I. Welcome. President Ramirez called meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.
Roll Call: Members present: Gilbert Acuna, Cathy Avila, Connie Baker, Samuel Blanco, Gerald Bryant, Marie-Elaine Burns, Clara Calderon-Muniz, Oscar Cobian, Irvin Coin, Rita Escher, Romeo Garcia, Marguerite Hinrichs, Jose Martinez-Saldana, Masai Minters, Michael Moser, Felicia Nepomuceno, Lydia Perez, Joe Ramirez, Norris Sanders, Catherine Talakte, Leonard Woods.

1. Approval of Minutes from the March 6, 1999 Tempe BOD meeting.
2. Jill Triplett was excused from meeting due to illness.
3. Line 28 ­ change "May" to September.
4. Line 61 ­ change "GERA" to GEPRA.
5. Lines 122 & 123 change "Margaritte" to Marguerite.
6. Under Communication Committee Report insert-Brochure submitted for BOD review
7. Minutes were approved by motion. (Motion #1.)

PRESIDENT'S REPORT ­ Joe Ramirez

8. President Ramirez welcome two guests Janice Dirden-Cook and Keith Hori to the
9. BOD meeting. President Ramirez spoke of the five goals achieved under his
10. Presidency. He also mentioned to the BOD that a mix up occurred at Dr. Bell's office
11. regarding Dr. Bell's invitation to attend the WESTOP Conference. President
12. Ramirez stated that Dr. Bell was interested in speaking to the WESTOP membership
13. he just needed to be given a date and time to see if it would fit his schedule.
14. Discussion took place regarding finding a time during the Conference for Dr. Bell to
15. Speak. It was suggested that he speak at the Achievers luncheon. It was stated that
16. Dr. Bell is a very dynamic and energetic speaker and should be given a time by
17. himself. Another suggestion was to have him speak on Monday morning, at the
18. Upper Bound mtg. Another suggestion was to set up a workshop just for him.
19. Suggestion for workshop time was Monday after the Candidates forum. President
20. Ramirez said he would call Dr. Bell and inform him of the options. President
21. Ramirez gave Kudos to Matt and Catherine for a very impressive Conference
22. program. The BOD applauded the conference committee for their efforts and hard
23. work. President Ramirez gave the BOD a small token of appreciation which he
24. brought back from the Islands.
25. The BOD took a break at 9:00 a.m. to register for the Conference.

1999 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
Co Chairs: Catherine Talakte & Matt Benney (report on file)

26. Irvin welcomed all to Arizona and went over the Conference program and the
27. conference material notebook to be received by all registered participants. Mentioned
28. that presenters were asked to have all material three holed punched. Matt went over to
29. date conference figures-330 registered. Waiting to see what happens with site
30. registration. Pre-Conference workshops exceeded their expectations. The Grand
31. Canyon trip was a great success­ two buses ended up getting full. Leonard Woods
32. brought 24 students which made up one bus the other bus has 26 individuals in it.
33. There are 27 individuals signed up to go on the Sodona trip. 878 hotel room nights
34. were booked. Hotel is now sold out! People nights = 1258. Over flow hotel is
35. Marriott Courtyard. Fort McDowell gave the Association 3,000.00. that paid for the
36. Monday enhanced breakfast. Matt asked that all who want to gamble be encouraged
37. to go to the Fort McDowell Casino to show our appreciation. Matt indicated that
38. Theresa Fowller did a lot to secure the Fort McDowell corporate sponsorship.
39. President Ramirez thanked the Conference committee for all their efforts. Catherine
40. went over Conference agenda. Catherine stated that Rudolfo Anaya would be having
41. a book signing. Lydia spoke about needing more items for the silent auction. Went
42. over some of the things that would be auctioned. Lydia stated that she needs
43. individuals to help with auction. President Ramirez requested that the BOD try to
44. attend the meeting for the new members in order to answer questions and show
45. support. President Ramirez briefly went over the agenda for the breakfast of the
46. members. Meeting is scheduled for an hour and a half. Leonard will give treasurer
47. report, Matt and Catherine will give brief report, also the results and response to the
48. Mathematica report will be presented. There will be time for questions. Catherine
49. continued with conference agenda. Once again the BOD praised the Conference
50. Committee for the great job and thanked them for their hard work!
51. The WESTOP Conference in 2002 will be held in Northern California, the Monterrey
52. Marriott is being considered. Janice Cook presented report on behalf of Darleen
53. Conwell. It was requested that the BOD make decision about the 2002 conference
54. cite. Concern regarding room rates for the 2002 conference rate was presented.
55. The discussion was moved to new Business- were it would be discussed and a
56. decision reached.
57. Janice Dirden-Cook and Keith Hori responded to the Mathematica report. Keith
58. gave historical perspective of the report. Keith spoke of the early 90's and the
59. political situation of that time. SSSP was the first program to be evaluated by
60. WESTAT. In 1992, at WESTOP in San Francisco, was the first time Mathematica
61. spoke with WESTOP about the evaluation of Upward Bound. They (Mathematica)
62. used a control and compared group approach. They took over the selection process of
63. students into the Upward Bound programs. Concerns about the methodology, which
64. included using computers to do the selection of students and the statistical methods to
65. be used, were raised. NCEOA endorsed the methodology, they were not willing to
66. make a big enough stand to fight it off. The objection WESTOP has was not to the
67. evaluation but rather the methodology to be used. All TRO directors stood against
68. Mathematica. The mathematica study now states that Upward Bound has little to no
69. impact on students' success. It was posed by the BOD that once it is stated that the
70. Upward Bound program doesn't work, there will be a question about the staff
71. working. It was also stated that WESTOP was lucky that Dr. Bell allowed TRIO the
72. opportunity to respond to the report. Other people would not have given TRIO the
73. opportunity. Dr. Connie Baker presented the methodology used by Mathematica.
74. The UPB directors were asked to recruit twice as many students. Half of the students
75. recruited, were rejected they made up the control group. The students who were
76. rejected were then put on a waiting list-called Horizons. This wasn't presented as a
77. done deal, but rather a process that took place in front of TRIO. It was indicated that
78. WESTOP needs to deal with, act on, and presented to membership the findings of the
79. Mathematica report. It was not clear as to how many regions had or were going to
80. respond to the report. Janice and Keith tried to contact as many colleges through-out
81. the country. Janice went over report. Programs were selected randomly and the
82. students were also randomly selected by computer for UPB and Horizons. In 1996
83. the report stated that everything was looking good. However now that was just a
84. stone wall effect. Janice went over what the report was measuring. 1) to what extend
85. does the UPB further the academic and personal development of student. 2) what
86. impact does UPB have on students during their early years in post-secondary school.
87. 3) who benefits most from participating in UPB, and 4) what are the typical
88. experience of students in UPB.
89. Janice spoke of major findings-Mathematica reported that 35% of students left the
90. program and 20% drop out of High School before the end of their senior year. The
91. report states that UPB had no significant impact on the students. It also states that
92. many students remain in UPB for only a short time; the medium is 19 months.
93. Reason mostly given is to take a job. The report did not look at as to why the
94. students needed to take a job. No attention was given to the cultural, economic
95. background of the students. The report also states that UPB has substantial impact on
96. some groups of students and not others.
97. Dr. Connie Baker discussed the statistical method used. It was also stated that 18%
98. of students who were offered the opportunity to participate in UPB but refuse to
99. participate, were considered part of the control group.
100. The responds by Janice and Keith-addressed the random assignments, the
101. statistical difference between the groups and the contamination of the data. It also
102. rebutted most of the major findings. Janice mentioned that tutoring was not
103. considered at all. The report just looked at the academic courses. Mathematica
104. stated that this was on over sight. They said they had concerns about including
105. tutoring due to the fact that in some programs tutoring is given on a volunteer basis.
106. Janice said she wasn't sure what was going to happen to the comments they
107. provided. Keith and Janice also mentioned that an additional 5,000,000.00 were
108. given to Mathematica to continue with the process. The recommendations of Janice
109. and Keith to Dr. Bell regarding the Mathematica report were:1) to have
110. Mathematica adjust the interpretations of their findings and postpone the release of
111. the findings in order for someone else to look at, 2) have the report go out with
112. a rebuttal position, and allow WESTOP to have access to the raw data. Discussion
113. about Mathematica's plan for phase two took place. Keith thanked Joe, Connie and
114. all who helped. He requested that WESTOP stayed vigilant with this issue. He
115. stated that the burden should be shared by the WESTOP community due to the
116. attack on Upward Bound and it's students. President Ramirez suggested that the
117. BOD adopted the recommendations presented by Janice and Keith. It was also
118. suggested that the WESTOP membership be informed of what was happening and
119. how it all went down. Questions were raised regarding how the performance reports
120. were going to be looked at in comparison to the Mathematica report. President
121. Ramirez suggested that something about the performance report be included in the
122. recommendations. Concerns about the impact of the Mathematica report were
123. raised. It was stated that the whole TRIO community is indebted to those who
124. responded to the Mathematical report. The BOD discussed the fact that the
125. Mathematical results will be looked at by the department of Ed., for progress results
126. of UPB indicators. Suggestion that panel of expertise come together to look at the
127. data for reanalysis. President Ramirez recommended that a descending paper go out
128. with the Mathematica results. It was stated that since the Mathematica report is still
129. in draft form, it is not a public document and may not be duplicated. It was
130. suggested that an executive summary of report to be presented to the membership.
131. It was also suggested that Dr. Bell be looked to for direction about the report. The
132. BOD raised several concerns about how impact of the Mathematica report on the
133. TRIO programs. Masai questioned why the report did not go through the regular
134. channels that other evaluations go through. President Ramirez-raised concerns with
135. what is being said about the integrity and honesty of the staff of TRIO programs.
136. It was stated that the last follow-up questionnaire done for the Mathematica report
137. was done in August of 1997. It was also stated that a questionnaire for the second
138. phase of Mathematica report will be done. Questions were raised as to what will be
139. done about the result of the Mathematica report. President Ramirez suggested that
140. when the results are presented to the membership, they should be presented with a
141. statement from WESTOP as to where WESTOP stands on the issue. Connie
142. recommended that the Mathematica report or part of the report be duplicated and
143. be presented before the meeting of the members. Taking into consideration, of
144. course, what Dr. Bell approves. Question was raised as to who consulted the
145. Mathematical group about UPB. It appears that NCEOA (COE) was the one
146. providing that consultation. It was asked if a different spin could be given to the
147. results. It was stated that NCEOA set up CAT standards, which were adopted.
148. Comment was made that to do nothing about the Mathematica report was an
149. indictment [inditement, sic.] of us saying we approve and accept the results.
150. Recommendations that COE take the lead of the indictment of the results of the UPB
151. evaluation. Question was raised about when will the raw data be available. It was
152. stated that if all regions presented a united effort it would help to get the raw data. It
153. was suggested that COE be the one to look over data. It was also suggested that
154. COE would not be the best group to deal with the data, due to the fact that
155. individuals were not feeling comfortable with COE. It was suggested that WESTOP
156. hire someone to look over the data. It was stated more than once that the UPB made
157. a difference and continues to make a difference to it's students. What committee
158. would take this on? was a question that was raised. It was stated that the governing
159. body of WESTOP needs to allocate all resources to fight the Mathematica report.
160. Romeo informed the BOD that his UPB program did not pass out the surveys
161. because he did not know he was suppose to, due to the fact that he was a new
162. director. It was approved by motion that Janice's and Keith's recommendations be
163. accepted and forwarded COE. (Motion #2) Janice and Keith were thanked for their
164. time and efforts. It was stated that Keith's and Janice's the response to the
165. Mathematica results could be shared with the WESTOP membership. It was
166. approved unanimously by motion that Keith's and Janice's response be duplicated and distributed to the membership during the conference. (Motion #3)

15-minute break Reconvened at 12:20p.m.

TREASURER'S REPORT
Leonard Woods, Treasurer (report on file)

167. Leonard stated that he will be presenting his report to membership during the
168. breakfast of the members meeting. The actual to date income amounted to
169. $131,483.05, as of 12/31/98. The variance between budgeted and actual income was
170. a positive $15,153.05, indicating greater income than projected by the BOD for the
171. year 1998. WESTOP 1998 expenses were estimated to total $102,700.00. Actual
172. expenses totaled $97,009.46 indicating savings amounting to $6,328.957. The
173. $52,775.99 balance carried forward from 1997, added to the 1998 net income of
174. $34,473.79 produced a $87,249.78 carry forward to 1999. The 1999 WESTOP
175. Budget, as approved by the BOD on 1/9/99, projects $133,190 in total income, and
176. estimates Expenditures totaling $130,710.00, producing a projected Net Income of
177. $2,680.00. 1999 Budget changes of significance include: 1) an increase in the
178. Presidential Travel allowance from $7,000.00 to $13,500.00, the first increase in
179. four years. 2) an additional maximum $1,500.00 compensatory travel allowance,
180. making possible greater potential Board participation by the PIC representative,
181. other than the Chapter President. The CD with Home Savings of America, is
182. currently valued at $6,717.73, there was a little money loss. COE membership of
183. $4000.00 was covered. Leonard thanked everyone for their patience and guidance.
184. Treasurer report accepted unanimously by motion. (Motion #4)

MEMBERSHIP/ELECTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
Gerald Bryant, President Elect. (report on file)

185. Gerald went over slate of candidates for WESTOP 1999-2000. Spoke about
186. candidates forum scheduled for Monday 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., at that time anyone can
187. have a person name put on the ballot. Candidate has 3 minutes to make speech.
188. Tuesday the poll is open from 8:00 a.m.­3:00 p.m. Gerald went over the elections
189. process. 7 absentee ballets were received.

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
Marie-Elaine Burns, Chair (report on file)

190. Marie went over the brochure and newsletter located in conference package.
191. Brochure provided is a final product however, is its open to suggestions and
192. changes for the future. If Chapters wants more brochures they may contact Elaine.

BYLAWS COMMITTEE REPORT
Romeo Garcia, Chair (report on file)

193. There has been no changes done to the bylaws since the first BOD mtg. A question
194. was raised regarding the absentee ballots via e-mail. It was also questioned if
195. accepting nominations from the floor during the candidates forum was in accordance
196. with the bylaws. It was indicated that in fact it was in accordance with the bylaws.

LEGISLATION & EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT
Marguerite Hinrichs, Chair (report on file)

197. Marguerite went over report submitted for final report. She thanked those who
198. helped her with Policy it was a great success. The students really enjoyed the
199. reception that was held for them, it was suggested that it continue in future years.
200. Marguerite explained that she has an untimely death in her family and was unable to
201. attend Policy. She also apologized for any inconvenience that may have taken place
202. She thanked all for their support and sentiments.

FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT
Rita Escher, Chair (report on file)

203. Rita went over the accomplishments of the committee. The FAC recommended that
204. the regional conference chairs and /or co-chairs for the most recent conferences
205. including the Arizona conference convene early next year. For the purpose of
206. discussing common challenges and methods for addressing such challenges. It was
207. suggested that the 1999 FAC host this meeting with the purpose of developing
208. written policy to guide future conference chairs.

FUND RAISING COMMITTEE REPORT
Jill Triplett, Chair (report on file)

209. Jill thanked Lydia and Felicia for the assistance with the silent auction. She thanked
210. all for the support and asked the BOD to participate.

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT
Irvin Coin, Chair (report on file)

211. Irvin indicated that no changes have taken place since the last BOD meeting.
212. Suggested that a Historian position be created in light of the new century.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
Masai Minter, Chair (report on file)

213. The committee were given two charges the handbook and the letterhead.
214. The handbook effort has been tabled. The membership will be able to vote on the
215. letterhead on Tuesday while the voting for candidates is taking place. The
216. committee recommended that the work of updating the WESTOP image be
217. completed. Also, that a new project for the Professional Development Committee
218. be initiated.

COE FUND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
Co Chairs: Oscar Cobina & Sam Blanco (report on file)

219. Currently at 73% of fairshare, WESTOP must raise $136,133.00 to complete it's
220. fairshare responsibility. WESTOP Fairshare information brochure was mailed.
221. Unfortunately no one has received it. Considering mailing the brochure out again.
222. Discussing the issue with the manager of mail services at his campus. Will be
223. distributing information regarding fairshare to the membership. Issues were raised
224. regarding institutional membership, since there are quite a bit of flaws with the data
225. base system. Oscar asked that all those having problems with COE contact him
226. directly.

227. PRESIDENT RAMIREZ indicated that Dr. Bell can get to the Conference on
228. Tuesday afternoon. Will still be invited to join WESTOP, even if just for
229. Wednesday morning.

230. Gerald read from the bylaws section 9.13 which states that any individuals that are
231. eligible to run for office may be nominated. He stated that it was getting harder and
232. harder to get nominations for elections, therefore deadlines are extended. He
233. encourage the membership to run for the positions keeping in mind timelines and
234. responsibilities. It was commented that membership committee encourage
235. nominations all year round. It was stated that absentee ballots only go out to those
236. who requested. The Chapter Presidents were charged to include information about
237. WESTOP nominations at PDS. Gerald mentioned that he spoke to Chapter
238. President and asked them to encouraged the membership to run for office.
239. Discussion about the leaders emergence program took place. Also, discussion about
240. the fact that members are not showing interest in the positions or taking on
241. leadership positions took place.

CHAPTER REPROTS

NEVADA REPORT
Rita Escher, President (report on file)

242. One of the major focuses this year for the chapter has been to implement a five
243. year plan to increase the number of TRIO programs in Nevada. At the moment, six
244. there exist 6 programs in the entire state. Connections have been made at three
245. community colleges that have expressed strong interest in writing for SSS programs
246. in the next competition. In honor of TRIO Day, the chapter created a brochure
247. highlighting TRIO and the TRIO programs in the state. The chapter voiced strong
248. support for the Freely Associated States in the battle to maintain Pell eligibility
249. among FAS institutions of higher education. The chapter will host staff from the
250. College of the Marshall Islands Upward Bound program in an information exchange
251. following the WESTOP annual conference. The chapter recommended that the
252. WESTOP Board meetings be held in conjunction with a chapter PDS whenever
253. possible.

ARIZONA CHAPTER
Lydia Perez, President (report on file)

254. Lydia went over annual report. The Policy Seminar report will be provided to the
255. chapter by the next chapter meeting. The chapter will be selling conference t-shirts
256. Monday-Wednesday, March 8-10th. Lydia mentioned that it has been a nightmare
257. trying to fill in positions, at present time no one has run for the president-elect
258. position. She asked for advise regarding position and when can it be filled. It was
259. suggested that the chapter hold elections at their leisure. Requested clarification
260. about who pays for the advertisement of the WESTOP Conference. Janice Dirden-
261. Cook stated that it is the WESTOP BOD responsibility to advertise the conference.
262. Leonard asked how far in advanced would advertisement be done and mentioned
263. that a line item needed to be created. It was suggested that the cost for the program
264. ad be included in the Conference budget. Point of clarification by Marguerite
265. regarding the ad that was paid for by the AZ chapter. It was stated that if the AZ
266. chapter wants to be reimbursed they need to make that request. Question about who
267. created the ad was raised. Discussion took place about the announcement/ad for the
268. 1999 Conference. It was moved and unanimously accepted that the conference
269. committee be responsible for announcing the upcoming conferences. (Motion #5)
270. The Arizona chapter requested that they get reimbursed for last years ad for the
271. 1998 Conference.

PACIFIC ISLAND CHAPTER REPORT
Mike Moser, President (report on file)

272. Mike went over the names of the individuals who ran for office in the chapter. Mike
273. also went over the symbolism of the pin that President Ramirez gave the BOD,
274. which is a fundraiser for the chapter. The flowers are plumerias, which adorn all
275. and the blue stands for the beautiful water of the Islands. Mike mentioned that
276. Western Kentucky came out to Kona for TRIO training. The DOE is open to the
277. suggestion that a training take place in Guam. PDS-went well. Silent auction raised
278. $1,000.00. Student Leadership Conference still planed for May 1999. The
279. scholarship committee will award two scholarships within the week. The chapter
280. has tripled it's support for chapter travel. Financial aid eligibility issue is safe for
281. time being. 2.1billion dollars at stake for the islands. The issue will come up either
282. at 2001 and 2004 reauthorization. President Ramirez attended the PIC PDS. He
283. spoke about what he learned. Encouraged all to talk with PIC members. Spoke
284. about the chapter's development. Thanked the PIC for their welcoming ways. PIC
285. thanked Joe and Leonard for attending PDS.

NORTHEN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER REPORT
Cathy Avila, President (report on file)

286. Cathy went over the annual support. She applauded the scholarship committee for
287. the fundraising. Thanked all for the support especially the N. CAL chapter. Talked
288. about the visit to the Monterrey Marriott. Cathy moved that the 2002 Conference be
289. held at the Monterrey Marriott. Joe Saldana-Martinez, second. Discussion about the
290. contract that was presented by the Marriott took place. Motion was withdrawn.
291. Cathy moved that Darleen Conwell, Connie Baker and Gerald Bryant enter into
292. contract negotiations with the Monterrey Marriott and report to the BOD at the next
293. BOD mtg. in May. Second by Jose Saldana-Martinez. Discussion about the motion
294. and the site took place. Cathy spoke of location of the Marriott. Question about why
295. the Double Tree at Monterrey was not considered, was raised. Question about the
296. use of the Convention Center and who would handle the securing of that space was
297. also raised. It was stated that the Marriott would negotiate or WESTOP could
298. negotiate with the Convention Center. Motion was tabled by all, except one
299. abstention.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER MEETING
Gilbert Acuna, President (report on file)

300. Gilbert spoke of the Student leadership conference- 430 students attended, revenue
301. at $5,000.00 plus. 15 individual scholarships were awarded. A $1000.00
302. scholarship was also awarded to the student that went to Policy. Chapter has formed
303. a fiscal affairs committee for the first time. Gilbert spoke about elections and
304. recommended that a two year-term position be created for Chapter President.

OLD BUSINESS

305. In the interest of time the discussion per individual was limited to 5 minutes.
306. Discussion about distribution of minutes to the membership took place. Who and
307. how are they distributed. A concern was raised that if minutes are placed on the
308. WEB, anyone will have access to the minutes. It was stated that WESTOP is a
309. public agency, therefore the minutes are public knowledge. It was suggested that
310. the communication committee be charged with the distribution of the minutes. It
311. was also suggested that Chapter Presidents distribute the minutes to the membership
312. at the Chapter meetings. It was stated that the minutes could be placed on the WEB
313. as read only. It was moved and approved unanimously, that the minutes be posted
314. to the WEB no more than two weeks after the BOD meeting. (Motion #6) Gerald
315. was charged that COE post their quarterly report to their website and a link be
316. created from the WESTOP web page. In the mean time it was requested that a copy
317. of the COE report be provided to the Chapter President and they disseminate the
318. information to the membership.

NEW BUSINESS

319. Program Ads-suggestion that the hotel place the ad or announcement for the
320. conference. Questions about whether the hotel is promoting conference or itself and
321. questions about price of an insert took place.
322. Tabled motion by Cathy; to have Gerald, Connie and Darleen enter into
323. negotiations with the Marriott at Monterrey for the 2002 conference. Discussion
324. about moving the Conference to the month of April, since the month of March is
325. high season for a lot of locations, which means a bigger expense. In April there is a
326. lot of preparations that take place within different programs. It was suggested that
327. the information be given to the membership and have them vote. Discussion of how
328. the change in the conference date affects all related issues like BOD mtgs. If the
329. date is change it will not affect the Reno conference 2001 negotiations. For the
330. 2002 Conference it would make no difference. Discussion about the fact that for the
331. next three Conferences, if the dates are changed, the price of the room will not be
332. affected took place. Charge that the next BOD educate the membership regarding
333. the reasons for a date change and then have it go to vote at the San Diego
334. Conference. Discussion about the motion-confusion about whether the cite was
335. approved or not. Cathy withdrew the motion. The Monterrey Marriott was
336. approved by a unanimously motion to be the cite for the 2002 WESTOP
337. Conference. (Motion #7) It was moved and approved that Gerald, Connie, and
338. Darleen enter into formal contract negotiations with the Monterrey Marriott.
339. (Motion #8) Discussion about the letterhead took place. It was suggested that an
340. Ad-hoc committee be formed to present the three new and the now in use letterhead
341. to the membership and also have the discussion about including the logo on the
342. letter head. Janice-caution that WESTOP rely on itself more than COE for
343. leadership. All should understand the benefits and also understand the responsibility
344. of being involved and taking on leadership position.
355. President Ramirez expressed feelings about his position as WESTOP President.
356. He spoke about the goals and the challenges that still face WESTOP. He thanked
357. all for the support and contribution. Express the fact that WESTOP needs to have
358. continued leadership. He stressed to look at the things can be improve and go for it.
359. He thanked Dr. Connie Baker for all her support and contributions.
360. Meeting adjourned at 3:10 p.m.

MOTIONS
MOTION #1. Lydia Perez: Moved to approve the minutes from the January 8-9,1999
BOD meeting in Arizona.
Connie Baker: Second All in favor Motion carries

MOTION #2. Gerald Bryant: Moved that the BOD adopt the recommendations that
Keith and Janice presented to the Board concerning the
Mathematica report and forward those recommendations
to COE.
Lydia Perez: Second All in favor Motion carries

MOTION #3. Marguerite Hinrichs: Moved that the response created by Janice and
Keith be duplicated and distributed to the
WESTOP membership at this conference.
Connie Baker: Second
Friendly amendment- that the distribution be offered to the membership at large during
the meeting of the members.
All in favor Motion carries

MOTION #4. Lydia Perez: Moved to accept the treasurer's report.
Gilbert Acuna: Second All in favor Motion carries

MOTION #5. Leonard Woods: Moved that the conference committee announce
upcoming conferences and two conferences hence forth: for example for the 1999 WESTOP Conference also announce the 2000 and 2001 conferences in the
conference program.
Norris Sanders: Second
Friendly amendment- That it be only one year in the future.
All in favor Motion carries

MOTION #6. Norris Sanders: Moved that the minutes of the BOD be posted to the
WEB site within two weeks and that those individuals
who do not have access to the web have the minutes
distributed to them upon request by the secretary.
Jose Martinez-Saldan: Second
Friendly amendment - that the minutes come with a disclaimer that states the minutes are
un-approved and for read only. 20 in favor/ 1-no. Motion carries

MOTION #7. Marguerite Hinrichs: Moved to approved the Marriott in Monterrey for
the 2002 conference cite.
Romeo Garcia: Second All in favor Motion carries

MOTION #8. Norris Sanders: Moved that Gerald Bryant, Connie Baker and Darleen
Conwell enter into formal contract negotiation with the
Monterrey Marriott for the 2002 conference cite.
Leonard Woods: Second 20 in favor/ 1-no Motion Carries