Board Business Meeting Agenda
1. Adjustments to the agenda: Meeting began at 1:30. Leadership team will meet right after the board meeting to set dates for future meetings.
2. Consent Agenda: No formal agenda at this time. Maine ASCD Executive Director’s Review and Goals for 2007-2008
a. Reports
i. President- report not available
ii. Executive Director-
Job review with Elaine Nutter to create report for today’s meeting...
Program Committee Goal: Table showing dates, events, major speakers, events and what happened. Big winner’s NE conference, Dept of Labor, Dept of Education and Serafini Event. Profit $7000- 8000- still finalizing details. John uses formula to figure out cost of programs.
Better communication needed among ourselves- biggest goal for next year.
Also continue to move on things we have started to do. Continue to use technology-further develop our use of the tools we have. Look at grants to develop on-line courses. Asking people to do this for free isn’t realistic. Position ourselves to deliver staff development through technology. Tad Johnson- possible funds through Dept of Education- development money.
Leadership Governance Committee: Moved to fewer board meetings. Positive experience. Better attendance this year. Move to more committee work is something we have advocated for a long time.
Priority: Revising handbook
Communications Committee: Major work looking at TABOR issue. Also followed School Consolidation Issue. Problem: e-mails were being blocked by several school districts. 90% of last e-mails are going out to members.
Some board members asked about having a paper copy of the newsletter instead of having access through technology. John responded that the issue of Paper Newsletter is purely economic.
$6000-7000 to print and mail.
John now working out of his home without being compensated for office, computer…I’ll work with leadership team to work through this.
This needs to be put on a future agenda for the leadership team.
3. Old Business
a. Committee Reports: Committee reviews shared earlier in the day.
i. Program Committee
Deb Baker: Look carefully at costs/revenues. How can we make more money?
4. New Business
a. 2007-08 Budget Approval: John walked through the budget. Flat budget. No increases. He thinks we will end the year in the black. We don’t know what our June costs will be. WE will have the final figures at August meeting. WE haven’t had a finance committee meeting. Table vote on official budget and vote on it at the August meeting.
b. Executive Director Review and Goals (above)
5. Recognition of Members Retiring from the Board: Kit Junewitz present. Elaine Nutter, Tom Lafavre and Sally Loughlin recognized for all of their hard work through Maine ASCD.
6. Debriefing: Tad Johnson- Flow of communication with Department of Ed. Easier for Dept of Ed to contract out with groups for conferences. Maine ASCD has a great infrastructure and he will suggest that Dept of Ed works with us more in the future. Maine ASCD is an under utilized resource.
7. Process Observer’s Report: Kit: No adjustments or consent agenda. Committees had already reported out. John’s review said he had met with Elaine Nutter. We need to continue to improve communication among ourselves. Helpful having Tad at our meetings. Information and availability of funds was helpful from Tad. People were focused and respectful. Didn’t shy away from questions. We were active listeners. Change “leave attitude at to door to leave negative attitude at door.”
Assignment: How many of us were successful asking superintendent to buy membership for new hires.
Book Talks: Should we do them? Leadership team will discuss this afternoon.
8. Adjournment: Next meeting August 17th, 12:00 at Thornton Academy in Saco.