<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">NWERA Board Meeting</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">5/1/2012<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">       </span>7 AM Telephone Conference</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Attendees:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Karen Tennyson, Abigail McNaughton, Bruce Iria, Shari Martin, Barbara Blair, Jody McCrain, Executive Director.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">AGENDA ITEMS:</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Annual Meeting</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Discussion</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">: We discussed the format of the annual meeting, building in time to recognize retiring members, whether we should pay for the lunch and sequence of events at the meeting.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conclusions:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The annual meeting will be held on June 15 at Hawks Prairie Restaurant, Lacey, WA at 11 AM on June 15. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The business meeting will begin at 11 AM with recognition of retiring reps followed by lunch provided by NWERA at noon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>At 1 PM representatives from OSPI, Alan Burke and Jessica Vavrus will discuss current developments and issues of interest at OSPI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Ben Nyquist, our website developer, will provide an overview of the NWERA website with the rationale behind the design of some features that are constructed to drive more traffic to the website that will in turn elevate the prominence of our website on browsers.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Action Items</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karen will create agenda and invite retired members to attend the annual meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Jody will confirm with Ben, Alan and Jessica and ensure that the proper AV, handouts and other materials will be available if needed for their presentations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Jody will send out menu options to membership.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Deadline</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>May 15, 2012</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Board Issues</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Discussion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">We discussed the need for all board members to attend the meetings and be involved in our decision-making process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>To ensure participation we decided to hold bi-monthly board meetings on the 4<sup>th</sup> Monday of odd months via conference call at 7 AM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We need to make it convenient for all board members to participate in meetings.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conclusions:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The board meeting for 2012 and 2013 will be held via conference call at 7 AM the following dates:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">2012</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a name="_GoBack"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">May 29</span></span></a></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">July 23</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">September 24</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">November 26</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">2013</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 28<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">March 25</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">May 27</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">July 29</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">September 23</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">November 25</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Action Items:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Karen will introduce the new meeting schedule to board members who have been unable to attend to determine if this schedule will enable them to attend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>If the new schedule isn’t amenable, she will ask them if they would like to resign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Abi will recruit new board members, making them aware of the board meeting requirements.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Deadline:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>May 21.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Website and Maintenance</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Discussion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Ben Nyquist developed a very nice website for our NWERA for 1/10 the customary cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In order to ensure that the website is maintained and refreshed, we would like to enter into a maintenance contract with Ben.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We discussed the possibility of posting education news on the website and the ramifications of offering access to non-members for a fee.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conclusion:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> The board charged Karen with discussing the maintenance contract with Ben and reporting back to the board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We decided to continue to post educational articles of interest on the website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>To determine if this information is something members will use, Karen is going to ask Ben to place a counter on the news articles.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Action Items: </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Karen will discuss the contract with Ben and report back to the board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Karen will ask Ben if he can put a counter on the news articles.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Deadline:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">June 15 (Unless you want to wait until July 23.)</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Financial Report</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Discussion:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Bruce reported that we have over </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-language: JA;">$8,872.15 </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">in the bank.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conclusions:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We have enough money in the budget to cover the lunch at the annual meeting and sign a maintenance contract with Ben.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Action Items:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>None</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Membership</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Discussion:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Jody announced that we have four new members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We observed that there are fewer people joining the publishing business.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conclusions:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Ben fixed the website so it was easier to join if you membership had expired.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Action items:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>None</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Announcement from Jody</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Discussion:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Jody announced that she is submitting her resignation as of June 30 in order to pursue her coaching business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We thanked her for her service and asked her to compile a job description so we would post the job.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conclusion:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We will post the position on the NWERA website.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Action Items:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Jody will submit a job description to Karen by May 15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Karen and Jody will collaborate to post the job announcement on the NWERA website and anyplace else they deem appropriate by May 25.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Respectfully submitted,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Barbara Jo Blair, Secretary</span></span></p>