The Executive Committee met in New Orleans, in conjunction with the conclusion of the American Economic Association meeting. Despite the recent resignation of Michelle Winston from NCEE, the correlation of the Standards with NCEE materials should be able to continue because Michelle had at least one other person in her technology department working on this correlation. Awards Committee Attention has been given as to how we can get more nominations for the various awards, including the Rookie of the Year award. Members of the network are encouraged to nominate people for the awards.
People can resubmit a nomination with an update.
A solicitation letter to Councils and Centers can be used to raise funds for additional NAEE activities. The letter should state clearly the proposed use of the contributions. We can sign members up for naee.net automatically. NCEE is going to try to put together a national organization for K-12 teachers. The Executive Committee discussed possible confusion of NCEE creating such an organization while NAEE is trying to recruit these same teachers into membership.