The meeting was called to order by President Barbara English at 3:30 p.m..

Roll Call

Officers
President	Barbara English	Present
Vice-President	Deb Carty	Present
Treasurer	Nadine Anderson	Present
Recording Secretary	Charles Nowalk	Present
Corresponding Secretary	Marilyn Shober	Present

Building Reps
Andover-Morris	Joan Ricker	P		High School	Elaine Strahle	P
Andover-Morris	Craig Stull	P		High School	Bonnie Vasvari	P
Barber	Marilyn Shober	P		Middle School	Barbara English	P
Custodians	Matt Zeeman	P		Middle School	Melissa Fey	P
Early Childhood	Linda Fowler	P		Middle School	Kelly Franco	A
Early Childhood	Linda Mannix	P		Middle School	Heather Hendrix	A
Early Childhood	Deb Tucker-Frank	P		Middle School	Matt Schenk	A
Ed. Center	Carol Bloch	P		Middle School	Nancy Zgoda	P
Freeman	Deb Carty	P		Paraprofessionals	Joanne Pizzino	P
Freeman	Brenda Shields	P		Paraprofessionals	Matty Pokrivchak	P
Green St.	Ann Ball	P		Paraprofessionals	Elaine Strahle	P
Green St.	Joe Lissi	A		PASS	Jen Nester	P
High School	Sue Brooks	P		Secretaries	Deb Tucker-Frank	P
High School	Joe Donahue	A		Secretaries	Bonnie Vasvari	P
High School	Charles Nowalk	P		Security	John Hann	A
High School	Jennifer Ostile	A		Special Services	Nadine Anderson	P

Secretary's Report: Motion to accept the minutes of the December 12, 2006 meeting was made by Nadine and seconded by Matty. Passed unanimously.

Treasurer's Report: Motion to accept the treasurer's report for the month of December 2006 was made by Chuck and seconded by Linda F. Passed unanimously.

Committee Reports:

1. Membership:
   1. Any new members in your building? Remember to recruit them for membership into the Association.
2. Scholarship:
   1. Chuck noted that the committee would meet during the month of January or February in preparation for this year's scholarships. Tentative timeframe is March to have all the details ready for the high school guidance department to distribute to high school seniors.
3. Ed Council:
   1. Next meeting is Wed., Feb. 28, at 6p.m. at Flynn's on the Hill. Barb asked ARs to verify that every building has a rep present and to inform her whom it is. Also please inform Barb of any issues you wish to bring up to the Ed Council ahead of time. Representatives for Andover-Morris and PASS are still required.
4. Health & Safety:
   1. Next meeting is Feb. 8 at the high school.
5. WCEA:
   1. Next representative meeting is Wed., Jan. 17, at Harkers Hollow.
   2. Leadership Training workshop to be held Wed., Jan. 24, at Harkers Hollow.
6. Social:
   1. Deb noted that Warren Hospital has not gotten back to us about a date for the next presentation.
   2. The Retirement Dinner will be Thursday, May 24.
   3. Possible NJEA workshop to be held in Feb. TBA.
   4. Possible retirement workshop to be held in the near future. TBA.
7. Grievance:
   1. The grievance currently at the board level awaits information from the board's attorney. We will be going ahead with this grievance with or without the information from the board's attorney.
8. Negotiations:
   1. Teachers are scheduled to meet with the newly appointed negotiations attorney for the board and the board's negotiations members on Jan. 17. A mediation date is set for Feb. 13.
   2. Elaine informed us that the paras will meet on Jan. 19 and with the board on Jan. 31.
   3. The security negotiations team has a meeting scheduled with the board for Jan. 25.
9. Legislative:
   1. Continue to utilize NJEA's Cyber-Lobbying module on its website.
10. PR:
1. The Action Committee will take over the duties of the PR committee.
11. PD:
1. The four (4) Association members of the districts PD committee (LPDC) will be the members of this newly formed Association committee. The current Association members of the LPDC are Ryanne Bigelli, Charles Nowalk, Ro Rinker and Zena Wambold.

Building concerns:

1. A custodian had a query about Sick Banks. Only districts can institute Sick Banks - not the state. There is a move to introduce legislation to enable the formation of Sick Banks state-wide but nothing definite at this time.
2. Early Childhood inquired about the availability of time to do their Progress Reports.
3. Andover-Morris had concerns about observations.
4. Concerns about the recent shut down of vending machines around the district was noted and explained. This was the result of a federal lawsuit alleging the improper usage of said monies.

Old Business:

1. Melissa Fey highlighted events of her recent SPARKS weekend.
2. Barb noted that the recent flood of e-mails about school safety programs were noted by Superintendent Pethick and the newly-appointed Director of Security, Bill Merrick.
3. Ann Ball noted that the PEA-sponsored Spelling Bee is this Thursday evening at Green St. School.

New Business:

1. One of our middle school members, Kristy Metz Natale, lost her home to a sink hole shortly before the holidays. She and her family spent the holidays in hotels and a condo. We will conduct a fund drive to assist Kristy and her family starting this Friday, Jan. 12, and ending Friday, Jan. 19. All monies collected will be turned over to Kristy.
2. Elaine Strahle, high school paraprofessional, has been named the Warren County ESP (Educational Support Professional) of the Year. She will now be in the running to be NJ's ESP of the Year. She (and up to three other ESPs) will be attending a three day ESP workshop in the beginning of March.
   Motion: Chuck moved that funds for up to three (3) ESPs be made available to attend this year's NJEA's ESP workshop to be held in the beginning of March. Seconded by Linda F. Passed unanimously.
   Motion: Chuck moved that $50 be made available to President English to reimburse her for the dinner expense of attending the awards presentation at the NJEA ESP workshop where Elaine Strahle will be recognized and honored. Seconded by Deb. Passed unanimously.
3. Chuck noted that the school budget elections are held every April. For the past five (5) years, the PEA has notified the member of the NJEA living in the 08865 (Phillipsburg), 08886 (Stewartsville) & 08804 (Bloomsbury) areas about this election and encouraged them to get out and vote in favor of their local school budget. NJEA provides the names of these members as long as certain conditions are met by the local Associations.
   Motion: Chuck moved that up to $350 be made available for the purchase of Association stationery and envelopes and other expenses that might be incurred in the upcoming 'Pass the School Budget' campaign; that an ad hoc 'Pass the School Budget' committee be formed to accomplish this goal; and that he be named chairperson of the committee. Seconded by Nadine. Passed unanimously.

Motion to adjourn was made at 5:07 p.m. by Chuck and seconded by everybody else. Passed unanimously.

Next meeting February 6, 2007, @ 3:30 in PMS home ec room.

Respectfully submitted,

Charles Nowalk, Secretary