2008

• Summer Meeting
• Council Meeting
• Spring Meeting

2007

• Summer Meeting
• Council Meeting
• Spring Meeting

2006

• Council Meeting
• Spring Meeting
• Summer Meeting

2005

• Spring Meeting
• Board Meeting
• Special Called Council Meeting
• Summer Meeting

2009-2010 Minutes

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.

Annual Summer Meeting Minutes

Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama
July 18, 2007

The Annual Initiation Banquet and Summer Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday, July 18, 2007. The initiation was held at 6pm and the meeting and banquet followed at 7pm. Bob Kimbrell, President, called the meeting to order and Tommy Mosley gave the invocation. The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

Following the meal, Bob Kimbrell welcomed the new members and gave a special recognition to Cheryl Gibson for the dedicated work that she gave during her time of service to the Epsilon Chapter as director and interim treasurer. The minutes were approved as printed with the exception of changing summer minutes to spring minutes. Darin Baldwin submitted a copy of the treasurer report ending June 30, 2007. The total of all accounts was $30,150.31.

Carol Knight, scholarship chair, announced that Ashley Perry had been selected as Epsilon’s ‘Scholar of the Year’ from the scholarship winners. She will be recognized at the Grand Chapter and presented a certificate. Carol read a letter she sent since she was unable to attend the meeting.

At this time Benny Reeves presented the ITT Technical Teacher Scholarship to Cliff Ward an Auto Collision Instructor from Clanton, Alabama.

Charlotte Heatherly, Awards Chair, presented the following awards:

• Plaque to Holly Resmondo in appreciation for her dedicated work in compiling the Chapter of the Year book.
• Distinguished Teacher—Rick Garrison, Drafting Instructor at Cullman Career Center.
• Randall Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award—James Kendrick, retired State Specialist.
• Epsilon Outstanding Member—Wade Hancock, recently retired welding instructor at Cullman Career Center
• Chapter Business and Workforce Developer—ITT Technical Institute
• J F Ingram Distinguished Service Award—Debra Holcombe, recently retired cosmetology instructor at Cullman Career Center.

Wade Hancock, Initiation Committee Chairman, thanked all who helped with the initiation ceremony and had the new initiates to introduce themselves. The new members are Vonda Bailey, Sheila Butler, Martha Cosby, Celia Daniel, Marcia Day, Tina DeBruyne, Bill Deery, Donald Dotson, Al Griffin, Sherry Key, Eva Manghan, Marion Powell, Cliff Ratliff, Alma Somerville, Butch Starnes, Robbie Stewart, Carl Thomas, Timothy Turner, Janie Ward, and Cindy Wigley. Wade introduced Larry Pearce who will be replacing him as chair of the initiation committee.

Benny Reeves presented the bylaws revision and moved to accept. After a second was received, the bylaws were passed as revised. 

Bob Kimbrell asked everyone to fill out the form in the back of the program with their email address to enable the development of an ILS Epsilon mailing list. This will enhance communication with members.

Announcements were made, and award winners were asked to stay for pictures.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Annual Spring Meeting Minutes

Holiday Inn
Prattville, Alabama
May 4, 2007

The Annual Spring Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Holiday Inn May 4, 2007 in Prattville,, Alabama. President Brenda Johnson called the meeting to order and Wes Grant gave the invocation followed by the meal at 6:30.

The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

The minutes were approved as printed. The financial statements, showing a Super Saver Account ‘Husley’ balance of $6,069.14 General Scholarship balance of $2,881.57, the Regular Scholarship balance of $2,937.61 and Certificates Balance of $11,085.89 were presented by the treasurer Jim Kendrick, approved, and filed for audit.

Following the meal, Wes Grant gave an update from the ILS Grand Chapter. He reported that our chapter had been awarded the Blue Key Membership Award and the Outstanding Chapter Award.

Jim Kendrick announced the following $500.00 student scholarship recipients for 2007-08:

• Ricky Bell Scholarship:
  • David Edward Lawhorn, Drafting student at Limestone County CTC plans to continue his education at Calhoun Community College.
  • Sheelor/Bill Provost Scholarship:
    Daniel Thomas Lawhorn, Drafting student at Limestone County CTC plans to earn a degree in Industrial Maintenance at Calhoun Community College.
• Hulsey Scholarship:
  • Bradley Colton Diamond, an electrical student at Randolph-Roanoke CTC plans to attend Gadsden State Community College-Ayers Campus.
• Randall Peacock Scholarship:
  • Ashleigh Kristin Perry from Dothan Technical Center plans to pursue a degree in the fashion design/marketing program at Wallace Community College in Dothan.
• One of these winners will be selected as the Epsilon Outstanding Scholar to represent our Chapter at the Grand Chapter in Las Vega, Nevada in December.
• J.C. Lindley Teacher Scholarship: announced by Mr. Lindley
  • Tim Turner a Welding Instructor at Gardendale High School. He is working toward his master level of certification at Athens College.

The following committee reports were given and approved as presented:

Tommy Rhodes gave the Nominating Committee report. He announced the officer candidates for approval and they were accepted.

The screening committee presented the list of nominees and Cheryl said that all nominees had met the qualifications for membership to be initiated at the summer meeting.

In the absence of Awards Chairperson-Charlotte Heatherly, Debra Holcombe read the report that the Epsilon Chapter Awards have been aligned with the Grand Chapter Awards. The deadline for nominations was April 1 and the committee will announce the winners at the Summer Meeting.

The changes in the by-laws were printed in the program and it was announced that they would also be printed in the next newsletter and then presented for a vote at the summer meeting.

Tommy Rhodes announced that Holly Resmondo sent her regrets that she was unable to attend but ask everyone to continue to send her the items needed for the outstanding scrapbook.

The 2007-08 committees were printed in the program and were presented as printed except for changing the initiation chairperson to Larry Pearce and Nomination Chairperson to Kristi Creel.

At this time the Necrology Ceremony was held in memory of Earl Roberson, Ralph Dorroh.

After comments from outgoing president, Brenda Johnson, Benny Reeves installed the new officers. They are as follows: President-Bob Kimbrell, Vice-President-Tommy Rhodes,
Past-President-Brenda Johnson, Secretary- Debra Holcombe, Treasurer-Darin Baldwin, Initiation Chair-Larry Pearce, and Board Member-Benny Reeves

Incoming President Bob Kimbrell thanked Brenda for the job she had done and presented her with a plaque for her dedicated service.

Several announcement were made including: Get items for the next newsletter to Wes Grant by May 15; Annual Initiation Banquet and Summer Meeting July 18, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Being no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Council Meeting

LeCroy Technology Center, Clanton, Alabama
March 23, 2007

After enjoying the good refreshments, the meeting was called to order by President Brenda Johnson at 5:00 pm. The following council members and guests were present: Brenda Johnson, Wade Hancock, Benny Reeves, Tommy Rhodes, Jim Kendrick, Debra Holcombe, Charlotte Heatherly, Charles Gilliland. Brenda noted that it was good to see Charlotte back with us after her illnesses, and everyone agreed wholeheartedly.

The secretary checked the roll and presented the minutes. They were approved as printed. Jim Kendrick gave the financial report as of March 1, 2007, as follows: total fund balance with accounts and CD’s of $29,584.88.
In the absence of Wes Grant, Brenda Johnson gave a report from the Grand Chapter meeting he and four other Alabama members attended in December. The Epsilon Chapter received the Blue Key Award for inducting at least 15 members and the Outstanding Chapter Award. A big thanks to Holly was given by all for her excellent scrapbook which resulted in the Outstanding Chapter Award. Brenda Johnson received the Raymond Christensen Distinguished Service Award (J.F. Ingram Active), and Tommy Rhodes received the Iota Lambda Lifetime Achievement Award.

Brenda then presented the bylaw items that need to be considered for changes. The group discussed these and voted to present these to the membership for consideration. They were as follows: Scholarships will be awarded at the Spring meeting, removal of the Golf Committee, Awards to be renamed to align with the Grand Chapter’s and the mailing address of the Epsilon Chapter be that of the Director.

The following committee reports were given and approved:

Public Relations: Discussion was held concerning as to who would man the booth at conference. No decision was made. Wes is to be in charge of the newsletter.

Scholarship: Jim Kendrick reported that Carol Knight was to be the chairperson of the Scholarship Committee and he would remain on as a member to assist her as needed.

Initiation:  Chairperson, Wade Hancock said he would help to contact possible replacements to take over his position and give their names to Tommy Rhodes for consideration. The new initiation chairperson will take over following the summer meeting and be given all the initiation supplies. Also it was discussed that the chapter was in need of a place to store all its memorabilia.

Awards Committee: Chairperson, Charlotte Heatherly said she would rework the awards and send them to Bob Kimbrell to be posted on the Web page and that the deadline would be April 1, 2007, for nominations. She proposed, and the board agreed to have an Epsilon Chapter Scholar of the Year (high school division) to be recognized at Grand Chapter. Also, a decision was made to award recognition to an outstanding industry that makes outstanding contributions supporting technical education in the state.

Outstanding Chapter: Chairperson, Holly Resmondo accepted the award for Epsilon at Grand Chapter.

Mailing rosters were looked at and updated with approximately 120 active paid members. A question was raised about the Emeritus membership and Debra Holcombe is to contact Anna Skinner to get the application form and have it posted on our Web page. Tommy Rhodes said he was working on the slate of officers to be presented at the spring meeting and welcomed any volunteers or suggestions.

The Spring Meeting will be May 4 at the Holiday Inn, Prattville, Alabama, Board Meeting at 5:00 and the meal at 6:30.

The Committees for 2007-2008 were appointed for approval at the Spring Meeting.

Brenda thanked Charles Gilliland for hosting the meeting again.

Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:00.

Council Meeting

LeCroy Technology Center, Clanton, Alabama
October 6, 2006

After enjoying the good refreshments the meeting was called to order by president, Brenda Johnson at 5:15 pm. The following council members and guests were present: Brenda Johnson, Wade Hancock, Benny Reeves, Tommy Rhodes, Jim Kendrick, Wes Grant, Debra Holcombe, Ronnie Hayes, Charles Gilliland and Wallace Johnson.

The secretary checked the roll and presented the minutes. They were approved as printed. Jim Kendrick gave the financial report as of August 31 as follows: General Fund balance of $7,888.59 and a General Scholarship balance of $15,627.17, and the Hulsey Scholarship fund balance of $7,515.53. After some discussion and a recommendation from Jim Kendrick that the chapter purchase three separate CD’s for one year. This motion passed. It was discussed that some people are still sending dues to the Grand Chapter instead of directly to Jim; however he said that Anna was sending our portion to us when this occurs.

Tommy Rhodes reported that he had talked with Darin Baldwin and he had agreed to take over the treasurer. Jim will continue on with Darin assisting for the remainder of this year. The Board passed the need to change the bylaws to award the scholarships at the spring meeting instead of the summer. This will be presented for a vote at the next meeting. The board also established the policy to award four student and two teacher scholarships per year. Brenda pointed out some revisions that needed to be made on various forms and these will be in the newsletter and on the web page.

At this time Brenda read the resignation from Cheryl Gibson as Co-Director. We discussed some possible replacements but nothing was decided. Wes and Cheryl are to create a list of duties to help in the transition stage. Since Cheryl’s resignation was to become effective immediately and she had been doing the newsletter, it was decided to send all information for the newsletter to Wes and he will get Brad White to print it.

The following committee reports were given and approved:

Awards Committee Cheryl Gibson sent word that the forms for Brenda Johnson and Tommy Rhodes had been sent to Grand Chapter for the Grand Chapter awards selection.

Jim Kendrick reported that all the scholarships had been processed.

Wade Hancock, Initiation Chairperson turned in his resignation effective following the summer meeting.

Holly Resmondo, Outstanding Chapter Chairperson had asked Tommy Rhodes to announced that the book had been mailed.

Update for the Web page is to be sent to Bob Kimbrell to give to Debbye. Debra Holcombe is to update the letterhead and forward to board members. It was decided to hold a board meeting in February therefore the appointment for new committees and the planning of the summer meeting were tabled until then. Brenda Johnson and Holly Resmondo were appointed as delegates to the Grand Chapter meetings to be held in conjunction with the National ACTE Conference in Atlanta, Georgia November 30-December 1, 2006.

Brenda thanked Charles Gilliland for hosting the meeting again.

Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:45.

Annual Summer Meeting Minutes

Riverview Plaza Hotel
Mobile, Alabama
July 17, 2006

The Annual Initiation, Banquet and Summer Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday, July 17, 2006. The initiation was held at 6pm and the meeting and banquet followed at 7pm. Brenda Johnson, President, called the meeting to order and Wes Grant gave the invocation. The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

Following the meal, Wes Grant gave a chapter update. He reported the activities of the Grand Chapter’s meeting at the ACTE conference in December 2005. He challenged members to be more dedicated and encourage better attendance at each meeting. He reminded us that we had earned the Blue Key award last year and would receive again this year since we had initiated fifteen members tonight. He also mentioned the new Grand Chapter website and explained the national dues increase with five of the ten dollars being put in a 889CD with the other five being used for operational expenses.

Brenda Johnson, President expressed what a special meaning the initiation had been for her and thanked her husband, Wallace and Cheryl Gibson, Co-Director for all their help in making the meeting happen. She also explained that we had several members absent related to illnesses, which included Jim Kendrick, Benny Hayes, and Grady Elmore. Also J.C. Lindley was unable to attend and this was his 50th anniversary for his initiation into ILS. Brenda told everyone about the ILS Booth and ask for volunteers to work it tomorrow and encouraged everyone to come by and pick up an ILS ribbon for their nametag. A motion was approved to accept the minutes as printed and the financial statement and audit report was delayed until the spring meeting.

Wade Hancock, Initiation Committee Chairman, thanked all who helped with the initiation ceremony. At this time the members that nominated the new initiates introduced them and shared with the group why they thought each new member was worthy to become a part of the Epsilon Chapter. Following this they shared with the group about themselves and how honored they were to be a part of this elite group. The new members are Darrel Adams, Dorothy Adams, Matt Adams, Bridgette Chandler, David Daniel, Rebecca Eason, Carol Easterling, Mike Evans, Rick Garrison, Carol Knight, Tiffaney Plato, Orval Seay, Margaret Smith, Sandra Tittle, Nancy Wilson.

Benny Reeves reported on the scholarship fund and expressed the importance of contributing to this great cause. Following this Brenda Johnson presented Benny with his past president’s pin.

The 2007 Committees were approved and under new business Dr. Tommy Mosley replaced Dr. Bob Kimbrell as a board member.

Announcements were made and new initiates were asked to stay for pictures.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Annual Spring Meeting Minutes

Holiday Inn Prattville, Alabama
April 21, 2006

The Annual Spring Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Holiday Inn April 22, 2005 in Prattville,, Alabama.

The social hour began at 5:00pm followed by the meal at six. President Benny Reeves called the meeting to order, and Jim Kendrick gave the invocation.

The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

Following the meal, Cheryl Gibson gave an update from the ILS Grand Chapter in the absence of Wes Grant. She reported that out chapter had been awarded the Blue Key Membership Award because we had seventeen members inducted last year.

Darin Baldwin gave a PowerPoint presentation explaining the Career/Technical Education Teacher/Administrator Mentor program to the group and thanked the council for agreeing to have our chapter help support this program.

Jim Kendrick had Mr. J.C. Lindley to come to the front to present to the Epsilon Chapter a donation to the teacher scholarship fund in the amount of $10,000.00. Following this Jim Kendrick announced the following student scholarship recipients for 2005-2006:

• Ricky Bell Scholarship:
  • Amanda Louise Baker from Carbon Hill, Alabama
• Sheelor/Bill Provost Scholarship:
  • Brittany Lashawn McMray from Hope Hull, Alabama
• Hulsey Scholarship:
  • Katherine Alaina Hudson from Cullman, Alabama
• Randall Peacock Scholarship:
  • Whitney Dyna Smothers from Addison, Alabama

Jim then announced the winners of the teacher scholarships:

Sam Perryman from Dothan, Tommy Glasscock from Clanton, Darrel Davis from Selma, and Tim Brandon for Dothan.

The minutes were approved as printed. The financial statement, showing a general fund balance of $5,283.68; general scholarship fund balance of 7,858.22; and the Husley Scholarship Fund balance as $7,404.52 was presented by the treasurer Jim Kendrick, approved, and filed for audit.

The following committee reports were given and approved as presented:

Cheryl Gibson reported that there had been nine new member nominees this year. The list of nominees was presented by the screening committee and Cheryl said that all nominees had met the qualifications for membership to be inducted at the summer meeting. Upon the recommendation of the screening committee it was moved, seconded and passed that the deadline for submitting new member nominations be extended until May 25, 2006.

In the absence of Charlotte Heatherly, Cheryl Gibson announced the award recipients and presented them with a plaque. This year’s award recipients are as follows:

JF Ingram, Retired—Peggy Jones
JF Ingram, Active—Brenda Johnson
Christensen Lifetime Achievement—Tommy Rhodes

Tommy Rhodes gave the Nominating Committee report. He announced the officer candidates for approval and they were accepted. The Epsilon Chapter officers for 2006-07 are as follows: Co-Directors-Cheryl Gibson and Wes Grant, President-Brenda Johnson, Vice-President-Bob Kimbrell, Debra Holcombe-Secretary, Jim Kendrick-Treasurer, Don Tomlinson-Historian, Past President-Benny Reeves, and Wade Hancock-Initiation Team Chair. The 2005-06 Council Members are, Lee Bain, Keith Andrews, Bob Kimbrell, Holly Resmondo, Charlotte Heatherly.

The Committee on Committees recommended 2006-07 Committees were approved as printed in the program. All the committee reports were approved.

At this time the Necrology Ceremony was held in memory of Dr. Leo Sumners and I.W. Mitchell.

Under unfinished business Bennie Reeves announced that Mr. Rice of ITT had authorized that the $500.00 donation to the scholarship fund continue for another year.

Lee Bain announced that Alabama would be hosting the Region II ACTE Conference October 12-14 in Mobile. He also announced that he was running this year for president of ACTE.

After comments from outgoing president, Benny Reeves, Tommy Mosley installed the new officers.

Incoming President Brenda Johnson thanked Benny for the job he had done and said she looked forward to an exciting and active year for ILS

Being no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Annual Spring Meeting Minutes

Holiday Inn, Prattville, Alabama
April 22, 2005

The Annual Spring Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Holiday Inn April 22, 2005, in Prattville, Alabama. The social hour began at 5:00 pm followed by the meal at six. President Ronnie Hays called the meeting to order, and Wes Grant gave the invocation.

The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

Following the meal, Nancy Beggs, State Director of Career Technical Education gave an update from the office of Career Technical Education. She reported that the second year partnership with ISO had been approved and that in March a $10 million bond had been issued for career technical education which was good until 2008.

Patricia Payne, Education Specialist, US Navy Recruiting District Headquarters in Montgomery was the guest speaker. She shared with us the updated requirements for new enlistments which were based on three areas, mental, physical and moral standards. She also discussed there visits to the schools and the ASVAB test.

The minutes were approved as printed. The financial statement, showing a general fund balance of$5,692.47, general scholarship fund balance of 7,392.04, and the Husley Scholarship Fund balance as $7,255.58 was presented as printed by Interim Treasurer, Cheryl Gibson, approved, and filed for audit.

The following committee reports were given and approved as presented:

Cheryl Gibson reported that there had been only five new member nominees this year. The list of nominees was presented by the screening committee and Cheryl said that all nominees had met the qualifications for membership to be inducted at the summer meeting. Upon the recommendation of the screening committee it was moved, seconded and passed that the deadline for submitting new member nominations be extended until May 30, 2005.

In the absence of Charlotte Heatherly, Wes Grant announced the award recipients and presented them with a plaque. This year’s award recipients are as follows:

• J.F. Ingram, Retired—Mark Jacobs
• J.F. Ingram, Active—Benny Reeves
• Distinguished Service—
• New Member—Darin Baldwin
• Distinguished Teacher—Larry Pearce 
• Christensen Lifetime Achievement—Ann Gilmore

Cheryl Gibson in the absence of Tommy Rhodes gave the Nominating Committee report. He announced the officer candidates for approval and they were accepted. The Epsilon Chapter officers for 2005-06 are as follows: Co-Directors-Cheryl Gibson and Wes Grant, President-Benny Reeves, Vice-President-Brenda Johnson, Debra Holcombe-Secretary, Jim Kendrick-Treasurer, Don Tomlinson-Historian, Past President-Ronnie Hays, and Wade Hancock-Initiation Team Chair. The 2005-06 Council Members are, Lee Bain, Keith Andrews, Bob Kimbrell, Holly Resmondo, Charlotte Heatherly.

The Committee on Committees recommended 2005-06 Committees were approved as printed in the program. All the committee reports were approved.

At this time the officers held the Necrology Ceremony in memory of Randall Peacock.

Under unfinished business Bennie Reeves announced that Mr. Rice of ITT had authorized that the $500.00 donation to the scholarship fund continue for another year.

Under new business the recommended by-law changes ere discussed and approved to be published in the next newsletter to then be voted on at the Summer Meeting. The council reported that the workload to carry out the duties necessary to keep Epsilon an strong and thriving chapter had grown too large for the average classroom teacher and recommended that we needed to seek people to do a lot of the work and compensate them accordingly. They also recommended that since we would now be collection dues locally to also compensate the treasurer. This was approved. The council will take care of each of these. It was announced that we would have a booth at summer conference and to sigh up for a time to work in it.

Ronnie Hayes and Wes Grant gave a report on the Grand Chapter meeting. It was decided that our chapter would collect the dues locally and then send the Grand Chapter their portion.

After comments from outgoing president, Ronnie Hays, Bob Kimbrell installed the new officers.

Incoming President Benny Reeves thanked Ronnie for the job he had done and concluded with a few personal comments and encouraged everyone to do more for ILS in the coming year as he promised to do.
Being no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Board Meeting Minutes

Holiday Inn Prattville, Alabama
April 22, 2005

The meeting was called to order by Co-Director, Cheryl Gibson at 5:00 pm.

Council members present were Cheryl Gibson, Debra Holcombe, Wade Hancock, Bob Kimbrell, Benny Reeves, Ronnie Hays, Jim Kendrick and Wes Grant.

The first item of business was to decided on the place and date for the summer meeting. After discussion it was decided to meet on Monday, July 25, 2005. The place would be decided later after checking on prices and other matters.

Wes is going to check with Ann Gilmore about getting us a booth at the conference and the possibility of the Epsilon Chapter presenting a workshop at the conference was also discussed. No action was taken on this.

It was brought up that the Web page needed to be updated and after much discussion it was recommended that the council seek an outsider to do this as well as the newsletter and that they be compensated for this. It was also decided that the treasurer should receive some compensation especially since they would now be collecting dues on the local level. These recommendations would be presented at the Spring Meeting that same evening.

Fundraisers were discussed to ensure the feasibility to do the above recommendations or possibly a dues increase. No action was taken on this at this time.

With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 5:55 pm.

Special Called Council Meeting

CTE Office, Montgomery, Alabama
May 19, 2005

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by president Benny Reeves. Attending were Wes Grant, Cheryl Gibson, Brenda Johnson, Wade Hancock, Debra Holcombe, Bob Kimbrell, Ronnie Hayes and Benny Reeves.

The first item of business was the planning of the summer meeting. The date was set for Monday, July 25 and the meeting places, both the initiation and banquet to be at the BJCC with them to prepare the meal. Benny is to get with them on the menu and the exact cost. It was decided that there would be an additional $10.00 to pay on site. Registration information is to go out in the summer newsletter by June 3. Debra is to send information to the new initiates as soon as Cheryl gets them to her. The new initiates is the include Sardinia Peacock as an honorary inductee. Wade is to order the initiates pins and two past president pins. Brenda Johnson is to put together a new brochure.

The next item of business was the decision to have an ILS Epsilon Website. Bob Kimbrell gave the proposal and after some discussion it was decided to do this and that the domain would be www.ilsepsilon.com, with Debbye Chambers to be in charge of this. The initial cost was $192.35 which includes $8.95 for annual domain cost, $83.40 annual web hosting cost and $100.00 for design and set up. The other cost will include a $100.00 fee for each of the three updates; August, December, and May. In addition to the updates these fees include: keeping website email links updated when there is a necessary change, updating the calendar, and newsletter/newsletter archive as necessary, adding announcements, photos, articles, etc, maintaining support for the member forum and any other minor updates or changes as needed. The council felt as though this is a very effective way to get information out and to keep the members informed and updated regularly.

After some discussion of the amount it was decided to pay Jim Kendrick $45.00 per month to maintain the Epsilon Financial Record. Billing for dues to be collected on the state level will begin June 1.

The board approved that Jim Kendrick and Cheryl Gibson maintain their current committee positions as well as their elected office. Other items that needed taken care of were as follows: Wes Grant agreed to contact Ann Gilmore to get permission to announce the ILS Scholarship winners at the AACTE General Session.; Bob Kimbrell is to contact Don Tomlinson concerning the Historian position.; Benny Reeves is to contact Ted Craven about the Golf Tournament and to get to Teresa Bradford information for the summer newsletter. After looking at the nomination form for new members the committee consolidated it and it will be used for 2006.

As a final item of business the recommended by-law changes were discussed and covered thoroughly from the handout presented by Bob Kimbrell. They passed and will be printed in the summer newsletter and then will be presented at the summer meeting to be voted on. The meeting adjourned at 6:30pm.

Annual Summer Meeting Minutes

Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center, Birmingham, AL
July 25, 2005

The Annual Initiation, Banquet and Summer Meeting of the Iota Lambda Sigma, Epsilon Chapter was held at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday, July 25, 2005. The initiation was held at 6pm and the meeting and banquet followed at 7pm. Benny Reeves, President, called the meeting to order and Wes Grant gave the invocation. The following officers, council members, and guests were present:

Following the meal, Wes Grant gave a chapter update. He reported the activities of the Grand Chapter’s meeting at the ACTE conference in December, 2004. He also gave updated information on the status of national legislation affecting career technical legislation and encouraged members to stay informed and remain active in their communications with state and national legislators.

A motion was approved to accept the minutes as printed.

The financial statement as of July 13, 2005, was given by Jim Kendrick, Treasurer. The balances were as follows: General Fund, $6116.89; Scholarship Fund, $7772.98; Husley Scholarship $7361.83.

Wade Hancock, Initiation Committee Chairman, thanked all who helped with the initiation ceremony. At this time the new members introduced themselves and shared with the group about themselves. The new members are James Adkins, Dianne Alldredge, Ed Castile, Kristi Webb Creel, Jeanette M. Custer, Jacob Davis, Gregory M. Dudley, Allen Franklin, Wesley Hardman, Susan Harrison, Myron Laurent, Shelley McGee, Dawn Morrison, Sardenia Peacock, Mike Riley, Ben Scheierman and Linda Wilson

Peggy Jones, Audit Committee, announced that an audit would be conducted shortly and that a report will be made available at that time.

Jim Kendrick, Scholarship Committee Chair, announced that the committee reviewed 38 applications with 24 of these being eligible for consideration. The scholarship recipients for 2005-2006 are:

• Ricky Bell Scholarship:
  • Mr. Jeffrey Steven Scott, Bryant Career Technical Center; instructor R.L. Pohlman. Jeffery will be attending Ozark Community College (Mobile) where he plans to major in Airframes and Power plants (Aviation Technology).
• Bill Provost/Sheelor Scholarship:
  • April TaFoya Thomas, Dothan Technology Center; instructor Ms. Beverly Thornton. April will be attending Wallace Community College (Dothan) where she plans to major in cosmetology.
• Hulsey Scholarship:
  • Ashley Taylor, Greenville High School; instructor Ms. Donna Shipley. Ashley will be attending the University of North Alabama where she plans to major in Nursing.
• Peacock Scholarship:
  • Mr. Mason Colby Rich, Greenville High School; instructor Mr. David Hartman. Mason will be attending Trenholm State Technical College (Montgomery) and plans to major in Building Science.

Debbye Chambers gave a report about the chapter’s new website www.ilsepsilon.com and explained the features it would have. She encouraged members to check it regularly for updates as well as meeting information and registration

Under new business, Bob Kimbrell presented the changes to the bylaws and they were voted on as a whole and passed.

Benny Reeves thanked Ann Gilmore for providing us the facilities and thanked everyone for coming. Jim Kendrick announced that the teacher scholarship was still available; he encouraged interested individuals to submit applications. He also requested that members not send dues to the Grand Chapter, but rather to pay them to the state. As a final thought Benny challenged everyone to reach out and bring in good members for growth. Teresa Bradford asked the scholarship winners and initiates to stay for pictures.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.