{"id":12398,"date":"2023-03-23T08:39:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?page_id=12398"},"modified":"2023-03-23T08:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:39:40","slug":"wcea-meeting-minutes-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wcea-meeting-minutes-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"WCEA Meeting Minutes &#8211; February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 14, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Present: Eric Jones (recorder), Jen Lobley, Kyle Winslow, Lisa Hanscom, Nicholas MacDonald, Gabby Brodek, Leslie Monroy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretaries Report<\/strong>: Need to include Leslie Monroy as attending our last meeting<\/p>\n<p>Moved by Eric<\/p>\n<p>Seconded Lisa<\/p>\n<p>4 votes in favor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong>: Reports for December 2022 and January 2023 presented as prepared with gratitude to Tara for preparing the reports<\/p>\n<p>Eric will work with Tara to get clarity on building funds and what restrictions may encumber their use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>December Report<\/p>\n<p>Moved by Nicholas<\/p>\n<p>Seconded Lisa<\/p>\n<p>Unanimously approved<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>January Report<\/p>\n<p>Moved by Nicholas<\/p>\n<p>Seconded Lisa<\/p>\n<p>Unanimously approved<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staff Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approval of a 5 year grant ($6.5 million) to connect ME and VT youth through food systems and civic engagement including partnership with Mano en Mano and includes funds to hire professionals for the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Projected to start May 2023 through 2028<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice President Vacancy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was discussed that we will not fill that vacancy at this time and wait to fill that position, along with the president position in May.&nbsp; Nominations will need to be made for those positions at our March or April meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revised 2023 Budget Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Readjusted 2023 WCEA Budget<br \/>\nPostage $100.00<br \/>\nProgram Support $1,000.00<br \/>\nSecretarial Salaries $30,000.00<br \/>\nSupplies\/Equipment $1,700.00<\/p>\n<p>Total $32,800.00<\/p>\n<p>Moved by Kyle<\/p>\n<p>Seconded Eric<\/p>\n<p>Approved unanimously<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>April meeting change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kyle and Nicholas will send around a Doodle Poll to find a time to meet in April, our last meeting before the annual meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bylaw updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discussion about revising the bylaws to allow the executive committee to be able to remove a committee member with just cause by majority vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kyle will compose a proposed change to the bylaws to share with the committee for approval.&nbsp; They will need to be approved at the annual meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recruitment Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jen shared a revised orientation process that includes orientation (March) prior to being a guest at a meeting (April), prior to formally joining the committee (May).<\/p>\n<p>Committee members shared suggestions for potential new members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Committee members were assigned potential members to reach out to, indicated in the spreadsheet Kyle created (linked <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1X9mmzeYNfxeXy1QjvcC6wSN5_yh2eUk6lVQkLQ3dVHs\/edit#gid=0\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Jen will send out material, suggestions for recruitment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Annual meeting details, coordination with UMM.&nbsp; Reached out to Sodexo for a quote for catering to be paid for out of the Jeremy Strater funds.<\/p>\n<p>Moved by Nicholas<\/p>\n<p>Seconded by Eric<\/p>\n<p>Approved<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on new positions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FNEP Position search failed<\/p>\n<p>See email from Jen re. discussion about faculty positions \u2013 committee members are encouraged to attend the Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adjourned at 7:54<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 14, 2023 Present: Eric Jones (recorder), Jen Lobley, Kyle Winslow, Lisa Hanscom, Nicholas MacDonald, Gabby Brodek, Leslie Monroy &nbsp; Secretaries Report: Need to include Leslie Monroy as attending our last meeting Moved by Eric Seconded Lisa 4 votes in favor &nbsp; Treasurer\u2019s Report: Reports for December 2022 and January 2023 presented as prepared with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WCEA Meeting Minutes - February 2023 - Cooperative Extension in Washington County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wcea-meeting-minutes-february-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WCEA Meeting Minutes - February 2023 - Cooperative Extension in Washington County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 14, 2023 Present: Eric Jones (recorder), Jen Lobley, Kyle Winslow, Lisa Hanscom, Nicholas MacDonald, Gabby Brodek, Leslie Monroy &nbsp; 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