OACTE

MINUTES

Chemeketa C.C.

January 7, 2007

PRESENT: Fred Haynes, Diane Parham, Tami Volz, Jim Schoelkopf, Kristen Gunson, Karen Jones, Scott Glitz, Deborah Barnes, Mark Wreath, Marv Clemons, Laura McCoid, Len Eaton, Susanne Daggett and Thelma Clemons.

NOT PRESENT: Mary Lynn Monroe

MINUTES: Marv Clemons moved that the minutes of the December 2006 meeting be approved as corrected; Tami Volz seconded; motion carried.

BY-LAWS: Tami Volz disseminated copies of the OACTE By-laws with recommended changes and additions. Members of OACTE have received these proposed changes but have not had the opportunity to vote on them. Tami will send the changes to Thelma Clemons and they will then be emailed to the membership for approval by a yes or no vote. Marv Clemons moved that the Board accept the Bylaws as revised and that the changes be sent to the membership. Kristin Gunson seconded the motion, motion carried.

LOBBYIST: Deborah Barnes reported that under Oregon statute ORS 171.725(9), she would need to register as a lobbyist as she expects to spend more than a total of 24 hours lobbying on proposed legislation during the 2007 session. Deborah would like to represent OACTE, at no expense, when lobbying.

The Board looked at the possibility of a conflict of interest since Deborah is the secondary school representative on the OACTE Board. The OACTE Bylaws do not address this issue. Tami Volz will contact Jan Bray at ACTE to make sure OACTE would be in compliance with ACTE if we support Deborah as a lobbyist.

Scott Giltz moved to support a one-time appointment of Deborah Barnes as a non-paid lobbyist to support proposed legislation stemming from recommendations of the Work Force 2000 Taskforce contingent on confirmation from ACTE. Fred Haynes seconded; motion carried.

Diane Parham will draft language for the notice to the membership.

RECOGNITION: The Board agreed to combine the service and leadership awards into a CTE Educator Award to follow the ACTE award requirements. The Board also agreed to add an award for Policy Maker of the Year. Nomination forms and guidelines will be sent to the membership with the registration material and will also be available on the OACTE web site.

Board nomination forms will be sent to the membership for Secondary and Community College Representatives. The form will also be available on the OACTE web site.

CONFERENCE: “Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunities”

· Pre-Conference: “Perkins IV: Implications for Local Planning”. Full day workshop. The ODE will pay the $75 fee for Oregon’s official Perkins contacts, or designee, who are requested to attend. Jim Schoelkop will provide Thelma a list of these contacts.

· Jim Schoelkopf announced that the ODE would fund Jim Stone as a keynote speaker and presenter for the conference.

· The Board agreed to invite Kevin English, Washington State Region V Representative, to the conference. Kevin will be given time at the Thursday luncheon to address the attendees and he may display Region V material at the registration desk. Kevin’s lodging will be provided by OACTE and Kevin will be responsible for all additional travel expenses.

· Kristin Gunson will request door prize donations from the Regional Coordinators and CTE Deans. OACTE Board members are also requested to donate door prizes for the drawing at the end of the conference on Friday.

· Diane Parham led the Board through the conference sessions, Wednesday Through Friday. The Board agreed that vendors requesting to provide a session with a school project would be scheduled for Thursday, 10:15-11:00am.

· Three session slots were left open for late presentation proposals.

· All session planners need to be in to Thelma by February 16^th.

NEXT MEETING: February 16, at Sabin from 9am-Noon. Lunch will be provided.