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AECT Board of Directors Conference Call
Attending Charlie White, President* Ed Caffarella,
President-Elect* Rodney Earle, Development Representative Jim Ellsworth, Performance
Representative Jay Harriman, Management Representative
Phil Harris, Executive
Director*
Jim Hayden, States Representative*
Al
Januszewski, Theory and Research Representative
Delia Neuman, At-Large Representative Carl Stafford, Divisions
Representative
Connie Tibbitts, School Media and
Technology Representative Guy Westhoff, Teacher Education Representative (*Executive Committee) Unable to Attend Doreen Barrett, At-large RepresentativeMarcy Driscoll, Past-President* Cindy
Elliot, Distance Education Representative
K. J. Saville, Secretary-Treasurer*
Guests: Addie Kinsinger, Foundation Liaison Rick Xaver II. Approval of Minutes
- White Note:
The minutes were approved at the end of the call, when a quorum had been
achieved; 9 yeas and 1 abstention. III.
President’s report -
White A.
The
office sent notices to about 400 members whose memberships had elapsed, and 198
renewals were received in April and May.
Charlie discovered lots of dead email addresses in compiling these
notices, and the office is generating a default list that will help us create a
cleaner database. B.
Charlie
attended the C.
Charlie
spoke in favor of Les Moeller’s request that we add to the website a page that
lists schools that offer ed tech/ISD programs. Phil and Rick will determine what we already
have in preparation for a discussion about whether we should continue to
compile and offer this information. IV. Human
Capital Campaign -
Kinsinger A.
Addie
outlined a plan to move toward a goal of enrolling 400 new members over a
3-year campaign. She hopes for 200
members by Dallas, a somewhat lighter total in the second year, and a push in
the third year to reach the total.
Various Board members made positive comments on the plan. B.
Discussion
covered several aspects about how to promote the campaign: 1.
Guy
will prepare a brochure (prototype to be presented at the Summer Institute) and
a conference presentation. 2.
The
office will create procedures for (1) signing people up at the conference, (2)
linking prospective sponsors without access to graduate students with others
who have large numbers of students who might be sponsored, and (3) ensuring a
focus on international members. 3.
Robert
Harrell will work toward the involvement of past presidents; Bill Burns will
also be involved in this. 4.
Jim
Hayden and others are working on creating a slogan. 5.
Rick
will provide information about the campaign’s continuing progress. V.
President Elect’s Report - Caffarella The proposal reviews are nearing completion. Divisions have been informed of the number of hours allotted and are
working to fit acceptances into the available slots.
Because some additional rooms may be available, we may be able to accommodate more presentations than originally
assumed. VI. Past
President’s Report—Marcy Driscoll (via email) A.
Marcy
had a good experience representing AECT at the Arkansas Instructional Media
conference. They’re a strong, active
group that should be well-represented in Dallas. B.
Dick
Cornell has been nominated for an AECT office and has therefore withdrawn from
membership on the Nominations Committee. VII.
Executive Director’s Report—Phil Harris A.
Registrations
for the 2002 Summer Institute are beginning to come in, and Board members
should register soon. B.
Phil’s
recommendation of 1.
Costs
for rooms and food are excellent, although there are no cheap airfares except
through Southwest. Hotel rates are in
the $70-$80/night range; current representative fares are $214 (Denver), $259
(Chicago), and $359 (New York). 2.
We
need to consider the impact of local attendance at this summer’s
workshops. If there’s significant
drive-in attendance, then 3.
We
also need to consider the implications of holding the Summer Institute in a
casino hotel, which is the only possibility for 4.
The
Board voted 9 yeas and 1 abstention to accept C.
The
site for the 2004 conference will be D.
Rick
is working to make the E.
Rick
is also in discussions with Palm to buy a number of Palm Pilots that we could
resell at the conference as a member benefit:
if we buy 30 units at $200 each, Palm will give us 7 units for free,
enabling us to sell the 37 units at $170 each.
The plan would require a cost outlay of $6,000; the question is whether
we could actually sell 37 units. Several
Board members suggested that Rick explore similar options with developers of
educational applications for Palm; there are a number of these, and they might
be inclined to offer a better deal. Phil
and Rick will continue discussions with Palm and some of their competitors. F.
The
collaboration with NSBA is improving:
e.g., there will be a letter from NSBA in our program welcoming us to
some of their presentations. We may be
moving toward the full integration of programs and the scheduling of joint
sessions for the G.
Rick
continues to work on the Research Handbook and is finding the internal links
from chapter to chapter and the digitizing of the tables, charts, and graphs
particularly challenging. H.
Phil
and Al presented a solution to the issue of how to get input from the Distance
Learning Division on the monograph on distance learning prepared by the
Definitions and Terminology Committee. A
small group (Cindy Elliott, Mary Herring, Publications Committee Chair Sharon
Smaldino, and perhaps several others) will review the manuscript and report to
Phil by May 20. The expectation is that
this review will be positive and will meet the need for the appropriate
“content” division to have a voice in the document. The situation has sensitized the Board and
the office to the larger issue of the conflicts that can arise when divisions
work independently on projects of mutual interest and responsibility. Phil expects the monograph to be
approximately 50 pages long, and he plans to publish the first run (750 copies)
in July. I.
Bill
Burns has agreed to head up an initiative regarding marketing for the J.
The
March financials were sent to the Board, and the April ones will be sent soon. Next
meeting: Monday, June 17, Respectfully
submitted, Delia
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