Massachusetts Junior Classical League

Executive Board Meeting

Saturday April 3, 2010

@ Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public High School

I. Attendance

-Present-

Zachary Hall - President                                                        AKF

Grace Thomas – 1^st Vice President                                  Lunenburg

 Lucy Sinnacola – 2^nd Vice President                         Mass Academy

Casandra Kelleher - Secretary                                             AKF

 Alyssa Tomkowicz - Treasurer                                     Mt. Greylock

Mike Howard- Parliamentarian                                            BLA

Emily Gallagher - Publications Editor                                 AKF

Eda Kaceli- Technical Coordinator                                     BLA

Janet Fillion- State Chair                                                    BLA

Ma Keeley- State Chair                                               Mt. Greylock

 -Regrets-

Tien Le - Historian                                                           BLA

Victoria Miklosky - State Chair                                     Barnstable

Guest-

Anne Nelson- Teacher                                                      AKF

Keavy Nagle-Murphy                                                       AKF

Denzel Amador                                                                 AKF

Tiffany Dupuis                                                                   AKF

II. SnowBall Update

    -Overall went extremely well

à good feed back from the schools in attendance

    -Booking Commonwealth for next year soon

III. Lunenburg Certamen Update

    -another successful event, made a good profit

IV. Officers Report

    Grace- Lunenburg Certamen Tournament

    Mike- state of emergency for 2^nd vice and tech coordinator

  Extend deadlines for all contests- Brought up by Ma Keeley

   Motion made by Zach to extend the deadline from April 4^th to April 17^th

Unanimously passed

    Notification to be sent by Zach

    Lucy- snowball was great

Eda- updates will be made to the website soon

    Alyssa- balance $5882.72 without registration for states

            We still have some checks to pay

    Emily- collecting articles for newsletter to be handed out at convention

    Examples: Movie reviews, Need school updates

V. Convention

    -Goodie Bags- m &ms, pens (from Ma Keeley)

       -Whole School Contests-

        -Each officer will judge the material sent to that officer. Will then be validated by SCL-ers

        -Room 1064 will be to drop off pre-convention contests

    -Miscellaneous Business-

        -Tables on stage during General Assemblies

Motion to recess 11:45

Grace seconds

Unanimous

    -Academic Testing-

        -officers to put together all ten test ahead of time for people who want to take all ten tests. Will avoid chaos.

        -Keeley in charge of academic testing

IX. Single Day Attendance

    -Because of AP testing and teachers and parents don’t want them to be too exhausted to test

        ~They are being picked up by the parents

Motion made by Zach to allow the kids to participate in the day events and have to go to the fellowship and must pay the full price

    Discussion: They have to pay the full amount even if they don’t use the hotel

                                         Mike Seconds the motion

                                Unanimous decision to pass the motion

X. Convention Part 2

    -Changes to the Schedule-

        -specifics on Zach’s copy

XI. Any other business…

        -Supplies we may purchase in the future-

           -Mega phones

            -Walkie talkies

Motion to adjourn 2:00

Grace seconds

Unanimous decision passed

                                         See you at convention J