TEAM
EXECUTIVE MEETING
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 5, 2002
Members in attendance:
John Petsch, Mark Koca, Doug
Miller, Mark Arnold, Keith Stayton, Rick Carleton, Jerry Foerschler, Carter
Fawkes, Don Bradshaw, Bill Fitzpatrick, John
DeBey, and Ted Wilkinson.
Guests in attendance:
Ben Yates (CMSU)
Jerry Foerschler called the
meeting to order at 12:25 pm.
Mark Koca accepted the
appointment of parliamentarian by Jerry Foerschler
Ted Wilkinson made the
motion to approve the corrected agenda, 2nd by Mark Arnold, and we
approved it.
Jerry Foerschler discussed
the goals and new business items with no action taken
Keith Stayton gave the
secretary report of minutes from the July 22, 2002 meeting.
Mark Arnold made the
motion to approve the minutes, 2nd by Rick Carleton and they were approved.
Mark Arnold gave the
treasurers report consisting of a financial statement:
--checking
account balance $7163.456
--scholarship account balance $3,258.26
--operating
fund reserve $5,473.92
--TEAM
membership 333
Ted Wilkinson made the
motion to accept the amended treasurers report, John Petsch 2nd, and
they were approved.
Ben Yates suggested we
consider changing student membership from $1 to $5—no action taken
Jerry Foerschler gave the
ITEA report for Gary Duncan stating:
--listed the four TEAM state
award winners eligible to go to nationals
--the next national
convention is in Nashville in March 2003
--a van will be going to
Nashville from CMSU and all attendees will receive a copy of the student
assessment standards
Jerry Foerschler gave the
ACTE report for Joe Burke:
--next convention in Las
Vegas in December 2002 with a $89 double room
Ted Wilkinson gave the MO.
ACTE report stating:
--pac money results from
summer conference
--we need TEAM committee
members to attend the MOACTE meetings to which they have been appointed
Doug Miller gave the DESE
report including:
--TSA includes 50 schools
and about 5,000 members
--TSA
had a very successful fall conference
--TE – PLTW letters have
been sent to district superintendents
Jerry Foerschler gave a
publications report for Steve McNaught:
--fall newsletter is in the
works
No scholarship report was
given
District reports:
--Southwest—Mark Koca
reported the date for district contest was not set yet at OTC in Springfield for
next year
--St. Louis sub. —Bill
Fitzpatrick reported they are trying to renew interest for district contest for
next year
--Northeast—Gary Duncan no
report
--KC sub. —Rick Gwinn no
report
--Central—George Moore no
report
--Northwest—John DeBay said they met last week to set up
contest for 4/11/03 at Mo. Western
--KC—Larry Millhouse no
report
--St. Louis—John Petsch
reported they are doing a robotics competition and working on A+ certification
for computer training
--Southeast—Dave Gary no
report
John Petsch gave a report on
awards program/expo/state contest:
--awards program guide with
revisions passed out to everyone attending
--we are still having state
contest at Jefferson City HS this year
--we raised the entry fee
from $5 to $8 per entry
Don Bradshaw gave the TEAM
consultant report including:
--we need to decide if award
winners pay for the summer conference award banquet
--he suggested we implement
an annual distinguished service award to be voted on by the board at the winter
meeting
--Don presented a district
representative list
--we need to look at the
rotation of Mo. Award winners
--Don requested an
information deadline for award recipients as 5/1 each year
--Don wrote the CMSU provost
a letter in support of TE
--Don was given the ok to
contact the past TEAM presidents over the last 10 years in order to form a
committee
Carter Fawkes gave the home
page report:
--Carter took away the
contest link and replaced it with a link to John Petsch’s website for more
information
--we have started posting
the executive board meeting minutes
--Carter has greatly
improved the site with added links, etc.
No historian report was
given
OLD BUSINESS:
John Petsch started
discussion on changing the scholarship awards from money to laptop computers.
Rick Carleton made the
motion to change the scholarship awards at state contest from money to laptop
computers maintaining the previous scholarship eligibility requirements, John
Petsch 2nd, and it passed,
Bill Fitzpatrick abstained from voting
Bill Fitzpatrick made the
motion to table the scholarship issue to the next meeting, NO 2nd.,
and no vote
Mark Koca made the motion
in awarding of laptops, that the recipient have the choice of a money or a
laptop of equal value, under the same scholarship eligibility requirements., 2nd
by Ted Wilkinson, and it passed
We
had a discussion on two districts using the same site for district contest.
Mark Arnold made the
motion that two districts may share a facility for district contest and each
district will follow the set rules and guidelines for state entries, 2nd
by Mark Koca, and it passed
Carter Fawkes stated he would make a form available on the website for TEAM members to list their e-mail addresses and supply a link to the DESE website teacher directory
The board discussed a plan
for merging the TSA/TEAM spring contests over a three year period and discussed
the forum from the earlier (10/5/02 10:00am)
TSA board meeting. No Action
Taken
John Petsch discussed the revisions the committee had made for the state / EXPO rules
Mark Koca made the motion
to accept the revised contest / EXPO rules guide as proposed by John Petsch, 2nd
by Mark Arnold, and it passed
Mark Arnold made the
motion to place the practice test questions for state competition and possible
interactive activities on the website, Ted Wilkinson 2nd, and it
passed
Mark Arnold made the
motion to put the contest / EXPO guide online, as is, on the TEAM website with a
hard, printable copy available for $5, 2nd by John DeBey, and it
passed
Jerry Foerschler deferred
the summer conference report to new business
NEW BUSINESS
Mark Koca made the motion
that TEAM appoint an ex-officio TEAM member to attend TSA board meetings to
represent the TEAM board and to allow an ex-officio TSA board member
representative to attend TEAM board meetings, Rick Carleton 2nd, and
it passed
Ted Wilkinson made the
motion to make a goal of implementing the TSA /TEAM convergence schedule as
discussed in the TSA /TEAM discussion forum, Carter Fawkes 2nd, and
it passed unanimously by a roll call vote 9-0.
Watch for details in the fall newsletter
Mark Arnold made the
motion to award Jefferson City High School the distinguished service award for
hosting the state contest / EXPO for several years, John DeBey 2nd,
and it passed
Jerry Foerschler stated he
will set up a committee of TEAM members to investigate PLTW
for reporting purposes to the TEAM board.
Rick Carleton made the
motion for TEAM to spend $50 –100 for a Michael Wright recognition award, 2nd
by Mark Arnold, and it passed. The
contribution to go toward a gift honoring Dr. Wright at the national ITEA
conference in Nashville.
The board set the winter meeting for 10:00am on 2/1/03 with an alternate date of 2/8/03 in a place to be announced
Rick Carleton made the
motion to adjourn