Northern Nevada Home Schools, Inc.

Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, January 18, 2005, 3:30 P.M.

Sierra View Library, Virginia & Peckham, Reno

Present:

Jim Poston, Chair

Patti Poston, Secretary

Heather Mayorga, Director

Carl Lucas, Director

Jim Demuth, Director

Bethany Callahan, Director

David Pennington, Editor

Absent:

Carol Williams, Treasurer

Elizabeth Dahl, Director

Guests:

Pam Condron

Sondra Burroughs

AGENDA

1. Call to order and approval of agenda

Meeting called to order at 3:40pm

Agenda Approved

2. Approve minutes of November 23, 2004 meeting

November minutes approved

3. Comments by members and discussion of comments

Guest Pam Condron came to the meeting to ask questions about homeschooling.

4. Reports

a. Chair – Jim Poston

No report

b. Treasurer – Carol Williams

See attached report

c. Care Committee – Bethany Callahan

No written report. Bethany is requesting Carol to change the message machine to include the care committee phone number. Carl will get the care committee the new packets to be sent out to new members.

d. Activities Committee – Elizabeth Dahl

Jim P. reported for Elizabeth that there is a committee with about 4-5 people on it.

e. Conference Committee – Cheryl Cardoza

No report.

Old Business

5. NNHS representative to Northern Nevada Home School Advisory Council – Jim P. contacted Penny R. to see if she would want to take the position.

6. Electronic newsletter – David made a motion to reduce the cost of membership $5 if the member is taking the newsletter in electronic form. Bethany seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

7. Volunteers – The Board agreed to not have a volunteer discount, but this may be discussed in future meetings.

8. Education Collaborative – David will have final information about access cards by the next meeting.

9. Member access to electronic services – David has converted all newsletters since July to PDF format for posting on the members-only website. Jim P. is testing schemes to password-protect members-only area. Conversion of the website and email discussion list should be complete by the end of the month.

New Business

10. Liability – Elizabeth lined up a community volunteering activity for NNHS. Carl brought up the issue of liability. The board briefly discussed the issue. We will ask Carol to check into the insurance and bring a summary to the next meeting.

11. 2005 Conference – The conference committee has gained some new volunteers and is trying to set a date in January to meet. Jim P. proposed that if a date is not set at the next meeting that the conference be cancelled for this year. After discussion, the board decided to wait on the outcome of the January meeting and make a decision about the conference at the February board meeting.

12. Elections – Patti, Heather, Carol and Jim D. have agreed to resign from the board at the end of the 12 months to get the board positions on an alternating cycle. Jim P. will develop an election policy and schedule for 2005.

13. Adjourn –

Meeting adjourned at 5pm – Next meeting set at Tuesday, February 15^th, 5:30pm at Round Table Pizza.