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General Business Meeting Minutes - click here SDASSP General Business Meeting March 26, 2009 4:00-5:15 Ramkota Hotel, Pierre, SD Amphitheater

SDASSP President’s Welcome. Welcome to a new school year. It is always exciting getting a new year started. As secondary principal, it is a joy to watch the expressions of eagerness and sometimes anxiety on the faces of my students as they return to the classroom and school hallways. I still believe that even middle school and high school students still hold a little enthusiasm in their hearts about the start of a new year.

I truly am looking forward to the opportunity to serve the SDASSP Association as President. We all need to work together to help our association continue to grow and provide strong networking for our administrators. Administration can be a lonely world many days, so building networks is important for all of us so we can continue to successfully serve our students and staff.   As educators in the 21st century, we have many challenges ahead of us. However, challenges also help us improve professionally. Colleagues working together to improve leadership in our schools will truly put our state at the top of the success ladder.   A special thanks to all my principal colleagues for the work you do for South Dakota teachers and students. Our state educational system is a better place because of all of you.  I encourage each of you to take some time to celebrate our successes with our students, teachers and community.   Christena Schultz SDASSP President  “As a manager, the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.” -Kenneth Blanchard & Robert Lorber

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SDASSP Spring Conference Schedule
March 25-27, 2009
Ramkota Inn - Pierre

1.       Call to Order by President Christena Schultz at 4:09

1.1               Establish Quorum

• 41 members present

1.2               Approval of Agenda

• Motion by Mark Hofer and seconded by Mike Taplett to approve the agenda.

1.3               Secretary’s Report/Minutes – Dave Hutchison

• Motion by Chip Sundberg and seconded by Rich Schneider to approve the minutes from the August meeting.

1.4               Treasurer’s Report – Brian Jandahl

• Balance on March 26, 2009 is $14,764.59.

2.       Communications/Reports

2.1               President’s Report – Christena Schultz

• Thanked everyone for coming to the meeting and for the experience she had as president this year.

• Thanked Steve Benson, Guy Johnson, and Brian Jandahl on the job they did with the conference.

2.2               Coordinator’s Report – Dan Neiles

• Spoke about his position and the duties associated
  with it.

• Negotiate your professional dues with your contract.  Join through the umbrella association as SDASSP receives a kickback from the umbrella association.

2.3               SASD Report – Jerry Rasmussen

• Dr. Melmer has started an administrative search company.  He will donate money back to our group when his company is hired to find an administrator.

• Spoke on Balanced Leadership and its future.

2.4               SDSCA Report – Marcia Forrester

• Spoke on upcoming Student Council Convention that is being held on March 29 – 31.

2.5               Spring Conference – Steve Benson

• Talked about the convention and would like any ideas to improve for next year.

2.5.1          Social and Banquet

• Social will be from 5:30 – 6:30 in Gallery C before the banquet.

2.6               Region Reports

• Nothing to report at this time.

3.       Unfinished Business

3.1               Daktronics SDASSP Scholarship Update – Steve Benson and Jerry Rasmussen

• Steve Benson spoke about the process of finding a new sponsor for the Bill O’Keefe scholarships. 

• Daktronics will be the new sponsor in the amount of $2,500. 

• There will be ten $250 scholarships.  Students will need to stay in state to receive the money.  If the student does not stay in-state for college, the student will still be on the academic all-state team.

• An ACT score of 34 was needed to make the first team academic all-state.

3.2               Region Alignment Update Discussion and Approval

• President Schultz discussed the purpose of the region alignment.  Mike Reinhiller and Tim Hollar worked on creating the new alignment.

• Opened the floor to members for input on the alignment.  Discussion from members followed.

• The executive board will continue to work on the region alignment and will hopefully have something for the August Board Meeting.

3.3               SDHSAA stand on fan conduct discussion

• Spoke about the discussion the executive board members had on this topic.

• SDHSAA Board Member Terry Nebelsick spoke about the discussion the SDHSAA Board has had on this topic.  They would like to leave it to local control and endorse what we are doing.

3.4               Future Conferences

3.4.1          2012 Spearfish

3.4.2          2013 Site

3.4.3          Joint Conference with Elementary Principals – 2013

3.4.3.1                Suggestions for Dates

• Would like to keep the date no later than the first week in May.

• Discussed the possibility of setting a rotation with the elementary principals every three years.

4.       New Business

4.1               Combine Executive/General Business Meetings in August – Discussion and Approval

• President Schultz spoke on the current setup of the General Business meeting at the ASBSD conference and the issues.  The executive board would like to look at a different time for the General Business meeting that would place the meeting directly after the Executive Board meeting.

• Motion by Tim Hollar and seconded by Chad Janzen to hold the Executive Board meeting and the General Business meeting on the same day.  The General Business meeting will be held immediately following the Executive Board meeting.  Motion carried on a unanimous vote.

4.2               Discussion of Region Principal of the Year Application Process

• Scott Lepke spoke on process and thanked everyone for all the nominations.

• Is going to try to do all the applications electronically next year.

4.3               Appoint/Elect new SDSCA Representative

• Motion by Mike Reinhiller and seconded by Marcia Forrester to nominate Dr. Wayne Kindle for the position.  Motion by Dan Neiles and seconded by Mark Rockefeller that nominations cease.  It was a unanimous vote for Dr. Wayne Kindle as the SDSCA representative.

5.       Announcements

5.1               Future Sites of Conference

5.1.1          2010  Huron

• SDASSP by ourselves.

5.1.2          2011  Pierre

• SDASSP with Athletic Directors.

5.1.3          2012 Spearfish

• SDASSP with Athletic Directors.

5.2               Wild West Leadership Conference

5.2.1          June 10-12 Deadwood

6.       Adjournment

• Motion by Mark Hofer and seconded by Terry Nebelsick to adjourn and to thank President Schultz and the Executive Board on the job they have done this past year.

• Meeting adjourned at 5:10.

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