MINUTES

5.1. Brown Report (Anne) – Anne reported on the Ione Site/Brown. Negotiations for lease are ongoing. There will be a workshop meeting tomorrow night (01/08/08) at 6:30pm to discuss the Ione Site/Brown Academy workshops and schedule. Varied discussion took place regarding workshops and location.

5.2. Workshop Progress Updates and Budget (Melissa) – Due to technology issues (the Pine Grove site had temporarily lost all internet/server connection for the day) Melissa was unable to update the Committee on end of semester workshop progress but did hand out the updated Workshop Supply budget. Anne updated the Committee on the Finance Committee and budgets for both Amador sites resulting in various discussions.

5.3. Pottery (Rose) Rose reported on Pottery and the issues that the class has been having with the Senior Center. Discussion about the possibility of moving Pottery to Ione took place as well as various other discussions regarding Pottery. Rose will speak to Arlene about making sure each class begins/ends at its scheduled time.

5.4. Parent Social (Anne) – The results of the Parent Socials were discussed. Melissa will type up and have available the wall charts for everyone and will work with Monica on having the Ione Site/Brown Academy results available as well.

5.5. Field Trip/Special Event Report (Anne) Today’s Teen Group Ski day at Kirkwood was cancelled due to snow. Tomorrow is the Bodies Revealed trip and drivers are still needed.

5.6. Living History Report (Rose) Rose reported on the progress of Living History Day. The event will be local and they are looking for an appropriate site. The planning meeting the Living History Group will be on Tuesday, January 22nd at 12 Noon at the Pine Grove Site.

6. PRESENTATIONS

7. OLD BUSINESS

7.1. Update on Workshop Evaluations (Anne) – Evaluations are being typed up. Instructors are being spoken with and the results shared with them.

7.2. Planning for Spring Semester (Anne/Melissa) – Planning and blocking for the Spring Semester took place for the Pine Grove Site. A schedule was blocked to include the new workshops. Due to time limitations the workshop sign up sheets will be posted and Melissa will send the schedule out via email and accept sign ups via phone or email response.

7.3. Field Trip Policy (Rose) Rose spoke about the Field Trip Policies. She suggested there needs to be a written procedure manual for Field Trips and that an Ad Hoc Committee needs to be formed to pursue this. It was agreed that the Ad Hoc Committee for Field Trip Policy will meet on Monday, February 4th after Workshop Meeting.

8. NEW BUSINESS

8.1. History Workshop Proposal (Melissa C.) Parent Melissa C. presented a workshop proposal for history. She passed out a syllabus for the class. An interest sheet for history had already been posted with enough students interested so it will be reposted as “Oregon Trail History” workshop and will include the syllabus.

9. CORRESPONDENCE

10. ADJOURNMENT:

Next Meeting: Monday, February 4th at 1:30

Motions to the Governing Board:

Respectfully submitted by: Melissa Tiquet

ACTION ITEMS FROM LAST MEETING

#	Item # In Minutes	Action to be taken	By	Action com-pleted	This is ongoing action	Explanation of why not completed
	5.4	Melissa will type up and have available the wall charts for everyone and will work with Monica on having the Ione Site/Brown Academy results available as well	Melissa/ Monica	01/09/08
	5.3	Rose will speak to Arlene about making sure each class begins/ends at its scheduled time.	Rose
	7.2	Melissa will send out the Spring Schedule and accept sign ups via phone and email.	Melissa	01/08/08