National Legislative Program Evaluation Society
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
August 19, 2005, Seattle, Washington
The Executive Committee convened at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 19, 2005 in Rm 619 of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Copies of handout discussed during the meeting are kept with on file with the NLPES secretary.
Attendance: Committee Members - Priscilla Anderson, Trish Bishop, Martha Carter, Steve Hendrickson, Joe Lawhon, Ken Levine, Leslie McGuire, Wade Melton, Rakesh Mohan, Tim Osterstock, and Gerry Schwandt; NCSL - Bob Boerner; Guests- Gaylin Spirit, Washington State
Officers: Wade Melton, as past vice chair, took office as the 2005-2006 executive committee chair. Nominations were opened for the vice chair and secretary positions. Martha Carter nominated Ken Levine for the office of vice chair, seconded by Steve Hendrickson, passed unanimously. Gerry Schwandt nominated Tim Osterstock for the office of secretary, seconded by Joe Lawhon, passed unanimously.
Committees: Wade, as the new executive committee chair, elected to continue the existing sub-committee process and made the following committee assignments.
Annual Meeting - Priscilla Anderson, Chair; Steve Hendrickson, Joe Lawhon
Awards - Joe Lawhon, Chair; Ken Levine, Leslie McGuire, Gerry Schwandt, Tim Osterstock
Communications and Technology - Rakesh Mohan, Chair; Steve Hendrickson, Martha Carter, Priscilla Anderson, Trish Bishop, Jan Yamane
Professional Development and Training - Jan Yamane, Chair; Tim Osterstock, Ken Levine, Trish Bishop, Leslie McGuire, Rakesh Mohan, Gerry Schwandt
Nominations and Elections - Martha Carter
Chair Directive: Wade said that for the coming year he wanted the committee's major project to be the development of a Strategic Plan. The emphasis of this plan is an outreach to the overall membership of the organization to fully appreciate the desires and needs of our members. To implement this project Wade wants the committee to utilize the experience and expertise of past chairs and key organizational members. His goal is to turn a functional project over to Ken for implementation in the next year. Motion to approve the project was made by Ken, seconded by Martha, and passed unanimously.
Fall Conference - The 2005 NLPES Conference will be in Harrisburg PA and the 2006 conference will be in Park City, UT. To date, the only interest in sponsoring the 2007 conference has been West Virginia, the training sub-committee will need to start working on this issue immediately and will also need to start looking for a 2008 site. Hawaii has shown some interest but travel concerns could be a problem. Wade asked that each committee members talk with their office leaders to determine the feasibility of Hawaii as a fall conference site.
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 at the Hilton Hotel in Harrisburg, PA.
- Submitted by Tim Osterstock, Secretary
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