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Schedule of Board of Directors Meetings    •    Executive Board and Board of Directors   •   Constitution    •   Strategic Plan of Action    •    Meeting Minutes     •    Past Presidents    •    MAME Logo 

Schedule of Board of Directors Meetings - Join Us!

The MAME Board of Directors meet four times annually. Attendees include all the positions listed below: executive board, committee chairs, special interest group chairs, and affiliates and liaisons. Region representatives are also welcome and encouraged to attend!

2013 Meeting Dates:
  • Sat., January 12th
  • Sat., May 4th
  • Sat., September 14th
  • Sat., December 7th
Times:
  • 8:30: Executive Board meeting
  • 9:30: Board of Directors meeting
  • 12:00: Lunch
  • 12:30: Conference Committee meeting

Location:
  • MAME Headquarters
    1407 Rensen St.
    Lansing, MI 48910


The Executive Board and Board of Directors

The Executive Board is made up of the elected positions as listed below. The Board of Directors is made of up the Executive Board, all Committee Chairs, all SIG chairs, and all Affiliates and Liaisons as listed below.

Executive Board

President: Tom Stream
15681 High Ridge Drive
Grand Haven, MI 49417    
616/842-3335
tom.stream@mimame.org 

Past President: Sue Lay
Derby Middle School 
1300 Derby Road
Birmingham, MI 48009
248/203-5052 
suel@mimame.org

President Elect: Kathy Lester
Parker Middle School Library 
Howell Public Schools
400 Wright Road
Howell, MI 48843
klester1@comcast.net

VP of Regions and SIGS: Gwenn Marchesano
Pioneer Middle School
46081 Ann Arbor Rd.
Plymouth, MI 48170
734/416-7561
gmarchesano@mimame.org

VP of Continuing Education: Julie Harris
Rochester High School
180 S. Livernois
Rochester Hills, MI 48307
248/726-5404 
jharris@mimame.org
jharris@rochester.k12.mi.us

Treasurer: Bruce Popejoy
booken02@gmail.com 

Secretary: Jeanna Walker
Portage Public Schools
1000 Idaho Street
Portage, MI 49024
269/323-5489  
jwalker@portageps.org


Affiliates and Liaisons

AASL Region III Liaisons
Sue Lay, suel@mimame.org 
Tom Stream,  tom.stream@mimame.org   

Author Liaison
Cyndi Phillip, cphillip_56@yahoo.com  

ISTE Liaison  (International Society for Technology in Education)
Marsha Lambert, mlambert@marshall.k12.mi.us  

Michigan Authors and Illustrators Database representative 
Karen Becknell,  bookwoman@mi.rr.com 

Committee Chairs

Awards and Citations Chair
Lisa Brakel, brakels@bex.net

Database Manager
Karen Becknell, mamedatab@gmail.com  

Editor, Media Matters newsletter
Shannon Clark, sclark@marshall.k12.mi.us  
Submissions: mediamatters.mame@gmail.com

Editor, Media Spectrum journal
Jean Wenner,  jwenner@wcskids.net

Government Relations
Cynthia Kleinheksel, cjkleinhe@yahoo.com

Historian
Dawn Humphreys

Intellectual Freedom Chair
Susan Gilmore, gilmore.susan@yahoo.com

Membership Chair
Lynn Gordon, lmgordon@clarkston.k12.mi.us  

Online Communications Chair
Julie Harris, jharris@rochester.k12.mi.us

Parliamentarian and Policy Chair
Christine Swanson, swansonc@wwcsd.net

Public Relations/Marketing Chair
Lori Veurink, veurinkl@monashores.net

Publications Chair
Lisa Brakel, brakels@bex.net

Summer Institute Chair
Kay Wejrowski, kwejrow@swanvalley.k12.mi.us

Special Interest Group Chairs

ELMS: Elementary
Michael French, IRead2U@hotmail.com

JHMS: Junior High/Middle School
Karen Becknell, bookwoman@mi.rr.com

HS: High School
Mary McCarthy, mary.mccarthy@pccsmail.net 

MAMS: Multi-Assignment Media Specialists
Sandra MacPherson, smacphe576@aol.com  

PPIC: Private, Parochial, Independent, & Charter
Lois Smits, lsmits@hollandchristian.org 

IB: International Baccalaureate
Klaudia Janek, kjanek@bloomfield.org

MADs: Media Admin
Leslie Aulie, leslie_aulie@yahoo.com

MAME4Ever: Retirees
Teri Belcher, teachonwheels@gmail.com 
Annette Haley, annettehaley@att.net  

  • Link to MAME Board Member account logins 

MAME Constitution

  • Download a copy of the MAME Constitution here.

Strategic Plan of Action

  • Download a copy of the MAME Strategic Plan of Action here.

Meeting Minutes

Quarterly Board of Directors Meetings:
  • Minutes from Jan. 12 , 2013
  • Minutes from Dec. 1, 2012
  • Minutes from Jan. 7, 2012
  • Minutes from May 5, 2012
  • Minutes from Sept. 15, 2012
Conference Committee Meetings:
  • Minutes from site visit on Mar. 23, 2013
  • Minutes from Dec. 1, 2012
  • Minutes from Mar. 17, 2012
  • Minutes from May 5, 2012
  • Minutes from Sept. 15, 2012

Past Presidents of MAME

  • List of Presidents, 1973-2013

MAME Logo

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