CCSC-NW Regional Board Meeting
Saturday October 11, 2008
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

Regional board members present: 
	George Hauser	Regional Representative	(Pacific Lutheran University)
	Ed Gellenbeck		Secretary			(Central Washington University)
	Sharon Tuttle		Editor				(Humboldt State University)
	Tim Rolfe		Registrar			(Eastern Washington University)
	Clint Jeffery		Assistant Registrar		(University of Idaho)
	Brent Wilson		Membership 			(George Fox University)
	Richard Weiss		Webmaster			(Evergreen College)
	Greg Pleva		Current Conf. Chair		(Southern Oregon University)
	Kevin Sahr		Current Site Chair		(Southern Oregon University)
	David Wolff		Next Site Chair		(Pacific Lutheran University)
	
1)	Judy Cushing announced the “best” Student Poster awards (sponsored by UPE)
 		1st place - $150
 		Brad Buchanan
 		George Fox University
a)	Judy will send out email to solicit ideas to increase student participation
b)	It was suggested that we approach industry sponsors to support student travel money

2)	Informational announcements made by George
a)	Thanks to Greg and Kevin for hosting a great conference
b)	2009 conference will be held at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA 
c)	2010 conference will be held at George Fox University
d)	Let George know if you would like to host a 2011 or future CCSC conference
e)	Election for CCSC Northwestern Regional Representative will be held spring 2009 and handled by CCCS national

3)	Jenny Orr is Panels and Tutorials chair for the 2009 conference
a)	Jenny announced a new “Nifty Assignments” panel to begin at the 2009 conference. The preliminary call for participation for the Nifty Assignments panel is in the 2008 conference packet
b)	Let Jenny know of tutorials you would like to see. Requesting a repeat of a previous CCSC tutorial or a SIGCSE tutorial is encouraged

4)	Rob Bryant announced a NSF CPATH grant meeting following this CCSC-NW business meeting and encouraged anyone interested to attend

5)	Brent announced that CCSC online registration is scheduled to happen next year

6)	Sharon will send out email to presenters requesting slides and materials be sent to Richard Weiss for posting on the CCSC-NW Website