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OK ALLIANCE - MINUTES OF THE MEETING, 04/25/03
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Chair Suzanne Patzer called to order a meeting of the OK Alliance on at 3:40 PM.
Mr. Schneider noted two corrections to the minutes Mr. Shubert’s name was misspelled and date given for the spring meeting was incorrect. A motion to approve the minutes as corrected was made by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Ms. Mills and approved by voice vote.
The Chair requested anyone coming across a new or unfamiliar access center in Ohio or Kentucky to forward contact information on to the OK Alliance for inclusion in the mailing list. Board member names and contact information can be found on the O.K. website: www.waycross.org/okalliance. Links can also be found through national or central states website. Attendees were also encouraged to check with vendors who they do business with to check for additional access centers. The O.K. Alliance sponsored hospitality suite at the Covington conference.
FINANCE: CHIP BERGQUIST -- Chapter balance stands at $1,354.89. 525 current members -- expenses totaled $415.80 -- does not include hospitality suite bill. NATIONAL REPORT: TOM BISHOP -- OK Alliance will be required to sign an affiliation agreement with the National Office by July 1, 2003. The affiliation agreement is a legal requirement needed to connect Regions and Chapters to the National Organization in order to protect their non-profit status. Failure to sign agreement would mean OK would no longer be under National’s insurance and non-profit status and could no longer use ACM name or logo. Members with questions were encourage to contact any board member of either the OK Alliance or Central States Region. INFO SERVICES/LISTSERVE: BRIAN VONDERSCHMIDT -- Send info to Brian -- job listings, info., etc. Few centers are currently listed. Email address is okalliance@waycross.org. CONFERENCE PLANNING: JOHANNA PERRINO -- Fall conference in Wadsworth -- no OK events planned to date. GRASS ROOTS: MELISSA MILLS -- 7 scholarship participants at the Covington Conference. 6 available for National Conference -- looking to extend due date. PUBLIC POLICY: FRANK CLARK/TOM BISHOP -- Frank Clark has resigned as Ohio Public Policy Chair and the Board is in search for a replacement. Jason Dudas had no Public Policy Report for Kentucky. EDUCATION: ROD SWARTZ -- Looking at future education event, potentially on videoconferencing, as there are over 400 school districts with distant Ed facilities in Ohio. A motion to accept the reports was made by Mr. Swartz, seconded by Ms. Mills and unanimously approved.
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Philo workshop being held Saturday morning. Fliers sent out – info available at conference. Region made $5,000 from 2002 Awards. A Motion was made to direct the OK Board to meet and determine approval on becoming an affiliate member of the Alliance for Community Media was made by Mr. Shubert, seconded by Ms. Mills and unanimously approved.
The next meeting will be held at 2003 Central States Fall Regional Conference in Wadsworth, OH. The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 PM Submitted by: |