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SCSSA BOARD
(Beg. JUNE 2007)
President
Amanda Roraback
Vice President
Joel Rothblatt
President Elect
Martha Infante
Secretary
Michael Denman
Treasurer
Ruben Zepeda
Newsletter Editor
Xuan Ryan
Past President
Merrell Frankel
Members at Large
Jackie Purdy
Michelle Herczog
Mark Elinson
Michael Sabin
Steven C. Williams
Perryman Liaisons
Bonnie and Ron Sima
Elementary Liaison
Sarah Zepeda
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SCSSA Meeting Minutes
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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Attendees: Amanda, Merrell, Ruben, Martha, Joel, Steve
9:19: meeting commenced
9:20: Review Minutes
minutes accepted
9:21: Teaching Elections
Merrell reports on upcoming event called Teaching Elections, a one
day seminar to be held at Pickwick Gardens on May 17. 94 signees out
of 100 slots. Some discussion of why the seminar is taking off:
Merrell thinks it is the topic and the fact that the archdiocese is
sending lots of teachers. Suggestion is made to tap into that
network for future SCSSA events. Suggestion is made to create an
exit poll to determine what attracted teachers to the seminar.
Suggestion is made to collect email addresses of registrees.
Suggestion is made that we could sell books, but Merrell is
reluctant because other groups might not like being left out.
9:31: Other Business
Clean up sales account for Sonia N. book sales with Sarah. (done)
9:48: Museum Series
Everybody seems to be receptive to the idea, but there are some
issues. Hinduism lacks a venue (and contacts, it seems). It is set
for May. Merrell set on Judaism for June but will need to schedule
for Thursday, 4:30-8:30, date not determined. Mark good on
Christianity for April. Martha good on Buddhism in April. Amanda
good on Islam for May - waiting for date from Michael.
9:59: Banquet
Venue: UCLA Faculty Center; dates not yet determined; Gary Nash to
be Perryman awardee. Michelle will receive "building a strong social
studies community" award for which a plaque needs to be purchased. (Merrell?)
10:25: Elections for the board
Ruben and others talk about establishing a slate and announcing
details of the Banquet--including mentioning Michelle's award--in a
mailer that should go out by March 8. Amanda wants to email, but in
this case--due to the ballot--it appears that snailmail is better.
All agree that emailing more things via an email list is the way
SCSSA should move. Merrell suggests that by joining SCSSA, members
should expect to receive email as a default. Members can always opt
out, but default should be to receive email.
10:35: Slate
President: Martha Infante
President Elect: Joel Rothblatt
Past President: Amanda Roraback
Sec: Michael Denman (Are you up for it
Michael?)
VP: Steven C. Williams
Treasurer: Ruben Zepeda
Members at large: Mark Ellinson, Merrell Frankel, Michelle Herczog,
Jackie Purdy, Sarah Zepeda, Michael Sabin (Has
anyone been left out?)
10:45: CCSS
Ruben talks about CCSS and why attendance is down so much: Oakland
chosen as venue two years in a row. And NCSS
conference in California this year. Down from 1200 to 400
attendees. $100K loss.
10:49: Amanda moves to pickup other agenda items at her place on
April 24. She will email group with
details in advance.
10:54: Move to adjourn.
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