WACLEA Board Meeting February 15, 2002 King Oscar Conference Center, Tacoma, WA
Present: President Tom Charbonneau, VP Bill Curtin, Treasurer Walter Hudsick, Washington representative Tom McGill, Idaho representative Allan Laird
The meeting was called to order at 11:16 on Friday, February 15, 2002 by Charbonneau. The question was raised as to the whereabouts of the president's box. A phone call was placed to immediate past president John Garner and a message was left.
There were no minutes from the previous board meeting owing to a lack of quorum.
Walter Hudsick presented the treasurer's report. The organization shows 53 member institutions, 11 from B.C., 3 from Idaho, 15 from Oregon, and 24 from Washington. The organization account has about $16,000, with no significant outstanding payables or receivables. M/S/A to accept he treasurer's report (Curtin/ McGill/ acclamation).
There was no organizational correspondence to report to the board.
Tom Charbonneau reported on the fall joint conference. Attendance was lower than average from WACLEA and extremely low from the parking organization. Tom felt that the 9/11 situation and competing conferences that week contributed to the low numbers. Royal Roads University will underwrite any financial shortfall covering conference expenses; the organization will not have to provide additional funding.
The board discussed the spring conference. Bill Curtin had prepared a tentative conference agenda. After discussion, M/S/A that the Board approve the conference agenda with a reservation to further discuss the board training component (Curtin/ Hudsick/ acclamation).
The board discussed training issues. The questions was raised to make the Training committee coordinate more training besides the academy; that might not be possible because of the heavy workload associated with the academy. WACLEA needs to know whether it provided management training, supervisor training or staff training. The next Hot Sheet will include some questions about regional training requests. Conference training should center on managers. M/S/A that the board invite Steve Rittereiser to conduct board training at the conference (Curtin/ Hudsick/ acclamation).
Hudsick reported for the communications committee that the list serv was successfully launched and getting strong use. The website will be ready by the spring conference, Hudsick requested some monies to pay for help to establish the website. M/S/A to authorized $200 for the Communications Committee to pay for website assistance (McGill/Curtin/acclamation).
The board discussed the training committee. Tom will call Mike Sletten to see if he is willing to coordinate the academy this summer. Hudsick requested funds to purchasing "Coaching the Van Driver II" for circulation to members; M/S/A (McGill/ Laird/ acclamation).
Bill Curtin reported that seven scholarship applications had been received and more were known to be on the way.
The board discussed the officer of the year of award with no motion.
The meeting was adjourned at about 1:45 pm.
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