CCAE Minutes
February 21, 2007
Members Present: Annette Beck, Shuping Wang, Jenny Dela Rosa, Nikki Amaro, Brenda Rivas, Karen Castille, Larry Pete, Pam Plouffe, Charlotte Crandall, Ian Griffith, Glenda Lopez, Kim Eatmon, Ingrid Cardenas, Anke Otto-Wolf, Susan Dela Cruz.
I. Call to Order:
Meeting was called to order at 2:36
II. Approval of Minutes:
Annette Beck made a correction from the minutes for the January 17th meeting. Her name was inadvertently mentioned on the committee report for the Valentine’s candy sale. Charlotte Crandall made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. The motion was seconded by Susan Dela Cruz.
III. Treasurer’s Report:
Checking Account: $4,686.27
Savings Account: $3,620.34
Fran reported a deposit of $1,310 from the sucker sale and $263 profit from the Valentine’s candy.
IV. Committee Reports:
(a) Mary Fitzgerald mentioned that four people had lapsed on CCAE dues. Three members had paid with checks and one person had requested automatic withdrawal from pay. She is working with all four members to get their member dues settled.
Mary also reported on the “Superstition” party plans. She has found a lot of ideas on-line. Any additional ideas for decorations are welcomed. This is the year of the pork so we might have good luck foods for the party. The scheduled date is April 13th, a week after Spring break.
(b) Teresa Loftis reported on the Valentine gift bags that were sold last week. Jaynell Karabotsos came in on February 13th and donated mugs and fun stuff to sell for CCAE. Her daughter-in-law owns a flower shop and they decided to donate all of the Valentine’s supplies they had left. Everyone had fun selling. We were able to sell everything by 1:00, Valentine’s Day. Susan will send them a thank you note on behalf of CCAE.
Annette Beck made a motion to donate all funds from the Valentine’s gift bags towards a scholarship for the Vocational Department at the end of the year graduation. Susan Dela Cruz seconded the motion for the one-time scholarship for the amount of $250. We will use the scholarship forms used in the counseling center.
(c ) Karen Castille: In the meeting in Temecula we discussed that San Bernardino was not sending anyone to Leg. day. We would like for Teresa Loftis and Lorrie Christie to meet with our legislators while they are in town. During the meeting we were told that 50 million dollars for career technology were going towards community colleges. During Leg day, this will be the most important issue discussed.
Another issue is the rewording of how adult education is defined. There is a concern regarding funding being eliminated for Health and Safety, Parenting, Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities. These changes are being discussed but nothing has passed yet.
Annette: By rewording how adult education is defined, the money will not go to individual departments; instead it will go to all departments.
Glenda: this makes it easier for them to eliminate some programs. CTE is a big issue and this is where the money is. CalWorks students need to be placed and this is difficult because with open enrollment students come to class and then disappear.
Teresa: We were asked to provide the number of CalWorks students attending, their ethnicity, and other data. These numbers will be used to show during Leg. day.
Glenda: This is why TOPS forms are very important so we can prove that our students are getting jobs.
(d)Annette Beck reported that CCAE needs a nomination committee. If anyone is interested please speak to a board member. The vice president position will go to Mary but we still need a treasurer, president elect, and secretary.
Exemplary member award will be given at the end of the year dinner, possibly June 1st. CCAE State awards and sections make the decision on who gets awards. Southern Section is shinning and honoring Teresa Loftis from our classified staff and Brenda Rivas and Annette Beck from our certificated staff
V. New Business:
(a) Teresa: the book fair will start on March 6th. I would like to make a motion to take all the proceeds from this book fair and apply them towards scholarships. Brenda Rivas made a motion to approve and Susan Dela Cruz seconded the motion.
Brenda: We should give a scholarship contingent upon enrollment into a college.
Fran: Usually, these scholarships are never used.
Brenda: A lot of the time we have to look for students to apply for scholarships.
(b) On September 29th instead of having a state conference, the Southern Section will have a president’s reception in Temecula. This must be approved by the Southern Section first.
(b) Karen Castille proposed having a buddy photo session where students would take photos so they could have something to take home that will remind them of people that helped them to get through school.
Next meeting will be March 21st
Next Meeting will be on April 18, 2007.