Board Meeting Minutes – June 1, 2025

Board of Directors Minutes & Agendas

Iowa Reading Association – Full Board Meeting

Minutes: June 1, 2025

Call to Order- Soh Meacham, President – Soh called the meeting to order at 3:54 pm

  1. Roll call – Soh Meacham, Diane Bean, Nancy White, Nancy Wright, Julie Anderson, Tony Pieper, Jill Swanson, Heidi Stangl, Wendy Matson, Liz Corson, Megan Benson
    1. Guests – David Saca, Monaliza Chian
  2.  Approval and/or additions to the agenda – No additions to the agenda; Tony made a motion to approve the agenda, Wendy seconded, motion carries
  3. Appointment of Committee to approve minutes
  4. Old Business
    1. Strategic Planning Meeting Report: Megan Benson – Megan gave a brief discussion on the strategic planning meeting and it was agreed to meet within a month to continue discussions.
    2. 2025 Conference sharing and wrap-up: Soh Meacham, Megan Benson, Nancy Wright – Soh shared gratitude to making the conference go so well.  There were many positive things all around, never heard of any negatives except about the temperature in the rooms and vendors were disappointed about the low numbers. The location was easy to find
    3. Miscellaneous – Student Liaison – something to keep in mind for future meetings
  5. New Business
    1. Officers for 2025-2026
      1. Vice President/Conference Chair for 2027 Conference – this will be put in the newsletter and hopefully voted on in the fall.  Currently there is one person interested – David Saca from UNI
      2. Secretary (to finish Monaliza’s term) – Megan Benson was appointed to finish Monaliza’s term
      3. Treasurer – Jill Swanson was appointed by Dr. Meacham, board approved
      4. Membership – Julie Anderson was appointed by Dr. Meacham, board approved
      5. State Coordinator – Hoping to find someone this summer, review the pages in the by-laws
      6. Northeast Region Dir. – Diane Bean was approved by the board for another 3 year term
      7. Northwest Region Dir. – Julie Anderson was approved by the board for another 3 year term
      8. Central Region Dir. – Tony Pieper was approved by the board for another 3 year term
    2. Newsletter –
      1. Summer 2025 Newsletter (submissions due July 15) – This will be a conference highlight newsletter; it was also shared that IRRC will share our newsletter
    3. Approve on 2025-2026 Committee Chair Appointments – Tony motioned to approve all committee chairs with the exception of Creative Writing: Short Story & Poetry being suspended, Julie  seconds, motion carries.  Creative Writing will be discussed at future meetings
      1. Awards – Nancy Wright
      2. Budget – Jill Swanson
      3. By-Laws, Policies & Procedures – Megan Benson
      4. Creative Writing: Short Story –
      5. Creative Writing: Poetry –
      6. International Project – Soh Meacham
      7. Membership – Julie Anderson
      8. Merit Council – Heidi Stangl and Wendy Matson
      9. Newsletter, Publications – Megan Benson
      10. Nominations – Nancy White
      11. Program – Liz Corson
    4. 2025-2026 Board Meeting Dates
      1. Aug. 9 – Budget
      2. Sept. 27 – Full Board
      3. Nov. 15 – Executive Board
      4. Jan. 10 – Full Board
      5. March 28 – Executive Board
      6. May 2 – Full Board
      7. June 22 – Executive Board & Leadership
      8. June 23 & 24 – Power of Literacy Conference
      9. June 24 – Full Board (after conference)
  6. Tony congratulated Soh on great conference and thanked Mona for time on the board
  7. Adjournment – Heidi made a motion to end the meeting, Wendy seconded, motion carried…meeting adjourned at 4:24pm
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