Business Meeting Agenda

MAA Rocky Mountain Section

Annual Business Meeting Agenda

University of Wyoming Conference Center

March 29, 2014

8:00 am – 8:50 am

1.       Call to Order, Approval of Minutes (see attached)

2.       Reports

a.       Nominating Committee Report: Election of new officers (Jeff Berg)

·   Candidates for Vice Chair

o    Erica Hastert

o    Carol Kuper

·   Candidate for Secretary Treasurer

o    Heidi Keck

b.       Financial Report                                                                                           (Heidi Keck)

c.        Student Competitions Report                                                                     (Dick Gibbs)

d.       Chair’s Report                                                                                       (Bill Cherowitzo)

e.        Student Activities Report                                                               (Beth Schaubroeck)

f.        National Officer Report                                                                                                   ()

g.        Governor’s Report                                                                              (Mike Brilleslyper)

3.       Announcements and Information Items

a.       2014 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient (Kyle Riley)

b.       CCTM (Gulden Karakok)

c.        Newsletter deadline is September 15                                                                              

d.       Upcoming Meetings

·   2015 MAA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting: Colorado College

·   2016: MAA Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Joint Section Meeting Colorado Mesa University April 8 & 9

·   2018 MathFest is in DENVER

·   WyMATYC Science and Math Annual Articulation Meeting in Powell, WY (April 4-5, 2014).

·   NCTM Annual Meeting in New Orleans (April 9–12, 2014)

·   MathFest in Portland, Oregon (August 6-9, 2014)

·   AMATYC Annual Conference in Nashville, TN (November 13-16, 2014)

·   Joint Meeting in San Antonio, TX (January 10-13, 2015)

·   CCTM Regional Meeting

e.        Election Results

f.        Other

4.       Discussion Items

a.       Improvements to the section web site (George Heine and Janet Barnett)

b.       other

5.       Motion to thank University of Wyoming and passing of the banner to Colorado College

6.       Adjourn

Candidates for Vice Chair

Erica Hastert

Colorado Community College Online

Erica Hastert has served as a math faculty member since 1993 at Red Rocks Community College, Arapahoe Community College, and now CCCOnline.  She earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Colorado at Denver in mathematics/probability & statistics, her master’s degree in mathematics/computer science at the University of Denver, and her Ph.D. in Quantitative Research Methods, also at the University of Denver.  Now serving as the Associate Dean for Math at CCCOnline, Erica still teaches multiple courses per year, typically in the Calculus sequence.  She is also involved in course design and has worked on online course development for both newly redesigned developmental math courses and several Calculus courses updated to incorporate digital content.  Erica has served as an advisor for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, working as part of the Honors Program Council which is responsible for writing Honors Study curricula for the society.  Additionally, Erica has co-created and co-facilitates an Assessment Prep Math MOOC, targeted to Colorado Community College system students, but available to anyone with mathematical interest.

Erica is interested in continuing her service as Vice Chair for the Rocky Mountain Section of MAA because her 20 years of experience as a community college math faculty member and her current role as Associate Dean of Math at CCCOnline put her in position to learn and share effective math teaching strategies at all levels and through many modalities.   Through her two-year term as ColoMATYC president, she has met new colleagues and enjoyed many collegial friendships with math faculty in Colorado community colleges and surrounding areas, and plans to provide outreach on behalf of the RMS-MAA to her community college colleagues.  MAA has always been the premier resource for up-to-the-minute research on mathematics and mathematics education and she looks forward to helping two-year college math faculty explore what the RMS-MAA and the Rocky Mountain math community can offer its students and colleagues.

Carol Kuper

Morgan Community College

Carol Kuper has been the Lead Mathematics instructor for 14 years at Morgan Community College. She received a full scholarship at the University of Northern Colorado and was awarded with a MS in Statistical Research in 1999. Her undergraduate degrees from UNC include a BA in mathematics with an emphasis in Applied Statistics, Actuarial Science and a minor in Psychology. As teaching has always been her passion, she began working as an adjunct instructor for Aims and Front Range before obtaining the full-time position as Lead Mathematics Instructor at Morgan Community College in 2000. Well-liked by both students and peers, Carol was Awarded Faculty of the Year in 2006 and graduated from the CCCS Professional Development and Leadership Academy in 2005. Over the past 14 years of service she has served on a variety of committees, both local and state, including but not limited to:  President of Colomatyc, Chair of Morgan Community College’s Assessment Team for AQIP, State Curriculum Committee, GT Review for Mathematics, and ACT/ Accuplacer State committee.

My mathematical journey has been one of deep satisfaction and continuous growth. I started attending MAA meeting’s as an undergraduate serving as president of the Math Club and have enjoyed attending the annual meetings to the present day. MAA facilitates collaboration, commitment to excellence and professional growth enjoyed by undergraduate students and professional of all ages. I have always found new and interesting teaching strategies and opportunities for professional mathematical growth over the years and I wish to give back to the organization that has been such a large part of my personal mathematical journey.

Candidate for Secretary/Treasurer

Heidi Keck

Western State Colorado University

 Currently I am a professor of mathematics as Western State Colorado University working primarily in pre-service teacher preparation. I have also helped to create a developmental mathematics curriculum and currently serve as the coordinator of Supplemental Instruction for the university. I’ve been an MAA member since 1994 and served as program chair in 2001 and secretary/treasurer for the past three years.

It is an honor to be nominated for a second term as secretary/treasurer. While I believe that including as many different people as possible in active roles increases engagement within an organization, I also believe that this position benefits from experience. During the past term I have gotten to know people from all over our region and interacted with officers from the national office. Both of these have helped me keep the section operations running smoothly. If reelected to the position I will try to maintain a record of completing task correctly and on time and to leave a transparent record of how the section operates.

Additional nominations for either the Secretary/Treasurer or the Vice Chair positions can be made from the floor of the business meeting prior to the elections.

Minutes:                MAA Rocky Mountain Section Annual Business Meeting

Date & Time:       Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 8:00 am – 8:50 am

Location:              Porter Hall 130

7.                   Bill Cherowitzo called the meeting to order and the minutes from last year were approved.

8.                   Reports

a.       Jeff Berg led the election for Chair Elect. Statements from both Bill Emerson and Kyle Riley were attached to the agenda. Bill chose not to make a statement during the meeting to be fair to Kyle who was not present.

b.       Heidi Keck referred members to the attached financial report showing nearly $15,000 in reserve for the section.

c.        Bill Cherowitzo summarized the executive committee meeting. He described the 3-year rollover for DTA nominations, the funds distributed for CO Math Awards and Student Door Prizes. He also shared his goal of increasing 2-year college participation in the section. He is willing to travel to visit schools. He suggests a special session on 2-year college concerns at the next meeting. He also asked that suggestions for the new web page be sent directly to George Heine.

d.       Dick Gibbs reported on the various math competitions in Colorado including the Putnam Exam, the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, the American Mathematics Competition, and the Mathematics Olympiad. The awards ceremony is May 16 and Bill Cherowitzo presents the collegiate awards. Colorado students do well in these competitions.

e.        Mike Brilleslyper spoke on behalf of Beth Schaubroeck for the student activity grant. He explained the process and clarified that it was only for undergraduates.

f.        Michael Pearson gave the report from National. He explained the new membership structure with fewer categories, more emphasis on e-journals, and revised purpose of the FOCUS magazine as a “membership guide.” The changes to book sales are related to new sales tax laws for e-commerce.  He expects the new National web site to be a vast improvement over the old. He gave some highlights of the MathFest meeting in Hartford, including starting officially on Wednesdays now to reflect actual practice. He encouraged all section members to get involved in some way---meetings, SIGMAAs, Social networks, YouTube, NExT, PREP, committees---there is something for everyone. Mike Brilleslyper added that the sections are the “Heart and Soul” of the association and added his encouragement as well. As always, Mike is looking for ideas to take to the national office from the section.

g.        Dan Swenson explained that the Section NExT has been less active as there are very few new hires. The group hopes to have a strong cohort for next year and would like people to encourage their new hires to participate.

9.       Announcements and Information Items

a.       Daluss Siewert  announced that Marlow Anderson from Colorado College is the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient

b.       Gulden Karakok gave the correct dates for the CCTM meeting as October 10 & 11, 2013. There will be an emphasis on the Common Core Standards.

c.        There was a motion to thank Linda Sundbye for her work on the newsletter. It was approved unanimously and with a round of applause! The newsletter deadline is September 15                                    

d.       Jeff Berg announced that Kyle Riley was elected as Chair Elect.

e.        Other

10.    There was a motion to thank Adams State University