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and the Conflicts of Interest Policy Disclosure Statement which were approved and adopted by the Board on November 10, 2009. VIII. National Office Report Yasmina Vinci gave the National Office Report. In her report, Ms. Vinci discussed the national, regional, and state environments where the organization and the Head Start community operate. She focused on several initiatives of the organization including increased collaboration with the Office of Head Start, the Head Start Impact Study, Training and Technical Assistance program, NHSA membership, and parental/family engagement. Ms. Vinci concluded her presentation by introducing the Go Smart Initiative and Tiereny Lloyd, NHSA’s Special Project Coordinator. Ms. Lloyd discussed the Go Smart Initiative with Nike, its pilot programs in Los Angeles and New York City, and the future of the program. MOTION: Aubrey Puckett moved to accept the National Office Report. Terrance St. Julien seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. IX. Committee Reports Executive Committee Wassy Tesfa gave the Executive Committee Report. She reported that the committee met the previous night, received an update on NHSA’s Professional Development, and had two action items, listed below. Action Item(s): Appointment of Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, and Parliamentarian, Appointment of the Audit Committee MOTION: Dennis DeMers moved to accept the Executive Committee Report. Mary Burns seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. MOTION: Sue Obermiller moved the appointment of Danny Wells as Assistant Treasurer, Mary Rose Cox as the Assistant Secretary, and Elaine Laird as the Parliamentarian. Terrance St. Julien seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. MOTION: Dennis DeMers moved the appointment of Michael Melton, Pinkie Mayfield, and Tony Cancelosi to be on the Audit Committee. Ricky Pondexter seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. Budget and Finance Committee Jim Houlares gave the Budget and Finance Committee Report. The committee has been meeting monthly and at the previous meeting, they reviewed the financial report for November 2009 and the financial report for the 2009 Parent Conference. Mr. Houlares reported that more details would follow in the Audit report the next day, but that NHSA was still seeing a Budget surplus and finances were in order. Action Item(s): None MOTION: Ellen O’Kelly moved to accept the committee’s report. Kesha Curry seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. Governance and Nominating Committee Sue Obermiller gave the Governance and Nominating Committee report. She reported that the committee had met via conference call and discussed the nomination and value of ad hoc committee members from the Head Start Community. The committee will meet at least once Jan. 28-29, 2010 NHSA Board Minutes Page 2 of 5
more prior to the NHSA Annual Conference and Board Meeting and hope to bring something final to the full board regarding ad hoc committee members at that time Action Item(s): None MOTION: Mary Burns moved to accept the committee’s report. Johnnye Gibbs seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. Government Affairs Dennis DeMers gave the Government Affairs committee report. The committee has been meeting monthly via teleconference and has been working on developing a tool for policy planning, principles for policy development, a tool that explains the policy agenda development process, and worked to create a 2010 Policy Agenda that includes broad input from the Head Start Community. Action Item(s): 2010 Policy Agenda MOTION: Dennis DeMers moved to accept the committee’s report. Almeta Keys seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. MOTION: Dennis DeMers moved the acceptance of the 2010 NHSA Policy Agenda. Almeta Keys seconded the motion. MOTION: Dennis DeMers moved to table the previous motion until the following day when the board members can look over the Policy agenda. On a voice vote, the motion to table passed unanimously. Resource Development and Membership Linda Meredith gave the Resource Development and Membership Committee report. The committee met via telephone in January and discussed the need to identify where NHSA was with membership data and grantee data. The committee also highlighted the importance for NHSA Board Members to assist the organization in increasing membership in their respective states and regions. Action Item(s): None MOTION: Ruth Neale moved to accept the Nominating and Membership Resources report. Raymond Cline seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. Research and Evaluation Janis Santos gave the Research and Evaluation Committee report. The committee met via telephone in January and discussed the Head Start impact study as well as the results of several other surveys and studies that had recently been completed. Ms. Santos invited all new board members to join the committee and complemented Ben Allen on his hard work for the association and the Head Start community, in general. Action Item(s): None MOTION: Chris Austin moved to accept the committee’s report. Terrance St. Julien seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. X. Regional Reports Ron Herndon reported that staff had received regional reports from Region V, Region VIII, and Region XII (see attached). He instructed staff to look at the reports and make Jan. 28-29, 2010 NHSA Board Minutes Page 3 of 5
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