Executive+Meeting+April+21st

EECOM Planning Agenda: - letter of understanding for hiring a Conference Co-ordinator (see Peta's email in EECOM) - Jo - confirmation of booking at U of R Residences and conference rooms done - Jo - confirmation of booking at Conexus Arts Centre for Awards Night will be done this week - Jo - Keynotes: Peta's suggestion of Annie Leonard being "bigger" instead of Richard? - Peta - Program: review & update

President's Report Past-President's Report Vice-President's Report Executive Assistant's Report Treasurer's Report Program Director's Report (Karen) - Final Report Received - Spending money: I am working on Leave No Trace, Mick will organize Canoe certification for summer time, Winter Camping for December 2010 (Mark?), I mentioned special intiative to Michael Gatin - we may want to talk with Office of the Treaty Commissioner to coordinate this for us? ($1500)

Other Business - Jo following up on an email from Peta: //"So Michael McCoy, the SOEEA Treasurer from years ago, has just given me a letter from Sask Lotteries.... about out grant. Mark I think this NEEDS to be sent to Tina. But they need to know that you are the new treasurer. Can you please call Lisa Hodnefield on 780 9344 to make the changes? Not sure why they are not looking at our recent grant to get the correct info - but maybe they need it to be manually changed??"// Did this get sorted out? - Budget Spending Time!!! From Peta //"we received $22 133.50 on the 1st April - this is because our final Report was accepted!! We now have our full 2010 grant - we NEED to get on and spend it!!"// Let's decide what we can and create motions and bring them up to the full board if necessary. - Green LIfe Curriculum Package - Peta - request for funding from Shelly Scheibel going to Antarctica with "Students on Ice". She works on curriculum development. Asking for $1000 out of total expenses of $15,000. - Jo - request for funding from Jocelyn Crivea going to Cuba with "Permaculture Cuba 2010: An Internship in Sustainable Urban Agriculture". Applying for the Environmental Action Project funding or the professional development funding. Kyle Has forwarded the request to exec members. - Kyle - Scott Mickelson - decided last meeting to send $750. Was a cheque sent to Scott Mickelson for going to Nepal Tina? - Jo - nominations to SPRA for Enviro Educators, various categories - Jo - Website: learn to use it date? Stuff to add/change: link to CPAWS MB (request from Erika Blackie) - Karen, Kyle, Mark - Tina - receipt for Kris Dueck for Keepers of the Prairies Conference - is this done? - Jo Have ordered 100 Flying WILD manuals (will need money order in US dollars - YAY for us!!) - peta Need to "man" our events and make some plans for equipment - peta/Jo Need to pay Envisage editor - Peta/Audrey Have made contact with Janna Van Kessel who will contract to SOEEA to write the curriculum Connections for Flying WILD.... more info and quote to follow - Peta WOW - student booklets have been printed - I need a cheque to pay for this please - Peta Website update - when can we renew our membership online?? (I am sure mine is due soon... is yours??) - Peta YES Ecofair - we need 2 questions and prizes for the students.... - Peta.... or Mick/Kelly