SAAHJ General
Meeting Minutes
July
15, 2006
InHOUSE Public
Relations – Host: Javier Flores
Members and guests in attendance, per
sign-in sheet: Carol
Schliesinger, Mary Anthony, Dino Chiecchi, Kris Rodriguez, Nelda
Skevington, Nina Pruneda, Elaine Rodriguez, Alison Beshur, Jorge Topete,
Joe Sandoval, Luis Mercado, Ernie Villarreal, Javier Flores, Rafael Saenz,
Lorraine Pulido-Ramirez, Maclovio Perez, Teresa Niño, Javier Rodriguez,
Nora López, Nora Frost, Vincent Bosquez, Danny Sanchez.
Call to Order/Welcome/Introductions
Joe Sandoval called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m.
He introduced and thanked Lisa Andrade for hosting the meeting. Lisa gave a
brief presentation of InHOUSE Public Relations. Introductions by all present followed.
Approval
of the April minutes/Secretary’s Report
Carol Schliesinger thanked Rafael Saenz for taking the
June minutes and asked if there were any corrections or additions. Ed
Tijerina made a motion to accept the April minutes as submitted; Elaine
Rodriguez seconded.
Treasurer’s Report
Nora Lopez
reported the following account balances: Operating fund--
$7,771.68, Scholarship Fund-- $70,703.96
Old Business
2006 Scholarship Gala
Joe said board members met yesterday to go over tasks
that need to be completed before the gala. Joe was not present at the
meeting and asked Ed to give a summary. Ed summarized what was discussed
and said all board members took some of the pending tasks for completion.
He thanked Maclovio for coming up a few years ago with the idea of having
board meetings. Ed reminded all members to expect a call in the next few days to request
sponsorships from their employers.
Ernie announced confirmed sponsors, including Verizon
Wireless, which donated tickets to the sold-out Shakira concert for the
silent auction. Ernie added he received a list from Lionel Sosa and
sponsorship letters were sent the previous weekend. He also got a call from
San Antonio Press. They bought 3 tickets and are trying to gather more
people to buy a table. Elaine Rodriguez said Ed Tijerina will be on Great
Day SA the following Monday. Mary Anthony said the deadline for companies
interested in buying a table should be July 19. A final count has be given
to the Westin on July 21.
Luis Mercado said Palo Alto
College and Northwest Vista
College will share a
table. Carol gave a brief summary of the scholarship recipients. Ed gave a
brief summary of the gala for new members who are not aware of the event.
Rafael said there’s approximately 20 items for the silent auction. Lorraine asked if
Lionel is donating one of his paintings for the auction, since he has
donated one before. Elaine said
Lionel should consider buying a table first. Maclovio said the honoree
should get a whole table for free. Mary said honorees always have to buy
tables. Honorees receive two complimentary tickets. Joe agreed with Mary. Lorraine added
it’s been very difficult to get in touch with Lionel to request a
mailing list.
Maclovio gave an update on the video. He interviewed
several people and the overall tone is light-hearted. The video was not
played because there was no VHS in the building. He also said we will need
a laptop, projecter and screen to play the video at the gala. Elaine asked
if the board could borrow the tape to watch it before the event.
Ernie said Henry Brun will play at the event and said
Mary Dailey would be on vacation that day. Mary asked Ernie when the
invitations would be printed. She asked for a stack of invitations. Lorraine asked about
the program and Carol gave a brief summary of it. Ernie said the committee
met for the tasting. Rafael gave a summary of the menu. Carol reminded everyone to email Javier
guests lists. Luis Mercado asked if the scholarship recipients receive
tickets.
Joe said Lionel Sosa had asked to sell his books at the
event. Joe said the decision made by the board was that to sell books, the
Association would request he buy a table and possibly donate an item
for silent auction. Ed said in the
past they've had honorees always want to help out with tables sales. Ed
said it's been disconcerted. Elaine asked who is coordinating the book
sales for Lionel. Carol believed it is Cynthia Muñoz. Carol asked if it
would be out of place to ask him to donate a percentage of the proceeds to
the Scholarship Fund.
Board Elections
Dues were
collected and ballots were distributed to all members. Students counted the
ballots and Dino Chiechhi announced the results:
President – Elaine Rodriguez, 29 votes
Vice-President – Joe Sandoval, 26 votes
Secretary – Carol Schliesinger, 28 votes
Treasurer – Nora López, 23 votes
At-Large
Print Officer – Ed
Tijerina, 31 votes
At-Large Broadcast Officer – Ed Leal, 29
votes
At-Large Communications Officer – Mary
Anthony, 17 votes
Joe thanked everyone who voted and said it was an honor
to serve as President and he really enjoyed it. Carol asked how many women presidents
we've had before. Joe said two women.
Meeting/Speaker Committee
Elaine said Sara Lucero agreed to talk at either the
Sept. or October general meeting. She also has asked Jesse Degollado.
Elaine also gave a summmary of what the committe’s goals are, for
member who were not aware. Nina Pruneda asked to ask people who have been
reporters, not just anchors. Maclovio asked if the requests are limited to
Hispanic reporters.
Latino Forum
Javier said the committee met a few weeks before to
brainstorm on ideas for the Latino Forum. He explained he thought of the
forum idea while listening to another forum on NPR. He added the overall
idea is to get Hispanics in the community to discuss how Hispanics are
covered in the media and address what can be done to balance the coverage
and depictions of Hispanics. He said it would be a yearly forum with news
organizations to look at the year in perspective, what's happened and what could
have been done better.
Mary said Ed Leal will send an email to the committee to
meet next week at Trinity Universit y. Members interested are welcomed to
attend, because they are looking for help.
Javier said he is leaving back to Indiana and can't run the committee, but
would be happy to help out when he's back in town.
New business
Hispanic Outreach/Public Awareness Campaign
Joe received a letter from the City Public Library
requesting the Association’s participation in their Hispanic Heritage
Month celebrations. Joe asked if
members were interested in making a commitment now or let the opportunity
go, because there’s no meeting in August and the event takes place
before the September meeting. Elaine said the Board can meet in August to
discuss the details.
Announcements
Latino Breakfastr – Lorraine announced the speaker for the
July 18th meeting is Hope Andrade and for the August 24 meeting is Gordon
Hartman. Meetings take place at 7:30 a.m.
PRSA Del Oro Awards – Lorraine also announced the event is
scheduled for August 3. Ed Tijerina will serve as MC and the Presenting
Sponsor is the San Antonio Express-News.
UTSA – Kris Rodriguez announced the latest news:
UTSA’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) completed a simultaneous
cybertraining exercise for the State of Texas
involving the cities of Austin, Plano and Tyler.
The exercise tests the communities computer networks operations against
computer hackers. Over the last 5 years, UTSA’s CIAS program
has received $14 million from the federal government to conduct these kind
of exercises.
UTSA Physics Professor Dhiraj Sardar was awarded $225,000 to support
doctoral students studying physics. The grant is the first for the doctoral
program that was established last year. Sardar’s grant proposal was
selected among other’s including Harvard and MIT. One of the
recipients, an African-American female, is the first he has seen in 35
years of teaching. Sardar also received a renewal for UTSA’s
partnership in a $20 million multi-university grant to use lasers to assist
in medicine.
UTSA’s new South
Texas Center
for Emerging Infectious Diseases has also received millions of dollars in
research funding for the 19 researchers on staff. The variety of expertise
make it among the top facilities in the country.
Palo Alto
College – Luis Mercado said they’re hosting a free concert on
September 15 with Agustin Lara.
Telemundo - Jorge Topete asked members to keep the
station in mind to promote stories.
Next meeting
Our next meeting
is scheduled for Saturday, September 16 at the UTSA downtown campus.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:34 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol
Schliesinger
SAAHJ
Secretary
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