December+Meeting+Minutes

December 12, 2008 at 9AM Host School: Elkton High School Welcome and refreshments provided by Elkton High School || NEHS - Held a food drive and adopted a family as community outreaches during the holiday season. BMHS - Adopted a family as their community outreach. Participated in Daffodil Days to raise money for the American Cancer Society. PHS - Held a canned food drive as a community outreach. || Motion was made to accept the Treasurer's Report. Report Accepted. || Preamble Committee - Made introduction and set up the first paragraph Started to outline the articles Met with Mission Statement Group and discussed alignment of goals
 * Objective/Activity || Time || Presenter || Notes ||
 * Welcome & Attendance || 9:00 || Paige Roosa & Davon Flowers || Introduction of all members.
 * President Reports || 9:10 || Representatives from each high school || EHS - Have adopted a family and visited retirements homes to support the community during the holiday season.
 * Treasurer's Report || 9:25 || Nina Sypolt || Currently only BMHS has paid their dues - Thank you to them! Reminder to other schools will be sent out from Mr. MacDonald's office after winter break.
 * Reading of the Minutes || 9:30 || Anthony Squitieri || Minutes were read. Motion was made to accpet the Minutes. Minutes were accepted. ||
 * Review of Parlimentary Procedures was postponed ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Student Member of the Cecil County Public Schools Board of Education Application Packet Overview || 9:40 || Mr. Mac Donald || A packet containing the application procedures for being the CCPS Student member of the board was handed out. It was noted that applications are due February 1st, 2009. If support is needed for the application process, contact Mr. Mac Donald @ 410-996-5424 or email him: jmacdonald@ccps.org ||
 * Constitution Group Work || 10:00 || All Members || Members worked in their Constitution Creation Small Group after which, groups shared out:

Mission Statement Group - Revised the draft of the mission statement and shared it with the preamble committee. The Cecil County Council of Student Councils is dedicated to improving our school and community environments by promoting unity amongst our selves, our peers, and the citizens of Cecil County. Appreciating diversity is key to understanding new thought and ideas beyond our own. Utilizing this model (or approach?) will allow use to expand our sphere of influence and have a positive impact on our community.

Making Amendments to the Constitution Committee - Worked on developing guidelines and procedures. Included are: Any new amendment that someone wishes to propose for consideration must be proposed at least 1 week in advance of any meeting. The same amendment can not be proposed more than once per year. 3/4 vote to ratify if passed then fine, if not then it would move to a pro/con debate, then a 2/3 vote.

It was proposed that sub work come to an end and it was accepted. It was proposed that all sub work be compiled for review at the next meeting - that was accepted. || A Pro/Con debate was held. Schools: allows for an expanded view of the county get to see how other schools work promotes unity get it have interaction with other students
 * Meeting Location || 10:40 || All Members || There was a proposal that all meetings be held at Elkton Blvd. This was voted on with 14 in favor of hosting meetings at the schools and 12 in favor of holding meetings at the Blvd.

Central Location: central location easy to find each time know how long it will take to get there/more efficient use of time organized & comfortable means we don't have to make a class move for space

Two votes were held with vote 1 being 14 in favor of schools and 12 in favor of a central location, vote 2 11 in favor of schools and 15 in favor of a central location.

Mrs. Stemple decided that we would hold the remainder of our meetings as scheduled in their location with most being in schools and some that were already scheduled for a central location. || Discussions Elkton Rm Arrangement Organized Used some Parlimentary Procedures More Members Input New Members & their input Mission & Preamble Alignment
 * Meeting Closure ||  || All Members || Plus:

Deltas: Members can NOT talk during the meeting not a clear understanding of all committee assignments food should not interfere with the meeting progress ||