Northern Nevada Home Schools, Inc.

Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, August 16, 2005, 5:30 P.M.

Round Table Pizza, Virginia & Peckham, Reno

Minutes

Present:

Jim Poston, Chair

Patti Poston, Secretary

Shannon Simpkins, Treasurer

Jim Demuth, Director

Absent:

David Pennington, Editor

Guests:

Jena Ewart

1. Call to order and approval of agenda – Meeting called to order at 5:35pm

2. Approve minutes of June 15, 2005 meeting – Minutes approved

3. Comments by members and discussion of comments

4. Reports

a. Chair – Jim Poston – No report

b. Treasurer – Shannon Simpkins – See attached annual report. Carol has completed the IRS audit for our 501(c)3 (tax-exempt, non-profit) status. Our five-year “provisional period” is over and we have received our "permanent determination" letter.

c. Care Committee – No report

d. Activities Committee – Elizabeth Dahl – No report

e. Programs Committee – Carol Williams – August Writing Program is full. We purchased the group license for the Writing Program. Learning Explorations has donated $3,285.61 to NNHS to use for the Programs Committee and the Programs Committee Theme Kits. September Program is in the works for a family night.

Old Business

5. Member access to electronic services – Website revisions not completed. Still in progress.

6. Sparks Farmer’s Market Booth – This item will be on hold while Traci Froese works out a spot for next season.

New Business

7. Theme Kits – Carol Williams would like to loan the theme kits for use by NNHS members.

8. Treasurer Yearly Report – Carol Williams and Shannon Simpkins presented a summary of last year’s expenses. – See attached

9. New officer transition – Shannon and Carol are transitioning the Treasurer duties to Shannon. Shannon made a motion to appoint Carol Williams as Director-at-large for the next year. Jim D. seconded, and the motion was approved unanimously.
Current officers are: Jim Poston, Chair; Shannon Simpkins, Treasurer; Patti Poston, Secretary; David Pennington, Editor; Jim Demuth, Director; and Carol Williams, Director.
Allowed signers on the Bank of America account will be Shannon Simpkins, Treasurer; Patti Poston, Secretary; and Carol Williams, Director. (Only two signatures are necessary)

10. Activities Committee/Programs Committee Budget – Carol asked for $4,500 for the Programs Committee for this fiscal year to go towards starting the program and running it for the year. The $4,500 would consist of the $3,286 donation from the Resource Center plus approximately $1,200 from NNHS. An extended discussion ensued, but no decision was made.

11. Care Committee – Bethany has resigned as Chair of the Care Committee. The meeting was adjourned before this item could be discussed.

12. Adjourn – The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.

13. Future agenda items

a. NNHSAC representative (old)

b. Student competitions, entries from NNHS (spelling bee, geography bee, science fair, athletic teams, debate tournaments, Future Cities, MathCounts, etc.)

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