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.