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Spring Council Meeting Minutes
W.A. “Bing” LeCroy Career Technical Center
Charles Gilliland Conference Center
Clanton, Alabama
March 12, 2010
President, Holly Resmondo called the meeting to order at 5:15pm. In
attendance were Holly Resmondo, Tommy Rhodes, Tommy Mosley, Chris
Johnson, Tommy Glasscock, Debra Holcombe, Benny Reeves, Tiffaney
Plato, Brenda Johnson and guest LeRoy Hughes.
The February council minutes were approved as printed. The financial
statement reflected a balance of $2192.13 in checking, $5069.42 in
savings and $23,078.52 in the CD as of March 01, 2010 which was
presented by the treasurer Tommy Mosley. The report will be filed for
audit.
Committee reports were given as follows:
- Scholarship-Carol Knight-Scholarship –There was a great number
of applicants and the winners will be announced at tonight’s
meeting.
- Nomination-Tommy Rhodes agreed to chair this and with the help
of the council decided on the officers to be presented for
recommendation at tonight’s meeting.
- Necrology-Brenda Johnson selected members to help with the
ceremony tonight.
- Awards-Holly said she would ask the board by way of a vote to
decide on the award nominations through communication via email. She
would send this by May 1, 2010 so that the winners would have time
to meet the June 1 deadline for award packets to Grand Chapter.
- Fund Raising-Tommy Glasscock asked that we all continue to seek
donation for the auction at the AACTE Conference in June. A request
will be made in the spring newsletter to assist in obtaining items
for this activity
- Tiffaney Plato introduced LeRoy Hughes and explained that he was
interested in taking over the newsletter. All agreed that this was a
good idea and thanked him.
Under unfinished business Holly reported that she had heard from
Ann Gilmore and that our rooms and booth at summer conference would be
in the same locations as last year. Benny Reeves is working on the
menu for the food at the banquet. Holly will bring decorations for the
tables.
New officer nominations includes Tiffaney Plato as secretary, Chris
Johnson as vice-president and Bob Kimbrell as member at large.
Changes to committee chairs were made: Nominating-Tommy Rhodes,
Public Relations-LeRoy Hughes. Error in program was noted-Bob Kimbrell
as bylaws committee instead of Benny Reeves.
Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 5:55pm.
ANNUAL SPRING MEETING MINUTES
W.A. “Bing” LeCroy Career Technical Center
Charles Gilliland Conference Center
Clanton, Alabama
March 12, 2010
The Annual Spring Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter
was held at the W.A.“Bing” LeCroy Career Technical Center, March 12,
2010 in Clanton, Alabama.
President Holly Resmondo called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm. and
thanked everyone for coming. Chris Johnson gave the invocation. The
meal which was catered by Helen’s Place was enjoyed by everyone.
The following officers, council members, and guests were present:
Brenda Johnson, Wallace Johnson, Tommy Rhodes, Tiffaney Plato, Leroy
Hughes, Benny Reeves, Tommy Mosley, Charlotte Heatherly, Bob Kimbrell,
Dwight Holcombe, Carol G. Easterling, Carol Knight, Dale Knight, Debra
Holcombe, Holly Resmondo, Chris Johnson, Marsha Johnson, Tommy
Glasscock, Becky Pierce, Susan Harrison, Ben Scheierman, James
Kendrick, Landon and Lana Culver, Marcell Stiefel, Rodger Littlefield,
Tim Littlefield, Virginia Littlefield, Cynthia C. Littlefield.
After dinner Chris Johnson had prayer for members and families that
were sick or facing difficult situations. He introduced our guest
speaker Elmer Beseler Harris, retired president and CEO of Alabama
Power. Mr. Harris gave a very interesting and inspirational talk on
taking advantage of every opportunity life offers. He emphasized that
there is no substitute for relationships, to say yes to opportunities,
and that it’s the little things that make a big difference in life’s
decisions.
Holly Resmondo asked Tommy Rhodes, Grand Chapter Board Member, to
give a chapter update. He announced that Epsilon won many awards at
the November Grand Chapter meeting. Chapter awards included Red Key
Award, Outstanding Chapter. Individual awards were: Business and
Industry Workforce Developer-Larry Baggett & Bobby Conrad, Scholar of
the Year-Joanna Gembe, Outstanding Members-Tommy Glasscock & Chris
Johnson, Raymond L. Christensen Distinguished Service-Holly Resmondo.
The minutes were approved as printed. The financial statement
reflected a balance of $2192.13 in checking, $5069.42 in savings and
$23,078.52 in the CD as of March 01, 2010 which was presented by the
treasurer Tommy Mosley. The report will be filed for audit.
The following committee reports were given and approved as
presented:
- Nominating Committee: Tommy Rhodes presented the slate of
officers for 2010-2011; Tommy Glasscock-president, Chris
Johnson-vice-president, Tiffany Plato-secretary, Bob Kimbrell-board
member at large. They will be installed at the Summer meeting.
- The screening committee will present the list of nominees that
met the qualifications for membership and recommended that they be
issued a letter of invitation for membership.
- Scholarship Chair, Carol Knight announced the following winners:
- TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS:
- JC LindleyScholarship—Senitha Barnett
- Bill Provost Technical Lab Scholarship—Christie Hooper
- ITT Scholarship—Timothy Littlefield
- STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS:
- The Hulsey Scholarship—Logan McCool
- Ricky Bell Alumni Scholarship—Landon Culver
- Randall Peacock Scholarship—Courtney Scheurich
- Bill Provost Technical Lab Scholarship—Matthew Ledbetter
- Awards recipients will be selected by the ILS Epsilon Board of
Directors. Nominees for awards on the Grand Chapter level that
requires additional documentation will be notified of the June 1
deadline.
- Audit Committee: Chairperson, Carol Easterling reported that she
had met with Tommy Moseley and had gone through all the records
since he had taken the office of treasurer and found them to be in
perfect order. She praised him for his through record keeping.
- Bylaws Committee: Bob Kimbrell, chairperson reported that their
were a few minor changes that needed to be made and that they would
be presented at the Summer Meeting.
- Tiffaney Plato, Public Relations Chair announced that the
newsletters will be posted on the web page but will continue to be
mailed to those members that do not have internet access. All
committee chairs and members were asked to send in articles,
pictures, or other information to be included in the summer
newsletter by August 1st.
- Outstanding Chapter Chair, Holly Resmondo thanked all the
members that helped in making our chapter the outstanding chapter
once again.
- Fundraising Chair Tommy Glass reported that he had been working
with Bob Kimbrell, and all members on getting donations for the
auction to be held at the summer meeting in hopes to make this a
very successful and profitable event again this year.
All of the committee reports were approved.
The Necrology Ceremony presented by Brenda Johnson, Debra Holcombe,
Tiffaney Plato, Tommy Glasscock and Tommy Rhodes was held in memory of
Grady Elmore.
Tommy Rhodes reminded everyone that the summer meeting will be June
16 at the BJCC. Exact room locations will be determined later. Other
announcements were for members to schedule a time they can help in the
Epsilon booth. Practice will begin at 5:00, Initiation Ceremony at
6:00 followed by the banquet at 7:00. Jim Kendrick reported that JC
Lindley had planned to attend the meeting tonight and due to an
illness was unable to, but sent his wishes.
Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:55.
Fall Council Meeting Minutes
October 20, 2009 6:00pm
Helen’s Place
Clanton, AL
Charlotte Heatherly blessed the meal and everyone enjoy eating and
a short time of fellowship. After the meal president, Holly Resmondo
called the meeting to order at 6:40. In attendance were Tommy Rhodes,
Charlotte Heatherly, Tommy Glasscock, Debra Holcombe, Brenda Johnson,
Chris Johnson and Holly Resmondo.
The minutes of the July board meeting were approved as printed.
Debra announced that she had received the night before the meeting an
updated list of our active members from Anna Skinner, Grand Chapter’s
Secretary/Treasurer. She will compare this to her list as well as
Tommy Mosley’s list of paid members to continue the effort to get the
Epsilon membership list aligned with the Grand Chapter list.
Tommy Mosley sent the financial report, and it was filed for audit:
Checking $2,221.13; Savings $5,067.30; C/D $22,386.16. Tommy reported
that the only expenditure that he expected in the near future would be
a $500.00 scholarship for a student. In his report he also stated that
he had spoken with Anna Skinner and that we would receive our dues
reimbursement from the Grand Chapter at the Annual Meeting in
November. She also said that certificates would be mailed soon, and,
if any of our members wants to buy honor cords for graduations, she
has them for $4.00.
Charlotte Heatherly, Director gave her report and noted there was a
need to follow up on the scholarship guidelines. Since she was
stepping down from the position of Epsilon’s director, she gave out
CD’s and handouts to help Holly carry out the duties she had been
doing. The raffle was a huge success and resulted in a large donation
to the scholarship fund. Thanks to Bob Kimbrell for all his hard work.
Someone that plans to attend the Grand Chapter Meeting in November
needs to apply for the Training monies. The Annual Report has been
submitted. Charlotte handed out guidelines of officers’ duties and
timelines of activities of the chapter.
Committee reports were given as follows:
- Krisrti Creel, Nomination chairperson, not present and sent no
report.
- Brenda Johnson, Necrology chairperson, handed out a copy of the
list of names on the plaque and ask that we be sure and send her the
names of any members we are aware of for the upcoming service.
- Bob Kimbrell sent word that Tommy Glasscock would be heading up
the fund raising committee this year.
Public Relations:
- Tiffaney Plato has the newsletter ready to go out, as reported
by Holly. Deadline is November 1.
- Holly Resmondo is putting the finishing touches on the scrapbook
for the chapter of the year and it will go out soon. She asked that
we send her any email correspondence with the Grand Chapter.
New Business:
The calendar was planned for the upcoming year and will be posted on
the web page. Charlotte said she would type this and send a copy to
Holly.
Holly Resmondo and Tommy Glasscock will handle the planning for the
spring meeting which will be March 12, 2010, 6:00 at LeCroy Career
Technical Center. Our Board Meeting will be held at 5:00.
The Grand Chapter Meeting will be November 19-20 in Nashville,
Tennessee. Charlotte Heatherly moved that Holly contact Tommy Mosley
to provide funds for travel to the meeting. It was seconded and
passed.
Holly presented Charlotte with a gift of appreciation for all of
her hard work. Everyone is going to miss her dedication and planning
skills.
Holly asked that we keep in mind the need for a new director and to
send her names of anyone that might be interested.
Being no further business was pending the meeting was adjourned at
7:20
ANNUAL SUMMER MEETING
MINUTES
Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center
Birmingham, Alabama
July 20, 2009
The Annual Initiation Banquet and Summer Meeting of the Iota Lambda
Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic
Center, Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday, July 20, 2009. The initiation
was held at 6pm and the meeting and banquet followed at 7pm. Tommy
Rhodes, President, called the meeting to order and Tommy Glasscock
gave the invocation. The following officers, council members, and
guests were present:
Allen, Greg
Bain, Lee
Ballard, Steve
Braswell, Fred
Butler, Sheila
Collin, Craig
Cook, Charles
Daniel, Celia
Daniel, David
Dawkins, Brenda
Dudley, Gene
Gibson, Cheryl
Glasscock, Tommy
Hancock, Wade
Harris, David
Harris, Kay |
Heatherly, Charlotte
Holcombe, Debra
Holcombe, Dwight
Hughes, Leroy
Johnson, Chris
Johnson, Petro
Kimbrell, Bob
Knight, Carol
Mangham, Eva
Moncrief, Leslie
Mosley, Tommy
Nichols, Mandy
Pearce, Larry
Pearce, Judy
Powell, Mike
Reeves, Benny |
Reeves, Kitty
Resmondo, Holly
Rhodes, Tommy
Scheierman, Ben
Simon, Mary
Stewart, Robbie
Stringer, George
Stringer, Palma
Talley, David
Thompson, Ann
Warren, Gary-guest speaker
Watkins, Larry
Thomas, Carl |
Following the meal, Bob Kimbrell introduced the guest speaker, Gary
Warren, State Board of Education Member-District 7. He shared with us
his ideas and plans in supporting Career Technical Education. Being a
former Ag Instructor and Career Tech Director he understands our needs
and will definitely be our friend and advocate.
The minutes were approved as printed. Tommy Mosley, treasurer,
presented the financial report ending July 13, 2009. The report was
printed in the program. It reflected the following balances:
Checking-$3457.63, Savings-$5067.73, Certificate of Deposit- Wachovia
Bank $22,386.16. The report will be filed for audit.
Larry Pearce thanked everyone that helped with initiation and
encouraged all the new initiates to participate next year. The 2009
initiates introduced themselves. They are: Greg Allen, Steve Ballard,
Craig Collins, Charles Cook, Brenda Dawkins, Kay Harris, Petro
Johnson, Mandy Nichols, Michael Powell, Mary Simon, George Stringer,
Ann Thompson, Larry Watkins, Ronald Weaver.
Eva Mangham presented the following awards:
- Business and Industry Workforce Developer- Technical Training
Aids, Larry Baggett & Bobby Conrad
- J F Ingram – Holly Resmondo
- Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement- Lee Bain
- Distinguished Teacher- Becky Pierce
- Outstanding Member(s)- Tommy Glasscock and Chris Johnson
- Scholar of the Year- Juana Gembe
Bob Kimbrell announced that the scholarship fund raising project
was going well in the ILS booth and Charlotte Heatherly had some of
the items set up on the tables in the back and asked everyone to come
by and participate. The drawing is to take place Tuesday at 2:00 at
the ILS booth.
Charlotte Heatherly presented the following 2009-2010 officer
nominations for approval: President-Holly Resmondo,
Vice-President-Tommy Glasscock, Secretary-Debra Holcombe,
Treasurer-Tommy Mosley, Past-President-Tommy Rhodes, Historian-Cindy
Wigley, and new board member Chris Johnson. It was moved, seconded and
approved to accept these nominations.
Scholarship Chairperson, Carol Knight read thank you notes from the
four scholarship recipients, Ava Young, Ryan Hill, Juana Gembe and
Joey Edison.
Under unfinished business Debra Holcombe announced she had the 2008
members’ card and certificates to hand out after the meeting.
Charlotte Heatherly installed the new officers.
After farewell remarks Tommy Rhodes passed the gavel to Holly
Resmondo, and she presented Tommy with a gift in appreciation of his
presidency.
Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Council Meeting
ILS EPSILON BOARD MEETING
July 20, 2009
BJCC – Birmingham, Alabama
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 pm by President Holly
Resmondo. Council members present were Charlotte Heatherly, Benny
Reeves, Tommy Rhodes, Tommy Mosley, Holly Resmondo, Debra Holcombe,
Cindy Wigley, and Tommy Glasscock. The minutes were approved as
printed. Tommy Mosley, treasurer, presented the financial report
ending July 13, 2009. The report was printed in the program. It
reflected the following balances: Checking-$3457.63, Savings-$5067.73,
Certificate of Deposit- Wachovia Bank $22,386.16. The report will be
filed for audit.
Charlotte gave the director’s report and discussed the need for
only one source to update email addresses. It was decided that Bob and
Debbye would handle this. Items that had been donated for the
scholarship drawing would be sent a letter of appreciation by
Charlotte, and Bob would give her the information for this. Charlotte
shared that she had talked with Tommy Glasscock and Chris Johnson and
that they had agreed that LeCroy Technical Center would be our
permanent Spring meeting place and could also house/display some of
the plaques and memorabilia. We all say a big thank you for
this.
Under unfinished business the booth and fundraising project were
discussed. The location of the booth is the best it has ever been. We
need to all thank Ann Gilmore for this. As for the scholarship
fundraising raffle, it too is the best it has ever been. A big thank
you to Bob Kimbrell for organizing this and all his hard work. The
drawing will take place tomorrow, July 21, at 2:00 at the ILS booth.
Under new business it was discussed as to where to hold the Fall
Council Meeting that is scheduled for October 16, 2009 at Helen’s
Place at 5:00pm in Clanton. It was also decided to again include the
chairpersons of the committees at this meeting.
Charlotte asked for information that she would need to complete the
Annual Report. She needed to know who plans to attend the Grand
Chapter Meetings November 19 -20. It was decided that Holly Resmondo,
Tommy Mosley, Cindy Wigley and Tommy Rhodes would attend. Much to
everyone’s disappointment, Charlotte announced that she is resigning
as Executive Director due to the increased responsibilities she has
with her family. This will become effective at the end of the Fall
Board Meeting. Everyone understood and thanked her for the great job
she has done and wished her the best.
Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 pm.
Annual Spring Meeting
Minutes
W.A. “Bing” LeCroy Career Technical Center
Clanton, Alabama
March 27, 2009
The Annual Spring Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter
was held at the W.A.“Bing” LeCroy Career Technical Center March 27,
2009 in Clanton, Alabama.
President Tommy Rhodes called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. and
thanked everyone for coming. He also recognized that we were meeting
in the new conference room that was once Charles Gilliland’s
classroom. Charles passed away this year and Tommy shared how kind and
generous Charles had been over the past several years to allow the
Epsilon Board to use his classroom for meetings and to always have
some wonderful refreshments for them to enjoy. Debra Holcombe gave the
invocation prior to the meal.
The following officers, council members, and guests were present:
Brenda Johnson, Wallace Johnson, Tommy Rhodes, Tiffaney Plato, Benny
Reeves, Tommy Mosley, Charlotte Heatherly, Eva Mangham, Bob Kimbrell,
Dwight Holcombe, Carol G. Easterling, Carol Knight, Debra Holcombe,
Holly Resmondo, Gwen Davis, Leroy Hughes, Chris Johnson, Ann
Glasscock, Tommy Glasscock, Clara Gilliland, Mandy Johnson, Juana
Gembe, Cindy Gembe, Carmen Gembe, Wayne & Sandra Ussery, Andy and Ryan
Hill, David J. Daniel, Sherry & Tory Eidson, Bill & Sherry Key, Larry
& Judy Pearce, Becky & Doyle Pierce.
After dinner Sherry Key, Director, Office of Career Technical
Education gave an update on the state of Career Technical in Alabama.
She stated she was worried about the Perkins monies as well as the
economy and the high number of teachers that might lose their job.
Charlotte Heatherly, Director gave the Chapter Update which included
the following topics:
Ongoing topics included waiting for corrected new member’s membership
cards and certificates from Grand Chapter, collecting dues on a local
level and better communication with Grand Chapter. She asked everyone
to put their email address on the list being passed around since this
is our primary means of communicating. She announced items for sale:
golf towels, & t-shirts from Grand Chapter. As a means to help defray
the cost for new members as well as current members she will be
contacting business to secure sponsorships for the summer
banquet/meeting.
The minutes were approved as printed. The financial statement
reflected a balance of $1561.30 in checking, $5066.88 in savings and
$22,386.16 in the CD as of March 27, 2009 which was presented by the
treasurer Tommy Mosley. The report will be filed for audit.
The following committee reports were given and approved as
presented:
- Initiation Chair, Larry Pearce reminded everyone of the
importance to participate in the initiation ceremony at the summer
meeting and ask everyone to be prompt for practice.
- Nominating Committee: No report was given in the absence of
Kristi Creel.
- The screening committee report was presented with the list of
nominees that Cheryl had sent which stated that all the nominees had
met the qualifications for membership and recommended that they be
issued a letter of invitation for membership. There was one nominee
added to the list.
- Scholarship Chair Carol Knight announced the following winners:
- The Hulsey Scholarship awarded to Ava Brook Young a
nursing student from Limestone County Technical Center.
- Ricky Bell Alumni Scholarship was awarded to Ryan Hill
an electronic student.
Randall Peacock Scholarship was awarded to Juana Gembe-Garcia from
Randolph-Roanoke County Technical Center.
- ITT Technical Teacher Scholarship recipient is Joey Eidson.
He is a first year welding Instructor at Randolph-Roanoke County
Technical Center.
- Awards Chairperson Eva Mangham gave the list of nominations as
follows:
- Business and Industry Workforce Developer - Technical
Training Aids – Larry Baggett and Bobby Conrad.
- J F Ingram – Holly Resmondo, carry over from last year
so she can compete at the Grand Chapter.
- Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement - Lee Bain
- Distinguished Teacher - Becky Pierce – Chilton County
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
- Outstanding Member- Dual nomination-Tommy Glasscock and
Chris Johnson.
Nominees for awards on the Grand Chapter level that require
additional documentation will be notified of the June 1 deadline.
Epsilon members and the chapter were recognized at the Grand Chapter
in December. The plaques were presented to the following winners:
Kristi Webb Creel-Outstanding Member of the Year, Steven Price-Scholar
of the Year,
Eve Mangham-Distinguished Teacher Award, Warren Sadler–Randall Peacock
Lifetime Achievement Award, Teachers N Tools, Inc. Earnest
Scarborough-Chapter Business and Workforce Developer, Epsilon
Chapter-Blue Key Membership Award, Epsilon-Holly Resmondo-Outstanding
Chapter of the Year.
The proposed changes in the by-laws were presented by chairperson,
Bob Kimbrell. He presented printed copies of the proposed changes
which will be posted on the website for review by the members and then
presented for a vote at the summer meeting. The change consists of the
first sentence of Sections 1-9 of Article X – Standing Committees,
which specifies the number of members of each committee. The number
portion will be deleted.
Tiffaney Plato, Public Relations Chair announced that there would
be four newsletters published each year- winter, spring, summer, fall.
The newsletters will be posted on the web page but will continue to be
mailed to those members that do not have internet access. All
committee chairs and members were asked to send in articles, pictures,
or other information to be included in the summer newsletter by May
1st.
Outstanding Chapter Chair, Holly Resmondo thanked all the members
that helped in making our chapter the outstanding chapter once again.
Fundraising Chair Bob Kimbrell reported that he had been working on
getting donations for the auction to be held at the summer meeting and
that he would be contacting members to also help in this effort in
hopes to make this a very successful and profitable event.
All of the committee reports were approved.
The Necrology Ceremony, presented by Brenda Johnson, Debra
Holcombe, Carol Knight, Holly Resmondo and Tommy Rhodes, was held in
memory of Ed Blake, Charles Gilliland, Milt Mulder, Baby Hall, Louie
Madison, and Donnie Pinkard.
Tommy Rhodes reminded everyone that the summer meeting will be July 20
at the BJCC. Exact room locations will be determined later. Other
announcements were for members to schedule a time they can help in the
Epsilon booth. Practice will begin at 5:00, Initiation Ceremony at
6:00 followed by the banquet at 7:00. Two request for prayers
included: Lee Bain’s family in the passing of his mother-in-law and
Sarah Ray, her husband has cancer of the brain.
Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:20.
Council Meeting
February 6, 2009
Helen’s Place – Clanton, AL
President, Tommy Rhodes called the meeting to order at 6:05pm and
Tommy Mosley blessed the meal. In attendance were Tommy Rhodes,
Charlotte Heatherly, Tommy Mosley, Bob Kimbrell, Debra Holcombe, Benny
Reeves, Allen Rice, Brenda Johnson, Eva Mangham, Carol Knight and
Holly Resmondo.
After the meal and social time the minutes were read and approved.
Tommy Mosley gave the financial report and it was filed for audit:
Checking -$951.30; Savings-$5,066.48; C/D $22,386.16. Tommy explained
that due to awarding the current scholarships prior to receiving the
funds for them that he would need to move some monies from the saving
account for operating expenses.
Charlotte Heatherly, Director gave her report. She first reported
on the Grand Chapter meeting held in Charlotte, NC, December 4-5 2008.
There were four members present- Tommy Rhodes (delegate), Lee Bain,
Warren Sadler and herself. There was an increase in membership last
year and Gary Theil was installed as President for 2009. Membership
Certificates will be awarded for every ten years of active membership.
The delegates at the Grand Chapter Meeting voted to drop the required
years of membership for the Christensen Distinguished Service Award.
Epsilon was recognized as the Outstanding Chapter. Warren Sadler
received the Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award. Eva Mangham
was the recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award. A certificate
was presented to Kristi Creel for Epsilon’s Member and to Steven Price
as Epsilon’s Student Scholar of the Year.
This year’s dues invoices will be mailed to the Executive Director
in order to cut down on the confusion of who has or has not paid.
Members not paying at the summer meeting will have their invoice sent
to them. All dues are to be mailed to Tommy Mosley, Epsilon treasurer.
Charlotte reported that the new member’s certificates were mailed
to the new members but that the Grand Chapter had assigned them the
wrong number. Grand Chapter has not yet corrected the problem. We are
continuing our efforts to reconcile Epsilon’s membership roster to the
Grand Chapter roster.
Charlotte read a thank you note from Claire Gilliland, Charles’
wife in response to the letter of condolence we sent from our chapter.
Charlotte reported that sixteen emails and 1 letter had been sent
soliciting ads for the web page and that we were still experiencing
some problems with the newsletter, but solutions were being sought.
Committee reports were given as follows:
- Scholarship-Carol Knight-Scholarship deadline is February 15 and
will be awarded March 27th. It was decided not to award a
scholarship until the money had been received; therefore, March 1
was the date decided that the funds needed to be in before the
scholarship could be awarded. Also decided was that a person could
not be awarded a scholarship twice.
- By Laws-Bob Kimbrell- There was some discussion on section 7.3.
Bob is to get with the committee and look at this as well as other
areas of the bylaws that might need updating.
- Necrology-Brenda Johnson- Provided a list of members that should
be remembered at the spring meeting as well as a list of members
that had been recognized in previous years but was not yet included
on the board. She is in the process of bringing them up to date.
- Screening Committee-Cheryl Gibson. Report was read by Charlotte
Heatherly and filed with secretary.
- Awards-Eva Mangham-The following list of nominations for awards
was presented: JF Ingram Distinguished Service-Holly Resmondo,
Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award-Lee Bain, Member of the
Year-Dual nominations’ Tommy Glasscock & Chris Johnson, Business and
Industry Workforce Developer-Technical Training Aids- Larry Baggett
and Bobby Conrad, Distinguished Teacher-Becky Pierce, Scholar of the
Year will be selected by the scholarship committee.
- Fund Raising-Bob Kimbrell-He has requested several welding and a
few carpentry instructors to build small items to be auctioned at
the AACTE Conference. He also has in progress to auction/sell an
autographed football by Coach Nick Saben. Several manufactures will
also be contacted to donate products. A request will be made in the
spring newsletter and at the spring meeting to assist in obtaining
items for this activity.
- Tiffaney Plato has the newsletter almost ready to go out. Holly
Resmondo will work with her to get it out.
- Allen Rice-Audit Committee: Had no report
Holly Resmondo was congratulated for a job well done on the
scrapbook this year which won again.
The website is being updated and some dates needed to be changed to
correspond with deadline dates on forms and or applications found in
different areas of the website. Bob will take care of this.
The date for the summer meeting is July 20 in Birmingham. After
some discussion on where to have the ILS Initiation and Banquet Meal
to help keep the cost affordable for members as well as new members
and guest, a suggestion was made to try and seek sponsorships from
business and industries to pay for part of the meal. At the meeting
they will be recognized for their contribution. Last year’s cost was
around $2000.00. Allen Rice said that ITT would donate $500.00 toward
the meals. Charlotte was to contact other possible
industries/businesses that might be interested in this.
Charlotte announced that the Spring Meeting is set for March 27,
2009 in Clanton and will be held at the LeCroy Tech Center in what
used to be Charles Gilliland’s classroom. Registration for the meeting
will be in the Newsletter. Bob and Charlotte were to contact Gary
Warren to speak at the Spring Meeting.
Recruitment of new members was encouraged for everyone. How to be
more visible and appealing to prospective members was discussed. It
was suggested that we continue with a raffle at the summer meeting but
get started earlier with planning the booth. Holly Resmondo said she
would do a tri-fold publication and a banner to be used at the summer
meeting booth.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at
8:10pm.
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