[Eenc-board] meeting this weekend

[Elizabeth Burke]

Still waiting to find out if Tom is in -- or out -- of town. If he's  
here, I'll be coming.

e
Elizabeth Burke
Certified Environmental Educator
MUD PIE PLANET*
703.281.6626
703.839.0977 (cell)
e-burke at cox.net

*Play where you are planted!




On Aug 11, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Diane Silver wrote:

> Dear Board Members --
>
> I am sooooo looking forward to our board meeting this weekend.  To  
> my knowledge, everyone is coming except Elizabeth and Lynn (we will  
> miss you!), and most are staying overnight, so I am looking forward  
> to getting lots of business done, as well as enjoying connecting  
> with each other.  Thanks, Dee, for making all the arrangements.
>
> There are a couple of items that will need attention this week in  
> preparation for the meeting:
>
> 1) Board Reports -- our favorite!  Reminder, especially for the new  
> folks:  your board report is your quarterly report of what you've  
> done on behalf of EENC since the last report.  As much as possible,  
> it's helpful to correlate your activities with our strategic plan  
> goals and objectives.  Attached is the 2008 update of the strategic  
> plan (it is our 2006 strategic plan with just a few little updates  
> that we did at our February meeting).  Also attached is the same  
> spreadsheet I sent out in May or June, which summarizes the  
> strategic plan and lists the items by person, to function as a to- 
> do list for everyone.  Your board report doesn't have to be super  
> formal -- a bulleted list of what you've done will cover it, with  
> strategic plan item numbers where appropriate.   We ask everyone  
> for a written board report because it saves time in the meeting --  
> you don't have to verbally report everything you've done, but your  
> written report will be part of the minutes, so it's all in there.   
> As an example, especially for the new folks, attached is Dee's  
> board report from our last meeting -- it's a great example.  Please  
> send me your board report by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, OR bring 16 copies  
> of it with you to the meeting.
>
> 2) Logistics -- Dee - please send us all a review of the meal  
> schedule you have arranged.  For which meals are we on our own?   
> Also please remind us if we need to bring our own bedding, and any  
> other overnight details we need to remember.
>
> 3) Driving directions -- well heck, we can all use the terrific  
> google map that Dee has put together for the conference.  Just  
> click and navigate from your own starting place: http:// 
> maps.google.com/maps/ms? 
> hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115685034001484313359.0004510f43a9aad6841fb&l 
> l=34.01476,-78.085775&spn=0.305223,0.39487&source=embed
>
> If this direct link doesn't work, go to the conference page and  
> then click the link:  http://www.eenc.org/Conf2008/Driving- 
> Directions.html
>
> 4) Time and agenda -- We agreed to begin at 11:00 a.m. to give  
> everyone time to get there Saturday morning, so if you're not  
> staying overnight, please plan to stay til at least 6:00, because  
> we'll need the time.
>
> 5) Scholarship and fundraising issues.   As a heads-up, attached is  
> a summary of the new conference policies we've been working on,  
> including a new fundraising program.  The whole policy document is  
> still at the committee level, and we probably won't discuss all the  
> policies at this meeting, (Dee has set conference policies for this  
> year, as has been done in the past by the current conference  
> chair.  Hopefully, standard conference policies will be finalized  
> before next year's conference, and this is the starting effort on  
> that).  However, the new fundraising program needs some Board  
> discussion, and I'm sure there will be lots of it.   The general  
> idea is this:  lots of folks say they don't really NEED a  
> scholarship, but in the interest of being frugal, they're  
> interested in trading some volunteer time for a break on the  
> conference fees.  In the past, our answer has had to be "NO,  
> everyone pays," because we just can't afford to open that can of  
> worms.  We'd like to change that answer to a YES, if only we could  
> afford it.  This program is an effort to meet that interest.   
> Please review the proposal and be prepared for discussion.
>
> 6) Board roster -- just in case not everyone has it, attached is  
> our current board roster, in case you need to get ahold of someone.
>
> What else??
>
> Thanks for everyone's work.  I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.
>
> - Diane
>
> ****************************
> Diane Silver
> 2008 President
> Environmental Educators of North Carolina
>
> 828 298 7084
> eenc-business at diane-silver.com
>
> <EENC Strategic Plan 2008  
> WorkPlan.xls><StrategicPlan-2008Update.doc><Dee - Report for May  
> 2008 Board  
> Meeting.doc><DRAFTConferencePolicies-2.0-6-30-08.doc><BoardRoster2008. 
> xls>_______________________________________________
> Eenc-board mailing list
> Eenc-board at rtpnet.org
> http://rtpnet.org/mailman/listinfo/eenc-board

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://rtpnet.org/pipermail/eenc-board/attachments/20080811/73abbf50/attachment.htm