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Secretary-Treasurer Report

Shauna Aragon, SCTA Secretary-Treasurer, University of San Francisco

The second SCTA Executive Board meeting was held on September 12-14, 2003 in Burlingame:

Present:

Rudy Jimenez Ortiz, Monica Masino, Shauna Aragon, Matt Westmoreland, Nam Nguyen, Joshua Hardwick, Leo Solis, Jaymie Dean, Angela Itoge, Roy Bird, Lisa Diggs, and LaShay Roberts.

Absent:

Christina Traylor (resigned) and Rhonda Lewis (attending NEA Membership Committee meeting, Washington DC)

Late:

Chantaine Fauntleroy and Melissa Martin

Actions Taken:

SCTA nomination for California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) student liaison was not approved by CTA Board of Directors. The CTA Board has asked SCTA to change our Constitution & Bylaws in regard to how this liaison position is recommended. Until these changes are ratified, LaShay Roberts (CSU Sacramento) has been appointed as CCTC Liaison.
The Herb Foreman and Ed Romeo scholarships will be increased. One (1) $500 and one (1) $150 scholarship will be awarded in each category. In addition, applications will be revised to only include 1 essay question each.
The theme for the Northern Regional Conference will be, "Lights! Camera! Teach!"scheduled for March 20, 2004.
The theme for the Southern Regional Conference will be, "The Face Of The Future"scheduled for February 21, 2004.
Selected participants to attend the NEA Student Program Connections Conference in Las Vegas, November 14-16, 2003. They include Rudy Jimenez Ortiz (President), Lisa Diggs (State Council Rep), Leo Solis (Northern Regional VP) and Chantaine Fauntleroy (State Council Rep).
A Minority Incentive Grant application for the Good Teaching Conference North will be submitted for LaShay Roberts. A Minority Incentive Grant application for the Good Teaching Conference South will be submitted for Monica Masino.

Fundraising:

There were no conferences or meetings for fundraising this month.

Scholarships:

No scholarships awarded this month

Expenses:

The SCTA board authorized the purchase of:

SCTA will spend $300 to purchase lanyards. They will be blue with white lettering, "I Choose to Teach!" They will be sold at conferences to help support SCTA scholarships.
Two (2) table cloths imprinted with the SCTA logo will be purchased to replace old banners used at conferences.