Marketing Education Association Board of Directors Meeting
January 18, 2008
Members present: Executive Director Ed Bufford, Sherry Dockery, Debbie Ebner, Joyce Folk, Cecil Lara, Daralyn Loveless, Executive Secretary Norma Joiner, and Lloyd Ott were present.
Terms of Board Members: Debbie Ebner moved and Lloyd Ott seconded to appoint Cecil Lara as President through June 30, 2010. Motion carried. Ed Bufford moved and Debbie Ebner seconded to appoint Deb Moore through June 30, 2008, Lloyd Ott through June 30, 2010, and Joyce Folk and Debbie Soto through June 30, 2010. Motion carried. The terms of Board of Directors are as follows:
Term Ending June 30, 2008: Sherry Dockery and Deb Moore.
Term Ending June 30, 2009: Debbie Ebner, Daralyn Loveless, and Lloyd Ott.
Term Ending June 30, 2010: Joyce Folk, President Cecil Lara, and Debbie Soto.
Since the current By-Law language calls for the maximum amount of service to the Board is two terms in succession, Ed Bufford asked that this be brought up at the business meeting to extend the board’s term limits to three terms. This will be addressed in the Business meeting.
2009 MEA
Conference: Debbie Ebner moved and
Daralyn Loveless seconded to hold the 2009 MEA Conference during Martin Luther
King weekend in
MEA Foundation: Ed Bufford reported that he had presented to the MEA Foundation a proposal for $2,600 to fund outreach. The Foundation agreed to issue two checks: $1,400 for ICDC and $1,200 for 2009 Conference. The Foundation is putting together a package of materials that could be used by persons making nominations for the MEA Professional Award. They requested that the MEA membership renewal form include a space for making a donation to the Foundation. Ed asked Norma Joiner to take care of that.
ICDC: Daralyn Loveless moved and Joyce Folk
seconded to continue to have an outreach booth at ICDC in
Membership: Norma Joiner asked for someone to draft a note for second notices for membership renewal.
ACTE: Daralyn Loveless moved and Debbie Ebner seconded to pay the affiliation fee of $500 to ACTE in September 2008. Motion carried.
MEA Money: Debbie Ebner requested MEA money be moved to an interest-bearing account.
Adjournment: Debbie Ebner moved and Daralyn Loveless seconded to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Sherry Dockery, MEA Secretary
Marketing Education Association Board of Directors Meeting
January 20, 2008
Members present: Executive Director Ed Bufford, Sherry Dockery, Debbie Ebner, Joyce Folk, Cecil Lara, Daralyn Loveless, Executive Secretary Norma Joiner, Deb Moore, and Lloyd Ott were present.
Special Guest present: Ken Mattern
Next Meeting: Debbie Ebner moved and Sherry Dockery
seconded to hold the next Board of Directors Meeting March 15 from 9:00 a.m.
until 6:00 p.m. and March 16 from 9:00 a.m. until Noon in
Finances: Special guest Ken Mattern shared some suggestions to increase attendance to the conference: (1) matching funds for scholarships to the conference, (2) giving more awards to marketing teachers and business partners to be awarded at the conference, and (3) asking each state to name outstanding teachers to attend the conference to receive recognition along with one year’s free membership. If they are unable to attend, they would receive a letter and certificate. Ken will put together some ideas and give them to Ed Bufford to bring to the March meeting. We need to develop a fact sheet/brochure to promote MEA.
Conference Surveys: Debbie Ebner announced that the surveys returned at the end of the conference indicate most people heard about the MEA conference through word of mouth and emails. Debbie had put together an email campaign regarding the conference with attached brochure, proposal to present, and direction to website.
ICDC Outreach: Possible giveaways at the ICDC booth
would be CDs with conference highlights and lesson plans/links to those who
sign up or renew their membership. Joyce
Folk says MEA could use her laptop with several batteries at the booth to show
this year’s conference highlights and
Conference Debriefing: Debbie Ebner reported the Point Clear conference is financially close to breaking even. She received cash and items as donations. $1,120 was made at the silent/live auction. Exhibitors received conference registration with their cost of exhibiting. Networking and socialization with the exhibitors is a plus for the exhibitors. We should continually update the tentative conference schedule on the website. Individual’s certificates should indicate the workshops attended and the length of the workshops. Next year’s conference should be announced on the website.
Action Items: Each board member should send websites to Debbie Ebner to be listed or linked on our website. Norma Joiner should send board member address and telephone information to all board members.
Executive Secretary’s Salary: Norma Joiner is currently paid $15 per hour that she bills MEA. Sherry Dockery moved and Daralyn Loveless seconded to increase Norma Joiner’s salary to $16 per hour (which is a 6.7% raise). Motion carried.
Reimbursement: Joyce Folk moved and Lloyd Ott seconded
to reimburse Board Members up to $400 out of pocket expenses based on the honor
system. These requests should be sent to
Norma Joiner within 30 days of this meeting.
Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Sherry Dockery, MEA Secretary