SAAHJ
General Meeting
Nov. 18, 2006
Edwards
Aquifer Authority – 1615 N. St. Mary’s
Members and guests in
attendance, per sign-in sheet:
Elaine Rodriguez, Roxanne Reyes, Patricio Espinoza, Luis Mercado,
Martha Tijerina, Karina Villa, Kris Rodriguez, Joe Sandoval, Nora López,
Rafael Saenz, Alison Beshur, Danny Sanchez, Ed Tijerina, Diana Santa Cruz,
Jorge Topete and Mary Anthony.
Call to
Order/Welcome/Introductions
Elaine Rodriguez called the
meeting to order at 10:37 a.m. Introductions by all attendees followed. Our
host Roland Ruiz gave a presentation on the Edwards Aquifer Authority.
Elaine reminded the group that one-on-one interviews with Roland could be
arranged after the meeting.
Approval of the October minutes/Secretary's
Report
Carol Schliesinger was
not present to give a secretary's report, but Elaine asked if there were
any corrections or additions to the October meeting minutes. Ed Tijerina
and Mary Anthony had minor corrections to the July minutes. (It should
read "July minutes", not "August' minutes. We do not meet in
August) Mary made a motion to accept the October minutes once any corrections
had been included; Ed seconded the motion.
Treasurer's
Report
Nora Lopez gave the
treasurer's report. The Scholarship
Fund has a balance of $64,213.76. The Operating Fund has a balance of $6,896.50.
Ed mentioned that the 2005 corporate tax return had been filed.
Old
Business
2007
Scholarship Gala
Nora and Mary announced that Roxanne
Reyes will serve as Registration Chair, Dino Chiecchi will be the Scholarship
Chair, and Margaret Garcia has agreed to be the Silent Auction Chair. The
gala committee will meet again on Monday, Nov. 20.
Membership
List
Elaine announced that the membership list
will be given to board members only, because in the past members requested
not to have their personal information distributed.
Christmas
Party
Ed announced that the SAAHJ Christmas
Party will be held at Circa 1900, 1900 San Pedro Ave., on Saturday, Dec. 2,
2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Appetizers will be provided and there is no
cover charge.
Henry
Guerra Award
Mary Anthony explained the nominations
and voting process. Ed talked about the history and significance of the
Henry Guerra Award. Two nominations were submitted.
Ed and Nora spoke to the group about
Charles Kilpatrick, former San Antonio Express-News Editor and
Publisher.
Elaine spoke to the group about KTSA's
Elizabeth Ruiz.
Mary Anthony said that ballots would be
mailed to the membership. Mail-in ballots must be received by Friday, Dec.
1 or members can vote at the Christmas party.
New
Business/Announcements
Kris Rodriguez announced that UTSA has
received generous news coverage regarding their new programs and the grants
they've recently received, and he thanked the members for their support.
Martha Tijerina announced she's receiving
the 2007 Benita Humanitarian Award from Missionary Catechists of Divine
Providence on February 16 and invited members to attend the awards banquet.
She will e-mail information for Carol to distribute to the membership.
Jorge Topete announced that he is no
longer the assignment editor at KVDA-Telemundo. He now serves as the public
information officer for Southside
San Antonio Independent
School District.
Patricio Espinoza would like to see more
people attend the SAAHJ meetings and mixers. Nora and Elaine said that
there are a lot of members who are on the e-mail list, but are not active
with the organization. Many also attend the banquet and depend on the
active members to be the stewards of the organization.
Joe Sandoval expressed disappointment
that SAAHJ did not issue a statement in response to the recent news that
NBC cancelled many of Telemundo's local news departments.
Elaine asked for volunteers to draft a
statement the board could review it and send to targeted media outlets.
Patricio volunteered to draft a
statement. Joe also agreed to help.
Next
meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled
for Saturday, January 20, 2007 at the San Antonio Express-News building.
Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m.
Submitted
by
Rafael Saenz, in absence
of Secretary Carol Schliesinger
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