Academy of Process Educators Annual Business Meeting
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
The 2012 Annual Meeting was lead by Tris Utschig
The presence of a quorum was confirmed: 17 members were required and ?? were present.
Approval of 2011 Minutes
Moved—Jim, seconded—Cy, no discussion. Minutes approved.
Introduction of Current Board Members—Tris Utschig, Georgia Tech, Academy President
President—Elect, Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University
Past—President—Kathy Burke, SUNY Cortland
Secretary—Melissa Desjarlais, Valparaiso University
Treasurer—Peter Smith, Sain Mary's College
Finance Officer—Wendy Miller, SUNY Cortland
Member at Large—Jim Morgan, Texas A & M University
Member at Large—Marie Racine, University of the District of Columbia
Member at Large—Masila Mutisya, North Carolina Central University
Member at Large—Mark Lawler, Onondaga Community College
Appointed positions
Journal Editor—Kathy Burke, SUNY Cortland
Membership Chair—Betty Hurley-Dasgupta
Marketing Chair—Vickie Kelly, Hinds Community College
Webmaster—Denna Hintze, Pacific Crest
2011—2012 Accomplishments—Tris Utschig
- Communication with Members: have continued quarterly newsletter (reaching over 1000 people through Academy newsletter and Pacific Crest Reflections), used membership list to do research and to communicate about the conference;
- Mid-Year Working Meeting: a lot of fun in Atlanta, reviewed 6 scholarly works—5 of which in current issue of IJPE and 6th in next issue; outlined revisions to bylaws to include institutional memberships—bylaws approved by email vote, updated Strategic Plan to clarify some of the goals: omitted reference to position papers and bolstered objectives related to being a professional forum for communication and collaboration among members
- Institutional memberships—have up to 50 members for $250; and Local chapter guidelines—details in Mid-Year meeting minutes, Academy provide support for local chapter events, member of local chapter can be an ex-oficio member of Academy board, given priority for hosting PE conference
- International Journal of Process Education (IJPE)--standards are rising and
- Collaboration with Pacific Crest—Problem Solving Institute and more: Academy members were at PSI to facilitate activities; some Academy members were involved with Online Teaching Institute, Academy is using Pacific Crest online
Treasurer's report—Peter Smith
- As of May 31 we have a balance of $10,591.60. For last year's conference had approximately $2300 loss mainly due to food being more expensive than anticipated.
- For this year's conference, anticipated receipts of $9200, expenditures of $10750 for loss of $1550, mainly due to journals being more expensive (color) and fewer Cortland people attending
- Statement from Betty Hurley-Dasgupta based on meeting of Betty, Susanne Polley, and Wendy Miller: We have examined financial records of the Academy of Process Educators for the fiscal year 2011—2012 and have found them to be in good order.
- Motion to approve the Treasure's report was made by Mohamed, Seconded—Steve, no discussion, motion approved
Proposed By-law Changes—after passing by email vote, now are approved by-law changes (to accommodate institutional members)
Election of New Board Members—Tris Utschig
Move to close nominations—Peter, seconded—Mohamed, no discussion, motion approved
while votes are being counted... Tris reviews benefits of membership on processeducation.org
Paper ballot results: 21 ballots were received, which was a quorum since it was more than 1/3 of the 51 participants in attendance at the conference.
Candidate / Name circled / BlankJim Morgan, President—Elect / 21
Joyce Adams, Member at Large / 21
Dan Cordon, Member at Large / 17 / 4
Mark Lawler, Member at Large / 21
Peter Smith, Treasurer / 21
All of the officers on the ballot were elected to their respective positions.
Preparation for Conference Assessment—Mohamed El-Sayed
If you would like to provide written feedback you can submit it at the registration desk or by email to Mohamed El-Sayed at or Kathy Burke at .