Missouri Future Business Leaders of America
Executive Council Meeting
Columbia, Missouri
August 4, 2009
The State President, Ben Salmon, called the 2009 Executive Council Meeting to order at 8:10
a.m. on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Jamie Brinnen, State Secretary, took roll. All districts were present
with the exception of Districts 4 and 9. Ben Salmon then chaired the voting on the proposed changes.
The following actions were taken at the meeting:
I.
Mr. TJ Burns moved to “revise the Missouri dress code for females to eliminate the need for
hosiery.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
II.
Mr. Chris Dzurick moved to “revise the Missouri dress code for females to add the line at the
end of the first bullet: ‘A coordinated jacket must accompany mid-calf length pants (i.e. capris or
gauchos worn below the knee.) Pants will not be allowed that are knee-length or above.’”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
III.
Miss Mandy Eastin moved to “change Internet Application Programming to Computer Game and
Simulation Programming. It will be a prejudged event sent directly to SLC.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
IV.
Miss Stephanie Koe moved to “revise Accounting II to allow prepared templates to be used on
the production part of the event.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
V.
Miss Jessica Darby moved to “revise Electronic Career Portfolio to indicate that it must be web
based.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
VI.
Miss Jeanice Romaker moved to “revise Job Interview to indicate that a job application must be
prepared at the school site and submitted with the resume materials.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
VII.
Mr. Matt Gualdoni moved to “revise all events with readme files to have a hard copy of the file
submitted along with the media.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
VIII.
Miss Sherri Rayl moved to “eliminate the use of a podium/lectern from all performance rooms.”
The motion was amended the motion to add the words “except for Parliamentary Procedures”
so that the main motion now reads as amended “to eliminate the use of a podium/lectern from
all performance rooms except for Parliamentary Procedures.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried as amended.
IX.
Mr. Will Moore moved to “approve the minutes from the August 2008 Executive Council
Meeting.”
The minutes were approved as corrected.
X.
Miss Ericka Goldsborough moved that “Kleinhenn, Tom Evans, Home and Garden Party, and
Cherrydale, Inc. be approved as the state list of fundraisers for the 2008-2009 school year with
royalties earmarked for the NLC travel fund.” The motion was amended to strike out the words
“Home and Garden Party” and inserting the words “Celebrating Home.” The motion was also
amended to strike out the words “2008-2009” and insert the words “2009-2010”, so that the
main motion now reads as amended “that Kleinhenn, Tom Evans, Celebrating Home, and
Cherrydale, Inc. be approved as the state list of fundraisers for the 2009-2010 school year with
royalties earmarked for the NLC travel fund.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried as amended.
XI.
Miss Schaelyn Blevins moved to “approve the state chapter and state conference budgets.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
XII.
Mr. Lucas Eubank moved that “Camp Quality, Environmental Awareness, In Praise of Age, March
of Dimes, RACE into Reading, Reach Out and Care, and the Joanne Newcomer Scholarship Fund
be designated as voluntary state chapter projects for 2009-2010.” The motion was amended to
add “Go Green Initiative,” so that the main motion now reads as amended “that Camp Quality,
Environmental Awareness, In Praise of Age, March of Dimes, RACE into Reading, Reach Out and
Care, the Joanne Newcomer Scholarship Fund, and the Go Green Initiative be designated as
voluntary state chapter projects for 2009-2010.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried as amended.
XIII.
Miss Julie Mothershead moved to “approve Waynesville High School to sell Missouri FBLA polotype shirts for the 2009-2010 school year with one-half the proceeds going to the Joanne
Newcomer Scholarship Fund.”
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
XIV.
Miss Abbi Daniels moved to “approve the boundary request moving Mount Vernon High School
from District 17 to District 5”.
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
XV.
Mr. Preston Reynolds moved to “change the procedure for selecting the two Missouri
Parliamentary Procedures teams that advance to the National Leadership Conference
competition that can be found on pages C8 and C9 of the Missouri Chapter Management
Handbook to:
The first and second place team chairs will chair the two teams that advance to the National
Leadership Conference.
At the discretion of the state office, the next eight highest test takers will be placed on the two
advancing state teams.
If any competitor cannot attend NLC, the state office will determine replacements.
Students taking the parliamentary procedures test solely for the purpose of being named State
Parliamentarian will not be placed on a team.
Only four members of the two advancing teams may have previously competed at a National
Leadership Conference in Parliamentary Procedures.
To qualify for a team, a member may not have participated in parliamentary procedure more
than one time at NLC.
The motion was seconded, voted on, and carried.
Ben Salmon, State President, adjourned the meeting at 9:15 a.m.
Submitted by:
Jamie Brinnen, State Secretary