MOTION: It was moved by Marion Fletcher, seconded by David Cox and carried to accept the report of the National Officers and commend them for a job well done. MOVE: It was moved by Liam Brody (Les Thompson), seconded by Tyler Grandi. Marion Fletcher) and received the report from the National Treasurer. It was moved by Andrew McCrea (Jim Craft), seconded by Raquel Lacey (Randy Trivette) and carried Jeral Gross (South Dakota);
Steven Mitchell (Les Thompson) and whisked away to accept the reports of the Adult Stars and Awards Selection Committee. MOTION: Moved by Raquel Lacey (David Cox) seconded by Tyler Grandil (Jim Craft) to accept the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee report presented yesterday. MOTION: Moved by Raquel Lacey (Jim Craft) seconded by Liam Brody (David Cox) to accept the Task Force report on FFA and Alumni Relations and commend the Task Force on a job well done.
MOTION: Moved by Tyler Grandil (Marion Fletcher), seconded by Andrew McCrea (David Cox) and seconded to direct staff to further develop and implement concepts and 15 through collaborative efforts with relevant organizations. MOTION: Moved by Tyler Grandil (Marion Fletcher), seconded by Raquel Lacey (Jim Craft) and moved that concepts 4 and 13 be forwarded to the National Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers (NV AT A). MOTION: Moved by Raquel Lacey (Les Thompson), seconded by Tyler Grandi. Jim Craft) and accepted the report of the Standing Committee on Policy, Constitution and Bylaws.
MOTION: Moved by Steven Mitchell (Marion Fletcher), seconded by Liam Brody (Les Thompson) and seconded to accept the report of the National FFA Alumni Association.
NATIONAL FFA FOUNDATION
Dewey Stewart, Ron Davis and Marion Fletcher are members of the Assessment and Evaluation Committee) All three who were assessed are to be commended. We must focus on the core goals, and it is crucial that the core goals are developed further. Fletcher spoke about the politics of the use of the FFA emblem and suggested that there should be a committee to deal with the use of the FFA emblem.
Spoke about the draft of the Policy Book and how it is not yet ready for adoption. The policy booklet should be checked for errors and returned to Coleman Harris. Steven Mitchell (Jim Craft) and carried the position descriptions of FFA Alumni Executive Director, Alumni Services Specialist and Alumni well.
Cox (Woody), Executive Director, gave a semi-annual report on business and issues on behalf of the National Alumni Council. MOVE: Moved by Steven Mitchell (Jim Craft) who supports him. Eddie Stephens) and accepted the report on the activities of the National FFA Foundation.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT AND BOARD ACTION - BOARD EDUCATION
Eddie Smith expressed concern about how much attendance at Congress has grown and how our needs have changed. Les Olsen said we need to look at the amount of time volunteers spend at the Convention. Cas said that perhaps a long-range planning committee should be formed to deal with the Convention and various possible locations and make recommendations to the Board and Team Leaders.
Coleman Harris suggested that we just have to wait and see how the Convention goes this year with the new agreements that have been made. Kari Keith (Kevin Keith's daughter) showed an item (dream catcher) she wanted to donate to the 1994 Alumni Auction. Andy Markwart introduced a representative group of FFA members who have just returned from a month-long trip to Russia.
They went to five different locations and each introduced themselves and told something about his/her experiences.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT AND BOARD ACTION-FINANCE Eddie Smith, Chairperson, presented the report for the Finance Standing
One member had an appendicitis attack in Russia and was in the hospital for five days. Marion Fletcher), sent by Raquel Lacey (Jim Craft) and held it Long Range Planning Facilities. The Committee reviews the six options related to facilities issues, collects preliminary data as needed, and prepares preliminary recommendations for presentation to the Board's Finance Committee at its November 1994 meeting.
The "six options" are those listed in the Committee's July report to the FFA Board). MOTION: Moved by Liam Brody (David Cox), seconded by Tyler Grandi. Les Thompson) and it was approved to approve the purchase of $62,405 of capital items as listed below from the FFA Organization's capital reserve. MOTION: Moved by Steven Mitchell (Randy Trivette), seconded by Andrew McCrea (Eddie Stephens) and recommended to the delegates that.
MOTION: It was proposed by Raquel Lacey (Marion Fletcher), seconded by Liam Brody (Les Thompson) and proposed to adopt a balanced budget of the National FFA Organization for 1994-95 as presented to the Board of Directors , including any changes imposed by the action of the Board of Directors in July, 1994 Meeting. Steven Mitchell (Les Thompson) and accepted the report of the Standing Committee of Finance.
REPORT ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL MATTERS
REVIEW OF BOARD MOTIONS TO COME BEFORE TIIE TRUSTEES Chairperson Case reviewed the procedures regarding the Board motions to come
ADJOURNMENT
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH SENIOR MANAGEMENT There were no motions in the Executive Session of the Board
1994 - Honorary American FFA Degree (Other)
Retired Marketing Division Administrator Wisconsin Dept of Agriculture Trade & CP, Madison, WI 53705 Thompson, Mr.
Memorandum of Understanding
National FFA Organization and
National FFA Alumni Association
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Oversee the implementation of the national officer selection process at the National FFA Convention, including training the nominating committee. Each year, a member of the National FFA Board of Directors is appointed as the Board Inspector for the National FFA Officer Candidate Selection Process. The Teacher Educator Advisors of the National FFA Board of Directors play a very important role in the selection of National FFA Officers.
The teacher trainers are members of the Tabulation/Selection Committee and work closely with the National FFA Nomination Committee. It is important that all parties involved understand the process for selecting National FFA Officers and the role and function of their committees. To qualify for a national FFA office, the candidate must be in the upper half of his/her region.
One or more teacher educators will construct, review, administer, and grade the National FFA Officer Candidate Exam A. A copy of the exam must be sent to the Student Services team leader at the National FFA Center by November 1st. The exam will be administered on the Monday morning prior to the FFA Board of Directors meeting the week of the National FFA Convention.
The teacher trainer(s) responsible for the examination must provide sufficient copies of the examination for candidates to take. The Tabulation/Selection Committee is responsible for retrieving, re-checking and recording the Nomination Committee's personal interview scorecards. The tabulation committee calculates and records an average score for each candidate based on the nominating committee's nine individual scores.
The scores must be submitted on the Summary of Scores form which must be provided on computer disk from the National FFA organization. The Tabulating/Selection Committee will work closely with the National FFA Board of Director's representative in charge of overseeing the nomination process. Individual score reports must be generated by the Chair of the Tabulation/Selection Committee and delivered to the Student Services Team Leader.
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Nancy Trivette and approved the minutes of the January 27, 1994 board meeting as corrected. MOTION -It was moved by Tom Klein, seconded by Michael Swan and carried to accept the audit report. MOTION - It was moved by Marion Fletcher, seconded by Michael Swan and carried to have Larry D.
MOTION - It was moved by Randy Trivette, seconded by Ron Davis and transferred to accept the financial report. MOTION - It was moved by Les Olsen, seconded by Les Thompson and carried out to pursue programmatic and funding opportunities becoming available under the National Service and to request special funding as a Special Project of the National FFA Foundation. MOTION - It was moved by Randy Trivette, seconded by Merle Richter, and conducted to authorize special project funding for the development of a new Achievement Award Certificate Package.
MOTION - It was moved by Kevin Keith, seconded by Eddie Smith and carried to authorize special project funding to expand the Key Partners Initiative model from the Partner Development Team and authorize future projects not to exceed $25,000. MOTION: It was moved by Jim Craft, seconded by Carl Beeman and carried to accept the Ageless Iron project as a special project. MOTION - It was moved by Ron Davis, seconded by Harry Cleberg and seconded by Alfred "Ted" H.
Kersting, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, for the purpose of providing consulting and orientation services to National FFA Foundation staff. MOTION - It was moved by Kevin Keith, seconded by Curtis Childers and passed in acceptance of the reports of the 5 Chairs of the FF A Foundation Sponsors' Board from 1994 and 199. MOTION - It was moved by Eddie Smith, seconded by Merle Richter and agreed to accept the report of the National FF A Foundation Office (Madison).
MOTION - Moved by Tom Klein, seconded by Harry Cleberg and seconded to authorize the President of the Board of Trustees to enter into a Memorandum of. MOTION - It was moved by Marion Fletcher, seconded by Michael Swan and carried to request special project funding to provide an annual travel stipend for Ideas. MOTION - Moved by Carl Beeman, seconded by Nancy Trivette and seconded to accept Council, NV AT A and PAS reports.
