Cheryl Fox

1)      Meeting began at approximately 12:00pm

2)      Meeting minutes/documents needing review and approval:

a)       Meeting minutes from the September 18^th, EBoard meeting were reviewed. JoElyn Brus made the motion to accept the minutes as written, Eileen Carney second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.

b)      Fourth quarter 2007 report was reviewed. JoElyn Brus made the motion to accept the report as written, Eileen Carney second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.

c)      Grant Administrator’s September time sheet was reviewed. LeRoy Thom made the motion to accept the timesheet as submitted. Eileen Carney second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.

d)      Webmaster September invoice was reviewed. Leroy Thom made the motion to accept the invoice as submitted, Eileen Carney second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.

e)       The Grant Administrator was instructed to purchase the most adequate equipment need to record LATAG’s meeting minutes for both LATAG and for EPA’s “library”.

3)      Old Business

a)       Technical Advisor’s Solicitation to Bid responses:

i)        Dr. Brad Black’s written recommendation to pursue Terry Spear as the new Technical Advisor was reviewed. LeRoy Thom made the motion to accept the recommendation. JoElyn Brus second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.

ii)       It was asked of the Grant Administrator to edit the “no thank you” letter to one of the candidates. (ACTION ITEM).

b)      Web Site Updates:

i)        It was asked of the Grant Administrator to draft a letter to the webmaster regarding the following items:

(1)   Operation info@latag.org email address

(2)   Updated board member listing

(3)   Disengage the Technical Advisor Solicitation to Bid

(4)   When posting meeting minutes to be sure the “see attached” presentations are available on lone.

(5)   Provide access to the web sites for any administrative needs.

(a)    cc: the communications sub-committee chairperson on the letter (ACTION ITEM).

c)      Quarterly Reports Past Due – no action taken, but the EBoard wants a response within one week.

d)      $100k Grant Renewal

i)        It will be necessary to provide the new Technical Advisor a list of deliverables. It was commented on that EPA should provide this current list and it will be asked at the next regular LATAG meeting (Kathy Atencio ACTION ITEM).

(1)   It was noted to follow up on this request via email.

4)      New Business

a)       Burning CD’s at public request – it was decided that EPA can provide this service.

b)      In-Kind reporting will be mentioned at the next regular LATAG meeting.

5)      Adjourn at approximately 1:15pm.