Idaho Society of Certified Public Managers

Board Meeting Minutes

August 23, 2011

 

 

Attendees:  Becky Barton-Wagner, Renee Eymann, Mark Little, Connie Pratt, Dave Wiedemann;  Jim Smith (by phone)

 

I. Welcome: President Becky Barton-Wagner called the meeting to order.

 

II. Approval of Minutes: Mark Little made a motion to accept the May 2011 meeting minutes as written.  Jim Smith seconded the motion, and the minutes were approved.

 

III. Treasurer Report: Mark Little passed out a report showing we have total assets of $5,725.27.  He has two more membership checks to cash, which will add $80 to the total.

Renee Eymann made a motion to accept the treasurer report.  Becky Barton-Wagner seconded the motion, and the report was accepted.

 

IV. President-elect: Becky-Barton Wagner formally introduced Jim Smith, our new President-elect, to the board.  

 

V. Summer Picnic: Dave Wiedemann reported that the membership committee will meet to plan for a picnic after the Labor Day weekend.  We’ll need to decide what ISCPM will provide.

 

VI. Website Communications: Becky-Barton Wagner said she will ask Jason Abbott to send board members a link to our Facebook site.

 

ACTION ITEM #1: Jason Abbott will send board members a link to our Facebook site.

 

VII. Membership: Mark Little reported that we have 32 members.

 

ACTION ITEM #2: Mark Little will email board members a list of current CPM members.

 

VIII. New Student Orientation: Connie Pratt asked for a volunteer to speak about the ISCPM to the new Eastern Idaho class in October.  Jim Smith suggested we have application forms available for the class.

 

ACTION ITEM #3: Connie Pratt will email board members the orientation dates.

 

IX. Fall Training: Jim Smith is now in charge of the fall training.  Becky-Barton Wagner recommended that we pay to have one speaker, hold the training around the first or second week in November, and hold it from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or noon.

 

ACTION ITEM #4: Becky-Barton Wagner will send Jim a list of past classes we’ve offered.

 

X. AACPM Conference in Salt Lake City: Becky-Barton Wagner reported that our Askew Award winner has asked for help from ISCPM to pay his costs for the annual conference.  His agency will pay for the travel.  He needs help with the hotel, registration, and meals.  Mark Little made a motion to give the Askew winner $750 dollars.  Renee Eymann seconded the motion, and it passed. 

 

Becky also said that the bylaws require the society to pay the president’s costs for the conference, including hotel, registration, meals, and travel.  She estimates the total will come to about $800.

 

The Conference is asking each state to provide a basket of goodies for a raffle to raise money for the AACPM.  Becky Barton-Wagner made a motion to spend $85 on an Idaho basket.  Mark Little seconded the motion, and it passed.

 

ACTION ITEM #5: Mark Little will talk to his contacts at Buy Idaho to get ideas for the basket.

 

XI. Next Meeting: The next meeting will be determined after we decide on a date for the picnic. 

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.