Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English

Annual Business Meeting

Friday, November 09, 2007

Madison Marriott West, Middleton, WI

 

 

Members Present: Emilie Amundson, Carole Harden, Emily Tymus Ihrke, JoAnne Katzmarek, Jacki Martindale, Kathy Nelson, Scott Oates, Tom Pamperin, Penny Parsons, Donna Pasternak, Peggy Ryan, Tom Scott, and John Zbikowski.

 

Following the annual convention, President John Zbikowski called the annual meeting to order at 4:10.  The meeting’s agenda and last year’s annual meeting’s minutes were approved as presented and Scott Oates’ final treasurer’s report was discussed, amended and approved.

 

John Zbikowski presented the need to fill Pooley Foundation Trustee vacancies. Mary Hoppe, Jacki Martindale, and Carol Gerhardt were elected.

 

John Zbikowski presented Past President Lynn Aprill’s report in her absence.

 

Emily Ihrke, 2nd Vice President, announced plans were underway for next year’s convention to be held at the Madison Pyle Center on Friday October 3, 2008.

 

Joanne Katzmarek added to her 1st Vice President’s report from the previous day’s board meeting announcing she had conference evaluations she would share with Emily, thanked all for today’s help on the conference, and set Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 as our winter board meeting date to be held at the Country Springs Hotel in Stevens Point. 

 

President John Zbikowski thanked all for their help over this past year.

 

The board then thanked Scott Oates for his years of faithful service and officially appointed Tom Scott as Treasurer.

 

Finally Tom Scott and Scott Oates choral read the traditional joint resolution commending John Zbikowski for serving our organization once again as President. After expressing his gratitude, John then passed on the President’s box to President Elect JoAnne Katzmarek, who adjourned the meeting at 4:47.

 

Respectfully submitted by

Katherine Nelson, Secretary