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Arkansas Association of LeadAR Alumni (AALA) Minutes

AALA Executive Board Meeting
February 16, 2008
Little Rock, AR

(Minutes will be approved at the next Annual Meeting.)

President Jo West Taylor called the meeting to order.

Previous minutes

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved with no corrections.

Treasurer’s Report

Judy Duffel reported the following:

Overall total	$27,769.18
U of A Foundation	$25,854.56
Total available cash	$53,623.74

The report was approved as presented.

Jo West Taylor reported that the audit of the prior fiscal year’s (March 1, 2006–February 28, 2007) financial records was complete with no exceptions.

Committee Reports

Membership

Bruce Dabbs reviewed the membership report and informed the group that as of February 1, 2008, 63 alums have registered for membership, 12% of those eligible. The use of e-mail has begun.

Website

Bruce Dabbs reported the current work on the Web site. The site is to be password protected, have a discussion section and provide contact information for alumni. The committee is also working on ways for members to be able to pay dues.

Endowment

Randy Frazier mentioned that he will be talking with Merritt Royal about information and resources from the Extension Development Office for endowments.

ILAC 2007

ILAC 2007 Chairman Randy Frazier was pleased with the attendance and representation from other states and support from the community groups and organizations involved with the conference. Many events will be memorable, and a CD has been created to preserve most of the moments. ILAC 2007 was profitable for the Association, generating $13,407.48. Alums from a variety of classes helped to staff and coordinate the conference activities. Appreciation was shared with the committee members.

New Business

Grant Writer

Discussion was held regarding Charles Smith to help as a grant writer. Contact with Merritt Royal, Director of Development, to see if there is some help for AALA from the Extension Development Office.

Proposed Budget 2008–2009

The proposed budget was presented by Judy Duffel. A motion was made by Peggy Bullock and seconded by Nedra Turney that we approve the budget. The motion was approved.

LeadAR Report

Dr. Waldrum informed the group that recruiting for Class 14 is to begin soon and the Web site has been updated with new class information. Counties that have never had a participant in the program are being asked to encourage residents to apply.

Class 13 is preparing to leave for Louisiana for home stays and flying to Washington D.C. There has been some difficulty with scheduling in another state. Contacts in D.C. have been helping to sponsor the trip; Rice Federation and U.S. Telecom.

Nominating Committee

The nominating committee hereby submitted the following LeadAR alumni for officers and directors for various terms of office.

Jo West Taylor - president 2008
Bruce Dabbs - vice president 2008
Judy Duffel - treasurer 2008
Terrie James - secretary 2008
Bruce Martin for an unexpired term to end in 2009

Marvelle Stine for an unexpired term to end in 2010
Bruce Dabbs for a full term to end in 2011
Nedra Turney for a full term to end in 2011
Jo West Taylor for a full term to end in 2011
Terrie James for a full term to end in 2011
Allen McVey for a full term to end in 2011

Election of Board Members

Slate approved.

Date, Time and Place of next Annual Meeting

February 2009, during Class 14 Seminar in Little Rock

Other New Business

ILAC 2008

Derwood and Frances Anne Brett will be attending ILAC 2008 in Australia. They will be leaving Feb 27.

Schwarzkopf Survey

Randy Frazier is to chair the Schwarzkopf Survey. The survey will be sent to all alums.

Adjourn

Meeting adjourned.