Minutes, Friday, October 6, 2013 COLODLA Free Video Conference Call Blue Jeans provided by Bob Dinegar (Bob@cloudbridge.info) MEMBERS Position Name Email Expiration of Term Title Positions President Andree Swanson 303.506.6449 Andree.swanson@ashford.edu June 2014 Past President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Webmaster Al Powell 970.491.6226 Jerry McCarthy 303.916.2905 Tony Diiorio 303.908.0821 Matt Cole 720.865.3615 Adam Pocius Present Today Albert.Powell@colostate.edu June 2014 Y jerry.mccarthy@state.co.us June 2014 Y tony.diiorio@skccom.com June 2015 ColeM@botanicgardens.org June 2014 Y ampocius@gmail.com June 2015 Assistant Board (K-12) Board (Govt) Board (Business) Board (Higher Ed) Board (Higher Ed) Board (Other) Board (Business) Board Member Conference (Annual) Tim McMahon 720.732.1660 tim.mcmahon@emilygriffith.edu June 2015 At Large Positions **This is not a vacant position; no representation from this area Elaine Neisius elaine.neisius@doc.state.co.us June 2014 719-269-4251 Kathy Stemmler 970-564-4358 kstemmler@crowcanyon.org June 2015 Geoff Rubinstein Geoffrey.rubinstein@colorado.edu June 2015 Norma Hollebeke Norma.hollebeke@cccs.edu June 2015 Y Gianna Sullivan 303.370.6097 Bob Dinegar 303.748.3087 Kimberly Fields 970.556.0454 Lorna Wheeler, Co-Chair Tami Beaty, Co- Chair 720.381.8333 gianna.sullivan@dmns.org June 2014 bob@cloudbridge.info June 2014 Y berlyfields@gmail.com June 2015 Conference Committees Lorna.wheeler@ashford.edu Tami.beaty@ashford.edu Page 1 of 5
Quarterly Meetings (Combine with Conference) Proposal Review Committee Kimberly Fields (307) 777-6741 Jean Gabriel Jolivet 608-217-1067 Jerry McCarthy 303.916.2905 Lorna Wheeler Tami Beaty jerry.mccarthy@state.co.us Lorna.wheeler@ashford.edu Tami.beaty@ashford.edu Andree Swanson 303.506.6449 Tim McMahon 720.732.1660 Andree.swanson@ashford.edu tim.mcmahon@emilygriffith.edu CALL TO ORDER Jerry McCarthy called the meeting to order. TREASURER S REPORT Tony did not join the call. FILLING VACANCY Resignation and filling the spot discussed. Article 2, Section 9 Paragraph c. Method of Filling Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall be filled with a person in the same representative category by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the United States Distance Learning Association. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his/her predecessor in office. Teri Eastburn from UCAR mentioned as a possibility. Angela Houdyshell from Denver Art Museum mentioned as a possibility. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT 7 new members reported. Benefits the same as they have been. PARTNERSHIP / SPONSORSHIP REPORT No chair at this time. Continuing work. Page 2 of 5
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Meeting in two weeks. QUARTERLY MEETING REPORT Board members had a good time at the most recent one. The material was fresh and people were engaging eachother. Colorado School for Deaf and Blind might be a future possibility. Colorado Springs Utility is next planned meeting. NATIONAL DISTANCE LEARNING WEEK / WEBINARS Bruce Muller has volunteered to do webinar for ColoDLA. OLD BUSINESS Need bios and photos from board members: http://www.colodla.org/board.aspx Meeting in Fort Collins with Wyoming folks a possibility. NEW Business Next quarterly meeting. Jerry is looking for speakers and potential audience in Colorado Springs. Please forward suggestions to Jerry. Bob Dinegar suggest allow remote connection to this meeting. Board Assented to try it once and see what happens. ADJOURN Board members please note: Regular Board audio conference meeting time: 9:00 AM on the 1 st Wednesday of each month. Monthly Board Meetings o Wednesday, November 6 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, December 4 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, January 8 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, February 5 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, March 5 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, April 2d, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, May 7 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, June 4 th, 9 a.m. o Wednesday, July 2d, 9 a.m. 2013 MEETINGS AND CALENDAR Page 3 of 5
o Thursday, December 5 th 10 a.m. o Quarterly COLODLA Meeting o Colorado Springs Utility, 2855 Mesa Road -- Mesa Room, Colorado Springs Page 4 of 5
Monthly Board Meetings Quarterly Meetings 2014 PROPOSED MEETINGS AND CALENDAR o Thursday, March 20 th 10 a.m. Theme: Tentatively plan for the COLOWYDLA in Wyoming MARCH SET UP VOTING o Friday, April 18th 3d Annual Conference Theme: Colorado and Wyoming Merge o Thursday, June 19th 10 a.m. Theme: Related to K-12 Tentatively plan at a K-12 venue (Aurora Public Schools has a Business facility center) o Friday, August 15th (TBD) Leadership Recruiting Event Theme: o Thursday, September 25th th 10 a.m. Colorado Mesa University proposed o November 1 st and 2d Leadership Event o Events (TBD) o November 10th - 14th National Distance Learning Association (NDLA) o Events (TBD) o Thursday, December 4 th 10 a.m. Tentatively plan at a Community College or a Business Page 5 of 5