2018-11-14 Minutes

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6:30 pm Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Dorothy Brinckerhoff, Roger Irvin, Rachelle Payne, John Scott
Absent: Joyce Long, Dena Elliott, Kristen Norris

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

Approved.

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

The financial reports for October were unavailable due to congestion from Holiday Festival last weekend. Dorothy will email them to the board within a week.

5. Preschool Report

Dorothy reported that the preschool is doing well under Kristen’s leadership. There was high level of parent participation at the Holiday festival. The poinsettia fundraiser is on track to net $2200.

We surveyed the state of the mostly-complete reorganization of storage areas at the Center, with the preschool storage centralized to the office room, and the other ACC storage centralized to the cry room. The Board thanks and applauds the volunteers who have been working on this realignment.

There have been no additional incidents this month of items disappearing.

6. Lessons Learned from Holiday Festival

Dorothy reported that the food worked very well this year. We had almost exact quantities of stew, soup, and pie to meet the demand. There were some misundertandings and confusions related to the ongoing construction at the school. There was a full schedule of music that was well received. The attendance was a little below recent years, but not greatly so. The Resale shop booth did well.

7. Year-End Letter/Brochure

Dorothy passed around for review a proof of the color brochure/mailer that she created, that she had emailed around for review a couple days before the meeting. All agreed that it was an improvement on the letter format that we’ve been sending for the last several years. Dorothy will get them reproduced and host a fold-stamp-addressing gathering on or around Saturday Nov. 24th.

8. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

No report.

9. Recycling Center abuse

No report.

10. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

No progress reported.

11. New Business

Dorothy reported that we’ve been invited to sponsor and staff a craft table at the Monroe Light Parade crafts event at the Library, 6:00-7:00 pm on 12/8/18. We discussed it, and decided to offer to do sugar cookie decoration. John volunteered to bake cookies, Dorothy and Rachelle (+kids) volunteered to staff the table.

We began our planning for a second Celebrate Alpine event for next summer. We will target June 22, 2019 as our date. Rachelle will contact Andi Hooper to reserve that day on her schedule, and ask Andi to check availability with Ol’ School. We reminded ourselves that John Ghent expressed interest in performing, as well.

12. Proposed agenda for December

(nothing identified for particular focus at this time)

13. Schedule

Cookie decoration @ Library 12/8, ACC Board 12/12

2018-10-17 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dena Elliott, John Scott, Kristen Norris, Shelia Bennett, Maria Rathburn, Dorothy Brinckerhoff
Absent: Rachelle Payne, Roger Irvin

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

Approved.

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

Board reviewed and accepted the financial reports for September.

5. Preschool Report

Joyce has hired Maria Rathburn as co-teacher for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays & Shelia Bennett as co-teacher for Tuesdays and Thursdays. The board welcomed them to our staff.

The preschool had their first monthly parents’ meeting on Monday the 15th.

Some co-oping parents are not doing what they’ve committed to (not showing up for their co-op shifts or attending the parents meeting). This is a problem most years. The board supports Kristen in using persuasion and pressure to elicit follow-through.

We have filled an empty seat in Bigs, and have room for one more in both Bigs & Littles. (There is an unconfirmed prospect for a little to fill that place.)

Our submission of the background check application packet got returned from the DOE because we’d had the parents sign last year’s revision of the application form instead of this year’s. Kristen has had almost all the parents fill out new forms, and Joyce will send forms in to the DOE within a week, when two last forms get chased in.

Joyce has found a buyer for the surplus tiny chairs.

We are still having issues with items disappearing, and some things moved. All the disappeared things are low value items. We have not yet been able to characterize the disappearances as having happened on certain days or nights of the week. The board is pursuing options to investigate these petty thefts.

6. Benton Community Foundation rep Monroe area tour

On Tuesday, 10/16, Joyce and Roger hosted a good tour of Monroe-Alpine for representatives from Benton County Foundation (Chris Quaka) and Oregon Community Foundation (Brittany Kennedy & John Moriarty). They spent an hour here at the preschool, then met with Rick Hohnbaum at city of Monroe, and did a walking tour of downtown Monroe (Long Timber Brewing, the Monroe Community Library, the legion hall, Methodist church and site of Art in the Park). The foundation reps were interested and enthusiastic about everything they heard, and made suggestions, particularly to the city folks, about potential sources for additional grant funding. This was a helpful and positive relationship-building event.

7. Preparations for Holiday Festival

Dorothy reported that the Alpine Holiday Festival is on track for success. Gift baskets are starting to collect. Sherrie Deaton’s 4-H group may be making pies as a service project. Catie will return to sell raffle tickets. Dorothy is working to find new volunteers to cover jobs previously done by Eva, a long-term volunteer who has moved from the area.

8. Year-End Letter

On 10/16 John forwarded to the other board members some draft text for this year’s year-end appeal, written in the letter format we have used in previous years. We have talked about trying a new format this year, with color pictures and a more brochure-like format. Dorothy and Joyce welcomed the draft text as raw material for the new brochure.

9. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce was in contact recently with the city people who were working on the merged calendar. They expect work on the project to be revived soon.

Joyce discovered this week that the meditation group is still meeting here on Monday evenings. There was a minor, manageable collision with Monthly Monday preschool parents’ meeting. (We don’t think the yoga group, which started around the same time as the meditation group, is still meeting on Saturdays.)

10. Recycling Center abuse

Joyce reported no progress on configuration of video recorder to network.

11. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Dorothy reported no progress on the final report to Trust Mgmt.

12. New Business

The renters in the house next door to the center moved out this week, and dumped a large TV and a loveseat with a Free sign just outside the play area, by the garbage can. Dorothy will call Kay King, the landlord, about trying to get the tenants to dispose of these items properly.

13. Proposed agenda for November

Lessons learned from Alpine Holiday Festival 2018

Year-end appeal brochure production and mailing

14. Schedule

Holiday Festival 11/10, ACC Board 11/14

2018-09-12 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dorothy Brinckerhoff, Dena Elliott, Roger Irvin, John Scott, Kristen Norris
Absent: Rachelle Payne

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

Approved

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

Financial reports for August. Accepted.

5. Preschool Report

Samantha has resigned for positive reasons. The board thanks Samantha for her work with us and wishes her well. We are recruiting a new assistant teacher, with two candidates in consideration.

Kristen reported on the opening of preschool year. The first day (9/6/18) was very rough, but second and since have gone well. We still have two openings in the Bigs class that we are recruiting for.
The CPR certification class was held 8/25 for a group of 13 parents and staff. There are several co-op parents who were already certified. Joyce is confirming how many co-oping parents remain uncertified, and will remind them of their obligation to get certified.

We don’t currently have any probable applicants for tuition assistance.

Joyce has collected the background check permission slips from the parents and filled out the cover sheets. She will make copies and get them to Dorothy by Friday to send to ODOE.

Joyce and Kristen proposed swapping the locations of storage units to consolidate preschool storage in the office, and non-preschool storage in the cry room. The board reviewed the proposal and agreed to go ahead with it.

First parents’ meeting is next week, on 9/19.

6. 2018-19 Budget

John & Dorothy reviewed draft 1 of the 2018-19 budget to the board. (It was sent by email to the board for review on 8/21.) The Board discussed it and approved it.

7. Preparations for Holiday Festival

Dorothy reported that vendor reservation fees have been coming it at the customary pace. Jeanne Anne has talked to Kristen about organizing the parents for their festival booth. Dorothy discussed commitments from board members to help with various aspects of the festival.

8. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce reported that there has been no change in the status of the testing. She is waiting for response from City.

9. Recycling Center abuse

Joyce reported no progress on configuration of video recorder to network.

10. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Dorothy reported no progress on the final report to Trust Mgmt.

11. New Business

Year-end appeal letter. The board discussed ways to make it more effective. We decided to do a targeted mailing to past donors instead of broadcast to all homes in our area. Homework: board mbrs to brainstorm potential donors to be sure to include in a targeted mailing. We will also write new content to spotlight coordination between ACC and SBCE (Art in the Park and Read on Wheels).

Joyce received an inquiry from someone in Junction City requesting that we send an announcement through the mailing list recruiting vendors for a farmers’ market. The board agreed that absent other information that clarifies it as a not-for-profit, it probably falls outside our guidelines.

12. Proposed agenda for October

(To accommodate one member’s variable work schedule, we agreed to shift our meeting in October from 10-/10 to 10/17.)

Year-end letter

Preparation for the Alpine Holiday Festival

13. Schedule

Preschool parents’ meeting 9/19, ACC Board 10/17 (special date!), Holiday Festival 11/10

2018-08-08 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dorothy Brinckerhoff, Dena Elliott, Roger Irvin, Rachelle Payne, John Scott, Kristen Norris, Samantha Collier, Char Opheim

1. Preschool Report

Joyce introduced to the board our new Co-teacher/Director, Kristen Norris, and our new Co-teacher, Samantha Collier. They have been hired and have started preparing for the coming school year. The board is excited to have them with us. Samantha has already met with Linda Nelson to chart out Linda’s recommendations for training, and has started her training classes already.

Joyce has been working on revisions to the parent handbook. Kristen and Samantha are contributing.

Kristen requested that the board purchase a locking file cabinet for non-public records, a doorbell for requesting entry during the school hours when the exterior doors are locked, and a chime that would sound when anyone from inside opens the exterior door.

2. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

3. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

4. Prioritize Agenda

5. Financial Report

The board reviewed the financial reports for July, and accepted them.

6. Prep for preschool open house

Kristen, Samantha, and Joyce have scheduled the parent open house for Wednesday evening, 8/22/18, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Joyce is planning to attend; other board members would be welcome.

6. FFF Grant for Staff Development and QRIS Plan

Linda Nelson has already met with Samantha and Kristen to counsel them on the training classes they need, and on the advantageous order to attack them. A similar session with Kristen is in the works. Joyce has developed the training schedule.

Dorothy reported that she submitted the final report to the Ford Family Foundation regarding the $10,000 grant awarded in January 2017. In her report she requested that the remaining grant funds (approx. $9K) be used to provide additional staff and parent training for the next two school years, 2018-19 and 2019-20 and that Christy Cox had already responded in the affirmative. She will need to submit another “final, final” report by July 31, 2020.

7. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce showed a first-draft test implementation of a merged calendar, with events from the city, school district, and ACC calendars. We were encouraged with how it worked, and offered several suggestions to improve the experience.

8. 2018-19 Budget

John reported that the budget committee has set an appointment to meet on Monday, 8/13.

9. Recycling Center abuse

Joyce reported no progress on configuring the video recorder to network.

10. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Dorothy reported no progress on the final report to Trust Mgmt.

11. New Business

Dorothy has received an inquiry about renting the classrooms. The board reviewed our published rental fee schedule, and confirmed that the closest published rate is the $60 rate for 4-6 hours of the kitchen. Dorothy will engage the inquirer to clarify how this could apply to their intent.

12. Proposed agenda for September

Report on the beginning of the preschool year
Budget for 2018-19

13. Schedule

Preschool open house 8/22, CPR class 8/25, first day of school 9/10, ACC Board 9/12

2018-07-11 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dena Elliot, Roger Irvin, John Scott, Dorothy Brinckerhoff
Absent: Rachelle Payne, Char Opheim

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

Approved as amended.

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

The board reviewed the financial reports for June. Accepted.

5. Preschool Report

Joyce and the recruitment committee met on the 10th with our top 2 candidates. The board discussed prospects and particulars for extending job offers to them. Dorothy moved that we offer the Teacher position to candidate A with a wage of $16/hour, and the Assistant position to candidate B with a wage of $13.50/hour, with a differential of $1/hour for days when she substitutes as Teacher (with additional details). Dena seconded. Approved. Joyce and Dorothy will draft offer letters and convey them to the candidates. Joyce will work with Linda Nelson to advise them on low-hanging fruit to raise their Oregon Registry ratings, and to plan their next career development training.

The Board discussed tuition rates. Last year we were at $60/mo-$70/mo for littles, and $75/mo-$85/mo for bigs. Dena moved we raise all rates by $5/mo, Joyce seconded, Approved.

6. FFF Grant for Staff Development and QRIS Plan

Joyce will get cost forecasts from Linda for the recommended classes for our intended staff. Dorothy will contact LBCC to get an invoice for Linda’s services. Dorothy will compose a grant report to FFF for the things we’ve done, proposing to carry over funds for staff development in the coming year.

7. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce met with RJ and Steve to chart out the next steps. Joyce has set up permissions on our calendar for their webmaster email persona. Steve hasn’t yet sent a follow-up message with the URL to view the test site.

8. Lessons learned from Celebrate Alpine

Board was encouraged by how it worked out, but noted these ideas for next time we have an event like this:

  • needed more shade (pop-ups)
  • needed more publicity starting further before the event – 90day before, announce a save the date. Have fliers completed a month before. Send it out to the email list 30d before, 14d before, and 6d before. Put fliers up in Monroe and Alpine. Get listed on the reader board at the high school.
  • Sandbags for the bouncy house, to keep it from migrating
  • Hiring the band and catering worked well.
  • John Gent (one of the music night regulars) may be interested in performing next year.

Dorothy moved that we have a similar event next year, with an eye toward making it a tradition. Joyce seconded, approved.

9. 2018-19 Budget

John reported no action.

10. Recycling Center abuse

Joyce reported no action on configuring the video recorder to be accessible over the network.

The Board discussed changes in the standards from Republic for acceptable material. Republic has not been notably proactive with communications about the changing markets and changing acceptability standards.

11. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Dorothy reported no progress on the Final report to Trust Mgmt.

12. New Business

We received an offer to donate an upright piano to the Center. The Board discussed. John will send our thanks for the offer with a polite declination.

13. Proposed agenda for August

Readiness for opening preschool for 2018-19
Open house for incoming preschool families
2018-19 Budget

14. Schedule

ACC Board 8/8, CPR class 8/25, first day of school 9/4

2018-06-13 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dorothy Brinckerhoff, Roger Irvin, John Scott, Rachelle Payne, Andi Hooper (Boss Hawg’s), Albert Copeland (Ol’School)
Absent: Dena Elliott, Char Opheim

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

Board reviewed the financial reports for May. Accepted.

5. Preschool Report

Joyce reported on the recruitment committee work. We had two applicants for the teacher position, but one withdrew, and four applicants for the assistant position. Joyce will try to convene a search committee meeting within the next few days. Joyce would like to hold off hiring an assistant until after we hire the teacher, so that the teacher can participate in selecting her assistant.
We will need to buy some new curriculum materials, because we’ve been using materials owned by Char.

Rachel has scheduled a CPR class for Saturday Aug 25th, $30/person 8am-12pm. We will hold it at ACC and provide childcare. If we can get the registration roster to Rachelle, Rachelle will call the parents to notify them of the requirement and the schedule. Dorothy will get the list from Char and get it to Rachelle.

6. FFF Grant for Staff Development and QRIS Plan

Joyce, Dorothy, & Roger met with Linda Nelson this month, to receive delivery of the preschool formalization materials we contracted her to develop. We have completed the evaluation phase of the contract and are ready to work on implementing the recommendations. There will be some follow-on work after we hire the new staff for next year.

7. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce has sent RJ the iCal address and set up permissions for him, but Dorothy saw RJ today, and got the impression that he is still waiting for something from us.

8. Celebrate Alpine BBQ event planning

Albert Copeland of Ol’School (the band) attended. He and his band are ready to play on the 23rd. They just need to know when and where to set up. He has amps, speakers, & tent. They can set up at 2 to start playing at 3pm.
We agreed with Andi to buy 3 kegs, a few types of canned soda, and bottled water. She will have pork & brisket BBQ sandwiches, with sides to sell. She will set up her cart here from noon, to also serve folks who walk over from the softball tournament. We planned where the band and food cart will set up in the yard between the center and the water company buildings.
Joyce will make up a flyer. Dorothy will set up the signboard. Andi and Al will each post announcements to their Facebook pages.

9. 2018-19 Budget

John lead a discussion about what significant plans/expectations do we want to build into our budget for the coming year. We could think of no major initiatives for 2018-19.

10. Recycling Center abuse

Tabled to next month.

11. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Tabled to next month.

12. New Business

None.

13. Proposed agenda for July

Recruitment of preschool staff for 2018-19
Alpine Celebration lessons learned
2018-19 Budget

14. Schedule

Celebrate Alpine BBQ 6/23, ACC Board 7/11

2018-05-09 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dena Elliott, Roger Irvin, John Scott, Char Opheim, Dorothy Brinckerhoff
Absent: Rachelle Payne

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

Approved.

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

Dorothy moved that we approve a draft agreement with LBCC for consulting services of Linda Nelson for $35/hr plus $0.24/mile for travel expenses, to a maximum of 20 hours before June 30th, 2018. Roger seconded, approved.

Board officers were re-elected unanimously: President Joyce Long, Treasurer Dorothy Brinckerhoff, and Secretary John Scott.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

The board reviewed the financial reports for April. We had the best Bingo day ever in April. We have a $5,500 fund remaining from the Kindersports grant from the Knudsen Foundation, that we feel an obligation to act on. We brainstormed ways to revive the program for this summer, but found no obvious answer. The board accepted the financial reports.

5. Preschool Report

Char reported on the Alpine 5K Scamper 2018: great weather, income about $4800, and the net should be near $4,000.

The board discussed how to plan for staffing of the preschool for 2018-19. Joyce has been working on drafting the job posting. Joyce has recruited two parents to work with her in the search committee. The board confirmed that we intend to hire for both a teacher and an assistant for next year.

Charlene strongly recommends that the board revisit tuition rates and our plan for the Tuition Assistance Program as we prepare for next year.

Enrollment so far for next year is full for the littles, with only 5 in line for the bigs class.

6. FFF Grant for Staff Development and QRIS Plan

We’ve signed a contract with LBCC for Linda Nelson’s services drafting a plan for preschool formalization. Dorothy, Joyce, and Roger have had two meetings with Linda so far. Linda is working on material for our handbook. Dorothy & Joyce & Roger have another meeting scheduled for June 5th. She assured us that some of the parts we thought were most intimidating are closer than we thought, and that we are closer to the goals than we supposed. For instance, our sign-in, sign-out tracking already has advantage over the example she provided.

7. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce reported that there has been no progress this month toward testing the merged calendar.

8. Alpine Celebration BBQ event planning

Dorothy moved we approve a budget not to exceed $800 for the event, Dena seconded, approved. We have confirmed that June 23rd is also the date of the Alpine Invitational Softball Tournament, so we are likely to have some visitors attend from that event.

9. Recycling Center abuse

Joyce reported no progress on configuration of video recorder to network.

10. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Dorothy reported no progress on the Final report to Trust Mgmt.

11. New Business

12. Proposed agenda for June

Recruitment of preschool staff for 2018-19

Celebrate Alpine prep

13. Schedule

ACC Board 6/13, Alpine Celebration BBQ 6/23

2018-04-11 Minutes

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6:00 pm Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 at ACC

Present: Joyce Long, Dorothy Brinckerhoff, Rachelle Payne, Roger Irvin, John Scott, Char Opheim, Andi Hooper, Matt Pfannes
Absent: Dena Elliott

1. Discuss & approve minutes of the previous meeting

Approved.

2. Review board email votes since last meeting

None.

3. Prioritize Agenda

4. Financial Report

The board reviewed and accepted the financial reports for March.

5. Community reception/input event planning

Andi Hooper and Matt Pfannes of Alpine Tavern/Boss Hawg’s BBQ mobile catering attended to join us in planning an Alpine Community Party event for 6/23/18. (We know that is the same day as Monroe HS’s Alumni gathering, and may be the same day as the Alpine Invitational Softball Tournament.) We wanted to have barbeque, beer, and live music. Andi’s business structure and contacts make all those things easier for her to do. She has relationships with two relatively local bands (Sam, and Old School Band) that she thinks may be willing to play. We discussed an arrangement where ACC would contract with Boss Hawg to serve beverages, and give attendees two drink tickets each. Boss Hawg would sell food and additional beverages at discounted prices.
Action Item (Andi): Check bands’ availability and get quotes; Check date of Alpine Invitational.
Action Item (Roger): Check county requirements for whether we would need to obtain a mass gathering permit

6. Preschool Report

We agreed to redirect efforts related to first aid training for co-oping parents from this year to next year. Rachelle will schedule the training in late August or early September, and we will make clear that certification is required for co-op parents. If the class we schedule won’t work for some, they will need to obtain equivalent training or show proof of previous certification.
Action Item (Rachelle): Schedule training

Dorothy confirmed that the background checks for co-oping parents did get sent in this month. The paperwork got returned related to unclear requirements for the format of the submission. Dorothy reformatted the request and resubmitted them to OR DOE. They have negotiated the check we sent for the fee.

Char reported that preparations for the Alpine 5K Scamper are well under way. At this time the greatest need is for sponsors.

Char reported that the preschool recently received a donation of books for each student, plus some for the preschool. The board signed a Thank You card.

The Board discussed an anticipated need to recruit new staff for the preschool for 2018-19. We agreed to form a search committee. Joyce volunteered to lead it. Rachelle and Char named several preschool parents who might be willing to serve. Doorthy received a recommendation from Jerri Wolfe (see below) that, given the current state of the market for early childhood educators, we are most likely to find a teacher among residents of our community, and especially among our current and incoming parents.
Action Item (Joyce): Hunt down the job description from our last recruitment exercise.
Action Item (Joyce): Contact potential volunteers suggested by Char & Rachelle.

7. FFF Grant for Staff Development and QRIS Plan

Dorothy reported her conversation with Jerri Wolfe, who led the work to get a preschool licensed in Philomath and is now at LBCC in their early childhood ed department. Ms Wolfe with approach a person who is a retired licenser as a potential consultant to work with us to develop a plan for preschool formalization. Ms Wolfe assured us that even though that effort may result in us choosing to forgo licensing, it will move us in positive directions.

8. Merged calendar participation with City of Monroe

Joyce reported that she has identified the iCal reference that Monroe has requested, but has questions about the permissions she will need to grant.
Action Item (Joyce): Contact RJ Thoefield and Steve Martinenko to confirm permissions

9. Recycling Center abuse

Joyce report no progress on configuration of video recorder to network.

10. 2012/2014 Trust Mgmt Grant Implementation

Dorothy reported no progress on the final report to Trust Mgmt.

11. Budget committee for 2018-19

John led discussion on who will serve on the budget committee this year. Dorothy is willing to serve. Marilyn Palmer was suggested as another possible member.
Action Item (John): Call Marilyn to recruit her.

12. New Business

Monroe Resale Shop has a new upstairs neighbor. Dorothy has worked out a fresh agreement with the new neighbor for sharing the water bill (neighbor will donate the shop’s share to ACC) and other matters.

April is our annually scheduled time to elect officers. We were unprepared, and will hold the election via an email vote.

Andi Hooper asked whether the Center has any after-school activities for teens. Joyce responded with the history and current quiet state of her work with teens.

13. Proposed agenda for May

Alpine Celebration planning
Scamper 2018 Lessons learned

Recruitment committee

Consultant for preschool formalization plan

14. Schedule

Preschool Scamper 5/5, ACC Board 5/9, Alpine Celebration Party BBQ 6/23