Agenda for April 16, 2015, board of directors meeting
March 16, 2015
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.
- Call to order — Mark Newton (8:30 a.m.)
- Roll call and determination of quorum — Connie Fulkerson
- Reading of notice of meeting — Connie Fulkerson
- Approval of minutes — Mark Newton
- Affirmation of electronic votes
- Motion to approve IRS Form 990 as amended for 2013. (passed 7-0, Dec. 10, 2014)
- 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)
- Approval of agenda — Mark Newton
- Commendations — Mark Newton
- New business (9 a.m.)
- Affiliate membership proposal — Candace Perkins Bowen
- Whistleblower policy — Stan Zoller
- Budget — Kelly Furnas
- Reports (10:30 a.m.)
- JEA/NSPA Convention Subcommittee — Valerie Kibler
- NSPA Awards and Critiques Subcommittee — Jeanne Acton
- One Book — Evelyn Lauer
- Conventions — Kelly Furnas
- Headquarters — Kelly Furnas
- Scholastic Press Rights Committee — John Bowen
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills — Meg Fromm
- Pulitzer Prize Campfires Initiative — Mark Newton
- ASNE National Community and News Literacy Roundtables Project — Meg Fromm/Mark Newton
- Board goals review — Mark Newton
- 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