MINUTES
Saturday,
November 9, 2002
4:30pm –
5:30pm
Chemeketa
Community College
Building 5,
Room 252
Salem, Oregon
President Kathy Akiyama called the meeting to order at 4:40pm in Building 5, room 252 at Chemeketa Community College.
Present: Kathy Akiyama, Reuel Kurzet, Pat Wiggins, Amanda Franzoni, Juliet Pursell, Amber Bliss, Leslie Siebert, Anne Bachmann, Helene Zoolkoski, Joel Glick, Linda Mae Steinle, Tom Kuehn, Kathleen Fallon, Donna Frankel, Regina Weaver, Carole Scholl, Bill Walker, Tal Saunders, Frank Engel, Martha Iancu
I. President’s Report
A. Kathy gave a run down of what’s been going on, introduced people, and went
over what has been going on behind the scenes.
B. ORTESOL
has tried to reach out to affiliates in the past year.
C.
Membership has increased in K12 area.
D. Ongoing
work—Pat Wiggins—outreach secures new members and retains them.
E. Ideas for
ESL awareness week on the website.
F. Finally,
Akiyama thanked board members for what has been done.
II.
Review of Conference
A. Conference Coordinator, Reuel Kurzet reported that there were approximately 240 to 250 attendees at the conference. The comments regarding the conference have been positive. This conference was more expensive because the school had to be rented (schools are raising rental fees because of budget cutbacks, and presenters are using more technology which causes higher costs).
B.
Treasurer, Juliet Pursell gave an approximate report of how much money
was taken in on-site today: $4145. A
rough total for everything is approximately
$14, 000. Costs were about $2700
for facilities, $2000 for food, $1000 for printing , and $1000 for other
miscellaneous. There was some profit,
but it was not as high as it has been in the past. Presenters attended for free and were not billed for the
technology that they used.
C. SIG
meeting reports
1.
Elementary / Secondary / Bilingual
Joel Glick and Linda MaeSteinle reported that K-12
numbers were very low this year. We
need to look at how to change that for next year. Issues that need to be considered include ESL services being cut
due to budgets. It was suggested that
our association needs to take on issue on these problems. Also, had more outreach been done, more
people would have come. Many other
factors contributed to low attendance:
funding, 3-day weekend, Saturday conference, etc. Reuel Kurzet asked, “Do you think it’s a
factor that the fall conference is usually late October?” Joel does not think that this is a factor.
2. Adult
Education
Tom Kuehn and Kathleen Kuba reported that their table was full, and there were more people than they had space for. Next year, we should rethink the place to meet. Kathleen provided a survey and only got 9 surveys back. There is a need for sharing and a need for an online forum where they can ask questions. Bill Walker informed us that other listserves can be set up for SIGs to keep in contact.
3. Higher
Education
Donna Frankel and Regina Weaver reported that their discussion revolved around adjunct talk. The question was asked: “Do people perceive the situation getting worse?” Donna replied that yes, it is a hard situation for many adjuncts having to work at different universities.
4.
Sociopolitical
Carole Scholl did a survey. The 4 areas of concern were immigrant rights, teacher rights, teaching resources for social justice issues and advocacy for literacy. A discussion of the newspaper article about the English lesson hoax—a network could have helped with this problem. The goal is to get an active listserve going and to network with other SIGS.
5.
Technology
Bill Walker informed that many people didn’t know
much about technology and want more classes in this area. There was a Spring Workshop devoted to
technology supported by ORTESOL. Alison
Evans may have one going at U of O, but another one is needed.
A. Pat
Wiggins introduced Amanda
Franzoni. Current membership is 649;
however, after today 349 memberships will lapse. Pati will send out reminders to get people to renew. Interest group memberships areas follows: Adult Education-236,
Elementary/Secondary/Bilingual- 208, Higher Ed- 180, Sociopolitical- 127,
Technology- 86.
B. Treasurer’s report from Juliet Pursell. The
numbers are not final but will be presented more fully in the next
meeting. Juliet went through budget
handout (see handout)
C. Workshop
coordinator—Nothing to report.
D. Mailing
coordinator—Leslie Siebert reported that 539 newsletters were sent out.
E.
Publishers’ Liaison—Anne Bachmann reported that 14 exhibitors signed up
to come, one person representing 2 comp did not come. There were a lot of positive comments about how the publishers’
displays were laid out. There were also
comments from the Publisher Reps. that this conference was much better than
WAESOL last week, etc… Heinle and
Heinle did not send a rep, but sent books.
F.
Conference Coordinator—Nothing to report
G. ESB Joel
Glick—Reported that 90 people attended the statewide in-service day, 85 were
different from last year’s attendees.
Funding was overall very successful, and there were some last minute
registrations. Evaluations were very
positive, and
attendees were from all over Oregon. A lot of emailing was effective in reaching
K-12 people.
H. Adult
Education-- Tom Kuehn is leaving, Kathleen Fallon was introduced. Nothing to report.
I. Higher
Education-- nothing to report.
J.
Sociopolitical -- Advocacy
Congressman Blumenauer—There is a movement to get someone appointed to
NIFL that has literacy experience.
K.
Technology--Nothing to report.
L.
Newsletter Editor—Tal Saunders reports that five new writers are coming
on.
Tal brought up concern over pushing the date of the
newsletter up. The fall newsletter
would normally be coming out now, and have conference coverage, but now this
content will come out in January, and that is not FALL. Tal wants to reset newsletter clock. Call the January newsletter, WINTER. Joel Glick suggests calling it Fall/
Winter. Anne B. moves to adopt. Motion passed.
M. Journal
Editors—Frank Engel and Martha Iancu
Kathy Harris could not devote as much time to the
journal, but will stay involved as a networker and recruiter. The main editor
will be Martha. Now, 2 issues are in
progress and moving at snails pace.
Frank says that this is the only local accessible vehicle for writers in
this area and a great way to read about ideas and get information. However, there is not a clear system for
processing manuscripts, and problems keep coming up like checking
bibliographic accuracy which is far too
time consuming and should be the
responsibility of the writers. Also, revisions
that aren’t called for are being made.
Time is the major problem with the journal. Some suggestions were to look for student help, look for an
editor to pay (but there is no money) or restructure the way manuscripts are
taken in and accepted. There needs to
be some discussion on how to restructure this.
Kathy stated that this needs to be put on the Board agenda for the next
meeting.
N. The next
meeting will be Sunday, Dec. 8, 1-5 in the afternoon. We will try to book PSU East Hall, room 109.
IV. Formal introduction of board members: Kathy introduced new members and thanked those retiring.
V. Kathy hands over gavel to Reuel Kurzet.
A. Reuel—thanked everyone for the behind the scenes work:
1. Bill—for
reminders announcements, directions, etc, on the website.
2. Pat— for
numerous behind the scenes tasks.
3. Anne—for
help with publishers, phone calls, etc.
4. Joel—for
finding the site ,etc.
5. Tal—for
designing the poster.
6. Kathy—for
answering all kinds of questions.
VI. Reuel Kurzet—adjourns meeting at 5:40pm.
VII. Attachments: Meeting Agenda, Budget Report
Minutes
respectfully submitted by Amber Bliss