Members present: Nancy-Ellen Kiernan, Ellen-Taylor Powell, Mike Duttweiler, Michael Newman, Mary Marczak, and Rama Radhakrishna

Nancy-Ellen called the meeting to order at 7:00 AM.  Chair Kiernan shared the Board Meeting Agenda which included board responsibilities, reports, 2001 meetings and newsletters, 2001 conference in St. Louis and other business. 

Chair Kiernan passed out a document regarding the officer and member responsibilities.  The treasurer’s report was the same as that was presented at the Business Meeting, showing a balance of $522.66.  Bills to be expected are very few and include expenditures on award plaques ($86.32).  The closing balance as of 10/31/00 was $436.24. 

Michael Newman reported that he has 142 people in his e-mail list. Nancy-Ellen also reported the same numbers.   However, Mike Duttweiler indicated that he has 144 members on his list.  Following Claude Bennett’s suggestion at the EEE—TIG conference business meeting, suggestion was made to attract members from 1890 and 1994 land-grant institutions.   A Welcome Packet needs to be developed and distributed to all institutions; Michael Newman agreed to take the initiative.

Board members also felt that a visibility and marketing document needs to be developed.  Such a document should include who we are, what we do—skill base, etc.  Once the document is prepared, it should be sent to all 1890 and 1994 land-grant directors and administrators.

Nancy-Ellen shared her evaluation forum idea—Hear It From The Board (see attachment).

The overall goals of the proposed evaluation forum are to increase the intellectual base of among EEE TIG members and to develop a sense of community and connectivity among extension evaluation professionals.

Planning for Next Year’s AEA

Themes for the 2001 conference were discussed.  The general conference theme is Mainstreaming Evaluation.  Themes suggested were as follows:

-   Mainstreaming Evaluation 4-H Leaders/Volunteers
-   No Evaluation to Some Evaluation
-   Research-Extension Mainstreaming

Ideas for pre-sessions were also discussed.  Ideas included skill building, speakers, invitation to host state (Missouri) to share evaluation, contributions from institutions for travel scholarships etc.

Local arrangements at next year’s EEE—TIG social will be handled by Mary Marczak, as Midwest representative.

Meetings/Conference Calls

Nancy-Ellen announced that we would have at least three conference calls/meetings:

Hear It From the Board -- An Extension Forum  

Process:

Length:

Can be as long or as short as the Board member wishes.   Include charts or graphs, if desired.