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MINUTESBOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY PLANNERSTeleconference Call on October 9, 2012

1. Call to OrderChair Judy Francis convened the regular meeting at 2:55 pm (Eastern Time).

2. Roll CallMembers present were Judy Francis, Charlie Compton, James Davenport, Tim Brown, KeithCubic, Megan Helms, Mike Kayes, Dennis Sandquist and Joe Scorcio. Mike Harper, RoyceManiko, Robert Hill were excused. A quorum was confirmed.

3. MinutesKayes moved to approve the minutes of the August 14, 2012 conference call meeting. Cubic

seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.

4. Finance ReportTreasurer Harper separately submitted the latest financial reports. Francis’ travel expenses toNACo conference was the only change from the previous report. Scorcio moved and Sandquistseconded to accept the financial report. Motion was approved unanimously.

5. NACo Board meeting in MemphisFrancis cannot attend and trying to determine if someone needs to attend from NACP. Sandquist isplanning to attend, but wants to be sure the time and budget are well spent. Davenport indicatedthat the new Executive Director’s presentation, the upcoming 2013 budget and “refocusing NACo”will be the biggest topics of the meeting. New management is addressing the financial realities ofthe organization. Membership is at about 2400 Counties. Attendance at the Annual Conference isdown, but membership is fairly stable. Compton indicated that the fall meeting is all about theBoard, so it does tend to be productive time.

6. Other BusinessHarper separately presented a memo, dated September 21 st regarding the process for bestowingemeritus status on former board members meeting specific criteria. Compton indicated that theexisting by-laws allow this to occur as a separate membership classification. After discussion,Scorcio moved to approve the procedures as presented. Brown seconded and the motion passedunanimously. Cubic nominated Angela Harper as the first NACP Emeritus Member. Seconded byCompton and unanimously approved. Francis will notify Angela of this honor.

Francis presented information regarding the Website. She reminded all that she needs resourcesand content. There were 246 page views in August. The Home Page has overtaken Jobs as themost visited page. Year-to-date information: 2400 visits, 1682 different page views, with the mostvisits from California.

Davenport provided a brief update on NACo projects. He has successfully received funding tocontinue the pipeline safety program. Davenport has some ideas for another NACo staff member

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to present some information on other programs, like the “fracking” tool kit development at our nextmeeting. He will coordinate with Francis.

The next newsletter deadline is December 15 th. Get information to Robert Hill before that date.The Nominating Committee report should be a timely topic. Davenport indicated that a NADO(Development Organizations) case study might be an interesting topic.

NACP brochure is mostly complete, and ready to be finalized. Sandquist and Davenport coulddistribute in Memphis.

8. Next Executive Committee Meeting Date and TimeIt was determined that the next teleconference meeting would be after the CPD meeting on beWednesday, December 12, 2012 at 2:00 pm (Eastern Time).

9. AdjournmentThe NACP meeting was adjourned at 3:31pm (Eastern Time).