Minutes

January 9, 2004

Frank Boehler, OUSD Jerry Hime, LACOE
Roberto Casas, CVUSD Patricia James, LUSD
Jessie Cherri, OUSD Tom Mangione, LAUSD
Dr. Donna Dalton Opoku-Agyeman, LEUSD Mark Michels, LAUSD
Laura Ewing, LAUSD Karen Saunders, LAUSD
Steve Fraire, SDCOE Victor Thompson, PUSD
Sherman Garnett, SBCOE John Zamora, HLPUSD

Call to Order ­ Jerry

A special welcome to Jessie who is here with Frank

Minutes of Last Meeting ­ Laura

The minutes were read - Minutes approved by Ken, seconded by Rick

Treasurer's Report ­ Ken

Ken reports that we are still owed money by the state ­ we will know more next week after the state board meets ­ Minutes approved by Dr. Donna, seconded by Patricia

Legal Forum ­ Jerry

We have secured Ron Wenkart for the legal forum ­ unfortunately, the Sycamore Center wanted to charge for use of the room so we are moving it to Riverside COE where they will host us for free.

CASCWA Connection ­ Mark

A new issue is in the works ­ it will include a president's message, profiles of the new board member and scholarship information.

Legislative Update ­ Sherman

Sherman updated us on several pieces of proposed legislation. He is looking for input from anyone with suggestions for improving some of these bills ­ the basic goal is to clean up the language

State Conference April 2004 ­ Frank

Frank handed out a draft of conference information. It includes a description of tasks and persons responsible. Frank's presidents message was handed out for our review. He also handed out color copies of the conference flyer/registration form. The production cost was $1400 but it will be worth the money because it looks great! We need to saturate our districts with these forms ­ especially San Diego.

Questions:
Will attendees receive a notebook or CD rom? Still up for discussion. Maybe a website as well? Should we allow purchase orders? That is being worked on Certificates for CEU hours? This could be a conference draw for people who need hours and we could charge extra $ for the certificate.
Vendors will be charged $100/table ­ presenters will be free of charge. The program will have a list of vendors as well.
The Presidents Reception will be partially sponsored and the luncheon will be fully sponsored ­ this saves us money.
Audio-visual equipment is very expensive to borrow from the hotel so we will try to bring our own ­ we especially need projectors for power point presentations
We need items for the raffle ­ each section will donate a basket and we can ask some of the vendors to donate as well It was decided that all conference expenses will go through Ken Frank walked us through the conference ­ most workshops and their presenters are set although there are still some to be fille

Scholarships ­ Patricia

Reminder:

April 30th is the application deadline
May 7th is the selection date
June 4th is the luncheon and awards
Raffle money from the conference will be going towards the scholarship fund

The next meeting will be held in Paramount since we a going to Riverside in March for the Legal Forum

Meeting adjourned
Next meeting:February 6th, Paramount USD