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Council Meeting Minutes

February 5, 2010
Helen’s Place – Clanton, AL

President Holly Resmondo called the meeting to order at 5:45 pm, and Tommy Mosley blessed the meal. In attendance were Holly Resmondo, Tommy Rhodes, Tommy Mosley, Chris Johnson, Debra Holcombe, Benny Reeves, Carol Knight and Cheryl Gibson.

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 -$1352.13; Savings-$5,067.73; C/D $23,078.52. Tommy explained that all 2009 awarded scholarships had been paid but a new $1000.00, a $500.00 student and teacher each scholarship from Ron Weaver of Technical Labs was embedded in the checking account, leaving a very small operating expense balance. He also reported that Anna Skinner, Secretary/Treasurer of ILS Grand Chapter has not sent the dues money for the Epsilon members that paid directly to the Grand Chapter.

Tommy Rhodes, past Epsilon president and ILS Grand Chapter committee member reported at the November Grand Chapter meeting that the Epsilon Chapter once again swept the awards. They are as follows: Red Key Membership Award; Chapter of the Year; Business and Industry Workforce Developer-Technical Training Aids, Larry Baggett & Bobby Conrad; Raymond Christopher Award-Holly Resmondo; Outstanding Member(s) Tommy Glasscock and Chris Johnson Scholar of the Year-Juana Gembe.

Committee reports were given as follows:

• Scholarship-Carol Knight-Scholarship deadline is February 25 and will be awarded March 12th. It was decided to contact Sarah Ray about publishing the scholarship information through the state department so it can get to all the teachers and students. There are a total of 3 teachers and 4 students scholarships to be awarded.
• Nomination-Kristie Creel-no report
• By Laws-Bob Kimbrell- no report
• Necrology-Brenda Johnson ask that any names of deceased members be sent to her and she will get them added to the plaque.
• Screening Committee-Cheryl Gibson recommends that the nomination for new members be extended to May 1, 2010. This was accepted and will be reflected on the updated calendar.
• Awards-Eva Mangham-No report. Holly Resmondo asked Debra Holcombe to contact Charlotte Heatherly and ask her to chair this for the coming year.
• Fund Raising-Tommy Glasscock no report. Holly asked that we all begin to seek donation for the auction that will be again at the AACTE Conference in June. A request will be made in the spring newsletter and at the spring meeting to assist in obtaining items for this activity. Tommy Mosley and Debra Holcombe will co-chair working the booth at the conference.
• Tiffaney Plato was not present but sent the newsletter for additions and corrections. It was decided to mail the newsletter as well as email it since we felt that more people responded to this than email. Holly Resmondo will work with her to get it out ASAP.
• Program-Tommy Glasscock not present but Holly had spoke with him and confirmed that the Spring meeting will be held at his facility and Chris Johnson is to get with him on the catering for menu and prices and get that to Tiffaney for the newsletter.
• Audit-Carol Easterling- not present, but Tommy Mosley said he would like for the books to be audited so he and Carol are going to try and meet early prior to the spring meeting to get this done.

Replacing the office of Director was tabled since no one had been able to get anyone for this position.

Under new business Holly is to get current information submitted to be posted on the website. Plans for Spring Meeting continues and the mail out of the newsletter. Holly announced that the office of secretary would be open for the coming year and asked for the board to be thinking of a replacement.

Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.

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:

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.

ANNUAL SUMMER MEETING MINUTES

Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center
Birmingham, Alabama
July 21, 2008

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 21, 2008. The initiation was held at 6pm and the meeting and banquet followed at 7pm. Tommy Rhodes, President, called the meeting to order and Dwight Holcombe gave the invocation. The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

Following the meal, Tommy Rhodes presented past President Bob Kimbrell with a president's pin and a pen and pencil desk set. The minutes were approved as printed. Tommy Mosley, treasurer presented the financial report ending July 14, 2008 that was printed in the program. It reflected the following balances: Checking-$4149.61, Savings-$5074.79, Certificate of Deposit- Wachovia Bank $22,000.00. The report will be filed for audit.

Charlotte Heatherly presented the following awards:

• Business and Industry Workforce Developer- Teachers N Tools, Inc. Owner, Earnest Scarborough.
• J F Ingram – Holly Resmondo
• Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement- Warren Sadler
• Distinguished Teacher- Eva Mangham
• Outstanding Member- Kristi Webb Creel
• Scholar of the Year- Steven Price

At this time all the new initiates introduced themselves. The new members are Cali Alexander, Canetha Bristol, James Kelvin Brown, Judy Brown, Stephen Byrd, James, W. Casey Debra Ellis, Marlon Harton, Dawn Hopper, Charles Leroy Hughes, Chris Johnson, Mike Maughan, Scott McCormick, Doug Miles, Leslie Moncrief, Richard Moncrief, Joanne Ojard, Donnell Perry.

Benny Reeves presented the bylaws revision for a vote and they passed.

Charlotte Heatherly, Director, announced that the scholarship fund had a raffle set up on the table up front and ask everyone to come by and participate. She introduced a former teacher scholarship winner Tommy Glasscock and asked him to say a few words. Debra Holcombe shared that the parents of Ashleigh Perry, last years scholarship winner had stopped by the Epsilon booth today and wanted to thank us for helping their daughter achieve her goal of attending Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise in Los Angeles, California.

A drawing was held for an ILS clock that was made by Wade Hancock and donated by Cheryl Gibson to be given to one of the new initiates. The winner was Kelvin Brown.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Council Meeting

ILS Epsilon Council Meeting
February 8. 2008 5:00 pm
Ryan’s Restaurant, Prattville, AL

After our meal the meeting was called to order by president Bob Kimbrell. In attendance were Charlotte Heatherly, Bob Kimbrell, Tommy Rhodes, Debra Holcombe, Tommy Mosley, Benny Reeves, Larry Pearce, Holly Resmondo, and Tiffany Plato.

The minutes were approved and in the absence of Darin Baldwin the financial report will be emailed. Darin had sent word by Bob Kimbrell that he would be resigning, but said he would stay on until we found a replacement. Bob Kimbrell encouraged the Executive Council members to submit names for treasurer by March 1. He would like to have a replacement by the Spring meeting. Discussion was also held about getting a second name on the checking account. The general consensus was that this needed to be pursued. Charlotte was directed to look into the process.

Charlotte Heatherly, Director, gave her report as follows. Four ads for the website were sold and plans for further solicitation will be forth coming. She commended Tiffany Plato on the great job she had done on the newsletter. Work is continuing on correlating membership and mailing rosters with the Grand Chapters’ list. Debra Holcombe is assisting with this task. A manual for ILS Epsilon is being developed and will contain information on how the chapter is organized. She also stated that she was successful in getting the EIN number for banking purposes.

Committee reports were given by the following:

• By Laws by Benny Reeves- The committee has not met but plans to do so soon and will have changes to present at the Spring Meeting.
• Awards by Charlotte Heatherly- The deadline had been extended to February 15 and the forms are on the website.
• Newsletter by Tiffany Plato-Thanked for the help with her first Newsletter and said it was in the mail and also posted on the website.
• Scrapbook by Holly Resmondo- Asked everyone to send her email correspondences between members and the Grand Chapter for the scrapbook. She also stated that we needed to publish information about Epsilon in local newspapers.

The following committee reports were provided by Charlotte Heatherly due to the chairpersons not being in attendance.

• Scholarship - Only one application has been received. The deadline will be extended and reminders placed in the newsletter.
• Screening - No applications have been submitted. The deadline will be extended. The application form is included in the newsletter.
• Nominations – Still trying to fill all positions but difficult to get members to respond.

Unfinished Business was covered in the committee reports.

New Business - Charlotte Heatherly reported the Spring meeting will be March 7, 2008 at the Upper Kingston Community Center in Prattville. And the caterer is Karen Tucker. Registration forms and directions to the site are included in the newsletter. Tommy Rhodes, Epsilon delegate, provided an update from the Grand Chapter meeting in December. Discussion was entertained about opening membership up to persons involved in workforce development. Charlotte Heatherly was directed to contact other chapters, Oklahoma and Texas, to see what they were doing. The chapter has received a 1099 form from the bank accounting for interest earned. The treasurer did not know what needed to be done or what was done in the past. Charlotte Heatherly was directed to follow up with former treasurer Jim Kendrick and other sources. The possibility of securing ILS badges to place on nametags was discussed. Charlotte Heatherly is to follow up with the Grand Chapter as to cost. Bob Kimbrell submitted, for discussion only, a proposal to appoint a special committee on fund raising. The general consensus of the council was that this is needed. The composition and the purpose of this committee were discussed. A tentative list of members was developed. A final decision will be made at a later date.

The meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.

Annual Spring Meeting Minutes

Upper Kingston Community Center
Prattville, Alabama
March 7, 2008

The Annual Spring Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Upper Kingston Community Center, March 7, 2008 in Prattville, Alabama. President Bob Kimbrell called the meeting to order and Dr. Tommy Mosley gave the invocation prior to the meal.

The following officers, council members, and guests were present:
James Kendrick, David Talley, Brenda Johnson, Wallace Johnson, Tommy Rhodes, Lee Bain, Tiffaney Plato, Peggy Jones, Benny Reeves, Tommy Mosley, Charlotte Heatherly, Eva Mangham, Gene Autry, Pete Newton, John Salter, Tim Turner, Meg Smith, Bob Kimbrell, Dwight Holcombe, Carol G. Easterling, Dawn Morrison, Carol Knight, Debra Holcombe, Al Griffin, Natalie Wood, Carl Thomas & Marianne, Bethany Clem, Darin Baldwin.

After dinner Bob Kimbrell recognized a few of the members that had not been with us for a while, Pete Newton, Gene Autry, and John Salter.

Charlotte Heatherly, Director gave the Chapter Update which included the following topics:
Ads on the Website, current and informative newsletters, correlating membership and mailing rosters with Grand Chapter, establishing an ILS Epsilon manual with guidelines and information on how the chapter is organized, obtained EIN number, and addressing the needs of the members. She asked for everyone to do their part.

Tommy Rhodes was recognized as being on the Grand Chapter Advisory Board. He commented that he will attend the board meeting in June and his goal is to establish better communications between Grand Chapter and Epsilon.

The minutes were approved as printed. The financial statement, reflected a true balance of $30,013.53 as of March 6, 2008 which was presented by the treasurer Darin Baldwin. The report will be filed for audit.

The following committee reports were given and approved as presented:

Initiation Chair, Larry Pearce was unable to attend but sent word that he would be contacting members to participate in the initiation ceremony at the summer meeting.

Nominating Committee report was given in the absence of Kristi Creel announcing the officer candidates for approval. The committee chairs are as follows: Public Relations-Tiffaney Plato, Nominations-Kristi Creel, Scholarship-Carol Knight, Outstanding Chapter-Holly Resmondo, By Laws-Benny Reeves, Initiation-Larry Pearce, Awards-Charlotte Heatherly, Screening-Cheryl Gibson, and Necrology-Brenda Johnson.

The screening committee given by Brenda Johnson presented 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. The deadline for nominating members will be extended to May 15.

Scholarship Chair, Carol Knight announced the following winners:

• The Hulsey Scholarship awarded to Steven Charles Price, a drafting student at Gardendale High School plans to enter Wallace State Community College in the fall and study drafting.
• Ricky Bell Alumni Scholarship was awarded to Joseph Francis Davis of Eufaula High School. He will begin classes in drafting and design technology this fall on the Sparks Campus of Wallace Community College.
• JC Lindley Teacher Scholarship was awarded to Vicky Gary, a first year cosmetology teacher at Hueytown High School.
• ITT Tech Teacher Scholarship recipient is Timothy Barksdale. He is the ILT Department Instructor and is working on certification in management of technology.

Awards Chairperson-Charlotte Heatherly gave the list of nominations as follows:

• Business and Industry Workforce Developer- Teachers N Tools, Inc. Owner, Earnest Scarborough.
• J F Ingram –Holly Resmondo
• Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement-Warren Sadler
• Distinguished Teacher-Eva Mangham
• Outstanding Member-Kristi Webb Creel

Nominees for awards on the Grand Chapter level that requires 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: Wade Hancock-Outstanding Member of the Year, Ashleigh Kristin Perry-Scholar of the Year, Debra Holcombe-Raymond Christensen Distinguished Service Award, ITT Technical Institute-Chapter Business and Workforce Developer, Epsilon Chapter-Blue Key Memebrship Award, Epsilon-Holly Resmondo-Outstanding Chapter of the Year.

The proposed changes in the by-laws were reported by Benny Reeves and he announced that they would be printed in the next newsletter as well as posted on the website for review by the members and then presented for a vote at the summer meeting.

Tiffaney Plato, Public Relations Chair announced that there would be three newsletters published each year- 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. She asked members to fill out the information for their local newspaper so the she can send them information and inform the communities of the success of our chapter. All committee chairs and members were asked to send in articles, pictures, or other information to be included in the summer newsletter by May 30th.

Program Chair, Tommy Rhodes announced that the summer meeting will be in Birmingham July 21, and encouraged everyone to nominate a new member and to come and participate.

Outstanding Chapter Chair, Holly Resmondo sent her regrets that she was unable to attend but wanted to commend all the members that helped in making our chapter the outstanding chapter once again.

Lee Bain moved to accept the committee reports, it was seconded and approved.

The Necrology Ceremony presented by Lee Bain, Debra Holcombe, Meg Smith, John Salter and Bob Kimbrell was held in memory of Von Stephens, Charlie Hayden, Myron Jones, E.L. Darden, A.C. Bardon, J.F. Drake and Earl Bowers.

Bob Kimbrell appointed the members of the Fundraising Committee as follows: Chair, Tommy Mosley, Dorothy Adams, Cliff Ratliff, Sandra Tittle, Bill Deery, Nancy Wilson, Bethany Clem and Al Griffin.

After comments from outgoing president, Bob Kimbrell, the 2008 officers were installed by Brenda Johnson. They are as follows: President-Tommy Rhodes, Vice-President-Holly Resmomdo, Past-President-Bob Kimbrell, Secretary- Debra Holcombe, Treasurer-Tommy Mosley, Initiation Chair-Larry Pearce, and Board Members-Benny Reeves, Al Griffin, Brenda Johnson.

Incoming President Tommy Rhodes thanked Bob for the job he had done and will present him with a plaque at the summer meeting.

Being no further business the meeting was adjourned.