CCSC-NW Regional Board Meeting
Sunday January 11, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m., Telephone Conference

Regional board members present: 
	George Hauser	Regional Representative	(Pacific Lutheran University)
				Current Site Chair
	Ed Gellenbeck		Secretary			(Central Washington University)
	Sharon Tuttle		Editor				(Humboldt State University)
	Andrew Nierman	Treasurer			(University of Puget Sound)
	Eas Easwaran		Current Site Chair		(Pacific Lutheran University)
Others:
	Michele Folsom					(Pacific Lutheran University)
	
1)	Elections and Appointments
a)	Regional Chair
i)	CCSC National will administer the election of the NW Regional Chair this spring
b)	Membership Officer
i)	George will check with Brent Wilson as to whether he would like to continue as regional Membership Officer

2)	Future Sites
a)	2009 conference will be held at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA 
i)	George Hauser will be Conference Chair
ii)	Eas Easwaran will be Site Chair
b)	2010 conference will be held at George Fox University
i)	The next NW regional board meeting will be held at George Fox University this May
c)	The host site for the 2011 conference has not yet been determined.

3)	Questions from New Board Members
a)	Andre Nierman
i)	Has not received a final budget report Greg yet.
b)	Richard Weiss - did not attend today's meeting as his name was inadvertently left off the meeting notice
i)	George will contact Richard about updates to the web site for the 2009 conference.

4)	Status of 2009 conference
a)	The CFP was sent out to SIGCSE members using their mailing list.
i)	At least two board members did not see the CFP. George will re-send the CFP to the regional e-mail list.
b)	CSTA
i)	George will be contacting local schools for participation.
ii)	George will contact Ron Tenison regarding the status of CSTA in Washington State.
c)	Keynote and Dinner Speakers
i)	George has several names already for possible keynote speakers. Let George know if you have suggestions.
d)	2009 Papers
i)	Sharon will contact Richard to get the author submission information displayed on the CCSC-NW website.