SAAHJ Minutes

SAAHJ General Meeting

June 18, 2005

Alazan Creek Mission/Rose Mary Orosco, host

Members and guests in attendance, per sign-in sheet: Kris Rodriguez, Edward Leal, Fabiola Santiago, Elaine Rodriguez, Joe Sandoval, Luis Mercado, Nick Zuniga, Roxanne Reyes, Martha Tijerina, Rebecca M. Villarreal, Vincent Bosquez, Ed Tijerina, and Mary Anthony.

Call to Order/Welcome/Introductions

Joe Sandoval called the meeting to order at 10:43 a.m. and welcomed everyone. Introductions by all present followed.

Joe thanked Rose Mary Orosco for providing the breakfast. Our guest speaker, Jeremy Everett, spoke about the activities at Alazan Creek Mission.

Approval of the April minutes/Secretary’s Report

Mary Anthony asked if there were any corrections or additions to the May minutes, Elaine Rodriguez made a motion to accept the May minutes as submitted; Roxanne Reyes seconded. The motion carried; Edward Leal mentioned Yolanda Alvarado was misidentified in the minutes. Mary will make the correction and forward the minutes to Roxanne for posting on the SAAHJ Web site.

On Saturday, June 4, Mary represented SAAHJ at Media Workshop sessions held at the 16^th Annual Neighborhood Conference.

Treasurer’s Report

Ed Tijerina reported the following account balances. Operating fund--$2,679.14, Regular Savings--$5,172.77, Foundation Fund Checking--$31,891.71, Foundation Savings--$32,750.43

Old Business

2005 Gala Update

Sponsorship--We have sold 22 tables, to date, and received almost $1,000 in donations from those not able to attend. Table prices are $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000. Individual non-member reservations are $100/person. SAAHJ members will receive the special reservation price of $45; members may bring 1 guest at the member price. Reservations must be made by Wednesday, July 20; walk-ins cannot be accommodated. Approximately 500 invitations were mailed.

Scholarship---We received 38 scholarship applications. The judges selected 8 recipients earlier this month: Carla Aguilar (St. Mary’s), Angela Covo (SAC), Daniel Farias (OLLU), Jennifer Herrera (OLLU), Jessica Ortiz (Emerson College), Vanessa Sanchez (UTSA), Erica Silva (SAC) and Francisco Vara-Orta (St. Mary’s). Recipients and applicants have been notified by mail. Fabby Santiago, scholarship chair, did an exceptional job of organizing the scholarship process!

Silent Auction--All silent auction donors confirmed by the July 1 deadline will be included in the bid brochure.

Entertainment--George Gaytan will provide the entertainment during the reception and dinner.

Upcoming--The committee is working on the event program, bid brochure/sheets, and decorations; the menu will be selected at the end of the month. Ed Tijerina will order the credit machine.

High School Writing Contest

Hernán Rozemberg was not present to report on the contest. Roxanne, who was one of the judges, announced three students were selected: Winner--Kimberley Kokernot, Health Careers High School, Runner-Up--Rebecca Page, Health Careers High School and Runner-Up--Crystal Melchor, Lanier High School. The students will receive savings bonds and be recognized at the gala. The winning entry will be posted on our Web site.

All-Media Mixer

Joe said approximately 40 people attended the All-Media Mixer on May 26 at Marie Calender’s. There was a strong turn out from SABJ. Joe suggested SAAHJ sponsor a quarterly All-Media Mixer.

Donation Request from The Rattler

Funding has been cut for St. Mary University’s award-winning newspaper, The Rattler. SAAHJ has received a request for a $500 donation. A discussion followed: Fabby said other universities would expect us to make donations and it would set precedence; Joe agreed. Rebecca Minjarez Villarreal proposed we support one cause per year. (Rebecca asked Joe to send her a copy of the letter.) Cynthia Muñoz suggested we ask The Rattler to provide SAAHJ ads, in exchange for the donation. Elaine Rodriguez moved we have a representative from The Rattler make a donation request presentation to the membership. Martha Tijerina seconded. The motion carried. Ed Tijerina moved the 2005-2006 executive board set up a donation policy. Rebecca seconded. The motion carried.

New Business

Nominations for the 2005-06 SAAHJ Executive Board

Joe reviewed the board positions as described in the bylaws and opened the floor for nominations.

President—Ed Tijerina nominated Joe Sandoval for a second term. Joe accepted.

Vice-President—Martha Tijerina nominated Elaine Rodriguez. Elaine accepted.

Fabby Santiago nominated Ed Tijerina. Ed accepted.

Secretary—Joe nominated Kris Rodriguez. Kris accepted. Elaine nominated Rose Mary Orosco. Rose Mary respectfully declined.

Treasurer—Joe nominated Nora López. Nora was not present to accept or decline. Mary nominated Nick Zuniga. Nick respectfully declined. The membership reviewed the roster for suggestions. Roxanne nominated Ernie Villarreal. Ernie was not present to accept or decline.

At-Large Print Officer—Roxanne nominated Hernán Rozemberg. Hernán was not present to accept or decline. Elaine nominated Ed Tijerina. Ed accepted.

At-Large Broadcast Officer—Fabby nominated Elaine Rodriguez. Elaine accepted. Elaine nominated Martha Tijerina. Martha accepted. Joe nominated Ed Leal. Ed accepted.

At-Large Communications Officer—Elaine nominated Mary Anthony. Mary accepted. Joe nominated Cynthia Muñoz. Cynthia accepted.

Mary will prepare the ballots and mail them to the membership. Members may submit their ballots via snail mail or cast a ballot at the July meeting. All ballots will be counted during the meeting.

Update: Prior to the ballots being mailed, Joe asked Mary to add Carol Schliesinger name’s as a candidate for secretary and remove Kris Rodriguez from the ballot, per his request.

Announcements

Rebecca reminded the membership we still need artwork for the silent auction.

Next meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 16 at the San Antonio Express-News.

We will not have an August meeting.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 11:53 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Anthony

SAAHJ Secretary

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