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MIDTESOL Board Minutes Friday, Sept. 22, 2000 Drury Inn, St. Louis, MO1. Angel called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. 2. Introductions. Board members present at this point were: J. Angel, T. Riedmiller, J. Zoller Wagner, P. Mithen, C. Howland, C. Eason, C. Renner, W. Eubank, T. Bries, A. Gursel Stromsdorfer, C. Prieto-Morehouse, L. Sorenson, K. Schwelle, F. Bramlett. LuAnn Sorenson will be the voting editor when both editors are present. Frank Bramlett, incoming treasurer, will not be voting. 3. The agenda was approved. 4. The May 19, 2000 Board meeting minutes were approved. 5. The Treasurer's quarterly report was approved. The Board moved to correct the annual report total disbursement figure to 10895.69 from 1089.69. The annual treasurer's report was approved. 6. NAME conference. Riedmiller suggested that the next time we do a joint conference such as NAME that we get everything in writing in detail, especially regarding finances, and that everything be approved by both Boards, as there were some misunderstandings and conflicts this time. 7. At-large reports. There was no Missouri representative. Mithen reported that St. Louis is getting a state-of-the-art computer language lab, and that it will be on the tour at TESOL 2001. Iowa. Cathy Howland reported that Iowa is participating in the Catalyst grant. The Iowan magazine for Sept/Oct 2000 features articles on immigration in Iowa. Riedmiller added that the governor is encouraging immigration. Mithen broke out into a song about Ioway at this point. Nebraska. The report from Hamilton is pending. Bramlett reported that the University of Nebraska at Omaha is developing an MAT program. Kansas. Prieto-Morehouse reported on initiatives to support bilingual and bicultural teacher education. There are great ESL teacher shortages. Kansas is working on adapting the ESL K12 standards for the state. Renner reported on a grant-writing workshop in October in Kansas with the purpose of writing Title VII grant applications. 8. Membership report. The membership in MIDTESOL is primarily from Missouri and Iowa. Kansas and Nebraska are lighter in membership. The members who do not respond are currently carried in the database for one year. Eubank suggested that we let people know that if you are a member of MIDTESOL, you can register for TESOL at the membership rate, even if you are not a member of TESOL. Bries will send the membership list to the appropriate TESOL person. Leslie Wolk joined us at this time. We voted to keep delinquent members on the list for six months. Mithen suggested that Bries work on a membership directory after the cut-off date for membership for TESOL. 9. Publications reports. MIDTESOL Matters. Riedmiller reported that the printer was not communicative. This was Riedmiller's last newsletter, but he will continue doing layout. He will be switching printers, due to poor organization on the part of the previous printer. The new printer will cost more, but they will accept newsletters electronically, and they are able to print color photos. Riedmiller suggested one more regular newsletter (December), with a note to check the web for announcements relevant to TESOL 2001. Web report. Eubank recommends accepting payment for membership applications with credit cards. There is value in keeping articles on the web, as they continue to be read. Our policy is to wait three months after the newsletter has been sent out before we put it on the web. 10. Awards. Mithen moved to raise the award for KATESOL to $150 and to apply the policy of looking at individual situations of need for further support to attend KATESOL. It would be the Awards chair's responsibility to let the winner know that help is available. Prieto-Morehouse seconded the motion. The motion carried. It was suggested that the recipients of the travel award receive a model paper to aid them in preparing their manuscript for the conference at the same time that they receive the congratulations letter. Guidelines for publication were also suggested. Mithen suggested that we provide the recipient with a form which they can send with their article to the awards chair. The awards chair will then send the article to the newsletter editor and will notify the treasurer. Eason, Riedmiller, and Zoller Wagner reported that the quality of the TESOL Academy was poor, due to poor organization. Renner reported similar feedback from Kansas. Renner suggested that we send a letter to the president of TESOL and Chuck Amoro sino stating that our participants experienced poor organization. Riedmiller will write a letter addressed to Barbara Schwarte, with help from Cheryl Eason. Eason suggested an ad format rather than an article format for the Travel Awards announcement. This was met with approval. 11. Rules and Resolutions. Muchisky reported that he has amended the first vice president description as requested in May. Muchisky reported that our rules and regulations state that we need three Board members who are members of TESOL. There was some discussion regarding whether the Resources and Employment position is still necessary. Eubank reported that he has been receiving employment openings directly. Mithen moved that the amendment about the first vice-president accompany the voting letter next fall and that the issue of Employment Concerns be postponed. The motion was carried. 12. Publishers' Representative. Ayse Stromsdorfer reported that she is attempting to increase the number of publishers represented at MIDTESOL. There are currently nine publishers represented. Bries suggested that we invite vendors of international clothes and crafts. 13. Resources and Employment. Mingucci was not present at the meeting. 14. Sociopolitical Concerns. Renner has been sending us biweekly reports, the most recent a NABE alert. Reappropriations are not happening, reauthorization is not happening until after the elections. If Al Gore is elected, then we will have dual language programs promoted in the schools. There were lots of complaints in KS regarding Title VII grants decisions. As a result, the Dept of Ed is publishing guidelines for grant readers. There is a new initiative to combine Title I and Title VII services. The action regarding standards in response to Ron Long is still pending. There was some discussion about the negative impact of school vouchers on minority (and ESL) students. Renner will check into having a letter written regarding MIDTESOL's stand on this issue. 15. Historian. Wolk reported that she has been taking photos to record meetings and conferences. 16. TESOL 2001. Many of the issues on the agenda will be discussed tomorrow at the team meeting. Angel was empowered to decide the time of day for a get-together. The Advocacy Recognition award is awarded by the host affiliate to a member of a community who has advocated for ESL students. There was some discussion about whether we could have one recipient from each state. Eason agreed to coordinate the gathering of the information. 17. Old Business. Sorenson suggested that we contact an MBA professor to hire a student to audit our books. Bramlett will check into this. We will be eligible to vote for the art for the Central office for one more week. 18. Adelaide Parsons and Wes Eby visited the meeting. Parsons reported that the Employment Clearinghouse will be in a carpeted ballroom right behind the registration area, and it will be open to everyone. Near the exhibit room will be a cybercafe, separate from the Electronic Village. There will be a separate market area. These vendors will not be mixed with the exhibitors. The MIDTESOL booth might be in the market area, in case we would like to sell something, including memberships. After the plenary, conference-goers will be going into the exhibit hall for the post-plenary. Title VII has agreed to do a pre-conference institute on Tuesday, February 27, designed only for states with rapidly growing populations of LEP children who have not received a lot of Title VII funding. The contact is Craig Rector with the Missouri Dept of Ed. Riedmiller will work with Renner regarding sales items. The contact for TESOL regarding the sales is Jamie Hitchcock. 19. New Business The 2001 MIDTESOL conference will be at UMKC on October 19-20. The application for a TESOL speakers grant is due by November 1 (for 2001). It was decided that we could afford to bring in our own speaker. ESL directory project. Riedmiller reported that we could develop an ESL services directory and put it on the web. The state reps were asked to submit the data to Eubank. The TESOL Tailor-Made Professional Development Initiative (due Dec. 15, 2000) is designed for a mini TESOL Academy on an identified need for a particular audience. They prefer to help overseas, but will help domestically as well. It was decided to postpone pursuing this opportunity. The Saturday January meeting will be January 27. Phyllis reported on the election results. Ron Long was elected as first vice-president, Theresa Bries as second vice-president, Cecilia Prieto-Morehouse as Kansas At-Large rep, Cathy Howland as Iowa At-Large rep, Susan Schindler as Missouri At-Large rep (Interim), and Frank Bramlett as Treasurer. 20. Jeanne passed the gavel to Tom Riedmiller, new president. 21. The meeting was adjourned by Riedmiller at 5:20 p.m.
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