Minutes of Board Meetings

CRPA Executive Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
(Click here for previous minutes)

In Attendance: Carole Cipriano, Jason Cohen, Frank Cooper, Mary Hill, Bill Houle, Don MacInnis, Mary McGuirk Knox, Paul Norris, Alex Palluzzi, John Silsby and Alison Harle

1. Welcome: P.Norris called the meeting to order at 9:38 am
   
   
2. Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the minutes from the October meeting was made by M. Hill. Seconded by B. Houle, all were in favor.
   
   
3. Correspondence: Wisconsin Parks and Recreation sent a letter about the Council of State Executive Director's Annual Fund Drive to solicit donations to NRPA from State Organizations for 40th Anniversary. A. Harle will look into what the monies go towards.
   
   
4. Chris Silver: Awards Allocation and Use - Table to next months meeting
   
   
5. Executive Director Report: A. Harle has been working on the following: Budget Review and preparation; Conference 2004; Website; membership and directory; winter quarterly; CRPA newsletter
   
   
6. Financials: P. Shea's has received an extension on our paperwork and final numbers. We have been pre-approved to change our fiscal year. Bookkeeper will be done end of November. Finance Committee met two weeks ago to work on next years budget to start in January 2005.
   
   
7. Standing Committee Reports:
   1. Conference 2004 - held a meeting at Mohegan Sun on November 4th to firm up details. Invitations to past presidents reception are out. Roughly 75 vendors. Working on gathering AV equipment. On site on November 21, 2004 for set up.
   2. CEU Program/Quarterly meetings - Winter quarterly set for December 9th in New Canaan.
   3. Hotshots - no report
   4. Hershey - no report
   5. Aquatics - R. Blick elected chairperson of Aquatic section. Lifeguard Olympics scheduled for July 24, 2005. Next meeting tentatively scheduled for December 7 in Darien.
   6. CRPA Today - covered in ED report
   7. Scholarship - no one has applied for this round. Patty Tomascak would like to discuss the direction of the committee with the board.
   8. Legislative - no report
   9. Certification Board - no report
   10. Professional Development - no report
   11. NERC - no report
   12. Membership - covered in ED Report
       
       
8. Old Business
   1. Policy Discounts for Conference - to be discussed at a conference committee meeting in January.
   2. Finance - covered above.
   3. Open Committees - need liaisons
   4. Goals - ranks the goals 1 - 15 and get to Alison Harle at the CRPA Office
      
      
9. New Business:
   1. Requiring CEU's - tabled to later date
   2. Conference - next year's location to be the CTCC in Hartford
   3. Past President's - Invitations are out all set. This will contain a business meeting.
      
      
10. Adjournment: A motion was made by D. MacInnis to adjourn at 10:44 am, J. Silsby seconded. Meeting adjourned.

Next Executive Board Meeting: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 9:30 am.

Mary Hill
Secretary



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