Board - 4
MINUTES
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
June 26, 2006
|Call to Order |The Board of Directors of the National Congress of Parents|
| |and Teachers met at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Phoenix, |
| |Arizona, on Monday, June 26, 2006 President Anna Weselak|
| |called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Chuck Saylors, |
| |Secretary-Treasurer, recorded the minutes and Rollie Cox |
| |served as the parliamentarian |
|New Board |Since there were new members joining the board of |
|Members |directors, the Chair requested all of the members |
| |introduce themselves |
|Minutes Approval|The Chair requested board approval of the appointment of |
|Committee |the Minutes Approval Committee: Carol Ritter, Chair, |
| |Eugene Peterson, and Tina Zubeck Without objection, the |
| |appointments were approved and the committee was |
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|authorized to approve the minutes of the meeting |
|Roll |The president-elect circulated a sign-in sheet Courtesy |
|Call/Introductio|seats were granted without objection A list of board |
|n of Courtesy |members and courtesy seats is attached to the minutes |
|Seats |appendix 1 The Chair requested the courtesy seat |
| |persons introduce themselves |
|Approval of |Without objection, the agenda was amended to include two |
|Agenda |additional items: National PTA Trainers and National PTA |
| |Vendor Requests for Proposal RFPs |
|National PTA |The Chair shared with the board members the results of a |
|Trainers |meeting with the National PTA Trainers During this |
| |trainers meeting the following items were discussed: new |
| |visions, ideas, and direction for the future The |
| |trainers were assured they will continue to be called upon|
| |through the end of 2006 The future of our current |
| |training program will be addressed as a part
of the 2007 |
| |budget and business plan process |
|National PTA |Warlene Gary, Chief Executive Officer, reported that the |
|Vendors |current contracts with Award Source and Total Promotions |
| |have terminated per their contracts National PTA will |
| |send out Requests for Proposals RFPs to solicit vendors |
| |to submit proposals to contract with National PTA as our |
| |awards vendor Award Source and Total Promotions are |
| |eligible to submit RFPs to National PTA along with any |
| |other vendors |
|Action Items |A motion was made and adopted to ratify the following |
|Convention |three convention resolutions as adopted by the convention |
|Resolutions |body: |
| |RECOGNITION AND CARE OF SCHOOL-AGE |
| |CHILDREN WITH DIABETES |
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|Whereas, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive |
| |and Kidney Diseases states that diabetes is one of the |
| |most common chronic diseases in school-age children, |
| |affecting 176,500 young people in the United States in |
| |2005; about one in every 400 to 600 people under the age |
| |of 20 has type 1 diabetes; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, The American Diabetes Association states that in |
| |2002, diabetes was the fifth-deadliest disease in the |
| |United States; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| |states that each year, more than 13,000 youths are |
| |diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, A growing number of
children and adolescents are |
| |developing type 2 diabetes-a form of diabetes that is |
| |generally diagnosed among adults; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, Many schools do not have a full-time nurse or |
| |licensed healthcare professional available on-site to |
| |handle medical emergencies, and nursing duties are |
| |oftentimes performed by other schools personnel; therefore|
| |be it |
| | |
| |Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations urge that all school personnel receive |
| |general training on diabetes; and be it further |
| | |
| |Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations urge that at least two staff members per
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| |school obtain specific training on diabetes care, diabetic|
| |emergency procedures, and identification and treatment of |
| |symptoms of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia as allowed by |
| |individual state statutes and licensures |
| |SCHOOL HEALTH COUNCILS |
| | |
| |Whereas, A healthy child is a teachable child, and |
| |sickness, hunger, vision impairment, physical and sexual |
| |abuse, tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use, social and |
| |emotional problems, unhealthy dietary habits, and alack of|
| |physical activity may inhibit students ability to learn; |
| |and |
| | |
| |Whereas, The school is often best positioned to serve as |
| |the communitys center for meeting the needs of the whole |
| |child, even
though the well-being of children is primarily|
| |the responsibility of the home; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, School health councils provide a setting in which|
| |school personnel, parents and community members can |
| |examine how well students learn, practice life skills, and|
| |make healthy decisions; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, School health councils address and coordinate the|
| |activities of a coordinated school health program CSHP, |
| |which consists of the following eight components; school |
| |environment, comprehensive school health education, health|
| |services, school meals and nutrition, physical education, |
| |counseling and psychological and mental health services, |
| |staff health promotion, and family and community |
| |involvement in schools; and
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| | |
| |Whereas, The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act |
| |of 2004 requires all schools that receive federal funding |
| |for their school lunch programs to involve a committee |
| |which may be a school health council of parents, |
| |students, representatives of the school food authority, |
| |the school board, school administrators, and the public in|
| |developing and implementing local wellness policies; |
| |therefore be it |
| | |
| |Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations encourage schools to develop school health |
| |councils in order to foster the connection between good |
| |health and learning; and |
| | |
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|Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations support health education efforts throughout |
| |the entire school, including in cafeteria offerings and |
| |physical education programs; and be it further |
| | |
| |Resolved, The National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations collaborate with health-related |
| |organizations to assist in the development and activities |
| |of school health councils |
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| | |
| |SCHOOL TRUST LANDS AND FUNDS |
| | |
| |Whereas, Our nations founding fathers recognized the |
| |importance of supporting public education, so they |
| |established school trust lands
in every state, as well as |
| |corresponding permanent school funds to be provided by |
| |either Congress or the states themselves; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, Federal laws regulated territorial expansion and |
| |entrance into statehood, allowing all states to enter the |
| |union on equal footing; recognizing that some states would|
| |have vast acreages of untaxable federal lands, federal |
| |laws granted trust lands and funds to states to support |
| |public schools and to compensate for untaxed federal |
| |lands; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, Additional grants were provided to create a |
| |revenue stream for educating children with special needs, |
| |including deaf and blind children and at-risk populations;|
| |and |
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| |
| |Whereas, States have lost a portion-or all-of the granted |
| |lands and resulting perpetual revenue stream due to lack |
| |of awareness on the part of parents and community members,|
| |and due to lack of diligence on the part of education |
| |leaders and policy makers regarding these trust lands and |
| |funds; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, Many school trusts have lands to which they are |
| |still entitled from the federal government since |
| |statehood; and |
| | |
| |Whereas, Changes in the management of lands and funds |
| |initiated and promoted by schools and parents have either |
| |brought about increased annual revenue streams for public |
| |schools or
protected the given revenue stream; therefore |
| |be it |
| | |
| |Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations shall provide information to parents, |
| |educators, policy makers, and the public about school and |
| |institutional trust lands and permanent school funds, |
| |including the compensation or grant entitlement that |
| |states have been denied since their entrance into |
| |statehood; and be it further |
| | |
| |Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations shall advocate for sound financial |
| |management of the school trusts to provide the maximum |
| |benefit to the children in public education who are the |
| |beneficiaries of those trusts, and shall
work to ensure |
| |that these funds do not supplant existing education |
| |funding; and be it further |
| | |
| |Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent |
| |organizations urge state and federal lawmakers to support |
| |public schools by ensuring that the historic trusts are |
| |allowed to fulfill the purpose for which they were |
| |originally created |
|Ratification of |A motion was made and adopted to ratify the presidents |
|Presidents |appointments of members to the following committees, to |
|Appointments to |fill vacancies and/or per board/convention action: |
|Committees | |
| |Standing Committees: |
| | |
| |Diversity new committee |
|
|Laurie McCaulley AL, Chair |
| |Frank Kwan CA |
| |Ester Mangahas CA |
| |Lynn Morris NJ |
| |Aurelio Montemayor TX |
| |DJ Stutz NV |
| |Justin Raber WV |
| |Jamie Vollmer IA |
| |Larry Williams MS |
| | |
| |Finance fill vacancy |
| |Margarita Benjamin VI |
| | |
| |Membership fill vacancies |
| |Darlene Allen DC |
| |Rosemary Estrada-Kirby NM
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| | |
| |Resolutions new committee |
| |Anne Thompson FL, Chair |
| |Meg Bushnell WA |
| |Leslie Franklin CA |
| |Courtney Frick OH |
| |Dawn Johnson-Wenger NC |
| |Mavis Knight TX |
| |Mary Ann Kolbeck NJ |
| |Helane Robson ND |
| |Marjorie VanDenberg NY |
| | |
| |Resource Development fill vacancy |
| |Mike Woolbright CA |
| | |
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| |Special Committees: |
| | |
| |Convention - General Arrangements fill vacancy |
| |Brenda Davis CA |
| | |
| |Convention - Elections fill vacancy |
| |Barb Bungard OH |
| |Pam Meyercord TX |
| |Jody Townsend CO |
| |Maria DeWald NY, Alternate |
| | |
| |Convention - Awards new position |
| |Kim Norton MN, Liaison |
| | |
| |National Council of States Study new committee |
| |Betsy
Landers TN, Chair - Board Representative |
| |Dee Jones IN - NCS Representative |
| |Beth Nead OR - At-large Member |
| |Helane Robson ND - At-large Member |
| |Renata Witte NM - At-large Member |
| | |
| |Other: |
| | |
| |Endowment Fund Trustees fill vacancy |
| |Gail Vertz KS |
|Action Item- |A motion was made and adopted to create a National PTA |
|Creation of |Youth Involvement Special Committee, which includes the |
|National Youth |following members: Ashley Pouliot, Becky Farber, Ben |
|Involvement |Massenburg, Courtney Conklin, Teresa Williams, Barb |
|Special |Blanchard, Malini Ganvir, and Nick Rivera |
|Committee |
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|Ratification of |A motion was made and adopted to ratify the presidents |
|Presidents |appointments of the following at-large members to the |
|At-Large |board of directors: Jean Krieger, Aurelio Montemayor, and|
|Appointments to |William Potts-Datema |
|Board of | |
|Directors | |
|Announcements |The Chair announced the following calendar dates for the |
| |2006-2007 |
| | |
| |Board of Directors Meeting , October 27, 2006, Detroit, MI|
| | |
| |Board members are asked to stay through Sunday afternoon |
| |on October 29th to be a part of the Emerging Minority |
| |Leaders Conference, which will serve as the board members|
| |training |
| |
|
| |All Committees Weekend, January 19-21, 2007, Chicago, IL |
| | |
| |Board of Directors Meeting, March 9, 2007, format and |
| |location to be determined may be held in conjunction with|
| |the Learning First Alliance Conference in Washington, DC |
| | |
| |Board of Directors Meeting, Committee Meetings and |
| |Convention, June 27-July 1, 2007, St Louis, MO |
| | |
| |Board of Directors Meeting, July 2, 2007 tentative, St |
| |Louis, MO |
|Board Members |Each board member shared his/her comments with the other |
|Comments |members |
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|Adjournment |The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm
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Chuck Saylors
Chuck Saylors
Secretary-Treasurer
Approved by Minutes Approval Committee:
Carol Ritter
Carol Ritter, Chair
Eugene Peterson
Eugene Peterson
Tina Zubeck
Tina Zubeck
Appendix 1
Attendees
Board of Directors Meeting
June 26, 2006
Phoenix, AZ
|Board of Directors |
|Present |
|Darlene Allen |Betsy Landers |
|Margarita Benjamin |Laurie McCaulley |
|Barb Bungard |Pam Meyercord |
|Peggy Davis |Kim Norton |
|Maria DeWald |Eugene Peterson |
|Mike Dimich |Carol Ritter |
|Laura Dobbs |Nick Rivera |
|Jan Harp Domene |Chuck Saylors |
|Rosemary
Estrada-Kirby |Stan Taylor |
|Malini Ganvir |Anna Weselak |
|Melvin Heyman |Teresa Williams |
|Sal Jansson |Tina Zubeck |
|Board of Directors |
|Excused |
|Peggy OBrien | |
|Courtesy Seats |
|Rollie Cox, Parliamentarian | |
| | |
|Nominating and Leadership Development Committee |
|Diane Pierce, Chair |Tom Barnes |
|Rick Mendiondo |Esther Parker |
|Sarah Williamson | |
| | |
|Staff: |
|Kimberly Barnes-OConnor |Barb Sargent
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|Warlene Gary |Ardith Stansell |
|Carole Levine |Linda Whittington |
Source:pta.org
