Present: Georgia Peterson, Dave Ivan, Steve Nelson, Sally Carpenter, Kurt Schindler,
Darren Bagley, Gary Taylor, Jim Wiesing, Elaine Bush

Absent: Mary Lou McPherson

Conference call meeting called to order by chair Kurt Schindler at 10 a.m.

Housekeeping

Secretary's Report:
Motion was made by Darren Bagley and seconded by Gary Taylor to accept minutes of March 31-April 14 electronic meeting as written. Motion carried.

Treasurer's Report:
Motion was made by Gary Taylor and seconded by Sally Carpenter to accept treasurer's report as submitted. Motion carried.
Dave Ivan mentioned that he had received another membership and a registration for WaWaSum after preparing the report. He will send an updated membership list to all board members. Please make sure your dues are paid!

CRDA Summer Retreat:

Food: Kurt will email all presenters to survey which meals they will be present for and whether they plan to spend the night. Once registration is closed, Elaine and Dave will work on meal plans.

Registrations: Per list Dave sent with financial report we have 15 registered. Dave knows of 4-5 others who may register. We need to include the presenters and the person who sent in their form after the list was sent to board members. Dave will send email reminding folks of the need to bring their own bedding. Decided to have registration end August 1st as no end date was mentioned on earlier emails.

Awards: No nominations received to date. Darren sent a second notice out this morning and will also send a notice to all NR AoEs. He will provide a link to the current list of CRDA members that appears on our website so that people know who is eligible for nomination.
A suggestion was made to nominate Mary Lou McPherson for the Ray Vlasin award. Jim volunteered to write the nomination and send it to Darren.

Election of board members: this item will be dealt with later in meeting under #5.

Program: Under control at this point. All speakers have committed. Jim will bring an easel with paper, laptop and projector, Gary will bring a laptop and projector, Kurt will bring a screen, and Elaine will bring an easel with paper and a screen.

Replacement for Mary Lou McPherson

Mary Lou has not responded to any of Kurt's communications so it is time to find an AoE co-chair who will take her place. It was recommended that Kurt contact Lela Vandenburg first, then Pat Norris if Lela is unable to fill the position.

Nominating Committee:

Per the bylaws, the committee is to consist of the chair and three board members appointed by him. Kurt selected Jim Wiesing, Dave Ivan, and Elaine to be the committee, appointing Elaine as chair. The positions to be filled are SE, UP, and N. The people currently holding those seats were asked to submit two names to Elaine by August 1st for the ballot. They are welcome to submit their own name and are to make sure the other names submitted are paid members of the association.
Elaine will prepare a ballot in the style of the one used last year. Kurt will send a copy to her.

Other Committee Reports:

Archive History & Website- Darren has everything up to date.

Rules & Procedures for Virtual Meetings- Elaine will incorporate the suggestions made (see March minutes) into the current document and bring the revisions before the next board meeting.
Elaine will only archive email and attachments until the minutes of the electronic meeting have been written and approved.

National Affiliation & Participation: Dave will represent us at the Galaxy II Conference being held September 21-25 in Salt Lake during the discussion being held about national affiliation.
Other CRDA members will be attending the conference (John Amrhein, Hal Hudson, Gary Taylor). We have funds in budget for members attending national conferences. If these four members would like to utilize these funds, they are to apply to Dave Ivan. Gary will let Hal and John know of this funding opportunity at the meeting he is having with them following this conference call.

Professional Development at Fall Conference: This is a moot point with the change in plans for fall conference this year. It was suggested that the designated funds be used for our summer retreat at WaWaSum if needed.

MCEA Standing Committee Reports:

Professional Fund Development- Dave reported the total available is very limited this year. Awards being given are $300 or less. Another fund is available to send association officers to JSEP (?) conference in Washington, DC. Gary will talk to Mary Andrews or MCEA chair to get more information about this.

Awards & Recognition- no report

Professional Improvement Fund Allocation- no report

As there was no new business or other old business brought before the board at this time, the meeting was adjourned by the chair at 11:07 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Elaine M. Bush, Secretary