AES General Membership Meeting

Meeting Minutes
October 24, 2014
Opening
The regular meeting of the AES General Membership Meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm
PDT/ 7:04 pm MDT/ 8:04 pm CDT/ 9:04 pm EDT on October 24, 2014 in
http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/teachershs/ by Leah Magid.

Present
Leah Magid, President
Michelle Plumb, Membership Chair
Roxanna Lagos, Secretary
Sydney Rombola, Faculty Counselor

Not Present
Jared Wallace, Vice President
Marta Barlow, Treasurer
Chelsea Barnett, Faculty Counselor

Approval of Agenda
The agenda was unanimously approved as distributed.

Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were unanimously approved as distributed.

Open Issues
None.

New Business
1. Bylaw Changes
a. Proposal to change Article II, Section 1.13
i. Current wording: Be currently enrolled in the term following the
completion of NIC1, Fundamentals of Diversity, Inclusion, and
Exceptional Learners. If NIC1or it's equivalent (FDT4), is not part of a

current students program (as in the case of graduate students), the

student must be enrolled in their second term or beyond.
ii. Proposed wording: Must have completed NIC1, Fundamentals of
Diversity, Inclusion, and Exceptional Learners. If NIC1or it's equivalent
(FDT4), is not part of a current students program (as in the case of
graduate students), the student must be enrolled in their second term or
beyond.
iii. Meeting attendees approved the change unanimously.

ACTION: Chelsea Barnett, Sydney Rombola.

2.

Member Forum
a. Forum can be found at http://www.wgukdpalphaepsilonsigma.com/forum.html#/
b. Register as a member by choosing one of the following sign in options
i. Weebly, Facebook, Google, PayPal, Twitter, Yahoo, OPenID, AOL,
Microsoft Account, LinkedIn, WordPress, or Blogger

ACTION: Members.

3. Literacy Alive!
a. Signature program of KDP run by individual chapters
b. 2014 program
i. Recording readings of early reader books at local schools or libraries
c. 2015 Program
i. Currently sourcing ideas for program
ii. Volunteers needed for 2014 Committee
1. Contact Vice President Jared Wallace for information about
joining the committee

ACTION: Members, Jared Wallace.

4. Financial Overview
a. General fund is healthy
b. A more detailed explanation will be available next Member Meeting

ACTION: Members, Marta Barlow.

5. Member Interest Survey

a. Link to survey will be emailed to the email address you have provided the
chapter.
b. Completing the survey will enter you into a drawing for prizes.
c. Information provided by members will be used to enhance member experience
and provide quality information and assistance to the members.

ACTION: Members, Michelle Plumb.

6. Webinar: Working with students who are difficult

a. Presentation
b. Post-presentation discussion
i. Additional webinars are available at the KDP website
ii. Local professional development cohorts are possible and will be
facilitated by AES if needed
iii. Members are encouraged to get involved and can do so by contacting
chapter officers

ACTION: None.

7. Question and Answer period

a. Name changes can be done by contacting KDP and WGU directly
b. Membership details can be found on the KDP website, including the payment of
membership dues
c. Classroom teachers can apply for a $150 grant on KDP website
i. Several other grants and scholarships are available
d. Member survey may or may not contain a field for comments from the members,
if not it should be added prior to distribution
e. Next meeting will be Member Initiation in February 2015
f.

Next application period begins in December 2014

ACTION: Members, Michelle Plumb, Leah Magid.

Agenda for Next Meeting

To be distributed by Roxanna Lagos prior to next meeting.

Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 7:41 pm PDT/ 8:41 pm MDT/ 9:41 pm CDT/ 10:41 pm EDT by Leah
Magid. The next officer meeting will be determined at a later date. Member Initiation will be
February 2015. Details will be distributed prior to meeting.

Minutes submitted by:

Roxanna Lagos

Approved by:

Leah Magid