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MINUTESBOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY PLANNERSTeleconference Call on August 14, 2012

1. Call to OrderChair Judy Francis convened the regular meeting at 3:14 pm (Eastern Time).

2. Roll CallMembers present were Judy Francis, Charlie Compton, James Davenport, Robert Hill, Tim Brown,Keith Cubic, Royce Maniko, Mike Harper, Mike Kayes, Dennis Sandquist and Joe Scorcio. Aquorum was confirmed.

3. MinutesHill moved to approve the minutes of the June 13, 2012 conference call meeting. Brown seconded

and the motion was unanimously approved.

4. Finance ReportTreasurer Harper presented the latest financial reports. The first report closed out FY 2011/012.Scorcio moved and Maniko seconded to accept the final financial report. Motion was approvedunanimously. The second report is the initial report for FY 2012/2013 with a beginning yearbalance above $2000. The draft report does not include expenses paid to cover Francis NACoConference expenses nor a few new memberships that have been received. He reported on hisrecent mailings to overdue and lapsed members. He is hoping to get an uptick in renewals as aresult. Scorcio moved and Cubic seconded to accept the July draft financial report. Motion wasapproved unanimously.

5. NACo Annual Conference Wrap UpDavenport provided an update on the NACo Annual Conference in Pittsburgh. Overall attendancewas down as is the trend with all conferences. Changes may be occurring in the future. Sandquistprovided information on the Agenda 21 initiatives. He is serving on both the EELU and the GreenGovernment committees, and attended the NACo Board meeting. The anti-Agenda 21 group istaking every effort to remove all references to comprehensive planning, land use policies andsustainability issues in the NACo platform. The changes were not approved as many of thecommittees fought these changes. Sandquist proposed that we ask EELU for an opportunity forNACP to facilitate a presentation (by knowledgeable elected officials) about the effects andbenefits of planning at an upcoming meeting. The board supported his efforts.

Francis, Sandquist, Davenport, Hill and Scorcio attended the NACo Conference. NACP wasinvolved in two sessions, and the members gathered for dinner and discussion on Saturdayevening. Two board officers from NACE were also in attendance.

5. Other BusinessHarper presented a draft proposal to create a process for bestowing emeritus status on formerboard members meeting specific criteria. After discussion, the criteria will be modified to includean expressed willingness to continue to participate in some manner. Harper will redraft and submitfor adoption at the next meeting. Compton and Harper will look at whether by-laws need to be

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amended to implement the proposal. Discussion indicated that Angela Harper should beconsidered as our first emeritus member.

Francis presented information regarding the Website. She still needs resources and content.There were 131 discrete visitors in July, viewing over 300 pages. The Home Page and Resource

pages were the most visited pages.

Davenport provided an update on NACo projects. In his role as program director with NACo, hehas access and contacts to all the projects. NACo is working on a joint project and webinar withNADO and HUD on sustainability issues and effective messaging. Currently they are working on afollow-up fact sheet to the webinar. He reviewed the upcoming fall/winter webinar schedule.

8. Next Executive Committee Meeting Date and TimeIt was determined that the next teleconference meeting would be after the CPD meeting on beTuesday, October 9, 2012 at 2:00 pm (Eastern Time).

9. AdjournmentThe NACP meeting was adjourned at 3:51 pm (Eastern Time).