BUSINESS MEETING
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Red Jacket Mountain View Resort
North Conway, NH

I. Call to order at 9:46 a.m.

II. Pledge of allegiance

III. Moment of silence

IV. Roll Call - President Chris Daley, Vice President Gary Bean, Treasurer Bill Trexler, Secretary Amanda Warman, Directors at Large Mike McCarthy, Rosie Naughton, Dan Songer, Tom Horan, Neil McLaughlin. Life Member Representative Mike Byrne excused.

V. Minutes of previous meeting - motion by Bill Ellick to waive the reading of the minutes and accept as published in The Clipboard, second by Hugh Harris, motion carried.

VI. Executive Officer Reports

A. President - Chris Daley - thanked the membership and the board for their work during his presidency.

B. Vice President - Gary Bean - started transition on Board. Good PD and good conference. Need to grow ranks and have some opportunities for that.

C. Treasurer - Bill Trexler - See Treasurer's report as printed in The Clipboard. Income down in advertising in the Clipboard and membership and increase in expenses for printing and conference. Trying not to rely on conference as sole means of income.

D. Secretary - Amanda Warman - assisting with transition to new secretary.

VII. Committee Reports

A. Advisory Committee - Gary Bean - advisory committee has not met - no report.

B. Audit Committee - Tom Horan -The association's books have been reviewed and are in order.

C. Awards Committee - Rosie Naughton - 9 awards will be presented at the banquet, from 11 original nominees

D. Conference - Amanda Warman
1. 2006 - conference lost $1200 but was the largest conference to date with 159 conference attendees.
2. 2007 - 153 conference attendees including 36 vendors.
3. 2008 - Penn State - conference chairs Tom Horan and Dan Songer. Bob Drapeau extended his appreciation for conference Chair Warman for her work on the conferences.

VIII. Constitution/By-laws - Dan Songer - no changes recommended at this time.

IX. Membership - Gary Bean - 414 members, appeal to attendees for new members. Largest decrease is in institutional member (19)

X. Nominating - Dan Songer - Transition from VP to President Gary Bean.
1. Vice President - letter of nomination from Mike McCarthy and letter of support from St. John Fisher College. Comments from Mike McCarthy. Nominations open. Motion to close nominations made by Sean Tallarico, second Ken Lupole. Secretary cast one vote for Mike McCarthy for vice president.

2. Secretary nomination Neil McLaughlin submitted a letter of support from Western Connecticut State University. Nominations open. Motion to close nominations by Bill Ellick, second by Rich Lee. Secretary cast once vote for secretary.

3. Life Member representative one year term to complete Mike Byrne's term. Letter of interest submitted by Timon Linn. Nominations open from the floor. Motion to close nominations made by Cindy Burger, second by Hugh Harris. Secretary cast one vote for Timon Linn.

4. Three directors at large positions open. Four members have submitted letters of nomination and support. Comments from Cindy Burger, Jim Bonner, Alan Stormann and Clay McQueen. There were no nominations from the floor. Ballots were distributed, collected

Recess at 10:27 a.m. to tally votes. Reconvened at 10:43 a.m. Ballots tabulated with the following results: 3 year term Cindy Burger, 2 year term Jim Bonner, 1 year term Alan Stormann.
Amanda Warman made a motion to destroy the ballots, second by Neil McLaughlin, motion carried, ballots destroyed.

XI. Professional Development -- Tom Horan - tentative dates, November 2 or 5th - dual track program; still looking for locations and working on programming ideas - media/public relations, armed v unarmed - looking at Newport, RI.

XII. Publications - Mike McCarthy
A. Clipboard - advertising is down and publication costs are up; need advertisers to offset costs. Looking to our sustaining members but also looking at non-members to advertise. Always looking for articles
B. Directory - Mike will send out e-mails to confirm info for new directory.
C. Website - up and running - send in info on updates needed and help us keep it current.

XIII. Self-Reliance - Tom Horan - 7 Al Reynolds awards to be given at the annual banquet.

XIV. Life Member - Chris Daley - one new LM voted in at the board meeting - Bob Sena who retired from Mount Saint Mary's College.

XV. Old Business - None at this time

XVI. New Business - None at this time

XVII. Good of the Order
A. Amanda reminded members to sign cards for our members who are ill.

Dave Meyer made a motion to adjourn, second by Hugh Harris, meeting adjourned at 10:54 a.m.