Washington State TRiO Association Board

Meeting Minutes

DATE: 2/8/11

TIME: 3:00 P.M.

Present: Dean Kelly, Marc Coomer, Lonni Rodriguez-Funk, Joe Howell

Guests: None

Recorder: Lonni Rodriguez-Funk

TOPIC / DISCUSSION / DECISION/ACTION
Call to Order / Marc Coomer
Review and Approval of Minutes / N/A / N/A
Treasurer Report / Raymond- We have a current balance of $7113.89, with a pending check of $2431.98 to the Omni Hotel for Policy Seminar leaving us with $4681.91 in available funds.
Committee Reports
Student Leadership Conference
Alumni Update
Public Relations & Networking
/Membership / Marc: Kim Requa has two meetings set up in Olympia and is working to schedule more. There are no mailed registrations for the conference at this time. It is anticipated that registrations will come in close to the deadline. Please encourage participation from other TRiO programs.
Marc: Should there be an alumni session at the CWU state conference to discuss how alumni who currently work within the TRiO community can promote TRiO?
Dean: Should there be a non-TRiO board member? (i.e.) Someone from another grant, community business owner, etc.
Dean: New board members need to decide which committee they would like to serve on. Tentatively, Joe Howell would like to serve on the Membership committee and Lonni Rodriguez-Funk, on the Public Relations & Networking committee.
Dean: Weiya Lieng, State GEARUP director would like to partner on joint professional development and advocacy efforts. / Board will look into alumni attending sessions or perhaps organizing an alumni session. The registration fee for participating alumni will be waived.
The Board will take time at the next meeting to decide what member additions would be most helpful to the board, what we want the board to look like and what services we would want a non-TRiO member to provide.
At the next board meeting, Joe and Lonni will share which committee they have chosen to serve on.
Dean will see if Weiya Lieng or associates would be interested in coming to the State Conference at CWU to participate in workshops conducted by Heather Valentine.
CWU- State Conference / Dean: Heather Valentine from COE will be in attendance to conduct trainings on Advocacy as well as Public Relations & Marketing. Confirmed sessions are: College Bound Scholarship, Washboard.org as well as Presentations on homeless and foster youth. Save the date flyer will be out late February/early March. Conference time: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Looking for motivational speaker from Ellensburg or Yakima to speak during lunch. / Tentative Schedule:
9:00-9:30: WA TRiO update.
9:30-10:30: Heather Valentine: Advocacy.
10:45-11:45: Heather Valentine: Marketing & PR.
12:00-1:00: Lunch (Looking for motivational speaker).
1:00-4:30: Breakout sessions
4:30-5:00: Evaluations
*There may be a raffle for all-day attendants. (Board members will look to their institutions for give-away’s.)
*Marc will research motivational speaker.
COE-Policy Seminar
Fact Book / Dean: Layout will remain the same but will include new students/stories. The WA State on-line directory will contain additional student success stories.
Announcements / Welcome Joe Howell from CWU EOC: New Eastern WA Representative
New Business / Marc, Lonni: Check into Illuminate as an option for conference calls.
Adjournment / Meeting adjourned at 4:00 P.M.
Next Meeting / March 15, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. / Board will meet at regularly scheduled date vs. meeting at CWU-Leadership conference.