I.
Reports
A. Financial Report (Sean
Galvin)
B. Newsletter (Rosemary Hathaway)—Rosemary and co-editor Gregory
Hansen will keep to February 1st deadline; seems to work best
C . Network Report (Paddy Bowman)—Paddy Bowman of the Network
for the Folk Arts in Education announced the Saturday program, Translations:
Folk Arts Across the Curriculum /L’atelier annuel 14ème
folklore dans l’enseignement K-12: Traductions: Perspectives
du folklore dans le parcours scolaire. Paddy also distributed
the current CARTS newsletter and announced a need for committee
members for the workshop in Louisville. Paddy mentioned that she
is currently revamping the CARTS Web site so everyone should send
any updated information on resources, e-mails, and so forth to make
it as up-to-date as possible.
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II.
Old Business
A. Continuing discussion
about increasing membership and awareness of section activities
Last year Sean Galvin
and Alysia McLain sent a request to AFS to raise section dues to
$10 following a vote at the 2006 section meeting. The information
was submitted to AFS, but was accidentally left off of the renewal
form. This has been corrected by the AFS main office and dues should
now appear at $10 for the section.
The group in attendance discussed various ways of getting the word
about to folks about joining the section without being an AFS member.
(i.e., for teachers, etc.) . Anne Pryor offered to send a welcome
letter to all new section members. Sean Galvin and Alysia McLain
agreed to check with Tim Lloyd about the possibility of obtaining
that information. Anne Pryor suggested that we target Boise, ID
beginning in February- March, 2008 to find local teachers who wish
to participate.
Lisa Falk suggested that we offer professional development hours
for the Saturday Workshop. Paddy Bowman explained that usually this
is possible, but given the difficulties of the international location
of this year’s meeting that was not possible.
Maida Owens has agreed to write a brief article for the Folklore
& Ed section in the AFS newsletter due Nov. 1st, 2007 to talk
about the resources that are found within the section – other
models, resources, contacts, etc. discussion about membership, need
to increase dues, how to recover lost members? Ideas suggested were
as follows:
B . Awards
Sean announced the 2007 Dorothy Howard Award. The Award recipient
was "Quilting Circles, Learning Communities," submitted
by Anne Pryor of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Second Place recipient
was the Florida Folklife Program’s online resource at http://www.folkvine.org.
Honorable Mention was "Bullfrog Jumped: Children’s Folksongs
from the Byron Arnold Collection," submitted by Joey Brackner
from the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture. Alysia McLain will
request a check from Tim Lloyd for "Quilting Circles, Learning
Communities."
Alysia McLain explained that the Robinson Roeder Ward Award was
not offered this year due to the international conference and not
having established relations with local teachers.
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III.
New Business
A. Luc Guglielmi and Carol Spellman agreed to serve as the 2008
Folklore & Education Section Co-Conveners.
B. Committee for 2008 Dorothy Howard Award: Luc Guglielmi (Chair),
Amanda Dargan, and Lisa Falk
C. Committee for 2008 Robinson Roeder Ward Fellowship: Carol Spellman
(Chair) and Rosemary Hathaway
IV. Meeting Adjourned
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