Northern Nevada Home Schools, Inc.

Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 5:30 P.M.

Crystal Lake Park, 1190 Country Estates Cr., Reno, Nevada

 

Minutes

 

Present:

Jim Poston, Chair

Patti Poston, Secretary

David Pennington, Editor

Jim Demuth, Director

 

Absent:

Shannon Simpkins, Treasurer

 

1.     Call to order and approval of agenda – meeting called to order at 5:39pm and agenda approved.

2.     Approve minutes of March 6, 2006 meeting – Minutes approved

3.     Comments by members and discussion of comments - None

 

4.     Reports

a.    Chair – Jim Poston – Nevada Discovery museum is doing a prospectus and Jim P. is doing that.

b.     Treasurer – Shannon Simpkins – Report will be submitted by email

c.    Activities Committee – Elizabeth Dahl – No report

d.    Programs Committee – Carol Williams – Writing workshop is August 28th and 29th at TMCC.  We need to advertise for program committee members and solicit more programs.

 

Old Business

 

5.   NNHS scholarships – Shannon asked if NNHS would consider offering scholarships, perhaps with requirements of being an NNHS member for at least 3 years, been homeschooled, and be a junior or senior.  Deferred to next meeting and maybe not just a money scholarship to camp scholarships.

6.   Elections – Elections for board positions are scheduled for June.  Positions coming up for re-election are: Chair, Editor, and Director-at-large.  Are there any candidates?  It would be helpful if the named officers could create a draft of duties. No candidates.  We will look for someone ASAP and the board will appoint a Director-at-large and Editor. 

New Business

 

7.   Electronic newsletter – The PDF file is fairly big and some members are having trouble getting it via email.  The postal count is down to 65, with about 20 comps.  The email count is up to 117.  Email isn’t intended to carry files that big.  It should be posted on the website, with a link delivered through email.

8.   Activities announcements --
        
June 8, 2006 – Great Basin Spring Fling
        
June 10, 2006 – Curriculum Fair
        
June 23, 2006 – End of Year Picnic
         August 25-26, 2006 – Writing workshop
        
August 28, 2006  -- Not Back to Public School Brunch

 

a.   Adjourn – Meeting adjourned at 6:50pm

 

b. Spelling bee, geography bee, science fair, athletic teams, debate tournaments, Future Cities, MathCounts, etc.)