BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

May 19 and 20, 2001

Oakland Airport Hilton

            The meeting was called to order at 9:30 A.M. by President Aaron Spain. Other members in attendance included Southland Representative  Kathy Allen, Central Representative  Michelle Berry for Caroline Caracciolo (Saturday only), California Department of Education Representative  Beth Breneman (Saturday only) GSDCTE Representative, Oscar Browne, Member at Large  Bob Chapman, Capitol Representative Angus Dunstan, Treasurer Anne Fristrom, Convention Coordinator  Punky Fristrom, Upper Representative Teisha Hase, Secretary Carleen Hemric, Member at Large Joni Jordan, Vice President Cheryl Joseph, Kern Representative  Claudia Keith, Resolutions Chair Jim Kliegl, Member at Large Olga Kokino, Past President Robin Luby, Policy/Legislative Chair Don Mayfield, Member at Large Akiko Morimoto, FACET Representative Faith Nitschke, Member at Large Anna Roseboro, Membership Chair  and  CATE 2002 Co-Chair Linda Stockton, TUCATE Representative  Carol Surabian, CATE 2002 Co-Chair  Lorraine Tracey, Member at Large Celia Trujillo, Redwood Representative Joan Williams, and Member at Large  Bill Younglove.  Absent: Member at Large Bill Burns, Member at Large Pat Ellis, and CALIFORNIA ENGLISH Editor Carol Jago.

Stockton moved and Luby seconded the approval of the February 18, 2001, minutes.  MOTION PASSED.

P. Fristrom moved and Stockton seconded the approval of the agenda.  MOTION PASSED.  Chapman requested help in judging entries in the CATE Writing Contest.

REPORTS OF OFFICERS

PRESIDENT - Spain noted that a CATE delegation had attended the NCTE Region 8 Leadership Conference in San Jose in February. 

            CATE Board members Kokino, Mayfield, Roseboro, and Spain attended the Asilomar Assessment Conference in March, and the report will be discussed and action formulated by the Policy/Censorship Committee.

             No one responded to a call for CATE volunteers to review reading materials for elementary schools.  Policy Chair Mayfield responded to a request for information concerning reading policies from Michigan State University’s Education Department and requested a copy of the completed research study. 

PAST PRESIDENT - Luby reported that nomination forms for the NCTE Leadership Development Award had been filed on CATEWeb and advertised through the Board ListServ and CATENet.  With the concurrence of the Advisory Board in order to meet the May 1 deadline, Alexandra Nguyen (GSDCTE) was selected to represent CATE at the NCTE Annual Convention in Baltimore.

            Upcoming NCTE events include the College Section Summer Institute in San Diego June 3-6; the Whole Language Umbrella Conference in Chicago July 26-29; the Annual Convention in Baltimore,  November 15-20; the Spring Conference in Portland March 7-9, 2002 (Program proposals for the Spring Conference may be submitted until May 21, 2001.); and the CCCC March 7-9, 2002, in Chicago.

            Morimoto reported that the NCTE Executive Committee had met in Washington, D.C. in May and visited senators and representatives.  She pointed out the availability of federal legislator information at CongressLink on the internet.  She will send a sample letter for legislative contact to L. Jordan for CATEWeb posting.  It should be adapted to include the writer’s residency.

            She warned that NCTE services would begin to be curtailed because of financial constraints.  The Promising Young Writers Program is one of the cuts being considered.  She requested copies of programs, publications, etc. that local councils use to celebrate their Promising Young Writer winners.

            CATE members who attended the Region 8 Leadership Conference representing the Board of Directors were Spain, Luby, Susan Aguilar Karpowicz, Capitol, and Teisha Hase, Upper. Additional representation came from SLATE (Mayfield, Regional Director) and representatives from CCTE, GSDCTE and SCTE, accredited NCTE affiliates in California.  Featured speakers included David Bloome, NCTE Vice President, Dale Allender, Associate Executive Director of NCTE, and Harriet Scarborough, Region 8 Representative to the Standing Committee on Affiliates.  Each affiliate shared a success and discussed needs for improved functioning.

            Ballots for NCTE offices have been mailed.  Members are encouraged to vote for Californians Judith Green - UCSB, Renee Moreno - CSU Northridge, Joseph Potts - CSU Long Beach and Jody Millward - Santa Barbara City College.  P. Fristrom suggested that attention be paid to affiliate involvement when voting choices are made.

            Luby moved and P. Fristrom seconded the approval of the following CATE officers elected on the April ballot : three-year terms: Member at Large Unspecified - Joan Williams; Member at Large Secondary - Anna Roseboro; Member at Large Elementary - Kathy Allen; and two year terms: Secretary - Carleen Hemric, Membership Chair - Linda Stockton, Council Representatives Angus Dunstan - Capitol, Michelle Berry - Central, Janeen Langenheim - FACET, Oscar Browne - GSDCTE, Claudia Keith - Kern, Joan Williams - Redwood, Kathy Allen - Southland, Carol Surabian - TUCATE, and Teisha Hase - Upper.  MOTION PASSED.

            Luby moved and P. Fristrom seconded approval of the resignation of Joan Williams as Redwood Representative.  MOTION PASSED.

            Luby moved and Roseboro seconded approval of the resignation of Kathy Allen as Southland Representative.  MOTION PASSED.

            Luby moved and Jordan seconded the approval of Maureen Rippee as the Southland Representative.  MOTION PASSED.

                        Luby requested that the council presidents and the Leadership Committee continue to examine ways to make the process for Distinguished Service Award nominations more open and timely.

VICE PRESIDENT - Joseph summarized the April 28, 2001, teleconference Advisory Meeting. Most of the items covered will be shared in committee and other reports during this meeting.

            Dunstan moved and Chapman seconded that the Board accept the following 2001-2002 CATE Board meeting dates; September 14-16, December 1-2, February 14-17, and May 18-19.  MOTION PASSED.

            Dunstan moved and Chapman seconded to hold the September Board meeting/Leadership Conference in Sacramento.  MOTION PASSED.

            P.Fristrom moved and Dunstan seconded to hold the December 1-2 meeting in San Diego.  MOTION PASSED.

            The February Board meeting will be held on February 14 in Oakland prior to the February 15-17, 2002 Convention.

            Joseph moved and Stockton seconded to hold the May 18-19, 2002, Board meeting in Palm Springs.  MOTION PASSED.

COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT - Williams reported that eight of nine council representatives met last evening and discussed the advisability of holding the Leadership Conference on a Saturday in Sacramento and including legislative sessions.  Each council should commit to bringing at least two members.

            The council representatives elected Claudia Keith as president of their group

            The Presidents’ Handbook  was discussed, and new information specifying the role of the president of this group will be added.  This includes election by majority of council representatives at the May meeting, preparing and presenting written reports at the Board meeting, participating in Advisory teleconferences, and sending agenda and reminders to council representatives one week prior to each meeting.  The handbook will be aligned with CATE By-laws, and a copy of a local council’s bylaws will be added as a sample for conducting business at the local level.  GSDCTE volunteered to submit their by-laws.

            The group recommended forming a subcommittee to examine current small/large council designations as well as adding or realigning councils statewide to improve representation.

            Council representatives were reminded to post their reports on CATEWeb prior to each Board meeting.

            Secretary Hemric was requested to send Presidents’ Handbooks and the GSDCTE by-laws to new council representatives.

SECRETARY - Hemric reminded Board members to submit directory updates.  She shared a thank you received from Anne Henke for the Board’s concern following the death of Bill Henke.

TREASURER - A. Fristrom reported a checking account balance of $19,105.87, a

Savings Account 1 balance of $149,674.87, a Savings Account 2 balance of $38,252.10, a Memorial CD balance of $12,025.57, a Marilyn Kahl Memorial CD balance of $7,799.56,  a Vanguard GNMA portfolio of $57,728.36, a Vanguard Index Trust of $29,298.30 and a Vanguard Value Index Fund of $24, 345.19.

            The phone card company handling the CATE 2001 phone cards went bankrupt.  Complaints should be directed to the number at the bottom of the card.

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR - Stockton reported that current membership totals are Capitol -152, Central - 801, Fresno - 88, Kern - 63, Redwood - 27, San Diego - 467, Southland -1139, TUCATE - 41, Upper - 52, Libraries - 27, Out-of-state - 27, and Comps - 3 for a total of 2887.  Every council has gained in membership.

            Sales at the Membership Booth during the Convention totalled $1,813.

            Bids are being solicited for a 3’ by 9’ banner to replace the booth.

CATE 2001 -  Expressing her appreciation to all involved for a highly successful CATE 2001,  Morimoto shared comments from the CATE evaluations.  According to Registrar Scott 1653 people attended the convention, making it one of the two most profitable ever conventions.

CATE 2002 - Co-Chair Stockton noted that Barbara Kingsolver and Isabel Allende were being approached as speakers.

LEGISLATIVE CHAIR AND POLICY ANALYST - In his on-line legislative update Mayfield noted that significant bills for language arts teachers to go forward from the Senate Education Committee included SB29 (O’Connell) Class Size Reduction, SB466 (Ortiz) Low Performing Schools (double joined to SB 33, SB204 and 508), SB 508 (Vasconcellos) Low Performing Schools (double joined to SB 33, SB204, SB466), SB1072 (Alpert) Reading Monitoring Grants.  The Middle School year extension bill was reduced from 30 to 20 days in the Senate Education Committee.

            A 2000-2002 state budget reduction of $3.5 billion is projected.  A reduction to General Fund spending of $3.2 billion is proposed.  The Governor’s Budget continues to reflect a commitment to public education with K-12 funding increased by $676 million above the January budget proposal.

            The  proposed “Race, Ethnicity, Color, or National Origin Clarification Initiative,” effective January 1, 2005, will prohibit state or local governments from using race, ethnicity, color, or national origin to classify current or prospective students, contractors, or employees in public education.  670,816 registered voter signatures are required by August 31, 2001.  

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORT -  Breneman noted that the K-8 Reading/Language Arts/English Language Development Instructional Materials Adoption for 2002 is underway.  The 108 members of the Instructional Materials Advisory Committee will review the materials holistically in five areas drawn from Chapter 9 of the English Language Arts Framework.  The 16 Content Review Panelists will review the materials from the standpoint of Standards Alignment.  Training for both groups will take place July 29-August 3.  CDE organizers received 32 programs from publishers. (Contact - Deborah Keys, Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Office (916-654-1281)

            The Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve List will be available on the CDE website (www.cde.ca.gov) by June 30.  An Advisory Review Committee, including CATE Board members Kathy Allen and Olga Kokino, other teachers, superintendents, reading specialists, library media teachers, and representatives of CRA, CRLP, and ACSA reviewed the list.  CDE staff are now incorporating titles from Advanced Placement classes and making other recommended additions from the committee.  The over 2,700 titles span six languages (English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Hmong, Chinese, and Filipino).  A shrink-wrapped three hole punched product will be created for dissemination by the CDE Press.  Debby Lott (916-323-4800) is overseeing the final production of the project.

            Strategic Teaching and Learning showcases seek programs demonstrating reading and writing across the curriculum, dynamic library media programs, high quality reading interventions, and/or other instructive schoolwide initiatives and include spring events in Fresno, Antioch, Anaheim, and Hanford.  Share exemplary programs with Breneman (916-323-5798).

            A two day literacy conference designed to hook up high schools with regional service providers was held in San Diego with 55 schools participating.

            CDE received $8 million in funding for another year of Support for Secondary Schools in Reading (SSSR) in the 2000-2001 State Budget.  The extra $3 million is to expand the program from grades 7-12 to grades 4-12.  The funding goes to 11 regional grantees to be used for professional development in reading with focus on the most at risk students.  San Diego County has designed Teaching Reading in Every Classroom  (Grades 4-8), an on-line professional development series offering practical help to classroom teachers working with their below grade level readers.  A 9-12 series is under development.

            California received a Reading Excellence Act (REA) grant award of $60 million for 2000-2002 to work toward teaching every child to read by the end of Grade 3.  Grant awardees are required to devote 95% of the total funds to two competitive grant programs: Local Reading Improvement Sub-grants, involving professional development, instructional materials, early intervention, and family literacy and Tutorial Assistance Sub-grants for tutoring K-3 students with reading difficulties.

            Statewide STAR results, including scores from the writing assessment, will be posted on the internet on August 15.   STAR writing prompts will be released after all test forms have been returned to the testing contractor.  Exemplary student work for each score point with teacher commentaries will be prepared for distribution after scoring is completed.

            The spring 2001 administration of the HSEE will count for students who participated.  Student reports will be available to school districts by mid-August.

            Breneman will post her complete report on CATENet and CATEWeb.

            The group recessed for lunch from 12:30-1:30 P.M.

            Following lunch the Board reconvened to present gifts and good wishes to departing Board members Celia Trujillo and Faith Nitschke and in absentia Caroline Caracciolo and William Burns.

            Committtees met until 3:00 P.M. when they returned for reports.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

POLICY/CENSORSHIP (Mayfield, chair: Chapman, Dunstan, Kliegl, Kokino, Luby, Spain, and Younglove)  Mayfield will present revised a version of the Core Values at the September meeing.

            Mayfield will follow up with NCTE about the future of the Test Takers Bill of Rights Resolution.

            Members of the visiting team reported on the Saramento visit.

            Members of the CATE delegation reported on the NCTE Region 8 Leadership Conference.

            The committee agreed upon a timeline for dicussion and action on the Curriculum Study Commission’s Report of the Conference Chairs on the Asilomar Conference on Testing and Accountability.  May  - list of CSC’s recommendations sent to CATE Board for priorities.  Recommendations and timeline sent to SLATE Region 8.  June  - Policy Chair prioritizes recommendations and places on Board agenda at Advisory Committee meeting.  September - High priority recommendations discusssed at Policy/Censorship Committee and presented to CATE Board at September Board meeting.  High priority items are placed on agenda for Leadership Conference.  December  - Items presented for discussion at Board meeting and resolutions formulated.  January/February - Resolutions sent to Resolutions Chair.  Feburary - Resolutions finalized.

            Mayfield moved and Browne seconded to increase Other Travel Line in the proposed budget from $2000 to $3000 to allow for additional legislative visits.  MOTION PASSED. 

CONVENTION COORDINATING - (P. Fristrom, chair; A. Fristrom,  Keith, Morimoto, Roseboro, Stockton)  The committee is donating a Southwest Airlines ticket to be raffled to new attendees at the September Leadership Conference.

             Keith was authorized to negotiate with CAEA(California Association of Art Educators)  for the exchange of presentations at our conventions.  P. Fristrom moved and Morimoto seonded to finance up to three people to attend the CAEA Conference.  MOTION PASSED.

          Kliegl moved and Dunstan seconded the approval of the Anaheim Hyatt for CATE 2006.  MOTION PASSED.

          P. Fristrom moved and Browne seconded that the Board amend Policy 7.1.9 to offer complimentary registration to members of the Convention Committee with numbers to be approved by the Board each September.  MOTION PASSED.

          P. Fristrom moved and Stockton seconded the approval of the Kaw Company as exhibits manager for CATE 2002.  MOTION PASSED.

          P. Fristrom moved and Morimoto seconded that the Board appoint President Spain to sign a contract with a registrar for CATE 2002.  MOTION PASSED.

           P. Fristrom moved and Roseboro seconded the approval of the proposed budget for Convention 2002.

           P. Fristrom moved and Luby seconded approval of the following fee schedule for CATE 2002 - Registration - $125, Pre-Convention - $90, Student - $50, Lunches - $35, Banquet - $45, Brunch - $40, Friday dinner - $35, Package A - $375, Package B - $295, Package C - $270.  (Packages would have the same content as CATE 2001.)  Early bird discount - $10, on-site registration $145, and non-member $40 more for registration and package.   MOTION PASSED.

                Stockton moved and Tracey seconded to appoint P. Fristrom as Convention Coordinator for 2001-2002.  MOTION PASSED.

             Future convention sites and dates include Oakland - February 15-17, 2002; Palm Springs - February 14-16, 2003; San Diego - February 6-8, 2004; and Santa Clara - February 18-20, 2005.   Recommendations for CATE 2007 in the north will be taken in September.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/LIAISONS - (Joseph, chair; Allen, Breneman, Browne, Hase, Hemric, J. Jordan, Nitschke, Surabian, Trujillo, Williams)  Joseph moved and Keith seonded to accept Barbara Giles from the San Bernardino Office of Education for a three year term on the CYRM Committee and to extend the term of Lorraine Tracey for one year.  MOTION PASSED.

          Joseph moved and P. Fristrom seconded to confirm Alexandra Nguyen of GSDCTE as the 2001 recipient of the NCTE Leadership Development Award.  MOTION PASSED.

          The committee recommends an ispirational speaker for the Leadership Conference.  Jordan will contact Jennifer James, a speaker on technology and leadership, and others if she is not available.  Job alike sessions, a panel with Miles Myers and Mayfield on the Asilomar Conference, legislative sessions with Breneman, and presentations by Zaragoza-Diaz and Mayfield were also suggested.  Stockton will be asked to send special invitations again.  CATE will pay for up to three participants from each council plus Board members.

             The committee discussed ways to recruit candidates for CATE office and will bring names to the September Board meeting.

              Joseph moved and Browne seconded to appoint a nominating committee for the CATE Distinguished Service Award consisting of Robin Luby, Chair; Diane Lucas, Dani Barton, Pat Cipriano, Bob Infantino, Punky Fristrom, Carleen Hemric, and Aaron Spain.  MOTION PASSED. 

CALIFORNIA ENGLISH -  no report

CATEWeb - A photo history of CATE 2001including 114 photos as well as small thumbnail images is on the web.  Traffic on the web increased 250% in January prior to the Convention and remained high (300%) for 60 days following the Convention.  Following Convention-related topics CALIFORNIA ENGLISH  and California Authors receive the  most visitors.  A privacy policy for the Web is recommended

CATENet - no report

CAPITOL  - Dunstan mentioned that Capitol would like to collaborate with other councils in events.

CENTRAL - no report. 

FACET - Nitschke reported that FACET had presented four local high school writers with U.S.Savings Bonds at the Annual Young Writers’ Conference held at CSU Fresno.  The incoming FACET president is Janeen Langenheim, and FACET member Bonnie Rooney continues to serve as the NCTE Promising Young Writers Coordinator.  FACET, TUCATE, and Kern are working on the Yosemite Conference which will feature Southern writers Bailey White and Steve Yarbrough.  Goals continue to be an increase in membership and increase in local participation in state and national writing contests.

GREATER SAN DIEGO - Browne reported that GSDCTE had honored GSDCTE winners of the CATE Writing Contest with monetary awards at an April ceremony at the County Office of Education.  A successful retreat was held at Arrowhead in May, and the Annual Awards dinner to honor students recognized in the NCTE writing competitions, a local new teacher and a local administrator who have demonstrated leadership in language arts, and the winners of the CATE Awards from San Diego will be held June 1.  A final business meeting to plan for next year will be held in June.

 KERN  - Keith said that Kern will be collaborating with TUCATE and FACET in the Yosemite Conference.

REDWOOD - Williams reported on line that the Redwood Council had honored their Classroom Excellence Award winner at a reception to which his colleagues and students were invited.  A reception was also held to celebrate the winners of the local writing contest. A website is under construction.

SOUTHLAND - Allen reported Southland had toured the Los Angeles City Library.  Maureen Rippee will become president at an Executive Board Retreat on June 1-2. The Fall Conference will be held Saturday, October 13, 2001, in Cerritos and feature Carol Booth Olsen from the Irvine Writing Project

TUCATE - Surabian reported that 275 students and 10 authors, including Victor Martinez and screenwriter Steve Craig, from around the San Joaquin Valley attended the WIT Conference.  The Writing Awards Banquet was held in Visalia in May honoring ten students, their parents, and teachers.

UPPER -  Hase reported online summer meetings were being held to plan a writing contest and a back to school reception for Upper members and prospective members at which the 2001 Classroom Excellence Award winners would speak.

Board members were invited to the reception for the CATE 2002 Committee at 5:00 P.M.

Chapman moved and Dunstan seconded that the Board recess at 4:45 P.M.  MOTION PASSED.

Sunday, May 20

        The Board reconvened at 8:30 A.M. for committee meetings until 10:00 A.M.

EXECUTIVE/FINANCE (Joseph, chair, A. Fristrom, P. Fristrom, Hemric, Kliegl, Luby, Morimoto, Spain, and Trujillo)  A. Fristrom reported that credit cards were heavily used during convention, especially at the booth.  Asilomar accepted credit cards but did not use the CATE credit card merchant account.  Spain will investigate their using CATE’s credit card merchant account which is available to all councils for their conferences, sales, etc.   Joseph moved and Luby seconded that CATE accept on-line credit card use and authorize the treasurer to set up a secure line.  MOTION PASSED.

         Joseph moved and Jordan seconded to accept the proposed 2001-2002 CATE budget.  MOTION PASSED.

         Joseph moved and Morimoto seconded to authorize the treasurer to place an additional $50,000 into the Vanguard GNMA account.  MOTION PASSED.

          Joseph moved and Stockton seconded that an internal committee appointed by the president review the treasurer’s records at the December Board Meeting in San Diego.  MOTION PASSED.

           The committee recommends that after letters to superintendents with unpaid purchase orders of 12 months or more, these orders be turned over to a collection agency.

Board approval would be required for each case.

               Joseph moved and Luby seconded that preliminary information on awards and officers be presented at the September Board meeting.  Final nominations are due in December.  Petitions for nominations of officers may be accepted until the beginning of the annual business meeting.  Ballots for officers will be mailed in March to be returned by April 30.  MOTION PASSED.

PUBLICATIONS (Chapman, chair; Browne, Dunstan, Kokino, Mayfield, Nitschke, Surabian, Williams, and Younglove.  The committee expressed approval of the table of contents for CATENet and felt the content remained interesting and relevant.

            Mayfield received two negative comments from the HSEE CommuniC ATE issue.  The next four issues will deal with various aspects of the Asilomar Assessment Conference.

            The committee will ask L.Jordan to add CDE, IRA, and NCTE standards links to CATEWeb, using TUCATE’s resource page.  L. Jordan’s emails have been appreciated. The privacy policy as proposed by L. Jordan for CATEWeb was reviewed.

                                    WEB PRIVACY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The California Association of Teachers of English respects your privacy.  This document outlines the ways in which CATEWeb may collect information from you.

Browsing the Site - Visitors are free to go anywhere on CATEWeb without telling who they are or revealing any personal information.  To learn more about who visits the site, the CATE webmaster may track Internet domain addresses, country, and browsers used.  This information is gathered for statistical purposes only.  While CATE logs this address information, visitors remain anonymous.  CATE does not access or record information such as login names.  CATEWeb presently is not using cookies.

There are portions of CATEWeb that do not request personal information.

            Membership Applications, Change of Address forms, and the Convention Registration require the same information as the off-line version and is used solely for those purposes.

            CATENet requires a valid email address.

            The Discussion Board has been discontinued, and the CATE Board Listserv is open only to CATE Board members.

            The affiliate bookstore incorporates a secure server at the home of Barnes and Noble and information given there is for the purchase of books or other material and is not accessible by CATE.

Links to Other Sites - CATEweb site includes links to other web sites.  CATE is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites.  Visitors should always read the privacy policy at a web site before revealing any personal information.

Policy Changes - Any change in this policy will be reflected here.  The current policy will always be posted on CATEWeb.  Those changes will go into effect on the date the new policy is posted.  The new policy will apply to everyone using the web site and will replace any prior policies.   Chapman moved and Dunstan seconded that the privacy policy be accepted as submitted.  MOTION PASSED.  The policy will be posted on CATEWeb.

            The committee approved the new CATE Writing Contest prompt as designed by Carole LeCren.  Chapman will chair the contest again in 2002.  Winners of the 2001 contest are Grades 3-4 - Matthew Henn - Central, 5-6 - Judith Friedman - Southland, 7-8 - Rachel Wyckoff - TUCATE,  9-10 - Jessica Arguilez-Baris - GSDCTE, 11-12 - Amelia Whitcomb - GSDCTE, and Professional - Andrea Ickes-Dunbar - Central.  The committee discussed the possibility of CATE’s providing cash awards to the winners.

            The committee thought the current issue of CALIFORNIA ENGLISH looks very good and wondered if CATE should consider a publication of CE art.  They discussed the use of out of state writers in CALIFORNIA ENGLISH and will bring the issue up with Jago.  Chapman will ask local councils to submit writing contest winning entries electronically.

            Mayfield will finish the literary map and will write six to seven line biographies for each author to go with the link and photo.  Fall is the estimated posting date.  CATE’s contract with Mayfield will be finalized.  The $2500 budget line for the literary map can be reduced to $500 for maintenance.

            The committee discussed ways of publicizing the Asilomar Assessment document and recommended CommuniCATE  issues, on CATENet, and posting by questions on CATEWeb after contacting Myers about editing out resolutions. 

MEMBERSHIP (Stockton, chair; Allen, Hase, J. Jordan, Keith, and Roseboro)   J. Jordan will create ads for the September issue of CALIFORNIA ENGLISH. whereby members can receive free books from the CATE Reading pin fund

            Local councils are asked to bring a third person to the Leadership Conference with expenses paid from the Membership line.

            A back to school half price membership for new members will be advertised in the September issue of CALIFORNIA ENGLISH.  The committee proposed offering a two year membership for $60 at the Palm Springs Convention.

            Membership realignment and a zip code cleanup were discussed.

OLD BUSINESS

            The final version of the Core Values will  be available at the September Board meeting.

            Mayfield will continue to work with NCTE on the Test-takers Bill of Rights.

            Chapman noted that Diane Lucas had requested that we look for a replacement for her as CATE’s representative to the California Writing Project

                                                            NEW BUSINESS

            Chapman moved and Kokino seconded that Kliegl continue to participate in the California Curriculum Correlating Council with an annual membership fee of $100.  MOTION PASSSED.

            Dunstan moved and Luby seconded that Kliegl be appoinated as 2002 Resolutions Chair.  MOTION PASSED.

            Tracey proposed that the CYRM Board Member attend all CATE Board meetings as well as the CRA, CSLA, and CLA conventions at CATE expense through the CYRM line.

            Kliegl moved and Keith seconded that Mayfield be appointed as 2001-2002 Policy Censorship Chair.  MOTION PASSED.

            Chapman moved and Dunstan seconded that the meeting adjourn at 11:45 A.M.

Respectfully submitted,
Carleen Hemric, Secretary