June 2008 Minutes

Lake Tahoe

Published: Sunday, September 20, 2009

Updated: Sunday, September 20, 2009

Journalism Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors Summer Meeting June 14, 2008: 12:30-6:30 p.m. June 15, 2008: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Lake Tahoe, Calif.

SUMMARY

The JACC Board of Directors, on the Tuesday prior to this meeting, in keeping with the JACC constitution, voted to remove the NorCal student president due to non-performance of duties. The student vice president had admitted to plagiarizing and fabrication in his campus newspaper. The vice president position is now open, and the state student president and the SoCal vice president will be responsible for finding a replacement.
Cameron is looking into moving the JACC database to a commercial server from its current location at Los Medanos College. The cost will probably run about $1,000 a year. Cameron is re-working the database, moving it from Filemaker 5 to Filemaker 9.
College Publisher, which many JACC colleges use as a template for their Web sites, has a new version of its software, and it will take about a year to install at all colleges. No JACC colleges have the new software yet.
The annual convention will be held at the Doubletree in Sacramento in 2009, 2011 and 2013. It will be held at the Wilshire Grand in L.A. 2010. The location for the 2012 convention is open, but will take place in southern California, perhaps in Burbank or Ontario.
The next meeting of RJE (Rethinking Journalism Education) will be at Cal Berkeley, Oct. 10
The NorCal regional conference will be at SJSU on Oct. 11. The SoCal regional conference will be at Fullerton State on Nov. 14-15. The faculty conference and Blue Heron pre-conference will be held at the Inn at Morro Bay on Jan 23, 24, 24.
No action was taken on a perceived behavior violation at the 2008 state convention since convention leaders were unable to confirm whether there had been a violation.
The final budget for the convention is not yet complete; Poeppelman said that it will probably break even. Cameron said it was important to set a cut-off date for the budget, with a carryover to the next fiscal year.
The board discussed how Team Feature 2.0 (multimedia) worked out at the state convention and decided to try it again next year. Poeppelman addressed other concerns about the convention.
The board discussed the importance of members of the board serving staggered terms for continuity. One option is for one of the presidents to serve for three years for one time only. This would have to go to the General Assembly for approval.
At the convention, the NorCal faculty voted to asked the board to reconsider the equity of both regionals paying an equal surcharge, since NorCal is smaller than SoCal. Edwards will discuss this with the SoCal members.
The board adopted a policy about publicizing names of colleges in the event of behavior violations at the convention. If there is a violation, the name of the college and number of students will be identified in the minutes. If the investigation is ongoing, the region will be identified. If no violation has been found, no identification will be given.
New procedures for students elections were set in place.
The board will appoint a parliamentarian to over see student meetings.
There will be a presentation on the bicentennial year of the Latino press at the regional conferences.
Seidel will create a JACC how-to manual.
The board will bring to a General Assembly vote three changes to the JAC constitution, clarifying reasons for removing members for the board of directors, requiring directors to adhere to the JACC Canons of Journalism, and clarifying how member schools may remove officers. The board voted to change the word "endorses" to "adopts" in regard to JACCs relationship to the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The board acknowledged that some faculty have concerns that the state student president has access to the faculty listserv, and they reaffirmed the importance of the student president having access.
Edwards volunteered to be the "Loose End Coordinator" at the end of the next state convention.
The board will pursue grant opportunities for JACC.

MINUTES

Present: State Faculty President Jay Seidel (Fullerton College) State Student President Ali Kirkham (Fullerton College) NorCal Faculty VP Dympna Ugwu-Oju (Fresno City College) SoCal Faculty VP Danny Edwards (Bakersfield College) SoCal Student VP Aaron Dobruck (El Camino College) Communications Director and JACC of All Trades Rich Cameron (Cerritos College) Events Coordinator Timi Poeppelman (CSU Sacramento) Secretary Beth Grobman (De Anza College)

Absent: Treasurer: Melissa Korber (Las Positas) NorCal Student VP (vacant)

Call to Order Seidel called the meeting to order. Edwards/Ugwu-Oju moved to approve the April 2008 JACC Board of Directors minutes. Minutes approved.
Reports
1. State Faculty Report (Seidel) On Tuesday prior to this meeting, the Board of Directors, in keeping with the JACC constitution, voted by e-mail to remove the NorCal student vice president due to non-performance of duties. The vote was 4-1-1. The Nor Cal student vice president had admitted to plagiarizing and fabrication in the April 16, 2008 issue of the Fresno College campus newspaper. Several JACC members had asked the board to take action on this matter, and the JACC faculty president consulted with legal counsel before taking action. Student officers will need to fill the vacancy.
2. State Student Report (Kirkham) Kirkham will bring up a proposal to clarify student elections. Students had contacted her with their concerns about the state convention since there were no evaluations at the convention and no place for comments about the convention on the Web site. A main (and usual) concern was not enough comments from judges on the judging sheets. Since some of the judging sheets were blank, there was a concern from students that the entries weren't seen by judges. Kirkham suggested that if judges don't have time for comments, that at least the judging sheets get initialed so students can see that their entries were judged.
3. SoCal Faculty Report (Edwards) The SoCal mail in contest is underway; Cameron said there was a problem with the accurate numbers on the labels. He asked faculty submitting entries to sort by category, not by the number. Edwards had received requests for new contests and he told advisers to fill in the form on the Web site. Look for the link for the "Contest Proposal Form" on the Quick Links at the JACC Web site at http://www.jacconline.org, or look for the "Proposal Form" at: http://media.www.jacconline.org/media/storage/paper212/news/2008/03/31/ContestInfo/Contest.Proposal.Critera-2281496.shtml
4. SoCal Student Report (Dobruck) There is no SoCal student report.
5. NorCal Faculty Report (Ugwu-Oju) The deadline for the JACC mail-ins has been extended into early July.
6. NorCal Student Report There is no NorCal student report.
7. Communication Director's Report (Cameron) The latest JACC colleges to go online are: Santa Ana, Diablo Valley and Cuesta. Sixty-four schools have online newspaper sites, although four or five of those have been inactive for a year or more. Forty-four of those 64 are College Publisher sites. The JACC Web site has a link to all JACC college newspaper Web sites. Four colleges have online magazine sites (three College Publisher), but one is blank. Seven colleges have online newspaper sites on MySpace and two on FaceBook. Colleges that have journalism programs, but no online newspaper sites of any kind are: Antelope Valley, Butte, Canyons, Gavilan, Grossmont, LA City, Riverside - Norco, San Diego Miramar and Sierra. Cameron reported problems with the online registration system, which is hosted on the Los Medanos College server. The LMC IT department has told the LMC journalism department that they can no longer use the college server. Cameron is looking into moving the database to a company with an outside server, which will cost approximately $1,000 year. Cameron's goal for this summer was to get the SoCal mail-ins set up on an outside server and move from Filemaker 5 to Filemaker 9, but he didn't make the goal. In the meantime, he's learning Filemaker 9, which has added capabilities such as publishing to the Web. Since it is Web based, users won't have to have FileMaker on their end. Cameron would like Curtis Corlew to learn what he knows in case he gets hit by a turnip (or casaba melon) truck. Cameron said moving the database will require a lot of work up front, but will take minimal maintenance and retyping of information. College Publisher is upgrading to new software, and rollouts will be going on for at least a year. No JACC colleges have been upgraded yet; Cameron requested that Cerritos College among the first upgraded so he can help other colleges with learning the new software.
8. Events Coordinator Report (Poeppelman) The annual convention will be held at the Doubletree in Sacramento in 2009, 2011 and 2013. It will be held at the Wilshire Grand in L.A. 2010. The location for the 2012 convention is open, but will take place in southern California. Poeppelman has June site visits to the Doubletree in Ontario, which has everything needed for the convention, and the Burbank Marriott, which is across from the Burbank airport. In Burbank, overnight parking is $14 night and it has two pools, one could be open 24 hours. Across the street is a Courtyard Marriott for overflow. The JACC convention has unusual requirements for conventions because we use eight concurrent meeting rooms, run from 8 a.m. to midnight, require 300+ double-double hotel rooms (plus some singles), use minimal food except for one sit-down dinner for 650 and must be near a sports complex for competitions. Poeppelman will also look at hotels in San Diego for the state convention and options for Editors' Camp. Sacramento State is getting new laptops, which Poeppelman will be able to borrow to use for the lab at the convention.
9. Secretary's Report (Grobman) Grobman reported that Brad Kava, who teaches part time at De Anza, has been hired to be the adviser at Cabrillo. It will be a part-time position, replacing David Sheftman. Although the Foothill College newspaper, The Sentinel, hasn't published in a while, some Foothill students approached Grobman asking for help starting a magazine there. Grobman is holding off on compiling the 2008-09 JACC directory while Cameron works on the new Filemaker project. When Cameron is ready, Grobman will download the information from the main JACC database on FileMaker, rather than creating a separate file as we've done in the past.
10. Treasurer's Report (Poeppelman) Korber sent out a report to the JACC listserv on May 4. Poeppelman said there may be still outstanding from Morro Bay.
11. Cal-JEC Report (Cameron) Cameron is working on a survey to show a picture of California journalism, from high school to university. He's received a couple hundred responses, but wants a couple of thousand from high schools before he creates a final report. The next (4th) meeting of RJE (Rethinking Journalism Education) will be Oct. 10 at Cal Berkeley. Two years ago this group formed at a JACC faculty conference during the Blue Heron pre-conference session. Cameron is pushing for a portion of the meeting where invited publishers and editors tell faculty what they want from future employees. Sylvia Fox from CSUS and Rachele Kanigel from SFSU will be involved, but they are gone for the summer. Cal-JEC did host a booth at the last national convention of the Journalism Education Association, trying to reach out to high school journalism advisers.
Discussion and/or Action Items
1. NorCal Student Vice President Vacancy (Kirkham) Kirkham is taking responsibility for filling the NorCal Student Vice President position. It is up to the student officers whether they hold an election or select someone. She and Poeppelman discussed sending out invitations to previous candidates. Kirkham would like to send out a request for nominations to the NorCal listserv. Cameron offered to send a request out this weekend if Kirkham wrote it up. She will also contact Rubina Gulati and Korber who had students who were interested in the position. If they don't find a replacement vice president before the NorCal conference, will run an election or conduct interviews during the conference.
2. 2008 Regional Conference Reports/2008 Regional Conference Updates
  1. NorCal (Ugwu-Oju) Ugwu-Oju reported that the NorCal conference will be held Oct. 11 at SJSU. Nancy Kaplan-Biegel is the NorCal chair. Grobman is the NorCal mail-in coordinator. Judging events will take place at Fresno City College under Ugwu-Oju's oversight and at Contra Costa College under Paul DeBolt's oversight. Grobman will request more judges on the listserv, and will hold a judging at De Anza if no one else volunteers. Grobman asked for clarification on the date with regard to paid memberships. Membership dues used to be due Dec. 1, and the board moved the deadline to Oct. 15 so the dues would come in before the regional conferences. This is because some colleges had attended the regional conferences, then did not pay their dues, effectively allowing non-member colleges to attend regional conferences at the same cost as members. However, with the NorCal conference before Oct. 15, there will be no way to prevent non-members from attending. Poeppelman said that a way to solve this problem is to use the 07-08 membership list for NorCal attendees, and the 08-09 list for SoCal attendees (since the So Cal conference is after the Oct. 15 deadline). Grobman will get a list of 07-08 members from Korber to confirm that all mail-in entries are from members.
  2. SoCal (Edwards) Edwards reported that the two-day SoCal conference will be held Nov 14-15 at CSU Fullerton. Poeppelman will work with Jill Connelly from Pierce College to set up the contests.
3. 2009 Mid-Winter Faculty Conference Reports (Poeppelman) The faculty conference will be held at the Inn at Morro Bay on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24-25. The pre-conference Blue Heron workshop will be held on Friday, Jan. 23. Poeppelman is working with Apple to see if they'd like to participate. Possibles for speakers include Amara Aguliar presenting a video or SproutBuilder multimedia workshop (see Sproutbuilder.com) or a multimedia training from Apple.
4. 2008 State Conference Recap
  1. Behavior Violation (Poeppelman) A perceived behavior violation of off-site drinking was reported by a student at the state convention, but convention leaders were unable to confirm whether there was a violation, so no action was taken. The situation was complicated because there were people at the convention hotel from the college, but who were not registered for the conference. JACC cannot keep non-delegates away from the hotel. Advisers were cooperative.
  2. Convention Budget (Poeppelman) Poeppleman reported outstanding income and outgo from the convention, and said JACC is hovering at breaking even, but she doesn't know if that includes the override. Poeppelman still has to talk with Korber to get the actual breakdown. Seidel asked Poeppelman to issue a report when the convention budget is finalized. Cameron said we have to close the books at some point, and carry over monies and/or debts to the next fiscal year. Cameron thought June 1 should be the cut off date, but no one on the board knew if Korber got that message. Cameron said once we have the final budget, we need to post a PDF online and make sure an itemized budget is on the next agenda. Poeppelman said she wasn't able to get in touch with Korber prior to this meeting.
  3. Team Feature (Cameron) Cameron opened a discussion on the Team Feature contest at the convention. Prior to this convention, the Team Feature consisted of a photographer and a reporter working together to research and write a feature story with an accompanying photo and cutline. This year JACC experimented by substituting a multi-media project for the Team Feature contest, which was called Team Feature 2.0. Teams of students produced a multi-media slide show with an audio track using SoundSlides software. The awards were meritorious (unranked), as they are for all new contests because it takes a couple of years to get the kinks worked out. For meritorious awards, entrants must still reach a certain level of quality - not everyone necessarily gets an award. The decision was controversial when put into place, and the board needs to make a decision whether to go back to the former format, stay with the new format, or try something else. Cameron and Edwards would like to do the multimedia slide show next year. There was an earlier suggestion to keep the multimedia lab open all night for students to work on their projects. Dobruck/Kirkham moved to continue Team Feature 2.0 for the next state convention; awards will continue to be meritorious. Motion passed unanimously.
  4. New workshop proposal Kirkham read a letter from a student who asked for a networking workshop covering how contacts can help students get jobs and why it is important to make lasting connections within the industry. The board agreed that networking is important and that this would be an important workshop.
  5. Other Convention Issues Students reported that a judge in the critical review lab was rude to students. Poeppelman urged that students complain to her during the conference, and will look into this situation. There were errors made on the Scantrons for the copyediting contest. Some On-The-Spot contest entries had no marks on them from judges, and students were disheartened and also curious whether their entries really had been judged. Cameron suggested developing a one-page handout/list for the proctors that would include making sure each entry was signed off. Poeppelman was concerned that there was so much going on during this brief time period for judging On-The-Spots, it might be difficult to triage with the number of challenges. Dobruck volunteered to head up a project to make sure that all On-The-Spot entries get signed, even if it includes staying with the judges. Edwards thinks that group training is needed for judges to fix this problem. Jolene Combs used to do this, but is now retired. Poeppelman reiterated that On-The-Spot judging is a high-tension situation that is a challenge to get completed by the deadline. It may come down to a choice between getting the awards completed on time or getting everything signed. Poeppelman said she'd do her best to get all judging sheets signed off. Poeppelman said that if there is an On-The-Spot contest dispute, and/or if an entry has been compromised by a proctor's behavior, there are instructions and a form in the program to address this.
5. Replacement of Treasurer (Seidel) Seidel reported that earlier this year, Korber announced her resignation from the position of treasurer as of June 30. The board still need to find a replacement. Korber will be on sabbatical during the 08-09 academic year. (After the meeting, Korber agreed to stay on until fall, when she goes on sabbatical, or until a replacement is found, whichever is first.)
6. Adjusting Terms of Staff (Seidel) The JACC Board of Directors Staff (communications director, events coordinator, secretary, treasurer) are on staggered three-year terms, but the faculty president and vice-president are on tw-year cycles, so there's a potential that all three could be new board members at one time. Usually every two years, two are new, as one vice president is elected as president for the next term, but this may not always happen. Making one president serve for three years for one time only would alter the cycle and solve the problem, but this would have to go to the General Assembly for approval.
7. Revisit $1500 surcharge (re equity because of size of NorCal and SoCal) There was discussion at the NorCal faculty meeting at the state convention about the $1,500 surcharge that each regional group pays the state organization for services to the regionals. NorCal members voted to ask the board to revisit the equity of each regional paying the same amount. Arguments for NorCal paying a lesser amount include the NorCal region has fewer members, smaller colleges and a smaller budget than SoCal. Arguments for NorCal paying the same amount include a need for equity between the two regions and the workload of the state officers is not that different for the two regions. Edwards wants to get feedback from the SoCal membership before the board makes a decision. Ugwu-Oju will tell the NorCal members that Edwards will bring this issue up at SoCal before the board makes a decision.
8. Policy about publicity of convention behavior violators (Seidel) The board discussed how to handle disseminating information about convention behavior violators. Kirkham/Edwards moved that the board adopt the following policy: In the event of a reported behavior policy violation, (1) if the committee determines that there is a violation, the name of the college and number of students will be identified in the minutes; (2) if the college is still under investigation and there is no conclusive evidence of a violation, only the name of the region, not the college, will be identified in the minutes; (3) if there is no violation or no conclusive proof of a violation, the college or region will not be identified, The motion passed 4-1. (Ugwu-Oju, the dissenting voter, agreed with most of the wording, but did not agree that the name of the region should be included if the college is still under investigation)
9. Clarify student elections (Kirkham) Kirkham submitted a proposal for procedures for the election of student presidents and vice presidents, as follows:
  - Procedures for State Student Election Meetings.
    1. Call To Order
      
      Introduce the outgoing Student Board and the Election Parliamentarian (whose purpose is to ensure that election procedures are conducted according to the JACC Constitution and by the Accepted Procedure for State Student Election Meetings. The Parliamentarian is to be appointed by the outgoing state student president no later than one hour before the Student Assembly Meeting)
      
      Call roll. At Least one member is required to attend from each delegation. Only one vote is permitted per delegation.
    2. Elections
      
      All candidates are nominated from the floor. Only one student from each school will be eligible to take office as a Student Director.
      
      The State Student President is to be elected prior to the Regional Vice Presidents: In order to allow more students to run for office, students from the same school will be allowed to run for different positions, but if a student from one school is elected to the State Student Presidency, all students who are members of the same delegation must withdraw from the regional election.
      
      If a student resigns from his or her position as a President or Vice- President elect while the student assembly is still assembled, the members of the outgoing board will either:
      
      Hold a second election to fill the position, time permitting (only delegates from the region in question will be allowed to comment and vote to fill a regional position)
      
      Hold interviews with each candidate for the position after the assembly has adjourned and announce an appointment before the convention is over.
      
      Student Assembly Meeting
      
      Once elections are finished and the new Board Members are elected, the outgoing board shall hold the assembly meeting and address issues brought to them by the student assembly; the remainder of the agenda is to be set by the outgoing Student Board.
      
      Kirkham/ Dobruck moved that these procedures go into effect. Motion passed unanimously.
  Poeppelman suggested that a parliamentarian, who is not a member of the board, attend every student meeting. Cameron said in the past, the board asked the executive secretary to attend student meetings. The board recommended that Paul De Bolt, who is no longer on the board, take on this role.
10. Report on the online survey about conference (Cameron) Cameron posted a poll on the JACC Web site asking students to select the best part of the conference. The highest vote getters, in this order were: the workshops, awards, contests and meeting other students. Poeppelman said that one of her interns is creating an evaluation survey for future years.
11. Latino Press (Seidel) At the NorCal and SoCal faculty meetings at the state convention, faculty passed a resolution, brought forth by Juan Gonzales, recognizing the bicentennial of the Latino press and "resolved that at the upcoming regional conferences and statewide convention, JACC will incorporate a presentation on the bicentennial year of the Latino press." Seidel reminded board that the presidents and vice presidents need to remind the conference chairs to plan a presentation on the bicentennial year of the Latino Press. Poeppelman said Corlew will be designing the programs and would incorporate information about the bicentennial into them. Poeppelman will talk with Gonzales about ideas.
New Business
1. JACC rules and regulations outline (All) Poeppelman suggested that board members will take creating a JACC operating manual as a project, AKA, "JACC for Dummies." Seidel volunteered to work on this kind of manual and bring it to the September meeting. Grobman volunteered to assist Seidel with proofreading, organizing and formatting.
2. Constitutional amendment on ethical standards of JACC board (All)
  1. Suggested changes to the constitution Dobruck requested that the board discuss two changes to the JACC constitution:
    - A change in Article 7, section 3 of the JACC constitution, which says, "By two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors, any director may be removed from office for non-performance of duties or for nonattendance at meetings." He suggested adding "Directors may be removed for not upholding the canons of journalism" to the end.
    - A change in Article 3, sections 2 and 3, which say, respectively, "… the student will be in a journalism program of a JACC-member college" and "the faculty member will be a teacher in a journalism program of a JACC-member college." He suggested adding "and would adhere to the JACC Canons of Journalism." Since any change to the JACC Constitution needs to be approved by the General Assembly, these suggestions will be brought up to the General Assembly at the next state convention, and will require a yes vote by two-thirds of the voting delegates.
  2. Changes to the Canons of Community College Journalism Kirkham/Dobruck moved that the board change the word "endorses" to "adopts" at the end of the Canons of Community College Journalism to read, "The Journalism Association of Community Colleges adopts the principles and aims stated in the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. Motion passed unanimously. Cameron will make the change on the JACC Web site. Ugwu-Oju made a suggestion that students who run for election obtain an endorsement by their adviser on their application form. The board discussed whether this should be a requirement or an option. Kirkham will study this further and report back at the next meeting. The JACC Constitution can be found on the JACC Web site under "Quick Links" and "Documents/Services" or by going to: http://media.www.jacconline.org/media/storage/paper212/news/2008/03/31/Documents/Jacc-Constitution-10996.shtml The Canons of Community College Journalism can be found on the JACC Web site under "Quick Links" and "Documents/Services" or by going to: http://media.www.jacconline.org/media/storage/paper212/news/2008/03/31/Documents/Canons.Of.Community.College.Journalism-11006.shtml
3. Removal/Recall of officers procedure (All) Section 3 of the JACC Constitution reads, "By two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors, any director may be removed from office for non-performance of duties or for nonattendance at meetings." Cameron suggested that the following clarification be added: "Officers of the board may be recalled for cause upon receipt by the board of a petition that represents 51% of the member schools." Since any change to the JACC Constitution needs to be approved by the General Assembly, this suggestion will be brought up to the General Assembly at the next state convention, and will require a yes vote by two-thirds of the voting delegates. The board briefly discussed whether there should be a mention on removal of an officer upon committing an illegal activity.
4. Fall Board Meeting dates and location (All) Although the board had previously planned to hold it next meeting in September, because of a conflict, it decided to hold it the weekend of Oct. 3-5, starting around 6 or 7 p.m. on Friday.
5. Student Projects (Kirkham, Dobruck) Poeppelman reviewed past successful student projects such as forming a system for student elections. Dobruck said that he would like to work with Poeppelman to organize Editors' Camp for next year. Kirkham said she wants to work on student procedures for the new JACC primer, including topics like what students can expect from conventions, what student officers do and how to run for office.
6. Student officer access to listservs (Seidel and All) One student, the state student president, has access to the JACC faculty listserv. Whenever the student president posts, Cameron says he receives complaints from faculty members that a student has access. Grobman said that a previous board voted to give the student president access because there had been times in which the student president could clarify issues. The board acknowledged that there are concerns, and after discussion, they reaffirmed the importance of the student president being a member of the faculty listserv. Grobman said she appreciated having a student member on the listserv and Edwards said he did, too, although he could understand the perspective of the other side.
7. Conference "Loose End Coordinator" Position (Seidel/Poeppelman/Cameron) Seidel said that we need someone to help follow up on after conference issues. The conference coordinator and conference volunteers are so exhausted after the conference, that there needs to be someone who is fresh who can tie up loose ends. Cameron agreed and said it should be one person with a checklist, rather than the whole board. Edwards volunteered for this position and Poeppelman will give him a list at the after-convention meeting, then will keep giving him more areas to follow up as she notices what needs to be done throughout the post conference week. On the topic of convention loose ends, Cameron suggested that all faculty members be given three blank certificates that they can fix themselves, to correct errors in names. Another option is to set up a few hours on Sunday for correcting certificates
8. Endowment (Poeppelman) Because JACC is now incorporated, it qualifies for grants. Poeppelman would like to ask Korber and De Bolt to research grant opportunities because of their experience. As a model, JACC should look at The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State. Dobruck volunteered to do some research. The board agreed that it's a good idea for JACC to pursue grant opportunities.
Miscellaneous Items/Adjournment
1. Next Board Meeting Location The board revisited the location for the next meeting. Although it is scheduled for Fresno, it may be less expensive to meet in Burbank or Ontario because of transportation and the possibility of free hotel rooms. Poeppelman will investigate the hotel expense by July 4 weekend and Grobman will investigate the transportation expense.
2. NorCal Student Vice President Introduction Poeppelman suggestion that upon selection of the new NorCal vice president, the board pay for a weekend trip for him or her to southern California to meet the other student officers. Kirkham/Dobruck moved that upon selection of the new NorCal vice president, the board pay for a weekend trip for him or her to southern California to meet the other student officers. Motion approved.
3. Adjournment Dobruck/Kirkham move to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

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