Ohio Association for Developmental Education

Empowering Learners

OADE Board Meeting Minutes

Friday, December 1, 2006

Roll Call:  Marge Bartelt, Celeste Bland, Tracy Koski, Sue Horn, Carter Jastram, and Walter Poelzing

Note:  Approval of 9/15/06 Minutes and Treasurer’s Report could not be voted on due to lack of a quorum.  Three voting members were present; four are needed.  Approval of both will take place at the 1/12/07 meeting.

Treasurer’s Report:  Celeste

Celeste shared the following figures:

• The balance as of 9/15/06 was $19, 859.73.
• Deposits:  $14, 140.83
• Interest:  $8.16
• Expenditures:  $1, 623.38
• Balance as of 9/16/06:  $32, 385.34
• Income to Date:  $14, 236.29
• Expenses to Date:  $1, 623.38

Budget Report:  Celeste

Recent expenses included:

• $14, 545.36:  North Pointe Expenses
• $490.06:  Reimbursement to David Hall for Leadershop Dinner at Clauddaugh’s Irish Pub. ($200.00 from President’s Discretionary Fund  + $290.00 from line item 8100/Conference 2006)
• $450.00 to Kathy Buttermore for printing expenses
• $468.00 to Jack Truschel for travel expenses.  (NADE is going to reimburse OADE.)
• Note:  $600.00 will be given to OADE by CRLA.

Membership:  Carter

Carter shared the following numbers:

• Membership for 2006 and 2007 is 241!
• For 2007:  145.
• Of 145, 102 are from conference registration forms.
• Of 102, 7 of those are adjunct award winners.

Informal Discussions:  Board Members

• Marge started the meeting with an informal discussion on what the goals of OADE are, what our purpose is.  Celeste said she’d like to see student stats, both on the national and state levels.  She’d like to see OADE have a more in-depth knowledge of not just our budget, but monetary issues nationally, as well. 
• Members agreed there needs to be more data made available.
• Marge plans to contact Lana to find out the status of her research project.
• Celeste suggested we look at NADE’s goals and piggy-back from there, see where we “fit.”
• Sue added that several years ago at a NADE conference, she was told we should concentrate heavily on communication with state legislators.
• Walter believes schools should do more follow-up surveys of success stories.
• Tracy suggested we form a political liaison committee; that way, more can get done, instead of putting such an overwhelming responsibility on one person, one liaison.
• Marge inquired about how the 20.00 membership fee works.  She stated that membership should not be used to offset conference expenses.  Celeste said they should be kept separate for future conferences.
• Marge also feels we should not have to pay such enormous prices for technology.  She said she could see paying the conference center for overhead projectors and screens, but perhaps members could bring personal and school laptops in the future.
• Celeste added the treasurer should be on the conference committee each year.  While food and room rental fees are fairly “carved in stone,” we need to review how money is appropriated and spent each conference in other areas.
• Marge asked where the Leadershop expenses (beyond what members pay) come from.  She said this year, we’ll decide as a board what the Leadershop will entail and where it will be.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Tracy C. Koski, 12/1/06