2011 Fall Board Meeting
NATA Fall Board Meeting
September 23, 2011
Old Chicago, Kearney
Hosted by Christy and Amber Kosmicki
Members in attendance included:
Donna Alden, Christine Brown, Jean Detlefsen, Angie Fischer, DeAnn Hanisch, Susan Hanson, Phil Herrmann, Deb Goodenberger, Mary Gradoville, Jan Jones, Debbie Kippley, Amber Kosmicki, Christy Kosmicki, Carole Meyer, Sr. Margaret Proskovec, Carla Real, Bob Reeker, Lorinda Rice, Julie Ryan, Pat Schulz Jeff Yoachim, Paula Yoachim. Mary Duffy, newly appointed Arts Education point of contact at NDE, was the honored guest.
Sr. Margaret Proskovec, President, called the meeting to order. After her welcome, Sr. Margaret engaged the board in an opening activity that was designed to give direction to the board in the next cycle.
REPORTS:
Due to the digital review process of the board minutes, there is no longer need for a motion to be made for approval. There were no additions or correction, therefore the Summer Board minutes will be filed as is.
President’s Report
Special guest, Mary Duffy was introduced as the Nebraska Department of Education Fine Arts Contact Person and High Ability Learners Director. Mary highlighted the connections between NDE, NATA and the other Arts Organizations in Nebraska. Mary spoke highly of the Frameworks document that is on file at NDE and has plans to update and make a crosswalk area to core areas to assist in school improvement. Jean Detlefsen stated that a crosswalk had been created and there was board consensus that this document should be used as a starting point.
One of Margaret’s goals for her term of office is to make sure that all organizational documents complied with NAEA, and state and federal law. In August, via email, Margaret distributed a packet of policies and procedures that included the updates outlined by the board in July 2011. After a short discussion, the board was satisfied with the document. The policy manual would be presented for a vote later in the meeting.
Margaret outlined the following topics that were planned for the Members Assembly on Friday at Fall Conference: 1. An overview of board decisions; 2. A PowerPoint explaining the rationale for the increase in NATA/NAEA dues; 3. The Meet and Greet information presented by Lorinda; 4. The YAM and other events presented by Debbie; 5. The new features of NATA web site; members only feature; awards nomination process presented by Bob; and 6. An update about the old NATA domain name and legal action that the board was required to pursue. She also explained that the Saturday Luncheon Division Meetings will be led by division representatives. They will also solicit board officer nominations and award nominees during the luncheon.
Bob & Lorinda presented the President-elect Report. Under Advocacy, they presented the new NATA brochure with Susan Hanson. In the Past President’s report, Debbie outlined the YAM changes will get back into the capitol.
In the Division Reports, Bob summarized the exhibits, membership and communications reports submitted by the 7 out of 15 representatives. Bob reported that a K-12 Rep is needed. Due to Amber’s anticipated Spring 2012 graduation; she will be leaving her position as Student Rep in July. Pearl Hanson, from Wayne or Jean from UNL will be nominating a strong sophomore candidate for this appointment. Christine Brown, Communications, will be distributing the membership password to access the Art Units. As an additional note, when sending Christine material to publish on the listserve, clarify if the information should be for: 1. NATA for members only or 2. Art for general art educator information. Bob highlighted Christy’s detailed report about Exhibitions and Nancy Childs’ Supervision & Administration report. Susan’s Membership report announced that NATA currently has 163 members compared to 170 a year ago. Jeff Yoachim and Bob designed the new logo appearing in the advocacy brochure and NAEA charged nothing for the layout or designing, but did require printing cost. In Jean’s Higher Ed report, it was noted that she has maintained contact with university/college people and communicated Fall Conference information. April 14th has been selected for the Spring Forum and either UNL or UNO will be the host site. All the reports were sent to the board prior to the meeting. Christy asked if all reports could be made available to the general membership on our NATA website under each representative section. When new reports are submitted, the old ones should go into the archived file.
Lorinda reported on the ESU reports. Jerene will host a second Meet and Greet at ESU #7. ESU #11 will offer three art sessions at their Fall Conference for the 14-school area. Jan Jones hosted a ESU #10 Meet and Greet. Phil Herman is the sole ESU #9 Rep, since Gladys Wassinger resigned. Christine Brown will need updated contact information from all ESU Reps to extend an invitation to join LIstServe.
In the Financial Report, Jeff and Paula Yoachim outlined that in the beginning of July, NATA had $5,903.65 in the central account, $23,558.37 in the Waddell and Reed account, creating a balance of $29,462.02. From July 1 to September 21st we have had $2,074.44 in expense, $6,144.17 in income and Waddell and Reed lost $135.96 on stocks. We can expect ups and downs in this account throughout the year. The NATA balance as of 9/21/11 reflects a Bank balance of $9,973.38 and a Waddell and Reed balance of $23,558.37. Leaving NATA with a total of $33,531.75. After approval at the summer board meeting, NATA changed the way our funds are allocated through Waddell and Reed. Therefore, 50% of our funds were placed in stocks while the remaining 50% will continue to be in bonds and mutual funds. This is a good direction to go considering the current condition of the economy. Waddell and Reed requires 1% of any gains as a service fee. Motion to approve last year’s budget was moved by Phil Herrmann and seconded by Susan. Motion carried unanimously.
Regarding the proposed budget for this year, no changes were brought forth from the board other than Susan inquiring about a budget increase of $50.00 to cover additional cost of the advocacy brochures. Since $100 or less adjustment can be approved by the board without a form, line Q, was changed from $100 to $150. In regard to a question to clarify Item X special project, this reflects the attorney fee for the old web site. The last item reported that Jonathan Pingel has been appointed bookkeeper. Margaret asked for a motion to accept all reports. It was moved by Debbie and seconded by DeAnn. The motion carried unanimously.
Before moving to the PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES, Margaret announced that the meal tonight was provided by Bob Sanderson from his personal funds and not from Davis Publishing. Margaret passed around a card of thanks for the board to sign. Margaret solicited volunteers from the board to present Awards at the banquet. Elementary recipient, Mary Seger will be presented by Angie Fischer; Middle School recipient, Jan Jones by Christy Kosmicki; NE Art Educator of the Year, Joe Gregory by Angie/OPS; Prism recipients, Donlynn Rice of the Dept. of Ed by Lorinda Rice, and Lisa Smith ESU#9 Hastings by Phil Herrmann; Roscoe recipients, Nancy Childs LPS by Bob Reeker and the UNO Center for Innovation in Arts Education by Sr. Margaret.
Next, Margaret reintroduced two awards for board approval. The first was the Marvin Spomer Award for the Novice Art Educator. Art Educators in their first five years of teaching are eligible for nomination. The following qualities will be sought: 1. aesthetic sensitivity, 2.positive humor, 3. Courage, and 4. calming spirit. Nominations will be open this year and presented at the 2012 Fall Conference. Nominees will be required to be a NATA/NAEA member, provide a vita and 2 recommendation letters that speak to their emerging leadership, classroom practice, and professional growth. The second award is the ESU Service Unit- Award of Excellence. Margaret read the details surrounding the award and nomination process and will distribute the material to the ESU Representatives. Each ESU will take care of the nomination and selection process outlined in the material. When asked for discussion or clarification, the board members did not require any. Margaret distributed nomination forms and awards materials including a timeline and explanation of each award. This material will be placed inside all Fall Conference packets for Division luncheon sessions. The NATA Board election process was presented by Lorinda and a list of position job descriptions and timeline was provided.
In Bob’s Communications update, he thanked our communications committee of Julie, Carole and Christine for their tireless commitment and outstanding performance. He also introduced the new NATA lessons that will become a new member benefit and unveiled at Fall Conference. He thanked Lorinda Rice, Josie Langbehn, Jan Jones, DeAnn Hanisch and Christy Kosmicki and said that their state publications would be honored at the meeting tomorrow; Bob also wrote a unit. He will also announce that the Template for future lesson plan submissions will be made available for review and acceptance. The addition of our NATA Facebook has attracted 60 art educator fans. He thanked Amber Kosmicki for setting this up for NATA. This site has generated a lot of great discussion and information.
Reporting on the Fall Conference, Donna Alden stated that everything is ready to go. Registration starts at 8:15 on Friday and 8:30 on Saturday. Registration table personnel will remind participants to pick up a parking sticker on Friday and will suggest that on Saturday, plan to stay on campus due to homecoming events. Transportation has been arranged to off-site sessions at MONA and the Archway.
Christy reported that the Art Educator Exhibition digital entry process went very smoothly. She plans to continue to refine the process. Next year, plans are in the works to provide an Art Educators Exhibit with Iowa in conjunction with the joint Fall Conference in 2012. She hopes to have the registration open from April 1 to July 1, 2012. The more consistent we are with information and a timeline should encourage more participation.
Debbie Kippley and Susan Noonan from Iowa are working together on the Iowa/Nebraska joint 2012 Fall Conference. Location for the conference is at St. Alberts School, which is a K-12 campus. All the groundwork is being laid for motel, speakers, and registration process. Debbie’s working on securing a location for a Nebraska hotel with banquet facility and a site for the annual Art Educators Exhibition. She also reported that the YAM celebration is slated for March 24th at 2:00 PM. Mary Duffy is working with Debbie on the exhibition details. CAC will be run much the same as last year. Teachers may submit CAC entries with Scholastic or separately. The Scholastic and CAC committees will gather sometime during this Fall Conference to have conversation on details connected to CAC entry and judging.
Angie addressed Scholastic Art Awards. January 12th is the due date for Scholastic submissions. Margaret distributed the Timeline for the Scholastic Art Awards. Angie said that registration opened last week and Lynn will be mailing material to schools next week. Christine will be posting information on the listserve. All the material is already available online at www.artandwriting.org/
Margaret entertained a motion to accept all activity reports. Jerene so moved and Pat Schultz seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Margaret entertained the motion to accept the NATA policies, procedures, and recommendations as presented. Phil Herrmann so moved and Jan Jones seconded Motion carried unanimously.
Margaret entertained the motion to approve the budget with the amendment to the membership budget to be changed from $100 to $150 dollars. Deb Goodenberger so moved and Bob Reeker seconded it. Motion carried unanimously.
Margaret entertained the motion to adopt the Marvin Spomer Award. Debbie Kippley so moved and Pat Schultz seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Margaret entertained the motion to adopt the ESU Award of Excellence. Jan Jones so moved and Jerene seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Margaret distributed the NATA calendar. The board suggested that the YAM due date and ESU Activities be added. It was also noted that the next board meeting is scheduled for March 24 from 9 AM to 1:30 PM. Margaret will send details and an agenda.
Margaret thanks Amber Kosmicki for providing the technology for connecting our Omaha board members who attended the meeting off-site.
Mary Gradoville moved to adjourn and Carla Real seconded it. Motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned.