CCSC-NW Regional Board Meeting
Saturday January 21, 2006
11:00 – 14:00, Eastern Washington University

Present: 
	Jenny Orr (Willamette University), 
	Ray Hamel (Eastern Washington University), 
	Tim Rolfe (Eastern Washington University), 
	George Hauser (Pacific Lutheran University), 
	Carol Zander (University of Washington at Bothell),

1.	We ordered lunch.
2.	 We approved the minutes which was probably not legal as there were only five of us and we needed six to be a quorum.  An email vote will be held after the meeting.
3.	 2005 conference – CZ
	 We should avoid dinner speakers unless we can get one who is going to be really good (light, inspiring, funny, etc.)
	 There were many comments that the breaks were not long enough to be useful for meeting with people.
	 The program committee will look at changing the Saturday format to have two longer sessions with one longer break between and a longer breakfast time before.
4.	 2006 conference – TR, RH
	 There will be music before dinner and either music or nothing during dinner.
	 Carol will email Tim the faculty list for the CFP.
5.	 Jenny had some comments on the paper format.
	 We will use the directions on the national site for document format.  In addition we will specify font, margins, line spacing, and other stuff.
	 There are now two copyright forms: long and short. The long form is for submissions that are more than two pages. The short form is for those that are two pages or less.  This will allow a less restrictive copyright for the panels and tutorials.
6.	 Ray asked what kind of dinner to do.
	 GH said don't be too worried about the cost as we tend to make more than we spend.
	 It will probably be a buffet with three entrees.
	 We took a brief tour of the new building and unanimously agreed that EWU had a great new facility and that it would be nice having the conference there.
7.	 2007 conference could not be discussed as GH has not been able to contact Martin at Linfield either by email or voicemail.  We do not know how long to hold things in suspense until we seek another venue.
8.	 2008 conference should be on the west side of the mountains.  George will pester PLU about having it in their new building.
9.	 Our current rotation of conferences is western WA, eastern WA,  and western OR. Since the population is far greater in the western areas we should only go to eastern every other rotation.  Since we are so weak on future sites at the moment this may be moot.
10.	 Elections – GH
	 The positions of regional representative and membership chair are up for election.
	 GH will send out a call for nominations soon.
11.	 Adjourned.