VCTM Board Meeting

Alumni Hall (Garden Level)– Vermont Institutes

Montpelier, Vermont

September 7, 2006

Members Present:  Nancy Pejouhy, President; Jean McKenny, Past President; Harvie Porter, Membership Chair; Roberta Cota, Zone 1 Representative and Secretary;  Kathy Nolan, Zone 2 Representative; Bob Sinclair, ATMNE Representative; Mary-Anne Johnson, Zone 6 Representative; Stacey Anthony, Will Wright, Zone 3 Representative; Barbara Unger, Zone 5 Representative; Maureen Neumann, NCTM Representative; Carole Fortier, Middle –School Representative; Jill Wilkins, High School Representative; Tim Whiteford, Higher Education Representative; and Robert Kenney, Co-Newsletter Editor.

The meeting was called to order at 5:20 p.m.

Secretary’s Report:  Moved by Bob Sinclair and seconded by Barbara Unger to accept the Secretary’s Report of March 23, 2006.  Motion was approved by unanimous vote.

Treasurer’s Report:   The treasurer’s report was approved in Harvey’s absence.  Moved by Bob Sinclair and seconded by Jean McKenny to approve the Treasurer’s Report dated September 7, 2006.    Motion was approved by unanimous vote.

Standing Committees:

MEMBERSHIP:    Current membership  is currently 148. 

HIGHER EDUCATION REPORT:   No report.  It was discussed how we can get members from higher ed math department and math education in general and advertising to get to them for advertising for the ATMNE Conference through a list serve, etc.

ATMNE REPORT:  At the business meeting at the ATMNE conference in April, it was decided that future meetings will only be held for two days - Thursday and Friday.   In 2007 the ATMNE conference will be in somewhere in northwestern Mass.  In 2008 the conference will be in Portland, Maine.  In 2009 it will be held at the NCTM regional in Boston, Massachusetts.    The Regional conference in Hartford, Connecticut, was a huge success where ATMNE earned about $20,000. 

ATMNE will pay the registration for any representative from an affiliate with the expectation of taking on a leadership role in ATMNE.

Their website address is:  www.atmne.net.  We need to make sure our ATMNE Website link is up to date.

They are looking for a new ATMNE representative.

NCTM REPORT:    Kathy stated that we brought two issues to the conference.  One was about VCTM dues being made a part of the NCTM registration.  We could not be added because assume complex software change; also chapters .  Logo use:  They stated that there is a separate logo for affiliates.  We cannot use the current logo because of copyright, because by using this logo they do not want to say that they are endorsing what the logo is put on.

Kathy also reported that sometimes affiliates are asked for their mailing lists, and they ask this so that they make sure affiliates are also members of NCTM.  Some affiliates are refusing to give them their lists.

NEWSLETTER:    Bob Kenney distributed extra copies of the newsletter and shared a copy of a California Mathematics Council Communicator.  He also shared a book called PRIME.  It was decided the next newsletter come out in late January early February with the deadline January 5, 2007

PAEMST REPORT:    Nancy reported that Donna Cook was the 2005 Presidential Awardee.  The three finalists for the 2006 are:

ATMNE CONFERENCE 2006:    Jill Wilkins stated that there were not a lot of members who have signed up on the website so if you have not signed up yet, please do so.    Mary-Anne stated that in the past we borrowed overheads and wanted to know if she should borrow them again or rent them from ATMNE.  She stated that we would need approximately fifteen.  Several VCTM members stated that they would bring overheads with them.   Mary-Anne also talked about other equipment and supplies we needed.  She will send out an e-mail of what she needs to check to see what we have before renting or buying supplies or equipment.   Carla has ordered 100 T-shirts, which we will sell for @$12 and make about $2. 

Add-ins, changes or corrections will be in an insert in the program at the conference.  These changes should be sent to the Program Committee who will then forward them to Harvey to print off for the conference.

Moved Bob Sinclair and seconded by Jean McKenny to approve the mailing of the conference program for ATMNE in Killington, Vermont, by VCTM to each school and address it to the math department.  Motion was approved by unanimous vote.

Vermont Institutes Report:    No Report.   Brochures from the VMP and Vermont Institutes were distributed to pass out in schools.

Other Business:   Maureen Neumann & Bob Sinclair asked if instead of having a presenter support  for each room we could have three volunteers to check in with each presenter before attending their own conference to see if they need anything .and then possibly pass on any needs to the student volunteers.  It was also suggested that they have a t-shirt identifying them as support for presenters that need anything.

Math Coalition: 

New Business:  Tim Whiteford put together a rational statement for the 2007 Spring Conference which he distributed to the VCTM board.    He stated that it would be nice if VCTM can reach out to other professionals such as ELL and Special Education Educators who are underserved in the area of mathematics education.  He feels that there are lots of difference resources we could use to help us determine a student’s understanding of math.   Kathy Nolan shared some of the things that she is doing with teachers in the Northeast Kingdom.  These could be possible presentations for the future conference.  The Title will be “Teaching Math to ALL students.  Differentiation could also be a part of this conference.  We are looking at the first week in April as a possible time to have this conference.  Tim Whiteford will look for possible dates it could be held at St. Michael’s College.

Nancy stated that Charlie Thompson, Zone 4 Representative, is resigning from the board.   We are looking for a replacement.

There was discussion for nominations for ATMNE Rep., Zone Rep., Program Director.

The next meeting will be held January 11, 2007, at Randolph at 3:30 p.m. 

Moved by Barbara Unger and seconded by Tim Whiteford to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 p.m.  Motion was approved by unanimous vote.

Respectfully submitted,

Roberta A. Cota, Secretary