NCCCLRA Executive Board Meeting
Present: Linda Stone, President, Myra Blue, Marischa Cooke, Harry Cooke, Sheila Core, Deborah Foster, Lynn Gambon, Stephen Hawkins, Julia May, Chris Meister,
Linda Ramsey, Marian Williams
The minutes from the Board meeting on
http://www.faytechcc.edu/Library/lraweb/lrahome.htm
District Reports:
District 1 – no report
District 2 – Stephen Hawkins
This district met on
District 3 – No report
District 4 – Marian Williams
This district will meet on
District 5 – Chris Meister; no report
District 6 – Marischa Cooke; no report
Marischa pointed out the difficulty of meeting at any one location in her district due to the distance between member sites. She suggested dividing into two sub-districts, which might invigorate the district. Nobody opposed this suggestion.
Treasurer’s Report – Deborah Foster
Please see attached reports for March – May 2004. The checking account balance for June 2004 is $4,643.70. Marischa Cooke motioned to accept the reports and Linda Ramsey seconded. The motion passed. Harry Cooke suggested the Board research depositing the association’s funds in FDIC-insured banks that bear more interest. This was tabled until new officers are installed.
Conference Committee – Harry Cooke
Eighty-two people are registered for the conference. There are 21 sessions and 21 vendors. The program is being printed and is on the website. A banner is ready for display. Harry plans to make a site visit to the convention center soon. Linda Ramsey informed the Board that the NCLA community college section is creating a brochure which will be available at their convention booth and distributed with the bag of handouts. Harry stated the new executive Board will probably meet via conference call within two weeks after the convention.
Membership Committee – Julia May; no report
Julia was asked to send out letters inviting people to join LRA. The names of the
2003-2004 members can be found on the LRA website.
Training –
Contact
Priorities – Linda Ramsey; no report
Linda is working on the statistics needed to raise consciousness of our budget needs. This may need to be carried over to next year.
Procedures – Linda Stone reported for
Sheila is working on the revisions to the By-Laws. When she is able to send them to Linda, Linda will send them out to the Board for examination in order to finish the revision before the new Board takes office.
Awards – Sheila Core
Information on awards has been sent out and responses are starting to come in.
Nominating Committee – Lynn Gambon
The deadline for ballots is June 20. Ballots will be counted and the names of the new officers forwarded to the Board.
Old Business – none
New Business:
Deborah reminded everyone that original receipts for expenditures must be given to the president for approval before forwarding to the treasurer.
Linda Stone said Winston Lear sent a memo asking for statistics from peer colleges which will be compiled and shared. A suggestion was made to group like colleges together so comparisons can be made. Harry said this might be something for LRA administrators and NCLA to discuss.
Concerns about vendors not on e-procurement were discussed. Harry reminded everyone to respond to Ruth Bryan’s email to LRC directors regarding e-procurement issues.
Harry said he is looking into transferring the website to iBiblio. He asked the group if we wanted our own domain name, which would cost $70 for two years. The Board passed this motion.
Marian Williams asked what LRA’s refreshment allocation is for district meetings. Deborah reported there is a $100 district allocation.
Meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted, Lynn Gambon, Secretary