Minutes March 4, 2008

(The Feb. general membership mtg. was postponed to March 4th
due to bad weather.)

We gathered at Lyn Petersen's house in North Liberty for
the evening.

Louise Rhode called the meeting to order at 6:45.

11 people present: Allison Crawford, Patty Smith,
Mari Howell-Verry, April Kirchhoff, Louise Rhode,
Sandy Langenburg, Mira Sahu, Diana Riahi, Linda Vatwer,
Lyn Petersen, and Brenda Nelson.

Brenda Nelson shared information about the Iowa Family Child
Care Association. 

2 members shared humorous stories with the group.

Treasurer Report:

Sandy reported that because of the inclement weather $90.00
has not yet been put in the bank. When that gets deposited,
then the amount in our account will be $1,239.00.

Sandy said we are still waiting on the information and
papers to file our taxes.

There were no additions or corrections. A motion to approve
the Treasurer's report as read was made by Brenda N. and
seconded by Patty. Motion passed; report approved as read.

Minutes:

Brenda Nelson read the minutes from the January meeting.
There were no additions or corrections. A motion to approve
the minutes as read was made by Louise and seconded by Sandy.
Motion passed; minutes approved as read.

Unfinished Business:

- Send information for the newsletter and web pages to
Brenda O.

- If anyone is interested in staying overnight in
Cedar Rapids for the IFCCA conference (Fri. and/or Sat.)
please contact Brenda O.

- Introductions.

- Web page / referrals:

Please send parents to our website if they are looking for
child care. Have them click on "current members" to access
our membership list of names and phone numbers. It was
suggested that we put a (*) by the names of providers that
have child care openings. Members would be responsible for
contacting Brenda O. to keep information current.

- Katie Bee update: Louise reported that IaVQCC would not
be involved with this project at this time. She mentioned
that anyone who may be interested in helping Allison
Crawford with this should talk with her at our break or at
the end of our meeting. Allison said that Katie Bee would be
doing a concert at the Children's Museum at 3:00 on
April 12th.

- A By-law work group meeting was held on Feb. 2nd in
West Branch at Sandy's house. The IaVQCC Board meeting was
held on the same day from 1:00-5:00p.m. Due to the snowy
weather the location of the Board mtg. was moved from the
West Branch library to Sandy's house.

New Business:

- Brenda N. reported that the next IFCCA board meeting would
be on April 5th at the Highlander in I.C.

- Mari H-V passed around sample IaVQCC brochures for members
to examine.  Mari reported that Copy Works gave a price of
approx. $80.00 for 500 colored-paper brochures. Brenda N.
made a motion to allocate up to $100.00 for Mari to get 500
brochures printed up in the purple and yellow colors.
Allison seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

- Brenda N. gave a brief explanation of what it means when
you cast your vote. (Voting yes, voting no, choosing to not
vote at all, abstaining from voting, and the option to use
paper ballots to vote.)

Break for snacks and bathroom time.

Meeting to Ratify the Bylaws:

Members took turns reading sections of the proposed By-laws
out loud. We went through it section by section. If members
had questions, concerns, or suggestions for changes they
were urged to speak up. The group as a whole discussed the
suggestions or concerns until all members present were
satisfied with the way that section of the By-laws read,
then we would continue on and read the next portion.

When the By-laws would refer to the Handbook we would then
do the same with that section of the proposed Handbook
encouraging members to speak up with questions or concerns.
We were able to get through the entire By-laws and some of
the Handbook by the end of the evening. It was decided
that we would bring the By-laws to a vote for ratification
at our next general meeting March 18th.

It was suggested that we might wish to set-up another work
group meeting to work more on the Handbook.

Sandy made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Diana seconded
it. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Louise Rhode, Co-Chair