ESU 10 - ESU 7 (Polycom)
Attendance: Dwaine Uttecht, Mark Aten, Alan Wibbels, Craig Peterson, John Stritt, Beth Kabes (Polycom ESU 7.
I. Approve minutes of Sept. 8, 2004 meeting.
Craig Peterson moved that the minutes be approved as presented.
Dwaine Uttecht second. Motion Carried.
II. Review and approval of July - Sept 04 bills. John Stritt
reviewed the budget by category.
Mark Aten moved that the bills be paid as approved. Alan Wibbels
second. Motion Carried.
III. Old Business:
Reviewed minutes of Sept 8 annual meeting. Discussion: John Stritt mentioned that the topic of teacher compensation is an issue that the executive council was asked to review during the upcoming year. No action taken as minute approval at annual meeting will be done at the next meeting.
IV. New Business:
Equipment Exchange with Wilcox-Hildreth. John Stritt presented an informational memo that was sent to Wilcox/Hildreth schools regarding an exchange of technology from the Hildreth site for a portable system from TVDEC. Wilcox/Hildreth board of education will be acting upon this request.
Dwaine Uttecht moved that the TVDEC exchange equipment as noted in the memo. Craig Peterson second. Discussion: Note that Wilcox/Hildreth is responsible for other expenses that provide an IP connection to the Wilcox building. Motion approved.Executive Director resignation: John Stritt submitted a letter of resignation effective January 31, 2005. In January, 2005, Mr. Stritt will be eligible for the Nebraska Retirement Rule.
Alan Wibbels moved that TVDEC except the resignation of services ending on January 31, 2005. Dwaine Uttecht second. Motion Approved.Mr. Stritt said that he will announce his pending resignation at his fall planning meetings.
Discussion:
Board discussed options for contracting of services for the executive director position at the end of January. Alan Wibbels suggested that Mr. Stritt visit with John Horvath to see if he was interested in serving as a consultant on a month-to-month basis until an executive director is hired.
The board asked Mr. Stritt to submit a job description to assist in a job search.
At the next board meeting, the board would review the job description and if possible meet with Mr. Horvath to discuss the possibility of him serving as a consultant for TVDEC.
V. Executive Director Report:
Mr. Stritt recommended to the board that if they were able to attend the upcoming elearning forum at North Platte (Oct 19) or Grand Island (Oct 20), they would get some important information regarding technology initiatives in the state.Mr. Stritt has submitted a NCLB grant for the 2004-05 school year. Notification could be as soon as the first of November.
VI. Other:
Mark Aten was concerned that the difference in schools schedules were limiting opportunities of students. He wondered if there was something that could be done to move schools to similar schedules. Mr. Uttecht suggested that schools who have like interests should cluster their services. Example Litchfield and Pleasanton now have the same schedule. Generally agreed that the class times was a bigger concern then the start and end of year dates. The board asked Mr. Stritt to put together a survey seeking input from administrators regarding this issue. Mr. Stritt will also bring this concern to the principals meetings.
VII. The next meeting of the executive council will be November 10 from 9-10 am. Mr. Stritt shared that he would not be in attendance at that meeting.
Meeting adjourned.