NECUSA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Springfield Marriott
Springfield, Massachusetts
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2005
I Call to Order - 9:35 a.m.
II Pledge of Allegiance
III Moment of Silence
IV Roll Call - President Lee Struble, Vice President Chris Daley,
Treasurer Gary Bean, Secretary Amanda Warman, Directors-at-Large
Dan Songer, , Mike McCarthy, Dennis Conway, Rosie Naughton, Life
Member Representative Mike Byrne.
V Minutes of preceding meeting - Motion to waive reading of minutes
and accept minutes as printed in The Clipboard made by Ralph Avery,
second Bill Ellick. Motion carried.
VI Officer Reports
A. President -membership at a high at 430. Active association.
Have grown from 19 vendors to 71 vendors.
B. Vice President - No report.
C. Treasurer Gary Bean - Full report to be published in The Clipboard;
summary increase in treasury; year end 2004 healthy and growing
organization; net increase $6800.45. Current balance is $89,116.57.
Clipboard expenses have grown but are only 16% of our expenditures.
Doubled our treasury since 1998.
D. Secretary Amanda Warman - completed guidelines for potential
and new board members and guidelines for travel and expense expenditures
for conferences and professional development.
VII Committee Reports
A. Advisory - Chris Daley - has been working with Lee and the
entire board.
B. Audit - Rosie Naughton - the association's books have been
reviewed and are in order.
C. Awards - Chris Daley - only 2 nominations for awards this year;
Chris encouraged the membership to nominate staff throughout the
year.
D. Conference - Amanda Warman - 120 attendees, 24 vendors; we
will be in Atlantic City in 2006 and in New Hampshire in 2007.
E. Constitution and By-Laws - Dan Songer - no changes required
F. Membership - Gary Bean - forward information on changes in
membership and new directors to Gary Bean to recruit. Total membership
430 members - 234 Institutional Members, 83 Associate Members,
71 Sustaining Members, 36 Life Members, 5 Affiliate Members and
1 Honorary Member.
G. Nominating - Dan Songer - Proxy letters read for Ralph Avery
and Mark Vitalos; Review of candidates: all had an opportunity
to speak. For one full term Board position Mike McCarthy and no
other motions from the floor. Motion to close nominations made
by Bill Ellick, second by Neil McLaughlin, motion carried. One
vote cast for Mike McCarthy. For the open position on the Board,
nomination from Tom Horan with letters of support from UPitt-Greensburg.
Motion to close nominations made by Chris Santiago, second by
Neil McLaughlin, motion carried. One vote cast by the secretary.
For Vice President Gary Bean and Amanda Warman: Both candidates
spoke. Motion to close nominations made by Mark Vitalos, second
by Bob Sena. Motion carried. Bill Ellick, Bill Trexler and Mark
Burns assisted with the balloting. Gary Bean will be new VP. Motion
to destroy the ballots made by Timon Linn, second by Mark Vitalos,
motion carried. Nomination for Secretary Amanda Warman. Motion
to close nominations made by Bill Ellick, second by Henry Michelin.
Motion carried. One vote cast for Amanda Warman. Position of Treasurer
will remain with Gary Bean until a new treasurer is selected.
H. Professional Development - Dennis Conway - working on a program
for the fall in Worcester, MA with Rosie Naughton.
I. Publications - Mike McCarthy - 1. Clipboard - Review of Clipboard
improvements; request for articles - also submit photos; opportunity
to show off staff or institution. 2. Directory - will be sent
out in August with most recent updates; 3. Website - consistency
with formats i.e. St. vs. Saint sometimes makes schools hard to
find (directory also); website upgrades and corrections ongoing.
J. Self-Reliance Award - Gary Bean - Review of award and qualifying
criteria. 6 applicants this year. Number of awards presented will
be determined after review of the applications.
K. Life Member Representative - Mike Byrne - 34 life members;
Mike has been in contact with several Life Members; they really
enjoy the contact with the organization and appreciate being kept
up to date.
VIII Old and Unfinished Business - none indicated.
IX New Business
X Good and Welfare
A. Adjournment - Motion to adjourn made by David Meyer, second
by Mark Vitalos. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:34 a.m.
