Phi Delta Kappa – UK

Board Meeting

August 2, 2006

Minutes

  1. Call to Order: The August 2 meeting of PDK-UK was called to order by

President Gary Schroeder at the home of Dee and Jeff Jones.

  1. Members Present: Andy Biggers, Connie Evans, Pam Hammonds, Willis Johnson, Dee Jones, Jeff Jones, Eve Proffitt, Rossetta Sandidge, and Gary

Schroeder

  1. Minutes: Minutes from the May 19th Board Meeting were distributed and

discussed

  1. Items for Discussion:
  1. Fall Meeting in Celebration of Fifty Years of Service of Edgar Sagan
  • Date: November 2-3, 2006 - to be called the “Edgar Sagan Symposium”
  • Location: TEB Auditorium for Symposium and 122 or DH Faculty Lounge for a reception were discussed
  • Program: Symposium the night of the 2nd

* Dean has OK’d helping to host the event

* Parking should be OK

* Dee Jones led discussion of the program (Lowell Rose as

keynote speaker to discuss policy implications of NCLB, target

audience, help needed, how best to recognize and include

Edgar Sagan – on panel, and MC, etc. – give panel an idea of the

“theme” of the discussion to help them better prepare, who should be

included on the panel – Mayor, Media, Dean, Council of Post

2ndary Education, Commissioner, EPSB, goal for the event – to

inform the public – audience will probably be educators and friends

of Edgar Sagan)

  • Time: Thursday, November 2, 7-8:30 p.m.
  • Additional Activites on the 3rd were discussed. It was decided to focus on the main event on November 2nd. Eve will explore the possibility of hosting an event at Georgetown on the 3rd
  • Ways to honor Edgar Sagan ( naming the event in his honor, proclamation, reception, having him MC/serve on the panel)
  • Dee and Eve will work on the event and Gary and Rosetta will work on the reception, securing the location, parking, etc.
  • Joint Meeting with Georgetown, Midway, Transylvania, Asbury
  • Possibly in November?
  • Will need to do some preliminary discussion first
  • Discussed ways to meet potential members and encourage them to join
  • Gary and Eve will work on this further and let us know how and when to proceed
  1. Web Page
  • Each Board member should assume responsibility for their own area
  • Items submitted to Jeff Jones to format onto the web site
  • Worked on updating the site and re-arranging areas (e.g. combine newsletters with history)
  • Links to International site, etc. were discussed
  1. Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned

Pam Hammonds,

Secretary