Admin Council Minutes May 29, 2003
Present: Kymm Nelsen, Rachel Houghton, Teresa Shelton, Russell Pike,
Vicki Miller, Christy Graunke, Skip Martin, Patti Loverink, Darinda
LaFlash, Kathee Kuvinka, Len Humbird, Cindy Reid, Larry LaBeck, Kate
Evans
* The April minutes were approved.
* Vicki reported that we have $1,536.96 in checking. $300 in Pay Pal,
and $5.769.84 in Money Market, for a total of $7,306.80. Upcoming
expenses will be officer training ($2,200), Rachel's Dallas expenses
($750), and the Senior Breakfast ($500). We also need money for gifts
for approximately 60 volunteers. We need a reserve for the National
board meeting in September.
* At the Tuesday officer's meeting former STC presidents Mark Ace,
Garret Romaine, Patti Loverink, and Jean Richardson attended. A decision
was made to continue Senior Breakfasts and to have programs focus on
developing soft skills to become strategic contributors. At the Senior
Breakfast 80% of the attendees said they would be interested in such
programs. Jean Richardson will be the program manager for next year.
Jean will be looking at revolving locations, Web conferences, and
corporate sponsorships to bring costs down. On Sept. 11th Andrea Ames
will be presenting a program meeting. The National Board of Directors
will be here the second Friday and Saturday in September.
* Our Volunteer of the Month is Jean Richardson, in recognition of her
work with the California chapters.
* Rachel Houghton reported that the May program meeting was successful,
with 35 people attending. Twenty-four people responded to the zoomerang
evaluation, with many people advocating starting meetings earlier. We
talked about networking at 6 and starting the meeting at 6:30.
* Rachel also reported on the End of the Year event on June 19th. Rather
than having it at the Greenwood Inn, we discussed the Cornelius Pass
Roadhouse. Patti will get more information. We'll see if Lance Gelein
can come.
* Tom White has agreed to be our Zoomerang Czar, and his wife, Maureen
MacKay, will be the Czarina.
* Debbie and Rachel have mailed out the directory. Rachel reported we
received the Chapter of Excellence award.
* Darinda has very generously agreed to be the Web Manager and work on a
Web redesign. She will be the project manager and work with three
interested interns. This means we need to find a new volunteer for the
volunteer coordinator position.
* Maralee Sauter has agreed to run for first VP and Kathee Kuvinka may
consider running for second VP.
* Garret Romaine has agreed to be our next Chancellor of Education.
* SIG/ Manager Reports. Hospitality- Teresa reported that Pay Pal is
working well. Vicki reported that we received a refund from Zoomerang
because we are a nonprofit ($249 vs $350 per year). Christy needs a
trainee/assistant to pass the competition on to. Skip Martin, Kathee
Kuvinka, and Debbie Miller received distinguished service volunteer
awards. Larry LaBeck needs an assistant PR director for next year.
Kathee Kuvinka reported that we have 369 members. Patti Loverink will
continue as Senior Member liaison.
* The following in absentia Contractor's SIG report is from Michael
Horenstein. Our program meeting on May 14 on successful career
transitions/supplements drew 11-12 attendees. However, discussion after
the meeting gave rise to the idea of forming a support group, possibly
an actual SIG, for technical/ business communicators freelancers and
self-employed contractors in general. Peggy Knapp, who served as one of
the three panelists that night, volunteered to lead such a group,
probably starting this summer. We haven't decided yet whether we will
try to organize this group separately from or supplemental to the
Contractor's SIG, or integrate it into the latter. The three of us will
likely meet in June to hash out the latest arrangement for the rest of
the summer and the upcoming program year. Teri and Michael are
interested in developing program topics that parallel the Technical
Communicator as Strategic Contributor model that Jean presented at that
meeting. To do this successfully, we should coordinate the planning of
our programs more closely with Rachel and Jean. Doing this is intended
to avoid merely duplicating or closely restating content similar to that
presented in the monthly meetings by that presented through the
Contractors SIG.
* Kymm Nelsen reported that we've been asked to participate in the Web
Vision meeting. Kymm will follow through with this. The meeting ended at
7:45 with congratulations to Kymm Nelsen on a job well done! 30 



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