Attendance: Caroline Winchester, Gene Haddix, Richard Johnson,
Phyllis Brunken (via phone), Craig Peterson, Larry Sweley
Phill Parker, Alan Wibbels, John Stritt
1. Alan Wibbels moved to approve minutes. Craig Peterson
Second.
2. John Stritt explained the budget. Gene moved to approve and Alan
seconded..Budget was approved 8-0.
3. Phyllis Brunken was on the speaker phone and was discussing a
state wide hook up of the distance learning consortiums and the
problems that will occur. Discussion included:
John Stritt shared a powerpoint - Future of Distance Education and Its Impact on Consortiums. John shared that he has had meetings with the Telco's and Dark Fiber in discussing connectivity as we as upgrading systems. To view the powerpoint, click here.
4. We discussed tech support and viewed the minutes of their meeting held on July 18th.
5. John Stritt filled us in on the impact of LB833 and the
problems that have arisen.
6. A motion was made by Alan that any school that joins the
consortium would pay the original start up fee for the consortium
($500)and therefore become a member. It was 2nd by Peterson. Approved
8-0 Note: For clarification, schools begin paying consortium annual
membership at the time they begin receiving services.
7. Discussion on the TVDEC Principals meeting and suggestions were
made that the school Guidance Counselor or the person that does the
scheduling in the school be invited to the next meeting.
8. John will be sending out an email to have the members vote on
schools that want to be a member of the consortium. Since we have to
have a unanimous vote of the members it was discussed that John might
have to do some calling if all the members didn’t vote or vote
against the proposal.
9. We scheduled the next meeting for January 9th at the ESU.
10. Alan moved to adjourn and was seconded by Parker
Meeting Adjourned