TEAM EXECUTIVE MEETING

 

November 8, 2003

 

 

Members in attendance: Mark Koca, Doug Miller, Mark Arnold, Keith Stayton, Carter Fawkes, Don Bradshaw, John DeBey, Ted Wilkinson,  Gary Duncan, Dave Gray, Bill Fitzpatrick, Mike Wadleigh, George Moore, Dan Busekrus, and Steve McNaught.

 

Guests in attendance:  none

 

Ted Wilkinson called the meeting to order at 4:10 PM.

 

Mark Arnold made the motion to approve the agenda, 2nd by George Moore, and we approved it.

 

Keith Stayton gave the secretary report of minutes from the July 21, 2003 meeting.

 

Mark Arnold made the motion to approve the minutes, 2nd by George Moore, and they were approved

 

Ted Wilkinson presented the presidents briefing consisting of:

n      he gave each member a binder with needed forms and etc.

n      any member giving a report at future meetings needs to e-mail their report to all members of the board prior to the meeting

n      Ted handed out his goals as president

-conferences will include professional development sessions

-increase TEAM membership 10%

-increase TEAM membership in MOACTE and ITEA

-increase TEAM’s support of TSA

 

Mark Arnold gave the treasurers report consisting of a financial statement:

            --checking account balance $3,672.13                                                                                --scholarship account balance $3,119.29

            --operating fund reserve $5,863.09

            --TEAM membership 359

 

Gary Duncan made the motion to accept the treasurers’ report, Steve McNaught 2nd, and they were approved.

 

Gary Duncan gave the ITEA report stating:

--ITEA conference is in KC April 3-5, 2005 and committees are forming soon.

--TEAM winners to attend 2004 conference in Albuquerque, NM

            --Bill Fitzpatrick, Mark Koca, Gary Duncan, and Dan Blackburn

 

 

Ted Wilkinson gave the MO. ACTE report stating:

--they have officer training coming up soon

--Ted said they are looking for a political action person from TEAM

 

Dan Busekrus gave the TSA update including:

--they are working to exceed 5,000 members in 2003-04

--the annual leadership and career development conference is scheduled for April 1-3, 2004 at CMSU

 

Steve McNaught gave the conference planning committee report:

--Steve is meeting with Gavin Allen on DESE expectations

--Steve is taking suggestions and recommendations for summer conference

 

Steve McNaught gave the publications report:

--1200 newsletters printed and ready to mail by Thanksgiving.

-- Steve reported he is looking for articles to put in the spring newsletter and suggestions for more advertisers.

 

Carter Fawkes gave the home page report:

--Carter said he converted the website to make updates easier

--Carter reported he did a workshop today on the forum and its up to 20 members

--Carter explained the site needs continuous information from everyone

--Carter wants to place a calendar on the site

 

John Petsch sent a handout for the awards program report with information about his website and how to use it.

 

District reports:

--Southwest—Mark Koca reported their organizational meeting is 12/10/03 and 4/16/04 is their district contest date

--St. Louis sub. —Bill Fitzpatrick reported he continues to work on district participation

--Northeast—Gary Duncan reported their district contest is 3/26/04, their new vice president is Chuck Thompson, and their HS teacher of the year is Mike Bater

--KC sub. —Mike Wadleigh reported they had a meeting and asked him to recommend the newsletter map be revised to show the boundary of KC and KC suburban districts and the board should work to get the “I” back in TEAM.  He also said they were glad to see the contest date moved to later in the year.

--Central—George Moore-nothing to report

 --Northwest—John DeBay said their contest meeting is 11/10/03, social planned for 1/10/04, April 19 will be the spring meeting and contest on April 29-30, 2004

--KC—Larry Millhouse--no report

--St. Louis—John Petsch--no report

--Southeast—Dave Gary reported contest will be at Three Rivers CC on April 13-14, 2004 and they had two new schools show interest.

 

 

Steve McNaught gave the past presidents report:

--Steve said there was nothing new to report

 

Don Bradshaw gave the consultants report:

--Don has mailed all the news releases and thank you notes for summer conference

--We need to encourage award winners to attend the summer conference and use the updated informational forms

--We need to select a distinguished service award at the winter meeting

--We need nominations for president elect and treasurer

--Don suggested we present each officer with a copy of the oath of office with their name on it

--Don presented the question—is the mission of TEAM contests or programs??

 

Mark Arnold gave the scholarship report for Joe Panhorst:

--when do we implement the written paper instead of the interview

--we need a committee on contest day to review the papers and award the scholarships

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

Steve McNaught made an announcement from the presidents advisory committee:

 TEAM needs to support the Standards for Technological Literacy and work to put the word Industrial back in our name. After some discussion, no action was taken

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

Gary Duncan made the motion that TEAM reaffiliate with ITEA for a period of 4 years and agree to abide by the conditions of the affiliation set forth by the ITEA, 2nd by Mark Arnold, and it passed

 

Mark Arnold made the motion that the current past president, president, and president elect serve as the evaluation committee to review the written report students must submit for the scholarship program, 2nd by George Moore, and it passed

 

 Gary Duncan made the amendment: any officer that has a conflict should find a past president to serve in his/her place on the committee.  If a past president cannot be found, then the committee will be only the other two members for that year, 2nd by Mark Koca, and it passed

 

Steve McNaught made the motion: The TEAM executive board put to vote of the membership to place the word Industrial back into its name making the organization name “Industrial Technology Education Association of Missouri”, 2nd by Mike Wadleigh

 

There was a lengthy discussion on this topic

 

Gary Duncan made the motion to table this item to the winter meeting, 2nd by Mark Arnold, and it was tabled.

 

We set the next meeting for February 21, 2004 at 10:30 at the Ponderosa in Jefferson City

 

TED Wilkerson asked that all reports be out to the board by February 11, 2004 and he asked Keith Stayton to send a reminder notice to all board members by January 21, 2004

 

Mark Arnold made the motion to adjourn

George Moore 2nd -- adjournment