2014 Annual Meeting

February 14, 2014

2014 National Conference 
Date: February 13-15, 2014

Location: Nashville, TN, The Nashville Music City Convention Center

Submitted by Jack McKay, February 27, 2013 (unofficial)

2013 Horace Mann League Annual Meeting Minutes

J.W. Marriot Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, February 22, 2013.

Meeting called to order at 12:01 pm, by Joe Hairston, President-elect.

Approximately 60 members and guests were present.

Past Presidents present:  Don Thomas (19860, Bob Fortenbury (1992), Spike Jorgensen (2004), and Steve Rasmussen (2009).

Corporate Sponsors: Sponsors were introduced and thanked for their support of the League’s activities:  Project Seed, Pearson Education, Discovery Education, Follett Publishing, and Promethean White Boards.

Nominations and Elections:  The Nominations Committee presented their report. By acclamation, the following were approved:

President:  Joe Hairston

President-elect: Gary Marx

Vice President: Charles Fowler

Past President: Mark Edwards

New Directors:

Christine Johns-Haines, Supt., Utica Community Schools, Sterling Heights, MI

Steve Ladd, Superintendent, Elk Grove Unified School District, CA

Awards:

Ambassador Awardees:

Brent Clark (IL), Mark Edwards (NC), Charles Fowler (NH), Joe Hairston (MD), Eric King (IN), Carol Choye (NJ), and James Harvey (WA)

Outstanding Public Educator Award:

Dr. Thomas Payzant, former Superintendent, Boston Public Schools (and former Assistant Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education)

Outstanding Friend of Public Education Award:

U.S. Senator, Mark Warner (and former Governor of Virginia)

Spike Jorgensen presented Senator Warner with a copy of the book, Horace Mann.

Meeting Adjourned at 1:30 pm.

Note:

Mark Edwards’ recently published book, Every Child, Every Day: A digital Conversion Model for Student Achievement, was presented to all present, courtesy of the Pearson Foundation.

Spike Jorgenson provided each person with a copy of Horace Mann’s 12^th Annual Report.

Submitted by  Jack McKay