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Montana Chapter of ASPIRE State Meeting
April 5, 2007

1. Meeting called to order by Jamie Schell
    
2. Minutes from the October 8th and 9th meeting were handed out and approval for minutes was asked for by Jamie Schell.

Motion to approve was made by: Ray Carlisle, Seconded by: Bob Haddock

(Amy Verlanic requested changes to the minutes after the meeting as she was not present at the time the minutes were approved, minutes were changed as requested).
 

3. The 2006-2007 budget was passed and approval was asked for by Jamie Schell.

Correction made in the income category under income registration fees- the anticipated income is $4,000 not $40,000.

Motion to approve budget with correction was made by: Rob Rust, Seconded by: Bud Sather
 

4. Treasurer’s report:

Ilene Cohen reported that the only state expense that she has processed was a reimbursement to Ray Carlisle for his dinner with Arnold Mitchem in September.

A request was made to get a summary of expenses from Krisan Crow but that had not been received by the time of the meeting.
 

5. Presentation of Montana TRIO Fact Book

Ray Carlisle asked that each project take 10 books to give out as needed. EOC programs should take more as needed.

The cost of the printing of the booklets was $1,196. Thanks to the Billings crew for taking care of this.

There was a suggestion made that at the annual COE conference that a session be held about the making and distribution of the booklets.

Suggestions for next year’s booklet: Better achievement stats for future booklets, Meaningful outcome stats from APR data, Race/ethnicity/eligibility numbers, Information about the Absolute Priority, Schools and counties we serve. Email fact book ideas to Ray Carlisle
 

6. Government Relations Report

Ray talked about the survival of UB/TS and the re-authorization of the Higher Education Act. Mt. TRIO Advisory committee met in December. Florence Garcia, Jon Stannard, Ray Carlisle, Jami Schell and Rene Dubay serve on this committee. This committee and the issues they address need to have more of a presence to have an impact at the state level. There is more information about this committee in Jami’s quarterly report.
 

7. Nominations for President elect and secretary/treasurer:

Angelina Levandowski nominated Lisa Coon for Secretary/treasurer. Debra Yarlott seconded the nomination Nomination accepted by Jami Schell

Brian Pilcher nominated Heather D’Orazio for Secretary/treasurer. Ilene Cohen seconded the nomination Nomination accepted by Jami Schell

RuthAnne Shope nominated Brandon McLean for Secretary/treasurer. Zach Hawkins seconded the nomination Nomination accepted by Jami Schell

Florence Garcia moved to cease nominations and Bud Sather seconded. Election for secretary/treasurer will be held tomorrow

RuthAnne Shope nominated Darlene Samson for President elect/elect. Darlene accepted the nomination under the condition that Bud Sather comes to the state meeting she has to run and help with parliamentary procedure. Ilean Gladstone seconded the nomination.

Rob Rust moved to close the nominations. Ray Carlisle seconded.

The vote was unanimous in favor of Darlene Samson as the next president elect/elect.
 

8. Meeting adjourned until tomorrow.

 

Montana Chapter of ASPIRE State Meeting
April 6, 2007

Meeting called back to order by Jamie Schell

Committee Reports (continued)
1. Membership committee:

Angelina Levandowski reported that there are 105 members in the region. 20 out of 27 projects have paid their project membership and Angelina has plans to follow up with the others. Her next push will be institutional memberships to COE.
 

2. Indian Advocacy:

Ronda Mason spoke on behalf of the committee. She recognized Mike Jetty for his participation in the opening ceremonies and in the conference. She talked about the AIHEC website and helping with it. She encouraged tribal colleges to contact her with information. There was a suggestion made for the tribal colleges to bring their displays with them next conference. Another suggestion was made to have Wayne Stein, MSU professor, as a presenter at our next conference.
 

3. Old Business

• Articles of incorporation- Amy Verlanic presented information about COE’s push for each state to register as a state association. Angelina took the initiative on this and Jami has followed up. This does not make us a 501.3C however. Jami Schell is working on this and Darlene Samson volunteered to help. Darlene knows an attorney who would help with this. Another resource for an attorney will be at the regional board meeting in May where one will be available. The 501.3C status would allow Montana Aspire to go after more monies in state as well as resources and benefits.

• Email business has been officially added to our by-laws. Barb Sullivan requested that a copy of the language on this be emailed to her and she would add it to the web site so people could print a copy or review it.

• Montana Aspire Wrap-Up- Bud Sather has been the holder of the archives of the state and since he is retiring he asked for a volunteer. Amy Verlanic will store them at Montana Tech. There was a discussion of housing them at the Museum of the West at some point in the future.
   

4. New Business

• TRIO Day Activities- Jami will send information about the different things people did for TRIO day to the membership.

• Aspirations Newsletter- the deadline is Thursday, April 12. Please submit articles to Jami who will forward them to Russ.
• On Line directory- send changes to Barb Sullivan
• COE National Policy Seminar- Angelina talked about her contacts with Senator Tester’s office and Representative Rehberg. Senator Tester has set up a phone call with Secretary Spellings office to support increase funding for TRIO programs. She also reported that Senator Backus’ aide is confident he will sign on to the letter. Great work Angelina.
• Secretary/Treasurer election: Brandon McLean was elected. Congratulations.
• Robbie Sullivan bid farewell to Bud Sather on behalf of Montana Aspire.
• Rene Dubay bid farewell to Bob Haddock on behalf of Montana Aspire. We all wish you luck and lots of happiness.
   

5. Meeting adjourned

 

Other meeting minutes can be found in the Archives section.