Full Board Meeting Agenda – March 28, 2026

Minutes & Agendas

Zoom Call

  1. Call to Order- Soh Meacham, President – called meeting to order at 10:02am
  2. Roll call – Nancy White, Megan Benson, Jill Swanson, Tony Pieper, Wendy Matson, Julie Anderson, Heidi Stangl, Soh Meacham, Nancy Wright, Diane Bean
  3. Approval of meeting minutes (January 10, 2026) – Jill Swanson motions to approve Jan. 2026 minutes, Tony Pieper seconds. All approved
  4. Approval and/or additions to the agenda – Tony Pieper motioned to approve agenda as presented, Jill Swanson seconds. All approved
  5. Appointment of Committee to approve minutes – Jill Swanson and Tony Pieper will be the committee to be the approve March Board minutes.
  6. Regional Director Reports – Reports were read prior to the meeting and there were no questions.
    1. Northeast – Diane Bean
    2. Northwest – Julie Anderson
    3. Southwest – Wendy Matson
    4. Central – Tony Pieper
  7. Committee Reports – reports were read prior to the meeting and there were no questions
    1. Executive Director (including Awards & Grow a Local Council Grant) – Nancy Wright
    2. Budget – Jill Swanson
    3. International Project – Soh Meacham
    4. Membership – Julie Anderson
    5. Merit Council – Heidi Stangl and Wendy Matson
    6. Newsletter, Publications, By-laws, policies and procedures – Megan Benson
    7. Nominations – Nancy White
    8. Local Council Grants
  8. Old Business
    1. Proposed restructuring framework: 05_Iowa Reading Association Restructuring 1. Discussion was held on the proposed restructuring of Iowa Reading. – lots of positive thoughts about a 2027 conference on a smaller scale
      1. Possible 1 day conference in 2027
      2. Look at different dates…early August possibly
      3. What would a budget for this look like? What do we prioritize?
      4. Can we tie membership into this to make membership more attractive
    2. President-elect vacancy and next year meetings
      1. Who will follow Soh after our May meeting?
    3. Website and Newsletter
      1. In the fall, Megan had sent an email asking for newsletter items and none were received. In her notes, there is a mention of not posting about not hosting a conference until there was a final plan of what was going to happen.
      2. Website will be looked at and hopefully updated soon about
  9. New Business
  10. Adjournment – Wendy Matson motions to adjourn the meeting at 11:13am with Jill Swanson seconds. All approved
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