Gunderson High School Foundation Annual Meeting Monday, May 12th, 7:00PM at Gunderson High School Minutes The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Board Members present: Demerris Brooks, Greg West, Dr.Linda Murray, Veronica Lewis , Jeannette Harding, Robyn Schlice, Jim Henderson, Ronnie Townsend. Other Foundation members present: Mr. and Mrs. Rigeberto Neri. Others present: 7 students, teachers Jim Ritchie and Rob Iverson, and two children. * Report on Foundation Status Greg distributed and reviewed the Status report to all present. Administrative, Financial, and Program accomplishments were reviewed. The problem areas were discussed. The Parks and Recreation Recommendation to come on May 19, 2003 for the HFVN Grant. * Treasurer's Report Opened bank account in August 2002 For the school year 2002-2003 the Foundation brought in a total of $9,095.00 including donations from Westfield Corp($1500), Great Oaks Water Company ($1500), City of San Jose District 10 through Vice-Mayor Pat Dando ($1500), and a donation from the Veronica Lewis Re-election Organization ($550). Money paid out for programs included $1000 for the Washington DC Trip. $1000 was paid to the Gunderson Visioning Day for a facilitator, $510 paid for Hartford Liability Insurance, $500 to the IRS for 501(c)(3) application filing, $117.88 for mailings, $25 to the Franchise Tax Board, and $678.25 to Luis Martinez for the Foundation Technology Scholarship for a total of $3831.13 paid in expenses. Our current operating balance is $5,363.87 balance. Greg reported that a community member is willing to make a $10,000 donation to the Foundation. The community member had a couple of ideas for using the funds for community based scholarships or for engineering major scholarships, but was also open to a proposal from the Foundation based on the Foundations objectives and needs. A discussion of potential proposals ensued, and then was tabled until the end of the meeting. * Board of Directors Election Nominees for the 2 year FY '04-'05 term: Gregory J. West Ronnie L. Townsend Jeannette Harding The Foundation members present at the meeting elected the slate of nominees unanimously. * Election of Foundation Officers for the one year FY 04 term Greg West was nominated for President by Jim Henderson. Ronnie Townsend was nominated for Vice President by Demerris Brooks. Robyn Schlice was nominated for Secretary by Jeannette Harding. Jeannette Harding was nominated for Treasurer by Robyn Schlice. The Board elected the slate of officers unanimously. * Foundation Supported Project Presentations: - Bot-ball Demonstration Two of Mr. Ritchie’s students gave presentations using the robots that they used in their competition. They came in 8th place in the regional competition at Santa Clara University. The LEGO robot was developed by MIT. Students get kits of approximately 200 LEGO pieces and electronics to build their robots. The students reported that the competition was actually an idea sharing session in which they learned from each other’s experiments and from the work of others. The students are planning a presentation in school to recruit more students into the field of software programming. The students are currently using C language programming. One student will be going to De Anza and studying electronics. The other student will be going to Calvin College in Michigan to study computer science. - Washington, D.C. Trip Report A student reported that not only did she work hard on the trip, she learned a lot and would recommend the trip. She learned about the Holocaust and the Arlington National Cemetery. She visited several monuments and discussed them with other students at the end of each day. She also mentioned that she has been accepted to San Francisco State. Another student was so excited that she packed 3 weeks ahead of time. She said it was a good learning experience but also a social bonding experience with her peers. She remembered the Holocaust experience the most. She was accepted to the USF nursing program. The last student to report wanted to become a political science major. She enjoyed seeing the Supreme Court and enjoyed seeing Congress in action. She was disappointed that Zoe Lofgren was ill and unable to meet with the students. She was accepted to Clark and to UC Northridge. - Technology Presentation and Display Mr. Iverson’s students presented the EAST Program with him. "The Home of the Grizzlies" was their project. The project was focused on improving the Gunderson football stadium. Health and safety issues were found on the field. The students used GPS and GIS to complete their project with 3D imaging of their stadium design. The students reported a few problems that they had to overcome during the project, among them were the weather and differential correction of the GPS measurements. The listed several economic advantages of their plan including increased revenue to the school and district from night sporting events, and decreased injuries with the all weather track and turf. The students also spoke to the stadium lighting issue and said that they wanted to obtain community support. The students would like to see the plan implemented as soon as possible. * Continued discussion of proposal for $10,000 donation from a community member. Areas to devote the funding were discussed. Veronica suggested something other then a scholarship. Demerris advocated "project based learning" with a technology emphasis that includes hands on participation by students as an invaluable method of learning. Veronica suggested a portion of the funding be used to for supplies. Jeannette suggested college trips or programs that cater to all types of students, possibly to open up links with Colleges and specific fields, integrating different subject matters possibly sending students to the conferences where they can be exposed to recruitment personnel. Areas of common interest were: Proactive, changing areas, Project based learning with a technology emphasis, and incorporating different fields Greg suggested that we challenge the school’s alumni to match the donation and only release the funds to the extent that they had been matched by the alumni. The money would be used to fund project based learning programs through materials purchases and teacher training over a number of years (say 5 to 7). Greg will discuss these various options with the community member. The June Board meeting is rescheduled to June 9th at 6:00 PM. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.