Result: A motion was unanimously approved to designate the Vice President as the AWG representative to the Geographic Alliance.

Discussion: As had been discussed at the previous Spring Board Meeting at our meeting with Geographic Alliance in the Fall we would like to invite them to designate a member to join our Board if they so desired.

Result: This item will be added to agenda for Fall Meeting

Discussion: Based on discussion from previous meeting.

Result: Neil moved and the board concurred that the winner of the Washington State Geography Bee be invited to our Fall Meeting (note -- this will have to be re-visited at the next board meeting since there is no Fall Meeting this year for the General Membership as noted below) to receive the first annual Mattuci Award.

Discussion: The Fall Meeting for the AWG will be the joint meeting with the Geographic Alliance

• It was proposed, that if agreeable to the Alliance, the meeting be held for half a day on a Saturday convening around 10am and finishing by 3pm.
• Topics to present/discuss include
1. Inclusion of an Alliance member on the AWG board
2. Role/Status of Geography in K-12
3. History and Mission of the Alliance
4. History of the AWG (might we tap Doug Flemming for this?)
5. What is the role of GIS in K-12
6. How can AWG meetings help K-12 teachers
1. Clock Time
2. Workshops
3. Field Trips
4. Connection with Professionals
7. Is there a role for AWG or its members in the Alliance Summer Program
8. Are summer offerings at 2 and 4 year colleges useful to Alliance Members to meet state credential requirements? Should other courses be explored
9. Given the fact that the National Geographic is changing its funding of state level alliances to grants and suggesting that they build-up endowments, can AWG members assist the Alliance in Grant Applications and fund raising?
• Who might attend (Since our board meeting through direct discussion with Rawhide Papritz it was decided to limit this meeting to about 5 to 6 board members from each organization as an initial step. A later meeting could be open to general membership of both organizations.)
1. Board Members
• Time and place of meeting (Has been set for Oct. 26 at Green River CC)

Discussion: A long-term schedule will be very helpful.

How to utilize our current practice of a Spring and Fall meeting

• Whenever possible devote Spring Meeting to an academic style conference with papers from students and faculty, could also include field trips and workshops. Offer clock time to K-12 teachers for attendance.
• Use the second meeting, usually Fall, for a more varied and social nature focusing on one of the following:
1. Field trip and social gathering
2. Presentations by Professional Geographers about work in the field and field trip/site visits
3. Workshop devoted to teaching, curriculum development, programs available, roundtables discussing the field bring together 4 year, 2 year and K-12 teachers
• Schedule

Discussion: In order to make advanced planning for Board Meetings easier for Board members, a schedule of three to four meetings was set for the next 12 months. This should provide for easier planning by board members.

Result: Three meetings scheduled during the academic year plus summer meeting if required:

Discussion: With approval of a long-term plan for two annual meetings per year, it was suggested that to consistently get a critical mass of students and faculty at an annual academic meeting it might be useful to invite Canadian schools in lower BC to join with us. In fact it was pointed-out that a number of these schools had already seen the agenda for this meeting and had sent e-mails supporting greater coordination. It was also pointed-out that students and faculty from some of these schools have attended a couple of our recent meetings.

To start the ball rolling it was suggested that we explore the possibility of having a Canadian School host a Spring Academic Meeting as early as Spring 2003.

Result: The president was asked to contact Canadian Schools and see if an arrangement could be made for a joint AWG/BC meeting could be scheduled.

Items for Fall Meeting