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DISCUSSION/COMMENTS

OUTCOME

Housekeeping

President Brian Duggan called the meeting to order at 10:52 a.m. There were 21 members in attendance.

Russ Bowden made a correction regarding Video IP. Minutes of December 5, 2002 meeting in San Jose were approved.

Officerís Reports

President: Brian Duggan thanked all of the officers for their hard work this past year. He stated that different levels of corporate sponsorship have worked well and good feedback has been received from the corporate sponsors.

Executive Director: Bob Romanelli thanked David Grannis for his work on the new DET/CHE web site.

Membership needs to actively recruit new members.

Secretary: No report.

Treasurer: In the absence of Susan Corum, Bob Romanelli gave the treasurerís report. He noted that there will be a profit from this conference, but wonít know the final figure until all the bills are paid.

Brian thanked outgoing officers, Glen Campbell and Mary Anne Teed, for their service.

Send suggestions for changes/additions to David Grannis at grannis@clunet.edu or to Bob Romanelli at romanelli@id.ucsb.edu.

Send suggestions for new members to Bob, and he will send out literature on the organization.

The treasurerís report was approved as presented. A second treasurerís report will be generated in January.

Old Business

The service agreement for Bob Romanelli was passed by the Board on December 2, 2003.

The membership cycle will remain July 1 ñ June 30 each year.

Information only.

New Business

The election of new officers was completed via email to the membership.

An amendment to the by-laws was proposed as follows: ìIt is proposed that the wording in Article IV, Section 5 under the duties of the President and Vice President be changed accordingly:

1. The President shall: (1) preside at all meetings of DET/CHE, including meetings of the board of Directors, and (2) function as the chief administrative officer of DET/CHE, (3) appoint all committees as specified within these by-laws.
2. The Vice President / President-Elect shall: (1) assume the duties of the President in the absence of the President, (2) chair the Program Committee for the annual conference.î

Howard Story suggested that the membership meeting be moved to an earlier time slot in the conference.

A suggestion was made to give corporate sponsors some time during next yearís conference to talk about their products.

Marlene deLeon announced that this yearís conference will show a profit.

Discussion was held about having regional meetings in the Spring.

Conference sites were announced.

List of the new 2004 Board is attached. For an in-depth listing, see http://www.id.ucsb.edu/detche/board.html

Amendment was approved as presented.

Henry Burnett will take under advisement for next yearís conference.

The Board will take under advisement.

Marlene is looking into a possible sponsorship by the Pauma and Pala Indian tribes as they have been very generous to her college in the past.

The Board will take under advisement.

Berkeley will be the site of the 2004 conference. The Mission Inn in Riverside is a possibility for the DET/CHE 20^th anniversary conference in 2005.

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

Information only.