REA2022 ANNUAL MEETING

BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES

Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 3:30 - 5:00 PM ET

1. Opening Remarks                                                  Boyung Lee, President
2. Regular Business

1. Approval of Agenda

MOTION: Kathy Winings moved to approve this Business Meeting Agenda. Hosffman Ospino seconded the motion.

All in favor -

Motion passed at 3:36 pm.

2. Approval of  2021 Minutes

MOTION: Anne Walker moved to approve the 2021 Business Meeting

Minutes. Elizabeth Nolan seconded the motion.

Motion passed at 3:37 pm. (93% Yes)

3.  Election of Slate of Nominees

Boyung explained that two high votes will have the official 2 full year term, and the other nominees will be invited by the chair to serve the committee, during the chair’s term, to fulfill the distinctive committee works.

MOTION: Kathy Winings moved to approve this Business Meeting Agenda. Paulette Issac-Savage seconded the motion.

All in favor -

Motion passed at 3:42 pm.

1. Nominations Voting by Online Poll 

4.  Budget Report (Denise Janssen)

1. Balance Sheet as of 3.31.22
2. Profit and Loss Sheet as of 3.31.22
3. 2023 Budget 
4. Approval of 2023 Budget

MOTION: Addie Lorraine Walker moved to approve the 2023 Budget. Hosffman Ospino seconded the motion.

• Kathy raised a concern about the membership drop as we see a lot of retirement and enrollment drop. It may eventually impact our membership drop.
• Denise, Addie, Boyung shared the importance of intentional reachout and promotion of the guild.
• Mark Hern asked about the current membership.
• Mary will report it in her networking coordinator report.
• Jack reminded that the journal subscription, downloads have been a good source of income.

Motion passed at 4:05 pm. (97% yes)

5. Horizon Board Report (Hosffman Ospino)
6. Journal Report (Joyce Mercer)
7. Executive Secretary Report  (Lakisha Lockhart)
8. Networking Coordinator Report (Mary Hess)

3. Special Initiative: Inclusive Excellence (Anne Walker)

1. Hiring of the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer

1. Dr. Christine Hong started July 1, 2022

4. 2023 Annual Meeting (Mary Hess, Jos de Kock, Karen Marie Yust, & Ronelle Sonnenberg)

1. Proposing a Program Theme (Mary Hess)
2. REA 2023 Theme and CFP 

MOTION: Kathy Winings moved to accept the 2023 Theme & CRP

Bert Roebben seconded the motion.

All in favor -

Motion passed at 4:48 pm.

3. Date: July 10-14, 2023
4. Location: University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
5. Proposal deadline:  1/30/23 (Papers 5/26/23)

5. Bylaw Updates: REA bylaws (Lakisha Lockhart)

        *Changes highlighted in yellow*

1. Article V. Terms of Office   Section 5 -Addition that the treasurer also chairs the Finance Committee
2. Article VI. Salaried Staff   Section 4 - Addition of DEI Officer as a salaried staff member
3. Article VII. Standing Committees   Section 2h -Addition of Finance Committee as Standing Committee  

Boyung suggested to vote for all three items together: to approve changes to Article V. Terms of Office Section 5 of REA bylaws; to approve changes to Article VI. Salaried Staff Section 4 of REA bylaws; to approve changes to Article VII. Standing Committees Section 2h of REA bylaws.

MOTION: Eileen Daily moved to approve all three items together. Paulette Issac-Savage seconded the motion.

All in favor –

Motion passed at 4:52 pm.

6. Upcoming: (Boyung Lee)

1. Networking Coordinator Position Opening up
2. Staff evaluation for current Networking Coordinator & Executive Secretary
3. Voting on next Vice President
4. Website Renewal Committee for upcoming Website redesign

7. Announcement of Elected Chairs and Members (Lakisha Lockhart)

Treasurer: Denise Janssen         

Proposal Committee, Chair: Mark Hearn 

Public Life & Global Community, Chair: Tamar Wasoian

Publications Committee, Chair: Hosffman Ospino

Advancement Committee, Chair: Anton (Tony) Vrame

Harper/Wornom Committee, Member (3 spots): Asyraf Isyraqi Bin Jamil, Elizabeth Nolan, Hubertus (Bert) Roebben

RE in Faith Committee, Member (2 spots): Dan Harper, Mark Maddix

RE in Academic Disciplines & Institutions Committee (2 spots): Joung Chul Lee, Karen-Marie Yust. Jinseop Kim, Imelda Lam will serve within the chair’s term.

Advancement Committee, Member (2 spots): Javier Viera, Mary Elizabeth Moore. Cynthia Cameron will serve within the chair’s term.

Public Life & Global Community Committee, Member: Theo van der Nest

8. Adjournment (Boyung Lee)

MOTION: Anne Walker moved to adjourn the 2022 REA Business Meeting. Hosffman Ospino second the motion.

All in favor -

Motion passed at 4:58 pm.

Respectfully submitted by

Heesung Hwang

Board Secretary

Appendix. Participant List

1. Anne Walker
2. Bert Roebben
3. Boyung Lee
4. Callid Keefe-Perry
5. Chris Miller
6. Christine Hong
7. Cindy Cameron
8. Dan Harper
9. Dave Csinos
10. Dean Blevins
11. Denise Janssen
12. Eileen Daily
13. Elizabeth Corrie
14. Elizabeth Nolan
15. Eunjin Jeon
16. Gabriel Ahiarakwem
17. Harold Horell
18. Heesung Hwang
19. Hosffman Ospino
20. Jack Seymour
21. Jeiffer Ayres
22. Jos de Kock
23. Joyce Mercer
24. Karen E. Mosby
25. Karen-Marie Yust
26. Kathy Winings
27. Lakisha Lockhart
28. Mai-Anh L. Tran
29. Mark Hearn
30. Mary Hess
31. Mary Love
32. Monique van Dijk-Groeneboer
33. Nathanael Blessington
34. Noel Shuell
35. Patricia Bonilla
36. Patrick Reyes
37. Paulette Issac-Savage
38. Russell Dalton
39. S. Addie Lorraine Walker
40. Tamar Wasoian
41. Virginia Lee
42. Wenh-In Ng