CCAE Minutes
March 21, 2007
Members Present: Frances Armenta, Annette Beck, Nikki Amaro, Karen Castille, Larry Pete, Brenda Rivas, Janice Roselius, Charlotte Crandall, Mary Fitzgerald, Kim Eatman, Susan Dela Cruz, Ingrid Cardenas, Judy Judilla.
I. Call to Order:
Meeting was called to order at 2:41 p.m.
II. Approval of Minutes:
A motion was made by Annette Beck to make a correction on the 2/21/07 minutes. Mary was supposed to ascend to the President position, not Vice President. Susan Dela Cruz seconded the motion to make the correction.
III. Treasurer’s Report:
Checking Account: $5,020.31
Savings: $3,620.34
Frances still has (3) boxes of suckers left to sell.
IV. Committee Reports:
(a) Mary Fitzgerald reported on the upcoming potluck. The theme will be “The Good, the Bad, and the Superstitious. It is scheduled for Friday, April 13th. Let Mary know if you have any ideas and contact her if you would like to be on the party committee.
(b) Fran reported that we had a profit of $523.85 from the Christmas candy and $512.84 from selling suckers. We had a total of $1200 profit in 2006.
(c) Annette updated everyone on the tentative ballot which will include Heck Thomas as President, Jenny Dela Rosa as President Elect, Susan Dela Cruz as Vice President, Fran Armenta as Treasurer, and Charlotte Crandall or Janet Anderson as Secretary.
V. New Business:
(a) Teresa attended a meeting last Saturday regarding CCAE membership growth. Sweetwater, Grossmont has 3,088 ADA and has 117 members. We need to regenerate our section to rebuild each chapter. Three chapters are dependent on 3 people. We need to work on building smaller chapters to build up sections. We have 2,467 ADA and we have 81 members, but not all members volunteer.
The Southern section is starting a new chapter that will include Corona / Norco, Chaffey, and Chino.
Section Level positions rotate among all chapters. Our chapter holds 2 seats by Glenda and Lorrie; 3 other positions are held by others from the Southern sections.
(b) Annette suggested including Rialto and Colton into our chapter. Schools can buy institutional membership. Institutionalized membership is good for our school because people who are not members would be able to attend conferences.
Janice suggested a committee for classified staff. Fran, Charlotte, and Teresa volunteered to head the committee. Fran suggested a questionnaire to ask classified what would bring them to join CCAE and what kind of workshops they would like to attend.
Ingrid mentioned that the time of the meetings might be a factor. Maybe the meeting date should rotate. If events are held during after work hours you will not get a lot of help.
(c) Teresa gave the status of the book fair. She said that we made $4500. Our cut was $1268, which will go towards scholarships. It will be up to the scholarship committee to determine the amount of each scholarship. She recommended that we have the students bring proof of enrollment into a school for any scholarships over $300.
(d Janice mentioned that the State CCAE Conference for 2008 will be in San Diego and the theme will be “Discover Hidden Treasures.” The speaker will be Hugh Howser and it will take place at the Mission Valley Double Tree, May 1-3, 2008. She wants to know if anybody has ideas on how to let everyone in the Fresno Conference know about the scheduled 2008 conference.
VI. Old Business:
(d) Fran and Karen reported that nobody had applied for the January or February $55 scholarships.
Next Meeting will be on April 18, 2007.