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iroWebsite Tutorial

1. Overview & Questions (Dillon's Video) 2. Discussion of appropriate items to post and protocol 3. Hands on - ensure everyone can sign on, set up a blog post, fill in your profile, add an event

1. President's Report
 * Thankyou's
 * Welcome Kathleen
 * EECOM Award - Outstanding EE Membership Organization
 * This award is to recognize the importance, vitality and accomplishments of environmental education (EE) organizations across Canada. EE membership organizations should meet one or more of the following criteria:
 * Consistent and on-going services to enhance EE, such as conferences, newsletters, etc.
 * Completion and implementation of strategic long range plans for the organization
 * Development of new initiatives that have enhanced the quality and availability of local EE programs
 * Establishment of partnerships with other provincial / territorial or regional organizations to promote and enhance EE capacity and/or program delivery

2. Past President's Report 3. Vice President's Report 4. Treasurer's Report 5. Program Director's Report
 * Check our time-line - we're almost 1/2 way through the year
 * Reflection Time! - How do you feel about us? Our organisation, communication, stress/busy-ness/inactivity, reaching our goals, and meeting your expectations?
 * Please think about it and email to Tina this week.
 * Lots going on
 * keep checking and adding to Events on wiki
 * we need Working Group members - Tina, can you organise membership list by location/town? Then we can send out requests for general help or help needed by area.
 * Keep an eye on the overall goals and an eye on your posistion's goals - if you don't have goals in your working group or position - create them!
 * Leave No Trace Master Educator Training - 7 people booked. Need 3 more people!!! Details have been emailed around. May 27-30
 * WOW volunteers update. Geocaching - need people book in for sessions. EarthBall session - need people to commit to that.

6. Executive Assistant's Report - Tina 7. Communications Working Group Report - Audrey 8. Public and Families Working Group Report - Paul
 * Expense Vouchers
 * Finances Budget vs Actual
 * Ecotour planning (Last Mountain Lake - August 13-15): details posted to website as an event. Still working on schedule. Who can come from SOEEA board?
 * Need to check on rates

9. Partners Working Group - Kelly and Kathleen? 10. Decision Makers Working Group - Nicole 11. Education Working Group - Mick

Other Business: 1. Requests for Funding (please review email from Tina and be ready to make decisions) 2. Look at events list and sign up. We need people for: 3. List of "active members" - add people to a list on wiki with email address so we can contact them to help out at things or to sit on committees, working groups
 * OEE (Outdoor Education Experience) Grants:
 * St Angela School - Curtis Wagner - Requesting: $500
 * Grant Road School - Mark Wilson - Requesting: $500
 * Canwood Community School - Grant Person- Requesting: $500
 * Saskatchewan Boreal Forest Learning Centre - Cody Gieni - Requesting: $Special Initiative
 * Notre Dame - Allan Sanger - Requesting: $500
 * Carrot River High School - Cory Schmaltz - Requesting: $500
 * Professional Development Grants:
 * Scott Mickelson - already granted $750
 * Shelley Scheibel - SK Curriculum Writer/Teacher going to Antarctica - Requesting: $?
 * Jocelyn Crivea - Cuba to study organic sustainable agriculture - Requesting: $?
 * Environmental Action Projects:
 * Saskatchewan Boreal Forest Learning Centre - Board Retreat - Requesting: $?
 * John Bosco Camp (Jennifer Tibbs) - Naturelore - Requesting: $?
 * Health & Science (Fidgi Gendron) - Aboriginal Health and Wellness - Requesting: $?
 * AMPO (Quinn Haider) - Requesting: $?
 * Herbert High School - Randy McCulloch - living roof Bio 20 project - Requesting: $?
 * Board Member PD:
 * Karen McIver - $300
 * Kyle Lichtenwald - $300
 * Wings Over Wascana? Jo can work morning, prefer not afternoon, Geocaching? (Karen/Peta?) Kelly?
 * YES trade show Friday May 28th 9-9pm.
 * participating in Leave No Trace Masters Educators Canoe Trip