ACEI President's Council



Awards & Grants Books, etc... Committees Conferences History & Purpose Journals & Newsletters Membership Speakers Bureau NCATE & Standards		ROLE OF THE PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL Prepared by: Loren Meinke, President, ACEI's Presidents' Council The Presidents' Council includes Presidents, Immediate Past Presidents and Presidents-Elect of State, Province, and International Branches. PURPOSES To provide opportunity for discussion of the cooperation of Local/State/Province/ International Branches of ACEI To receive recommendations and resolutions from the constituency of the Presidents' Council's members To make recommendations and resolutions to the ACEI Executive Board To receive recommendations and communications from the ACEI Executive Board, Staff and Program Chairs To promote ACEI's Mission, Strategic Goals, Programs, and interests To aid in membership recruitment To aid in new and revitalizing branches To assist selected students attending ACEI's Annual International Conference GOALS The Presidents' Council's general goals are to: To promote ACEI To promote branches in general To promote international branches To aid student members of ACEI Specific goals for 2002 - 2003 1. Promote and develop membership internationally by actively supporting Branch Development. Presidents' Council's President-Elect will designate a State, Province or Country President's Council member to make a personal contact by letter, phone, or email to groups requesting Branch Start-Up Kits or expressing interest in ACEI membership world-wide. The purpose of contact will be to serve as a mentor or contact person. 2. Help promote the sharing of information world-wide and encourage active cooperation by opening Presidents' Council meetings at the Annual International Conference to representatives of Student/Local Branch representatives (President, President-Elect, Past President, and Student Branch Advisors) as well as State, Province and Country representatives. OFFICERS Officers are elected every two years at the Annual International Conference. The President-Elect, from the past election, becomes President and the outgoing President becomes the Liaison to the International's Executive Board. The current officers are: President: Loren Meinke - Minnesota 4127 Humboldt Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55412 612-521-7750 Lbmeinke@ties.k12.mn.us President-elect: Anna McArthur - Texas 2901 South Brahma, Apt. D-1 Kingsville, TX 78363 361-593-2204 kfapm00@tamuk.edu Secretary: Rhoda Bierstedt - Utah 1777 Oak Springs Salt Lake City, UT 84108 801-578-8165 Rhoda@sisna.com Board Liaison: Sarah Voigt - Utah 401 East 500 North Kaysville, UT 84037 801-402-3350 svoigt@dsdmail.net MEMBERS (as printed in Childhood Education, Fall 2001) Argentina Finland Honk Kong and Macau Hungary Korea Mauritius Philippines Republic of China Spain United States Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Utah Washington DC, Metro Canada (one local branch) GENERAL State and Country Branches are requested to pay $20.00 annually to the President's Council to defray the cost of branch awards, student grants, communications and mailing costs. Members and officers receive three communications and a newsletter from the Presidents' Council each year. Non-members and other interested individuals may access the information on ACEI's web page - www.acei.org. Meetings are held at the ACEI Annual International Conference. Business matters may include: receiving branch reports discussing and making recommendations to the Executive Board approving awards interacting with members, Branch Relations Manager, Membership, Week of the Classroom Teacher and Program Chairs problem solving others as determined by members. Return to ACEI home page. This page is copyright 2002 by the Association for Childhood Education International. Please send any comments to Marilyn Gardner at aceimemb@aol.com.