1. Call to
Order by New President—President Bryan Gause called the meeting
to order at 3:07 p.m.
2.
Reflections—Jeff Maierhofer led the group in reflections.
3. Pledge
to the Flag—Sarah Osborn Welty led the group in the
Pledge to the Flag.
4. Introductions—Introductions
of each member were made.
5. Seating
of Newly Elected Officers—President Bryan Gause seated the newly
elected regional vice presidents, Allan Sulser for Region I and Terry
Hughes for Region VI. President Gause also welcomed the newly elected
alternate vice presidents.
6. Comments
from Retiring Board Members—None
of the retiring board members were present at this time.
7. Executive
Director Evaluation—It was announced that Jay Jackman would be mailing
the evaluation instrument for the executive director to the 2000-01
NAAE board members. Board members are to return their completed evaluations
to Paul Jaure. Paul will lead the evaluation at the February 2002 NAAE
board meeting.
8.
Announcement
of Positions to be Filled by NAAE Board Members—
a. One third-year NAAE regional vice president
to the National FFA Foundation Board of Trustees – Chuck Stranberg
was appointed to this position.
b.
One first-year NAAE regional vice president to Food,
Land and People – left open until February 2002 NAAE board meeting.
c.
One first-year NAAE regional vice president to the
National Young Farmers Education Association board -- left open until
February 2002 NAAE board meeting.
9. NAAE Board
of Directors Training—Larry Case was invited to do a board training
session for the NAAE board. However, he had to leave and was not available
to complete the session. Bryan Gause referred the board members to
the board training documents under Tab 8 of the NAAE Board of Directors
Handbook for 2002.
10. Comments
from Paul Jaure—Paul Jaure came into the board room and offered
a few parting words to the NAAE board.
11. NAAE President’s
Expectations of Board—Bryan Gause led the board though the NAAE
Board of Directors Handbook for 2002. He also assigned Allan Sulser
to be the board consultant to the NAAE Diversity Committee and Terry
Hughes to be the board consultant to the NAAE Public Relations Committee.
12. Board
Expectations of President—Bryan
Gause invited the board members to let him know if they had expectations
for him as NAAE president this year.
13. NAAE Goals—Bryan
Gause spoke of his goals for NAAE for the 2002 year in these areas:
leadership/membership; recruitment and retention of teachers; communications;
membership services; professional development; and advocacy. Bryan
offered a personal financial incentive to the regional vice president
who had the largest membership increase during the year. Bryan challenged
the board members to increase membership within their regions and to
offer a financial incentive for the state with the largest membership
increase within the respective regions. Bryan also asked Sarah Osborn
Welty to serve as the “cheerleader” for the membership increase initiative.
14. Action
Items from the NAAE Delegates—Bryan Gause asked if there were action
items from the NAAE delegates that needed attention at this time. There
were none.
15. Action
Items from NAAE Committees— Bryan Gause asked if there were action
items from the NAAE committees that needed attention at this time.
There were none.
16. Action
Items from NAAE Board of Directors— Bryan Gause asked if there were
other action items from the NAAE board members that needed attention
at this time. There were none.
17. Action
Items from NAAE Executive Director—Jay
Jackman collected the contact information from the new NAAE board members
and alternate vice presidents.
18. Executive
Director Comments—Jay Jackman had no additional comments to make at
this time.
19. Winter
Board Meeting—Bryan Gause announced that the winter board meeting
would be held in Indianapolis prior to and following the National Agricultural
Education Inservice, February 6-10, 2002. February 5 will be the travel
day. The board will meet all day February 6 and until 2:30 p.m. on
February 7. The board meeting will reconvene the morning of February
10 and adjourn at Noon. The afternoon of February 10 will be the travel
home time.
The
board also agreed to include alternate vice presidents on conference
calls that are held throughout the year.
The
board also agreed to communicate the committee process to committee
chairs.
20. Regional
Meeting Travel—Bryan assigned Sarah Osborn Welty to attend the Region
III and V summer conference; Jay Jackman to attend the Region II and
IV summer conferences; and himself to attend the Region I and VI summer
conferences. The conference dates are as follows:
Region
I – April 24-27 – Spokane, Washington
Region
II – June 23-26 – New Braunfels, Texas
Region
III – June 17-19 – Prairie du Chen, Wisconsin
Region
IV – June 24-26 – Owensboro, Kentucky
Region
V – June 23-26 – Pine Mountain, Georgia
Region
VI – June 23-26 – Lake Placid, New York
21. Long Range
Planning – Summer Board Meeting 2002—Bryan
Gause presented options for the summer NAAE board meeting to include
Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, or with a state association
meeting.
22. Adjournment—With
no further official business to be transacted, Jeff Maierhofer moved,
Chuck Stranberg seconded, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried.
President Bryan Gause declared the meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.