Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Members present: Jacki Martindale, Tom Scott, Chris Van Hoof, Marti Matyska, Bill Schang, Scott
Oates, Mary Graber, Mari Sue Bethke, Carol
Conway-Gerhardt, Lynn Aprill, John Zbikowski, Gerhard
Fischer, Orin Mueller, and Penny Parsons
Jacki called the
meeting to order at
Bill moved to approve the minutes
from the
Scott submitted a written summary of
the current budget. The organization has approximately $9,600 in the checking
account and a $10,000 CD that will mature this summer. Carol moved to approve
the treasurer’s report;
Mary shared an updated address list of
directors, and she expressed a desire to find directors for the missing slots.
A handbook for new directors has been developed and will be given to new
directors. The ballot for director elections will be in the Update.
An officer list was passed around for address corrections. Jacki will be
updating the list and sending it to people as soon as possible.
Publicity is no longer a standing committee, and it will be removed from future agendas.
1. Update
· After a lengthy discussion, it was motioned by Mary to send the Fall Update to all 300 license holders in the state. Tom seconded the motion. The motion carried.
· The Update needs to include a membership card as an insert. Scott will hire two students for $50 each to stuff and fold the mailing. Other membership issues that were discussed in relation to the publication of the Update include attempting to track dates of renewals to see if the fall mailing generated the renewals necessary to justify the expense involved. There was also some discussion for future consideration to include an incentive to join before a specific date.
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· We will discuss the need for a spring Update at the February Executive Board meeting.
2.
· Ruth Wood will continue as editor for the remainder of this year, but we need to find a replacement for her. David Beard, Ruth’s colleague is still willing to do some layout work.
· The person who committed to doing the Bilingual issue planned for this fall backed out, so we need to get an issue together rather quickly. Tom suggested using abstracts or summaries of action research projects involving English Language Arts. Tom, Carol, Penny, John and Jacki will be contacting a variety of sources, and they will send the material to Ruth Woods by Oct.30. If the deadline date changes, Jacki will inform those involved.
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The spring issue will again showcase a
particular school. Scott
recommended a middle school in
· Mari Sue suggested putting the journal online as a cost saving measure. After lengthy discussion, an ad hoc committee was appointed by Jacki to do the following: prepare a cost analysis for the traditional and online methods of delivery, and investigate the logistics of an on-line journal. The committee will consist of Scott, John, and any other member that would be interested. The information gathered will be presented at the February board meeting. If necessary, the membership could then be surveyed during the spring convention as to how they would like the journal sent. The data will be considered at the summer meeting, where a decision should be made.
1.
Writing
Assessment
·
WI
considered several options for the statewide writing assessment. We could eliminate it, as
·
There
will be an effort made to involve four or five
·
There
has been some discussion on changing the nine point rubric currently being used
to the four proficiency levels. This
decision has not been made yet.
2.
Writing
Across the Curriculum
Gerhard is interested in finding current writing
programs around the state that are successful with writing across
curriculums. It is hoped that such
schools will provide insights into best practice that can be shared with
others.
3.
Surveys
of Enacted Curriculum
Gerhard explained how this process can be used
to create a concrete connection between curriculum, assessment, and individual
classroom instruction; and the results can be used to guide future decisions.
F.
Censorship/Intellectual Freedom-No report
Tom reported that the WCEL list serv may not be operating. The site was previously hosted by NCTE, and that may no longer be true. Tom will check with NCTE and look for another host site if necessary. Tom also reported on the upcoming CEL Convention, which takes place immediately after the NCTE Convention (Nov. 22-24). Tom is the program chair for this event, and he encouraged people to attend.
H.
Conference on English Education-No report
Carol is updating the list of contact people for the various
awards. A promotional piece will be
prepared for the Jan/Feb. Update.
A slate of officers and directors is
needed prior to the spring convention.
Tom, Mary, and Jacki will work on getting a
slate of candidates for approval at the February board meeting.
D.
Bill’s
contact at WCA is Jim Pratt, from
Bill reported the following: Kylene Beers will be the keynote speaker at the convention,
he is looking for proposals and asking everyone to encourage participation, the
planning committee will decide when to have the annual meeting, and the
luncheon speaker will be from the ACLU.
A. Discussion of Ideas from Friday Night
All of the issues discussed Friday night have been addressed above.
See the 2nd
Vice-President’s report above.
C. Replacement Editor of the Journal and Membership Secretary
Making personal contact seems to be
the most effective way to recruit an editor, so Jacki
will personally contact Carmen Manning from UW-Eau Claire about being an
editor. It was suggested that we look at the possibility of hiring an external
source to manage membership. John will make a list of needs (like a job
description), and John and Gerhard will provide Jacki
with information from various companies such as Svinicki
Association Services (which does the membership for Milwaukee Press Club) and
Chase/Pheifer & Associates. Another possibility is a faculty member at
Cardinal Stritch who does membership for WASCD.
A. Memorial to Jack Kean
Jacki will talk to Ellen Last about some memorial possibilities.
B. February Board Meeting
The next
meeting will be on
Tom moved to adjourn, and Penny seconded the
motion. The meeting adjourned at