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Full Board Meeting Agenda – July 29 3pm

- Welcome


 * - President’s Report**

- **Treasurer’s Report**

- **Executive Assistant Report** 1) SPRA Conference - Saskatoon - October 20-22, 2011 - anyone want to attend? (Leah) 2) GST - I spoke with someone at Frank Garrett's office and she said that as long as our revenue from programs (not grants) is less than $30,000 we don't need to charge GST. (Leah) 3) Physical and Health Education Canada Student Leadership Conference - I e-mailed the executive about this in June - I really need to get them a response - Jo has the letter - please make a decision (Leah) FYI - EAP spent $2000, budgeted $4050. OEE spent $4550, budgeted $5300. Board Member PD spent $546, budgeted $3000. 4) Snowshoes - the winner of the snowshoes was a teacher from Esterhazy - she will be sending me a picture and has given permission for us to use her name, picture and town in publicity (Leah) 5) Tracking number of participants (Karen) 6) New Member Package - currently we send new members a letter, a SOEEA pin and an Out to Learn booklet (and then later they get an e-mail from Green Teacher regarding a free issue). What do we think is valuable? We are almost out of pins so need to reorder if we want to keep sending them. Postage is around $2/new member. Please discuss and let me know what you decide. (Leah) 7) Strengthening Recreation Organizations Grant - is anyone interested in working with me on networking, marketing or website development (teachers corner)? See the grant I e-mailed around for more details. (Leah) 8) SCIC Membership - make a motion if you want to go ahead and tell Leah which budget item to draw from (Leah) 9) EAP Application from Paul Stinson that was e-mailed to executive (Leah) 10) Signing Authority (Jo) 11) When will I get the list of new members from EECOM and get the money aspect of the conference/SOEEA sorted out? (Leah) 12) We have Google Analytics set up - I will give a report at the next meeting - we need to give it some time to track our activity. Dillon has been paid. (Leah) 13) SPEA ads are done and paid for. (Leah) 14) Growing Up WILD books were ordered. Unless anyone objects we will be setting up a FedEx account (no fee) so shipping charges will be billed directly through FedEx. Unfortunatly shipping is substantial and Lizabeth will be updating the prices to present to the Executive. Jo knows more details. (Leah) 15) Receiving most of the $upport final reports slowly so will have a lot of content for the next Envisage (Leah) Sorry for all the bullets, I think I'm finished...signing off now...

-brief look at the grant see updated papers that were emailed around. - Board PD form and protocol for using the money - NAAEE attendance - interest?
 * Program Director Report**

__- Reports from Working Groups__ Envisage update
 * Communications (cpbw, Scott)**

-Plans for 2012 Ecotour: considering a tour of HELP International's facilities at Weyburn; July or August. Would likely include treeplanting, volunteer work at the site, as well as sleeping in thatched African-style huts. -Winter activities: winter camping/snowboard intro/etc at Craik? -Other things/activities that people would like to see promoted? Education Working Group 1) The Health and Science Camp was a success! A little un-organized to begin with, but the morning went very smoothly and the kids enjoyed the activities! (All from Project WILD, WET and Flying WILD). A big thanks to Linda Dodd for helping me organize things. Danielle is supposed to be sending pictures from the camp and a thank-you letter for SOEEA. 2) I have emailed Sask ED about updating the "Out to Learn" booklets.... still waiting on a reply. I also talked to Lizabeth about the updates and she suggested taking a look at BC's new environmental education guide for ideas, which is awesome! She is sending me more information about that guide soon and hopefully putting me in contact with Dean Elliot next week!
 * Public & Families (Paul S. & Allison)**
 * Education (Dennie & Nicole)**

**Take Me Outside (Audrey)** **Event planning for Colin Harris' run through Regina (tentatively during the end of August)... let's get a group together to bike/run along side him? Advertise on the website/other? Maybe have him speak in the park?? thoughts?**