March 13, 2006
Location
Parkway Plaza
Railroad Room
Casper, WY
President, Diane Pennington called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m.
Roll Call (Present)
Diane Pennington, President, attended via conference call
Christine Chesser, Secretary; and Brenda Schwartzkopf board member. Also in attendance were Betty Abernethy, Executive Director; and Brenda Mathre, Board Inspector.
Board member Kirby Morris and Darci Kite were excused.
President Diane Pennington asked Vice President, Brenda Schwartzkopf presided over the meeting incase she was disconnected during her call.
The motion was made by Diane Pennington, seconded by Chris Chesser to approve the minutes as presented for the January 16, 2005 meeting, motion carried.
Executive Directors Report
Betty presented the January and February financial statement and reported that financials are looking good and it will be close the budget as we end this fiscal period.
Budget Status; A request for an increase to our spending authority may be needed and will be addressed at that time. This would require a B-11 Request that is routed through our budget analyst and then on to the Governor for signature Brenda Schwartzkopf made a motion, seconded by Chris Chesser to authorize Betty Abernethy to process the request if needed. A letter from Diane may be needed as an attachment to the request. Betty will let Diane know if it is necessary. Motion carried. New Fiscal Year budget begins July 1st.
Software request; Betty has completed an Access class to have the ability to develop and maintain our data base, and is in the process of developing one for tracking students and their hours. Betty asked for the board's approval to put the software on her computer at home. Approval granted by the board.
Salon renewals; about 75 have not renewed as of yet. If they do not renew by March 31st they will have to start over with the application process.
Inspectors Report
Brenda Mathre presented an inspector report outlining the progress that is being made.
Unfinished Business
Examiner Training May 20th- 22nd 2006, Board members will most likely need to arrive on May 19th as training will begin early Sun a.m. This is a mandatory training. Betty will be sending a memo and agenda to remind all board members to be in attendance. We will need Mon. after the board meeting to finish training.
New Business
NIC regional meeting is April 7-9, 2006 in Sun Valley Idaho. Betty Abernethy will attend and will ride with Brenda Mathre. NIC national conference will be August 25-28 in Maine. Betty, Diane, Chris, and Brenda Scwartzkopf will attend. Brenda Mathre and Kirby Morris will be attending in the capacity of their positions with NIC. Registrations for the annual conference will be paid out of the next fiscal year.
Newsletter; Betty asked the Board to submit any ideas they might have for the next newsletter. Betty and JoAnn will have been with the board for 10 years and we will put an announcement in the newsletter about their 10 years of faithful and incredible service to the entire cosmetology industry.
The motion was made by Chris Chesser and seconded by Diane Pennington to adjourn the meeting. With no further business before the board, the meeting was adjourned at 1:00
Respectfully submitted
Christine Chesser
Secretary
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