Far West Region V Conference Minutes
- President Carol Riley commenced at 7:41pm
- Welcome
- President Carol Riley welcomed everyone to the Far West Region V conference.
- The Region V board was later introduced and later regcognized by Frances Shimotsu
- Secretary’s Report
- Reviewed by Carol Riley
- Website
- inability to file upload
- Kristin & Carol will meet to establish Hawaii page
- Rita Johnson moved that the minutes be accepted
- Sherry seconded the motion
- The minutes were accepted with a unanimous vote
- Treasurers Report
- Beige paper
- issue of un-cashed checks
- previous treasurer did not have any information regarding un-cashed checks
- $9,000.00 extra in the account from money returned by the state
- Chapter Dues
- region has not received chapter dues
- process: bill sent to chapters; chapters send $35.00 to the region
- a second round of bills will be sent to the chapter presidents and treasurer
- send notification for forwarding to current chapter or treasurer
- request reply for chapters no longer in existence
- Balance: $9318.02
- Frances Shimotsu Scholarship Fund
- earned by selling t-shirts ($15.00)
- money used to help members pay for the biennial conference
- Bob Hu has a stock of t-shirts for members in Hawaii
- a scholarship committee determines who may receive the scholarship
- Alpha Iota Chapter
- dissolved
- money previously held for the Edna Mae Soper Award of Excellence in Teaching is now being held by the Pi Lambda Theta Far West Region
- the Far West Region will be able to distribute this money in 2009
- Dee Konczal suggested possibly giving money to a forming chapter
- Contact Tamera Warner
- International Office Virgie recommended that the treasurer’s report be filed Dee seconded the recommendation
- Old Business
- Chapter retention
- Ideas
- Bridging communication between the chapters within our region
- emphasize that PLT is not just another angle of meetings, training and conferences.
- maybe PLT needs to be restructured and redefined
- a generational gap
- may not see the need for social
- members at large
- try a geographical event 4x each year
- emphasize a social, support network
- Chapter presidents: brainstorm 2 events that they would be willing to host
- move region meetings to a time of year where more new teachers would be available (outside of the school year)
- region v project
- outreach to members at large
- network outreach
- Introduction of VIP’s
- Song by Virgie Tsuda “Pi Lambda Theta Region V”
- Announcements
- Dee Konczal
- Southern California
- Saturday, October 4th, 2008
- Restaurant 2 miles from train station Santa Barbara
- members who wish attend to the meeting will be picked up and taken to
- members who wish to stay in Santa Barbara for a visit will be given recommendations and invitation to a winery Mexican luncheon
- $20 flat fee for lunch and transportation from the train station
- topic of meeting: historic Pi Lambda Theta
- Corrections to the member directory Dee
- Lei-making tomorrow 3-3:30pm
- The meeting adjourned at 8:37pm
