Northern Nevada Home Schools, Inc.

Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 5:00 P.M.

Round Table Pizza meeting room, Virginia & Peckham, Reno

 

Present:

Jim Poston – Chair

Patti Poston – Secretary

David Pennington – Editor

Carol Williams – Treasurer

Jim Demuth - Director

Bethany Callahan – Director

Heather Mayorga – Director

 

Absent:

Elizabeth Dahl – Director

Carl Lucas – Director

 

Guests:

Janice Whitaker

 

1.     Call to order and approval of agenda

Meeting called to order at 5:10pm

2.     Approve minutes of January 18, 2005 meeting

January minutes approved

3.     Comments by members and discussion of comments

No comments

 

4.     Reports

a.     Chair – Jim Poston

b.         Treasurer – Carol Williams – See attached report

c.     Care Committee – Bethany Callahan

d.     Activities Committee – Elizabeth Dahl

e.     Conference Committee

 

Old Business

                     

5.     Education Collaborative –Carol made a motion not to pursue membership in the Education Collaborative at this time. Jim D. seconded    Motion passed unanimously.

6.     Member access to electronic services – Discussion list members have been informed that access will be limited to members and prospective members after February 28.  Many members have opted to sign up.  Two have dropped off the list.  No reaction from others.  Website revision still underway.

 

New Business

 

7.   2005 Conference – Cheryl Cardoza has resigned as Conference Chair, along with four volunteers.  Seven volunteers remain.  No conference date has been confirmed.  Some work has been done, but no commitments have been made.  After considerable discussion, it was decided that due to the late date, the best idea would be to sponsor something which would not require a lot of work.  Heather made a motion to not hold a full conference this year but to have one or two smaller functions, such as a banquet with keynote speaker or group trip to the Sacramento conference.  Carol seconded and motion passed unanimously.

 

8.   NNHS Awareness Campaign – One of the Chair’s goals for this term has been to raise the awareness of NNHS and homeschooling in the community.  Janice Whitaker has volunteered to assist NNHS in community relations.  A logo is desirable as a visible representation of NNHS.   Jim P. requested $300 be allocated to the development of a new logo.  Board members will be asked to help mold the new logo.  Patti made a motion to allocate $300 for a development of a logo.  Carol seconded.  Motion was discussed, along with uses of the logo and publicity campaign by Janice.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

9.   Donation to NPRI – Nevada Policy Research Institute has released an excellent report on the financial impact of homeschooling in Nevada:  Homeschooling in Nevada: The Budgetary Impact.  The conclusion: “The notion that homeschool children somehow ‘cost’ the public schools turns reality on its head. In truth, the situation could be more accurately characterized as one in which Nevada’s public education establishment profits from unwarranted taxes on parents who choose to exercise their parental rights.”  The study cost $11,000.  Donations have reached $7,000.  Jim P. requested that NNHS donate $300 to NPRI, $1 for each member of NNHS, in appreciation of this study.  David made a motion to allocate $300 to the NPRI study.  Patti seconded.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

10.  Liability – Elizabeth lined up a community volunteering activity for NNHS.  Carl brought up the issue of liability.  Carol stated that NNHS is covered for actions of its members and board.  Individual board members have protection because of the non-profit corporation.  Heather made a motion to remove the personal residence from the insurance.  Jim D. seconded and the motion passed unanimously. 

 

11.  Field Trip Policy – The Activities Committee proposed a Field Trip Policy (attached) and asked for the board’s approval. Patti moved to accept the field trip policy; Heather seconded.  Discussion followed.  The board wanted to limit the time period for three strikes to one year.  The motion was amended to limit the time period for consecutive no call/no shows to twelve months.  Motion passed unanimously.

12.  Adjourn –

Meeting adjourned at 7:35pm. 

Next meeting Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005 at 3:30pm at Sierra View Library