NEA FINE ARTS CAUCUS AGENDA & MINUTES JUNE 22, 2011

NEA Fine Arts Caucus Agenda
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
7:30 PM CST * 5:30 PST * 8:30 EST

I.          Roll Call was called at 7:32 PM--Members present: Tom McLaughlin, Deb Turici, Pam Gibberman, Andy Pors, Dan Caruso, Kathi Zamora.  Absent: Sue Lemmo, Steve Dineno, Charlie Fry, Rich Nicklay,  Guest--Princess Moss)

II.         Adoption/modification of Agenda (moved by Caruso, seconded by Gibberman, Motion Passed) (attachment 622.1)

III.        Approval of 6/12/2010 Minutes (attachment to follow—item tabled)

IV.        Treasurer’s Report (attachment 622.2) (Moved Caruso, Seconded by Gibberman—Motion Passed)

V.         Final Constitution Approval (attachment to follow—item tabled)

VI.        General RA Communication tools (attachments 622.3-622.5)  VI.       NEA RA Schedule & Mechanics (attachment 622.6) (Moved by Gibberman, Seconded by

Turici, Motion passed)

	JUNE 30TH	JULY 1ST	JULY 2ND	JULY 3RD	JULY 4TH	JULY 5TH
Fine Arts Caucus	Exhibits 8:00-5:00 pm 4 – 6:30 pm Fine Arts Caucus Executive Board Meeting Convention Ctr Room N135	Exhibits 8:00-5:00 pm 12 – 1 pm Fine Arts Caucus Executive Board Meeting Convention Ctr Room N135	Exhibits 8:00-10:00 am Non-profit exhibits 10:00-5:00 9:30 – 10 am Fine Arts Caucus First Meeting at the NEA FAC Non-Profit Table (if transportation allows leadership and members to arrive in time) 2:30-3:30 pm Fine Arts Caucus Meeting Convention Center Room N135 6:30-10:00 NEA Friendship Night: NEA/NPR FROM THE TOPto kick off our year-long Arts Advocacy campaign.	Non Profit NEA Fine Arts Caucus Booth Open  9:00-5:00 pm 9:30 – 10 am Fine Arts Caucus First Meeting Convention Center Room N135 (if transportation allows leadership and members to arrive in time) Working Lunch Fine Arts Caucus Meeting to be Announced at an Appropriate Break in the Annual Meeting.  Members will be contacted via text message depending on business being conducted at the time. Convention Ctr Room N135	Non Profit NEA Fine Arts Caucus Booth Open  9:00-5:00 pm 9:30 – 10 am Fine Arts Caucus First Meeting Convention Center Room N135 (if transportation allows leadership and members to arrive in time) Working Lunch Fine Arts Caucus Meeting to be Announced at an Appropriate Break in the Annual Meeting.  Members will be contacted via text message depending on business being conducted at the time. Convention Ctr Room N135	NEA FINE ARTS CAUCUS EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTIONS 10:00-3:00 Non Profit Non Profit NEA Fine Arts Caucus Booth Open  9:00-5:00 pm 9:30 – 10 am Fine Arts Caucus First Meeting Convention Center Room N135 (if transportation allows leadership and members to arrive in time) Working Lunch Fine Arts Caucus Meeting to be Announced at an Appropriate Break in the Annual Meeting.  Members will be contacted via text message depending on business being conducted at the time. Convention Ctr Room N135 Post RA Executive Board Meeting Convention Ctr Room N135

VII.  NEA Fine Arts Caucus Pre-RA Survey 2011.

VIII.  Committee Chairs for the 2011 RA

·         New Business Items (Tom McLaughlin/Deb Turici)

·         Newsletter, Agendas, Signage, Ribbons, and General Advocacy copies (Tom McLaughlin)

·         Logo Design Competition (Deb Turici)

·         Resolutions (Charlie Fry)

·         Candidate Interviews/Endorsement Recommendations (Sue Lemmo/Pam Gibberman)

·         Constitution & Bylaws (Rich Nicklay/Charlie Fry)

·         Non-Profit Booth (Pam Gibberman, Kathi Zamora)

·         Membership (Oscar Forsman)

·         State Contacts (Dan Caruso)

·         External Communications

IX.  NEA Issues

·         Obama early endorsement 2011 (No Position)

·         NEA Bylaws Change: Legislative Crisis Fund (Moved by Gibberman, Seconded Kathi Zamora, Motion Passed)

·         NEA Policy Statement on Evaluation & Teacher Accountability (No Position)http://www.nea.org/home/19449.htm

X.  NEA Candidate Endorsements (Attachment 612.16) Equalopnow@aol.com

http://www.bamn.com/

XI.        NBI’s & Resolutions

A. Updates on Last Year’s Business
B.  Resolution on Arts Education for students in Special Populations (Attachment 612.25)
C.  NBI on Union Education
D.  NBI on Arts Advocacy
E.  NBI on Bob Lague

XI.        Other

XI.        The Meeting Adjourned at 9:05 PM (Moved by Turici, Seconded by Zamora)

Submitted respectfully,

Tom McLaughlin,

NEA Fine Arts Caucus Chair