Minutes From May 12, 2005

Note: Although we had a meeting on June 21st, we did not review and approved the following minutes.

The Executive Board of the SCNJAEYC met at NORWESCAP at 5:30 pm on May 12, 2005. Present were: Trixy Thibodeau, Laura Boonham, Joanne Taylor, Barbara Young, Pam Raynor, Jane Hutnik, Maureen Greiner, Anna Carbo, Jennifer Rumore and Judy Brophy.

The minutes were read and accepted.

No Treasurer's Report.

Maureen Greiner was named the recipient of the Becker Award for Professional Development.

Scholarship: Laura reported that Emily MacDonald from Vernon High School is this year's high school recipient. No applicant from SCCC, so the Sue Venable scholarship will not be awarded this year. The applications will be worked on over the summer and the contact person at SCCC will be Joanne Taylor and not the office where we have been sending it. It will also be changed to include Warren County seniors and Warren County students attending SCCC.

A motion was made and approved to award Jennifer Rumore the Professional Development Award.

Our affiliate can sell copies of Our Favorite Day at the State Table at our conference. Our affiliate is in charge of the State Table at the conference.

Director's Group: Maureen's directors meeting on May 19th will present a speaker on the changes to the Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers. They will also address the emergency plan. Karen Voit and Christy Smith will take over this important group. Maureen will continue to award certificates to participants for one hour of credit for one hour of training.

Joanne Taylor shared some information on various topics that SCCC will be addressing this year: Emergency Plans, New Regulations for Directors, New Educational Options.

May Dinner: We have 58 acceptances at this point. Maureen was authorized to schedule next year's dinner date at this May's dinner.

Strategic Plan: Jane reported that our two year strategic plan will continue with the existing plan, but with an emphasis on getting Warren County involved.

Barbara Young is continuing a dialogue with the New Jersey Herald in an effort to get a developmentally appropriate activities column published monthly. The Herald emphasized that no one center should be spotlighted. It was suggested that we try other children's publications in the county.

Judy Brophy reported that who will no longer be paying the monthly fee for our web page. It was decided that Vito should apply for a debit card and the organization take over the monthly cost.

emails for Sharon should be sent to Trixy Thibodeau at_________

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Judy Brophy