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MINUTES Amador Workshop Committee Monday, May 12th, 2008; 3:30 PM (IONE) CHAIR/FACILITATOR: Valarie
1. CALL TO ORDER: 1.1. Request Facilitator: Valarie volunteered. 1.2. Request Minute Taker: Jenny F. volunteered 2. ROLL CALL:
3. CONSENT AGENDA 3.1. Approval of Agenda: Anne moved, Jenny seconded. Passed unanimously with additions/deletions. 3.2. Approval of previous minutes: Anne moved, Jenny seconded. Passed unanimously. 3.3. Review of Action Items from previous minutes.
4. COMMENTS/ ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. REPORTS 5.1. Site Report (Anne) – The governing board will meet on Wednesday night for the lease. Will know by Thursday. 5.2. Workshop Progress Updates and Budget (Melissa) – Tabled. 5.3. Pottery (Rose) – Not quite as much supervision at the end of the year. Pottery at Ione is a definite for the fall semester. Do we notify the Senior Center? Thank you for Senior Center? Should we take more stuff out of the Senior Center? Anne said that we need an inventory from Arlene – ask her to do inventory on 5/22. Store wheels in Ione? Downstairs doesn’t have a lock; will need locks on 1st floor by 5/22. 5.4. Field Trip/Special Event Report (Anne) – Robotics ROV Competition took place in Monterey on 5/10 at the Monterey Penn. College. The Amador Aquatechs came in 3rd place. Great Job Amador. Demo will take place at 1:15 at the Pool Party. Also the ROV will be brought in for share day. 5.5. Living History Report (Rose) – 30 kids and 14 adults attended LHD. It was a complex operation and a very enjoyable event. A motion was made by Anne to make Rose a Thank You card for carrying it out. Valarie seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The people at the Kennedy Mine were wonderful and were very happy with the attendees. They took pictures for publicity and for a grant proposal. They would love to have us back next year.
6. PRESENTATIONS
7. OLD BUSINESS
7.1. Workshop Interest Sheet Review (Melissa/Anne) · K-7 and 7-12; There will be 2 science classrooms. Can we use young science class for Robotics 4-12? Rose – K-7 classes upstairs? Anne – Yes – Parlor for adults or also workshop or library type setting (5 simultaneous classes plus one PE and Art/Pottery.) · Returning workshops and new workshops are 8 weeks in length. Melissa C made a motion to have students commit via contract to 8 weeks when signing up for classes. Rose seconded. Discussion was held. Is there a grace period? Anne thought that could be done. Hand out the contracts at the end of the 1st class to be signed by parent and child. Melissa C asked if the 2nd workshop student should bring their signed contract. The motion passed unanimously. · If the instructors deviate from the syllabus it must be written down in the workshop binder including homework expectation by each workshop instructor. Jeanne recommended an estimated number of Credits for each workshop plus photo copy homework to get back to the mentor’s file. The workshop schedule will be approved at the next meeting then emailed out to families. There are 33 returning workshops.
8. NEW BUSINESS
8.1. Budget for Art Supplies (Valarie) This item was deleted. 8.2. Review interest sheets. (Anne) see 7.1. 8.3. Additional workshop requests from Ione: Glenn M. would like to do an art/cartooning workshop; Jill T. would like to do a Jazz exploration with emphasis on solos/group performances; Christian D. would like to do a student Tennis project; Peggy B. would like to teach journalism; Jeannie C. would like to do a Math workshop on fractions, decimals and percents. She would also like to do a US/World history class on genealogy and a compact study of first ladies for grades 8-12. Valarie made a motion to allow the new workshops to post interest sheets. Melissa C seconded. It passed unanimously.
9. CORRESPONDENCE
10. ADJOURNMENT:
Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 27th, 3:30 PM in Ione to confirm workshop schedule. Motions to the Governing Board: Respectfully submitted by: Jenny F. (typed by Melissa B.)
ACTION ITEMS FROM LAST MEETING
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