Review and update agenda – Karla reviewed the agenda. A discussion of dues was added.

Minutes of 1/13/00 board meeting -- Karla asked for approval of the minutes. Rex moved that the minutes be approved as submitted, seconded by Joan Hickman.

Treasurer's Report - Tom Henderson indicated that we have $4,195.57 remaining in the account and that dues have been paid to National ESP. There are no outstanding checks. He reported that Roxanne Miller will be submitting her expenses for participation at the PILD meeting in Washington D.C. Roxanne went as ESP’s representative. Tom also reported that as of 4/10/00 we had 86 active members, with 3 of those being new, and 119 life members with 5 new members. The three new members are Roxanne Miller, Bud Reber and Karen Funkenbusch. The new life members are Barb Froke, George Enlow, Don Fancher, Lu Harper, and Norlin Hein. Rex moved that the report be approved, seconded by Joan Hickman.

Membership Committee report -- Rex Ricketts reported that Jim Ollar, Tom Henderson, Gail Carlson and he had met to discuss strategies to increase membership. Some follow-up had been done with members after annual conference which must have helped considering the increase in members who have paid their dues. However, we are still below our membership numbers for last year. Contact still needs to be made with recent retirees about life membership. Joan Hickman asked if certificates had been sent to recent retirees. Karla said she had talked to Judy Carlson about obtaining certificates and that they could be ordered with the person’s name on them or blank. Rex suggested that we order them with the individual’s name already added. Tom said he could get a list of retiree, but we were not sure who had received certificates. Rex was going to talk with Susan Mills-Gray because she had sent certificates last year. The question came up about which committee should assume responsibility for making sure that certificates were sent out consistently. Gail mentioned that some ESP chapters are making a concerted effort to involve retirees on the ESP Board. Rex, in reading the bylaws, realized that we are supposed to have a retiree committee. Rex was going to talk with Barb Froke about chairing this committee. One task of this committee could be sending out these certificates.

Professional Improvement Committee Report -- Joan reported that she has someone identified in every region to serve as a contact person if we participate in the ESP satellite downlink scheduled for Nov. 30, 2000. These contacts are: Nancy Flood, NE; Linda Rellergert, EC; Mike Milam, SE; Jim Thompson, SC; Byron Morrison, SW; Jim Ollar and Tom Henderson, Central; Marsha Alexander, WC; and Joan Hickman, NW. Gail reported that a lot of details about the program were not yet available. The downlink will highlight extension programs of excellence. Missouri will submit a nomination form for the "Water Quality in the Classroom" program. As part of the nomination a seven-minute video must be included. Karla mentioned that she received a digital disk from Frank Fillo containing the video but that she does not have the equipment necessary to view it. Gail will follow up with Sandy Stegall to make sure that the nomination has been submitted.

Awards Committee Report -- In Brenda Procter’s absence, Gail reported that Brenda is working on forming a committee and that Brenda and Gail had met to discuss a timeline for getting the committee formed and the nomination process started. Karla mentioned that she had received the nomination packet for regional and national awards. The packet contains the nominations submitted by Missouri. Based on input from the board, Karla will distribute this packet to each Board member. We are to rank our choices in each category and return our responses to Karla via e-mail. The chapter gets only one vote, we are providing input to Karla who will submit the chapter’s vote.

Courtesy and Memorials Committee Report - David Lindell was not able to be on the call, so no report was given.

Loan and Fellowship Committee Report -- Karla reported that she had received a copy of a letter indicating that the Buck Hunt Club had made a generous donation to the Loan and Fellowship Fund. She asked if the estate of Frances Pringle had been settled and if that donation had been added to the Fund. Tom indicated that to his knowledge the estate had not been settled. Karla asked if ESP had a representative on the Loan and Fellowship committee. Rex talked to Pat Snodgrass on another phone during this discussion. Pat reported that she also had received a copy of the letter regarding the donation from the Buck Hunt Club, did not know if the estate had been settled and had not been able to find out if we had representation on the Loan and Fellowship committee.

Annalist Report – Since we were not able to connect Eldon Cole to the call, no Annalist Report was given.

President - Elect Report
a. Leadership 2000 Conference – Gail summarized the report that she had submitted regarding the JCEP Leadership 2000 conference. As part of this report the need to increase dues was discussed. National ESP dues increase to $30 for Active Members and $150 for life members as of March 1, 2001. Dues for 2001 will be collected starting with annual conference and will need to reflect this increase. According to chapter bylaws, a vote on this increase is not necessary. We are not increasing the state portion of the dues, which does require a vote of the membership. Dues will increase to $41 for renewing members and $46 for new members. Information about this increase will be included in the next two newsletters.

b. Newsletter -- The first issue of the Newsletter was sent via e-mail to all active members and by regular mail to all Life Members in February. Gail asked if the listserv had been updated. Roxanne Miller, a new member, had e-mailed Karla indicating that she had not received the first newsletter. A copy was e-mailed to her, but we need to make sure the listserv is updated before the next mailing. The next deadline for submitting materials for the newsletter is June 16. Roxanne Miller’s report of the PILD conference will be included.

c. Annual Meeting report -- Gail reported that the dates of annual conference are October 23-24. The planning committee has met twice but specific details are not yet available.

Bylaw Review Update – Gail reported that Jim Ollar, Dale Hagerman, and Bob Schultheis have agreed to help review the bylaws. Dale Hagerman has the bylaws on disk. Gail needs to confirm that this is the latest draft and then will send them to Jim, Dale and Bob for review. Our target date for review and recommendations is June 30. Rex indicated that he could not find anything in the bylaws about whom is a voting member and whether life members have the same voting rights as active members. This is noted as one of the issues the bylaws committee needs to look at.

Other Business – Karla mentioned that she received a call from Judy Carlson indicating that someone from Missouri has applied for the position of ESP Executive Director. Karla had suggested that Judy contact Gail Carlson and another member who would know of Ruth’s work. Gail reported that Judy Carlson had called and talked to her. Gail indicated that she had received a message from Judy Carlson indicated that the deadline for submitting an application to serve as a ESP representative on the Galaxy II Planning Committee had been extended to May 1. The original deadline was April 15 and there had been only one application submitted.

Meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.

Submitted by Gail Carlson, with minor editing by Bob Schultheis