Present: R. Beth Burke, Debby Whiston, Nancy Flood, Susan Mills-Gray, Glenda Kinder, Lynda Johnson, Kathy Dothage, Rebecca Travnichek, Teresa Mareschal, and Mary Gosche.

Minutes: Motion to approve minutes for 05/08/2000 made by Lynda Johnson and second by Nancy Flood. Passed. President Burke read a thank you from Susan Mills-Gray for the President's pottery gift.

Treasurer's Report: Lynda Johnson. Income $7212.17; Expenses $2126.04. Checking account balance $8958.17. Rebecca Travnichek made motion to accept treasurer's report, seconded by Debby Whiston. Lynda went over 2001 budget, which is based on 51 members. Rebecca Travnichek reported a balance of $7,037.00 in the 2002 Committee Account. President Burke thanked Lynda for all her hard work. Membership paid to date-34 members and names will be sent to the board.

Awards & Recognition: Maude Kelly sent a written report since she was in attendance at a PDE. She received information at national and she will distribute a revised copy of general award application.

2001 Awards and Recognition Committee-Maude Kelly, EC, Chair, Central and SW-named later; NE-Dan Remley; NW-Janet Hackert; SE-Judy Lueders; SC-Jill Leckrone; and WC-Kris Jenkins.

Professional Development: Teresa Mareschal brought the board up to date on last year's effort to locate educational resources in the region. Jan Clark made available $100.00 towards books on tape. Teresa will develop a letter to be sent to Regional Directors to describe positive aspects of professional development resources and ask for their monetary support in this effort.

Public Affairs: Nancy Flood reported that there are $300-$1,000 mini-grants available from for speakers and travel for bi-state meetings. Proposal due date is April 1, 2001. President Burke discussed meeting at Hyatt in Kansas City in 2002 or a P.D.E. in April as possible meetings. The Vice-President for public affairs is in charge of funding opportunities. PILD Scholarship money is available with a deadline of March 1, 2001. Board recommended that Rebecca Travnichek would apply for the $100 to off set the registration fee for Missouri if other first time individual members do not use the scholarship. Nancy reminded the board to attend Legislative Day on February 21, 2001.

Member Resources: Debby Whiston informed the board that her committee members include: Bev Pfeiffer, Lisa Wallace, and Phyllis Flanigan. Jinny Hopp will work on the newsletter. The goal of the committee will be to attain the 51 membership, and welcome new staff to join association. Susan Mills-Gray as UMEA 1^st Vice-President, volunteered to coordinate with other membership chairs and contact the Regional Directors to have membership in professional organizations as part of the appraisal process.

By-Laws: Susan Mills-Gray reported that the by-laws are in good shape. Glenda Kinder will post the by-laws on the web. As meeting progressed, Susan Mills-Gray noticed that Section 7 of the standing rules was not in by-laws. Will be interjected into by-law document.

Resource Enhancement: Looking for volunteers and Beth Burke will assume responsibility.

Web Page: Glenda Kinder will post the minutes from the annual conference meeting on the web in draft form. Some buttons on the web page have no information-bylaws(will post); member resource(email to Whiston); professional development(list available books/tapes with check out strategy; awards(list winners, new application). The web page will have an update on officers and will build page as a promotional tool for the 2002 National Meeting.

President-Elect Rebecca Travnichek reported that the PILD Conference will be April 29-May 2, 2001 in Crystal City in the Washington, D.C. area. The North Central Associations' Meeting will be February 25-27, 2001 in Des Moines, Iowa with a registration of $120.00. At the present time, she is working on the Committee Chair-Elects and was wondering on if these individuals could serve consecutive terms. The board felt it was open to individual preferences. Board suggested that the 2002 Chair Elects be invited to part of the 2002 Committee.

Update on 2002-Kathy Dothage shared that Dr. Turner has opened an account in the amount of $10,000 for the Association to meet planning expenses and support for the production of a video. Dr. Hughes has given support for duplication. ParentLink will pay for 1,200 canvas bags. In October, the committee will meet with national board to finalize plans, dates, names, etc. Donations and speaker suggestions are still needed.

Proposed 2001 Budget-Lynda Johnson prepared a 2001 budget with the biggest expense are to maintain the inventory. Two accounts are being used, one for association business and one for 2002 conference. Mary Gosche, made motion to accept budget, seconded by Debby Whiston, seconded. Discussion. Unanimous vote. Nancy Flood make a motion to move $5,000 from each separate account to a CD or money market account for a period of less than one year. Second: Glenda Kinder. Unanimous vote.

Officer Responsibilities-Beth Burke reviews officer responsibilities from national with handouts. It was agreed that Beth and Rebecca would keep representation on HES Advisory Committee for a 2-year term. Nancy Flood agreed to start of notebook for Public Affairs. Beth will direct NEAFCS to send a free copy of NEAFCS publications to the new Dean of College when the selection process is complete. Susan Mills-Gray made a motion to add Section 1 and 2 of the Standing Rules to the responsibilities of the secretary. Second: Debby Whiston. Motion carried. The Vice-Presidents serve for a 2-year term. Would that be feasible for Missouri Committee Chairmen? Susan Mills-Gray pointed out that the Chair-Elect are to be part of the current committees-according to present By-Laws-so that should offer continuity to committee structure.

Next meeting dates: April 11, 2001, 12:00 or 1 p.m.; August 23, 2001, 12 noon and other dates added as needed.

Respectfully submitted,
Mary Gosche
Secretary MEAFCS