A musical performance was presented by the Ambassadors of Bloomingdale High School under the direction of Chase White, Director.

Immediate Past President Roser reviewed the Global Commitment and Governing Style on page 3 of 12; Board Members Code of Conduct on pages 4-5; Delegation to the Executive Director on pages 2-3 and page 7; and the Ends of FSMA on page 12.

Ms. Roser asked Vertis Lane and Elaine McNamara to reflect on where the Board was and where the Board is today. Vertis Lane explained the history of the Board telling how it was established, the position in which the Board was in before the hiring the James Perry, Executive Director and where the Board is today. Elaine assisted with giving additional vital information about the history of FSMA.

Immediate Past President Roser stated some housekeeping items and asked James Perry, FSMA Executive Director, to certify that a quorum was present. Quorum was present and certified.

Duane Hendon stated the FBA representative was not notified and he asked if he (Duane Hendon, Executive Director for FBA) could be allowed to vote. James Perry stated that there has not been a precedent for an Executive Director to vote. The question was referred to Vertis Lane for later discussion.

Tab 3 – Minutes of October 24-25, 2005, Kathy Cook stated that on page 2, it should state Coral Reef High instead of Coral High.

Immediate Past President Roser directed attention to Tab 3, Minutes of the October 24-25, 2004 Board Meeting.
Motion: to approve the minutes as corrected. (Joe Luechauer/Dale Choate)
Approved

Financial Reports – Tab 4
Immediate Past President Roser stated noted under the Policies for Governance, the financial reports are informational to the board. Bruce Belrose explained three items:

1. Balance Sheet – (Hurricane Relief Fund). Bruce stated that the Finance Committee will become an ad hoc committee to review the grants submitted and report to the Executive Director. The grant requests received is more than the amount of money received.
2. Line #62 on the 2005-2006 sheets is for a FSMA newsletter to be published in the Florida Music Director. There have been several discussions on how this was going to be accomplished and now it is back and it was stated that the FSMA newsletter will be published 4 times a year in the Florida Music Director and mailed to all the principals, etc.
3. What’s going to happen in the 06-07, 07-08 and future years? Eventually we have to take a $.02 increase in the component assessments and in 07-08; there will be a dues increase for schools.

Vertis Lane discussed Duane Hendon’s question about being allowed to vote in the absence of the FBA representative. Vertis referred to page 12 of the Bylaws which show how to suspend the Bylaws and the precedent that would be set.

Jeanne Reynolds stated that she would like the minutes to reflect that notification should be sent to the proper representative and staff is be notified as to who is to be notified.

Motion to Suspend the Bylaws: Joe Luechauer/Kathy Cook
Unanimously approved.

James Perry stated that there is documentation of twice that the FBA representative was notified and that the representative, Chuck Fulton, declined to state that he was not the FBA representative. Val Anderson produced the documentation of the notifications and presented it to the Board.

Motion: Duane Hendon is allowed to vote at this meeting only: Kathy Cook/Daniel Sims. (Passed)
1 opposed (Lynda Roser)

Motion: notification of component representation at the Board Meeting issues is sent back to the Policy Committee to be reviewed and brought back to the Board. Vertis Lane/Jeanne Reynolds
1 opposed (Lynda Roser)

Motion to re-instate the Bylaws: Vertis Lane/Dale Choate
Approved

Component Reports

FBA - Duane Hendon had very successful MPAs. There is a schedule on the FBA website. Duane Hendon stated that a survey was sent out asking members for their opinion and the survey was also on the website.

FOA – Kathy Cook stated that membership continues to grow. Split S/E and the numbers are a little down. The state schedule is not finalized.

FVA – Dale Choate and Elaine McNamara stated that membership is continuing to increase.
Issues raised by FVA: closing district accounts at the end of the fiscal year; FVA’s IRS status; and adjudication certification.

10:30am – 10:45am Break

Tab 7 – Executive Director’s Report

• Membership report
• Not Paid Schools
• Membership by Category
• Membership by Category Comparison

(Handout) 2003-2004 MPA All Superior report was discussed and according to the Policies for Governance, recognizing excellence should be addressed and in the past, it has not been addressed. A committee was established and the following individuals are serving:

Committee – Excellence Awards
Joe Luechauer
Neil Jenkins
Milagros Fornell
Kathy Cook

James discussed HB879 and how it came about. The light blue page is probably what gets passed.

James discussed the other groups that come under the FMEA Contractual Management Services.

Jeanne Reynolds thanked James for his hard work with the legislature.

James mentioned ACE/FAAE and what is being planned for the upcoming year.

11:40am – 12:40pm (Lunch Break)

James pointed out the Monitoring Reports behind Tab 7. Any comments should be sent to Lynda Roser or Joe Luechauer via email.

Motion to suspend Roberts Rule of Order: Kathy Cook/Milagros Fornell

Open Discussion

Dale Choate asked about the class size going to the student level. Daniel Sims stated that it’s in our best interest to keep it at the district level. There was a lot of discussion on this subject.

Jeanne Reynolds stated that it may be helpful to write a position paper without getting into the details.

Motion: To support an effort to keep the class size implementation at the district level.
Daniel Sims/Joe Luechauer

Elaine McNamara stated that this position paper is needed before the Fall meeting.

Motion to reinstate Roberts Rules of Order: David Lewis/Duane Hendon

Policy Committee – Jeanne Reynolds

Motion to take the position paper off of the table: Neil Jenkins

Motion to adopt position paper: Joe Luechauer/Neil Jenkins
Approved

Finance Committee – Lynda Roser

1. Balance Sheet – the Finance Committee is to review the grants submitted to the Hurricane Relief Fund.
2. Support recommendation for newsletter to be published in the Florida Music Director.
3. Increase dues by $.02 for 2006-2007; increase school dues in 2007-2008.

There was discussion on these issues. The Board took a 5 minute break in order for the Finance Committee to bring a motion to the Board.

The Finance Committee recommends that the student assessment goes up by $.05 in 2006-2007.
Approved

Appeals Committee – David Lewis

There were 4 appeals brought to the committee this school year and all 4 of them were denied.

Nominations Committee – Vertis Lane

David Lewis was nominated as President-elect.
Approved

The Executive Committee for next year will be Roger Dearing, David Lewis, and Joe Luechauer
Neil Jenkins/Kathy Cook

Old Business

Look at dates recorded for MPAs in future years.

New Business

Vertis Lane stated that the Board needs to come into the 21st century and look at a vital need for better electronic communication vehicles. She stated that an adhoc committee can be in place to look at this. June Hinckley and Lynda Roser were placed on this committee.

Dale Choate stated that the Executive Board should add a component member. There was a lot of discussion about this issue.

Vertis Lane stated that an Historian added to the Board is valuable. They can be invited to the Executive Committee.

Motion to have the Policy Committee look into having a Historian added to the Board.
Dale Choate/Vertis Lane

The committee to work on this would be the Executive Committee with James taking the lead.

Minutes will be sent to the Board 30 days after the meeting to be used in an unofficial capacity.

Next meeting is scheduled for October 24-25, 2005 at 1:00pm with committee meetings in the morning of October 24th.

Immediate Past President Lynda Roser asked for any comments or Good of the Order items.

Immediate Past President Lynda Roser thanked everyone for their presence, participation, and commitment.

Motion: to adjourn
Approved