TEAM
EXECUTIVE MEETING
July
21, 2003
Members in attendance:
Mark Koca, Doug Miller, Mark Arnold, Keith Stayton, Rick Carleton, Jerry
Foerschler, Carter Fawkes, Don Bradshaw, John DeBey, Ted Wilkinson,
Gary Duncan, Dave Gray, John Petsch, Bill Fitzpatrick, Charles Riggs, and
Steve McNaught.
Guests in attendance:
Ben Yates (CMSU)
Jerry Foerschler called the
meeting to order at 1:13 PM.
Mark Koca accepted the
appointment of parliamentarian by Jerry Foerschler
Mark Arnold made the
motion to approve the agenda, 2nd by Mark Koca, and we approved it.
Mark Arnold gave the
treasurers report consisting of a financial statement:
--checking
account balance $2877.55
--scholarship account balance $3,738.58
--operating
fund reserve $5,778.31
--TEAM
membership 364
Ted Wilkerson made the
motion to accept the treasurers’ report, Steve McNaught 2nd, and
they were approved.
Mark Arnold gave an annual
proposed budget of a balanced amount $14,325.00
Gary Duncan made the
motion to approve the proposed budget, 2nd by Rick Carleton, and it
passed.
John DeBey made the
motion to keep Great Southern Bank as the organization’s depository, 2nd
by Gary Duncan, and it passed.
Gary Duncan gave the ITEA
report stating:
--ITEA conference is in KC
April 3-5, 2005 and they are looking for help.
--TEAM leaders were chosen
at summer conference to attend 2004 conference in Albuquerque, NM
Ted Wilkinson gave the MO. ACTE report stating:
--they had a meeting in June
23-25 at Ameristar in KC
--Ted said they are looking
for committee volunteers (8)
Doug Miller gave the DESE
report including:
--TSA record year of 4000
members and 42 chapters
--TSA nationals resulted in
22/36 attendees in top 10
--TE – Doug reported 59
positions were not filled at DESE
--TE—voicemail to
disappear at DESE
--TE--- PLTW grant fund set
up in St. Louis Co.
--TE--- Doug gave an update
on no child left behind
--TE--- Doug discussed
progress on his goals from last year.
Keith Stayton gave the
secretary report of minutes from the February 22, 2003 meeting.
Steve McNaught made the
motion to approve the minutes, 2nd by Mark Arnold, and they were approved
Steve McNaught gave the
publications report:
--spring/summer newsletter
is out and is planning to stay at 2/year.
-- Steve reported he is
looking for a service to sort, mail, etc. the newsletter
Mark Arnold discussed
scholarship situation: moved to new business
John Petsch gave the report
on awards program/expo/state contest:
--John reported the last
EXPO is done and was successful
--John asked the EXPO chair
position be discontinued
Carter Fawkes gave the home
page report:
--Carter said the site is
registered for another year
--Carter reported the forum
has been updated and urged us to use it
--Carter explained the site
needs continuous information from everyone
--Carter wants to place a
calendar on the site
Gary Duncan gave the
historian report:
--at this point I am housing
materials and several people offered to contribute
Don Bradshaws consultant
report was included in the old business
Steve McNaught gave the past
presidents report:
--Steve passed out the
survey results and went over it
--Steve presented a list of
recommendations from the committee:
--more
even distribution of MS/HS contest awards
--TEAM
needs to update curriculum guides
--TEAM
needs to revisit the constitution and update it
--TEAM
needs to make a statement to endorse the ITEA Standards for
Technological Literacy
--TEAM
should work toward putting the word “Industrial” back in our name
--based
on the survey, we need to continue our EXPO/contest at a later date
in
the year. Discussion was moved
to new business
District reports:
--Southwest—Mark Koca
reported district contest OTC in Springfield went well
--St. Louis sub. —Bill
Fitzpatrick reported he continues to open eyes
--Northeast—Gary Duncan
reported their district participation is increasing
--KC sub. —no report
--Central—no report
--Northwest—John DeBay said their contest participation is
increasing
--KC—no report
--St. Louis—John Petsch no
contest reported
--Southeast—Dave Gary
reported they had a good contest at Three Rivers CC
OLD BUSINESS:
Don Bradshaw gave the
consultant report:
--reviewed the awards
summary for the summer conference
--Don gave the election
nominees results—Ben Yates-president elect, Keith Stayton-
secretary
--Don reported he received
responses from Senators Bond and Talent in regards to
Perkins funding changes
--Don went over the
selection process for teacher and program of the year
--Don suggested we present
each newly sworn officer with a copy of the oath of office
with their name on it
Ben Yates said he had
nothing to report on the new task force
NEW BUSINESS
--all meeting and location
changes
--$2.00 parking passes are
available for Wednesday
--golf outing is changed to
Payne Stewart golf course
--they are taking fall
conference suggestions for workshops
--dinner adventure is at
6:30 and going to Lone Star Steakhouse
Ryan Larson from Sugar Creek
and David Brown from Independence sent thank you notes to the organization for
scholarships.
Mark Arnold made the
motion to discontinue the interview process and replace it with a written essay
for state contest. Steve McNaught 2nd, and it passed
Rick Carleton made the
motion to move state contest to early in May, 2004 along with the EXPO events,
John DeBey 2nd, and we had a roll call vote.
Results were 9 yes, 0 no, and 3 abstentions.
Yes votes were Keith Stayton, Gary Duncan, Bill Fitzpatrick, John DeBey,
Mark Koca, Mark Arnold, Rick Carleton, Dave Gray, and Steve McNaught.
Abstention votes were John Petsch, Carter Fawkes, and Ted Wilkerson.
Motion passed
Gary Duncan made the
motion to move the TEAM/TSA merger schedule one year with no other changes, 2nd
by John DeBey, motion failed. The proposed schedule was:
2004—continue as
2003—last year for TEAM EXPO/state contest
2005-6 ---same
locations/same date for TSA and TEAM contests---TSA membership required for TSA
events
2007 ---Awards program included in TSA contests—all participants must be TSA members
Dr. Wright thanked TEAM for the gift at the ITEA conference.
Steve McNaught made the
motion to adjourn