of conducting elections by mail-in ballots.
- Membership back up to around 250 after a slight decrease in previous years.
- Summer Conference held in West Palm Beach.
- Sims Scholarship awarded to Karen Ann Oaks (Edison Community College) and Stephen Slessinger (Seminole Community College).
- William English awarded the first FAEDS Honorary Lifetime Membership.
- Jack Kelly elected chairman of the AEDS Council of Geographic Affiliates.
- Fall Conference held in Orlando.
- William English brought on as the FAEDS Executive Secretary.
- President-elect was Mike Staggs.
- Michael Staggs awarded Sims Award.
- July 23, 1978 – first written documentation of Ray Parker (now past-president) making his famous motion to adjourn.
Awards given in 1978
- Sims Award to Mr. Michael Staggs
- William English Award to Mr. Charles Lee
From the file
- Officers Document
- FAEDS Conference 1978 Agenda Conference agenda
- Bitstream Document