NECUSA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
                             Providence Marriott Providence, RI
                                    TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2003

I. Call to Order - 10:12 a.m.

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Moment of Silence

IV. Roll Call - President Ken Lupole, Vice President Lee Struble, Treasurer Gary Bean, Secretary Amanda Warman, Past President Bill O'Connell, Directors-at-Large Dan Songer, Chris Daley, Mike McCarthy, Vince DeCerchio, Life Member Representative George Barron.

V. Minutes of preceding meeting - Motion to waive reading of minutes and accept minutes as printed in The Clipboard made by Bill Ellick, second Jerry Cookus. Motion carried.

VI. Committee Reports

  i. Constitution and By-Laws - Dan Songer - Review of changes to by-laws, clarification of some changes. Motion to ratify changes as printed in distributed summary made by Alan Reynolds, second by Sean Tallarico. Motion carried.
  ii. Audit/Fiscal Report - Bill O'Connell - books audited and in good order.
  iii. Membership - Gary Bean - Membership has grown by 22 total members with approximately 85 changes in membership. 372 total members - 203 IM, 77 AM, 60 Sustaining, 28 LM, 4 affiliate members.   iv. Nominating - Dan Songer - Review of candidates: all had an opportunity to speak. For Vice President, Chris Daley: no other motions from the floor. Motion to close nominations made by Jim Bonner, second by Wayne Carlisle. Motion carried. The secretary cast one vote for Chris Daley. Nomination for Secretary, Amanda Warman: no other motions from the floor. Motion to close nominations made by Bill Ellick. Second Jerry Cookus. Motion carried. President Lupole cast single vote for Amanda Warman for Secretary. Directors-at-Large - Dan Songer, Rosie Naughton, Dennis Conway. Each of the candidates made comments regarding their qualifications. No other nominations from the floor. Motion to close nominations made by Jim Bonner. Second Bill Ellick. Motion carried. Ballots were distributed. Bill Ellick and Al Reynolds tabulated the votes. Dennis Conway and Dan Songer will serve 3 year terms and Rosie Naughton will complete the final year of Chris Daley's 3 year term. Motion to destroy the ballots made by Gary Bean. Second by Timon Linn. Motion carried.
  v. Advisory Committee - Bill O'Connell - no report.
  vi. Conference Committee - Lee Struble - 53 institutions represented at conference: 11 first time attendees, 14 past presidents, and 30 vendors. Host for 2004 will be Syracuse. 2005 looking at Springfield, MA and have bids out. Also looking at Burlington, VT, and Baltimore, MD. Possibly creating separate "tracks" for attendees; Lee encouraged membership to submit ideas.
  vii. Professional Development - Chris Daley - Review of the professional development program from fall 2002 at Bethlehem, PA and spring 2003 in Erie, PA. Income of $4800.00 towards the Self-Reliance Award.
  viii. Self-Reliance Award - Gary Bean - Review of award and qualifying criteria. Five applicants this year. Four awards will be presented.
  ix. Awards Committee - Amanda Warman - Review of awards for which individuals were nominated. Presentation of awards will be made at the closing banquet.
  x. Publications - Mike McCarthy - Review of Clipboard progress and changes: put out 5 editions this year, vendors' advertising offsets the cost of printing. Encouraged members to submit articles for publication. Discussed "For the Good of the Order" section with changes in employment and other news. New directory distributed - now bound and tabbed and using photographs. Encouraged members to visit the website at www.necusa.org. Also mentioned the history of past 50 years of NECUSA and other general information.
  xi. Life Member Representative - George Barron - Extended his thanks to Jerry Cookus for creating the Life Member Board position during his presidency; also thanked the Board for their support. Recognized other Life Members with whom he has served. Asked for cards to Bob Bunker and Merritt Binns who are recovering from recent illnesses; and greetings to Pius Ross, who is 91. New Life Members Bill O'Connell, Peter Lalla, Timon Linn; the following members have applied as Life Members and will become Life Members upon retirement; Warren Horrocks effective 6/29 and Herb Bowers effective 6/27.

VII. Officer Reports
  a. President Ken Lupole - extended his thanks to the Board. The Board spent 2 days going through history and historical documents in the fall. History put together with benefit of Bob Bunker's publication and input from others.
  b. Vice President Lee Struble - No report.
  c. Immediate Past President Bill O'Connell - Last meeting with the Board. Difficult to leave and he enjoyed experience.
  d. Treasurer Gary Bean - Full report to be published in The Clipboard; summary $967.92 total increase in treasury; thanked Amanda Warman and web master Alicia Crotty Forest for all of the work completed on the web site.
  e. Secretary Amanda Warman - No report.

VIII. Old and Unfinished Business - none indicated.

IX. New Business - Life Member Jayne Rich extended her thanks to the Board for creating the Life Member representative position and for George Barron for keeping in touch. Mike Byrne extended congratulations to Gary Bean on the membership numbers and also to Mike McCarthy for the additional Clipboard copies sent when Syracuse University was featured last year. Also encouraged the Board to continue to recruit members.

X. Good and Welfare - Ken Lupole is happy to see so many members here for the 50th anniversary celebration.

XI. Adjournment - Motion to adjourn made by Timon Linn, second by Gary Bean. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 11:23 a.m.