Minutes of the Education and Training Committee
Town and Country Resort and Hotel
San Diego, California
Friday January 5, 2001

Call to Order
Chair Charles Barner called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. Pacific Time and asked those present to introduce themselves. He recognized CLEAR President Lisa Hahn and asked her for her comments. She stated that the meetings of the Program subcommittees had been productive and that she was looking forward to a successful conference in San Antonio. Once the introductions were complete, the subcommittee reviewed the minutes from the previous meeting.

Minutes of the September 13, 2000 meeting of the Education and Training Committee
On a motion from Ron Dalrymple with a second from Deanna Laws the committee voted unanimously to approve the minutes as presented.

Report from the Training and Development Subcommittee
Subcommittee Co-chair Mary Romelfanger reviewed the 2000 Board Member Training Program, noting that it had been well received judging by the evaluations that had been returned. She noted that the 2001 program would have a different format, with a morning of sessions on Thursday before providing recommendations of sessions of interest in the remainder of the conference. The Board Member Training attendees will then reconvene in a roundtable session at the end of the conference for general discussion and feedback on the new conference format. She thanked members of the Program Committee for their assistance in identifying sessions of interest to board members. Ms. Romelfanger also stated that the subcommittee will hear a report from Roy Swift who is leading a group in determining the form any Executive Training offered by CLEAR should take.

Report from the NCIT Subcommittee
Sandra Barton stated that the subcommittee would be addressing the process for making curriculum changes, an update on the evaluation policy and a review of the progress of the item writer workgroup.

Report from the International Relations Subcommittee
Deanna Laws stated that the subcommittee would respond to the request from the Center for Quality Assurance in International Education to appoint two members to liaise with it during its program planning process. Also on the agenda is a discussion about CLEAR’s global perspective, with particular reference to the conference program.

Report from the Publications Subcommittee
Kara Schmitt stated that the subcommittee would discuss the solicitation process for Resource Briefs in light of the poor response over the last year. She noted that a proposal from the Program Committee meetings from the day before had been to ask those people whose session proposals had been rejected, to consider writing a brief based around their proposal.

President Lisa Hahn reported that a new initiative being worked on is the Executive Leadership Initiative, which is in the process of developing content for future training. She noted that there is no interest in duplicating what states are already doing in this area. Deanna Laws stated that there is plenty of training for association executives via the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE), but this has limited relevance for the regulatory field.

President Hahn also noted that she has asked the group of CLEAR Past Presidents to meet and consider a strategy for recruiting and identifying future leadership within the organization, and also to broaden its membership. Donna Mooney remarked that one group with which CLEAR should have closer communication is state elected officials. She said it was important to maintain a dialog with the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL).

Adam Parfitt provided a brief report on the development of a members-only section of CLEAR’s web site. He asked the members of the committee to provide suggestions on areas for improvement or for ideas of additional content.

There being no further business, the meeting recessed until 5:00 p.m.

The committee reconvened at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time and heard a report from each of the subcommittees.

Report of the International Relations Subcommittee
Deanna Laws reported that the subcommittee had reviewed the draft conference program and identified several sessions that could usefully include an international component. She added that the subcommittee had also produced two session proposals that it is forwarding to the Program Committee for consideration. Additionally, the subcommittee is requesting that a liaison from the International Relations subcommittee be appointed to each of the four Program subcommittees. Ms. Laws also reported that the subcommittee recommends she and Gerard Swain act as liaisons with the Center for Quality Assurance in International Education. Finally, she reported that the subcommittee had discussed CLEAR’s focus on global issues and whether the association sees itself as an international organization. She stated that she would ask the board to comment on the issue at its meeting on Saturday.

Report of the NCIT Subcommittee
Jayne Bunn reported that there were no action items from the meeting. She stated that a report had been heard on the new instructor evaluation policy and also from the item writer work group. Additionally, Ken Bishop (a member of the subcommittee) has offered to flesh out the request for proposals criteria. Furthermore the subcommittee agreed to continue to discuss with other organizations the possibility of offering investigator training to their members.

Report of the Training and Development Subcommittee
Mary Romelfanger reported that the subcommittee had worked on preparations for the 2001 Board Member Training program. She noted that it is hoped that members of the subcommittee will be available to welcome attendees to the program and then serve as a resource for them throughout the conference. Furthermore, the subcommittee heard a report from Roy Swift about plans for leadership development training, noting that these were in the formative stage but were progressing.

Report of the Publications Subcommittee
Kara Schmitt reported that the subcommittee had discussed different acceptable formats and content (checklist, bibliography, technical) for Resource Briefs. She added that Scott Seymour will review the draft conference program and place on CLEAR’s web site any themes that appear repeatedly in the program and might make interesting Resource Briefs. Ron Dalrymple asked whether there would be interest in a submission on violence in the workplace. Dr. Schmitt encouraged Mr. Dalrymple to submit something to the reviewers. The committee also heard that the latest edition of CLEAR News would be placed on the web site next week. Finally, Dr. Schmitt reported that some of CLEAR’s older publications are to be reviewed to see whether updates need to be produced.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:35 p.m. Pacific Time.

Respectfully Submitted,

Adam Parfitt