The Journalism Education Association board of directors meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16, 2015, in Governor’s Square 11 of the Sheraton Denver Downtown. Download the PDF packet of advance board materials for this meeting.

1. Call to order — Mark Newton (8:30 a.m.)
2. Roll call and determination of quorum — Connie Fulkerson
3. Reading of notice of meeting — Connie Fulkerson
4. Approval of minutes — Mark Newton
5. Affirmation of electronic votes
   1. Motion to approve IRS Form 990 as amended for 2013. (passed 7-0, Dec. 10, 2014)
   2. Motion for approval of a contract proposal from the Linq Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, to host the 2016 and 2017 Advisers Institute. (passed 7-0, March 10, 2015)
6. Approval of agenda — Mark Newton
7. Commendations — Mark Newton
8. New business (9 a.m.)
   1. Affiliate membership proposal — Candace Perkins Bowen
   2. Whistleblower policy — Stan Zoller
   3. Budget — Kelly Furnas
9. Reports (10:30 a.m.)
   1. JEA/NSPA Convention Subcommittee — Valerie Kibler
   2. NSPA Awards and Critiques Subcommittee — Jeanne Acton
   3. One Book — Evelyn Lauer
   4. Conventions — Kelly Furnas
   5. Headquarters — Kelly Furnas
   6. Scholastic Press Rights Committee — John Bowen
   7. Partnership for 21st Century Skills — Meg Fromm
   8. Pulitzer Prize Campfires Initiative — Mark Newton
   9. ASNE National Community and News Literacy Roundtables Project — Meg Fromm/Mark Newton
   10. Board goals review — Mark Newton
10. Adjournment (2:30 p.m.)

A follow-up meeting will be at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Tower Court A of the Sheraton Denver Downtown