July PAACE BoardMeeting 7/09/2002

Attendance:

Joan Leopold, Linda Herr, Dave Manzo, MaryKay Peterson, Deb Burrows, Mary Anne Varacalli, , Mary Hohensee, 
JenniferWood, Tana Reiff, Karen Warner, Ruth Love-Schooley, JoAnn Weinberger

The “meeting” was actually a conference call.  Because of this, statements, motions, etc. may not be attributed in the minutes to a specific individual.  Also, many regional and divisional reports were postponed until the next meeting.

EXECUTIVEREPORTS

 

1stVP (Deb Burrows)

1.              MWC – At the planning meeting on the 19th of June, there was discussion about adding some different activities to the conference that might get more people involved and interested in joining PAACE.  Ideas included gambling with play money and nametags with more detail of professional affiliations (highlighting division association) in order to get people to interact and network.  Other details such as theme colors and bags were also discussed.
2.              MWC Speaker – The committee is still reviewing tapes of various prospects.  Jean Robinson may be too expensive – the committee is still reviewing expenses.  It may be that a more general speaker (with appeal to a wide range of interests within the PAACE community) would be advisable. 
3.              It was noted that Rachelle Miller and Jim Yeager are able to cover each others’ responsibilities with respect to PAACE, the website, etc., and both can be called upon as needed to fulfill these tasks.  Essentially, they are back ups for each other.  

2ndVP (Dave Manzo)

1.       While Dave participated in all of the discussions during the conferencecall, limited time mandated that no official 
2nd VP report was made.

Treasurer(Mary Hohensee)

1.       Budget items - Mary listed expenses that were due. A motion was made and seconded to pay the expenses.

Secretary(Jennifer Wood)

1.        Before the minutes for theJune meeting were approved, there was an amendment (motioned and seconded)stating 
that there was no need to further clarify the reason for the board’sapology to Joan.  The minutes wereapproved as 
amended. 

ExecutiveDirector (Joan Leopold)

1.       Joan thanked everyone for her paycheck and their continued confidence inher work.

2.       Joan sent out membership renewals for the summer. She also sent out contact update forms to all life members.  
Responses are coming in.

 

 DIVISIONREPORTS

 ABSE(Mary Kay Peterson) – noreport

 HigherEd (Mary Anne Varacalli) – noreport

 ESL– no report

 FamilyLiteracy (Ruth Love-Schooley)– no report

 TLC– no report

 

REGIONALREPORTS

 EasternRegion (Rose Brandt)– no report

 WesternRegion (Mary Jendry)– no report

 CentralRegion (Cathy Forsythe)– no report

  

COMMITTEEREPORTS

 

 Awards(Bob McNeil)– no report

 Budgetand Finance (Karen Warner) – noreport

 ResearchTask Force (Gary Dean) – noreport

 Membership(Dave Manzo) – noreport

 Legislative(JoAnn Weinberger) – noreport

 PR– no report

 Nominationsand Elections (Jeff Woodyard) –no report

 Publications(Tana Reiff ) –no report

 Technology(Deb Burrows)

1.       People ware – see Old Business

 CommonwealthLibraries (Leanne Stasiulatis)– no report

 HigherEd –no report

 PDE(Ella Morin) –no report

  

OLDBUSINESS 

Cost for Meals at MWC 1.              A discussion ensued over raising the cost of meals at MWC.  During the discussion, the price of registration also came into question.  Concerns were voiced as to the affordability to individuals and small agencies.  Other concerns included the frequency with which prices are raised, and the fact that current prices do not cover costs. It was decided that PAACE must raise some of the fees in response to increasing conference center prices.  It was also decided that the prices would be raised in accordance with future projections so that we don’t have to raise them every year.  A clearer picture of those projections will be considered when the results of the 3-year cost tracking project can be examined.  At that point, a more informed decision may be made about registration and meal prices in the future.  For the present, a motion was made to raise the registration fee to $95.00.  It was seconded and passed.  Another motion was made to raise meal prices as follows: box lunches = $10.00, lunches = $14, dinners = $20.00.  The motion was seconded and passed. 
 Training Schedule for Peopleware
  1. Deb will find out about available lab time at WBTC for training.  Available dates will be posted to the listserv, at which point 
    all those in need of training will post their availability and a session will be set up.
  1. There are still some questions about users – number of users, location of users, etc.  Deb will get a quote from Peopleware 
    on the cost of networking the software.

  

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