HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-19-04 TSHA Min MINUTES AND CERTIFICATION
On April 19, 2004, the Board of Directors (the `Board") of the Texas Student
Housing Authority convened in a public meeting at the designated meeting place in
Westlake, Texas. The roll of the duly constituted officers and members of the Board was
called, which are as follows:
Name Title
James P. Carter President
Worth Blake Vice President
Bill Branum Member
Jac Irvine Member
Becky Rogers Member
Jill McKean Member
Vacant Member
all of whom were present except Mr. Irvine and Mr. Branum. Also present were: Mr.
Scott Bradley, Mr. Hank Smyth, Mr. Allen Moon, Mr. Pete Ehrenberg, Ms. Becci
Rollins, and Ms. Ginger Crosswy.
President Carter called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m.
Discuss and take any appropriate action regarding signing on new scholarship
recipients. President Carter stated that as this was Mr. Branum's item it would be put on
the next agenda to allow him to present it to the Board.
There was no report from the Executive Director or the Finance Manager.
Review and take any necessary action regarding bills. There was a motion by
Ms. Rogers, seconded by Ms. McKean, to pay an invoice in the amount of$7,300.00
from Allen Moon. There was no discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Review applications and award new incremental scholarships. Mr. Smyth gave a
presentation to the Board outlining the procedure he followed in rating the almost 500
applications received. He told the Board that the exceptions on the renewal list that he
was asked to review at the last meeting had been renewed on a provisional scholarship.
He asked the Board to consider awarding a provisional scholarship, much like the
provisional renewals that were done at the last meeting, for the facilities that had
available space. There was a motion by Ms. Rogers, seconded by Mr. Blake,to accept
Mr.Smyth's recommendations in Austin, Denton and San Marcos. There was a short
discussion and the motion carried unanimously. There was a motion by Ms. McKean,
seconded by Ms. Rogers,to allow the proposed provisional scholarships when the
applicant meets two of the three established criteria. There was a short discussion
regarding evaluating the extra curricular activities and the honors and AP courses taken.
There was no further discussion and the motion carried unanimously. The Board spent
time looking at the applications for the facility in College Station. They determined to
follow Mr. Smyth's recommendations as far as The Most Qualified and The Most
Qualified with Financial Need but they wanted to evaluate the Most Qualified and the
Most Qualified with Financial Need that he was suggesting as alternates. At this point
President Carter had to leave and made a motion to allow approval of all scholarships that
are brought forward and approved by his proxy. He named Mr. Ehrenberg as his proxy
and moved that any scholarships that Mr. Ehrenberg objected to will be subject for review
at a later date. This motion was seconded by Mr. Blake and carried unanimously.
President Carter thanked Ms. Rollins,the Lead Counselor for Carroll Senior High School,
for coming and helping the Board with this process. At this point President Carter left
the meeting and Mr. Blake assumed the chair. The Board made several revisions to the
proposed alternate list and there was a motion by Ms. Rogers, seconded by Ms. McKean,
to accept Mr. Smyth's recommendations for scholarships to the College Station facility
with the revisions outlined by the Board. There was no fi;rther discussion and the
motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Blake thanked Mr. Smyth and Ms. Crosswy for the work they had done in
preparing the applications for the Boards review.
There being no further business there was a motion by Ms. Rogers, seconded by
Ms. McKean, to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously and the meeting was
adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
MINUTES APPROVED AND CERTIFIED TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT and
to correctly reflect the duly constituted officers and members of the Board, and is hereby
certified to be a correct copy of an official copy thereof, on file among the official records
of the Board, on this the 18«' day of May 2004.
ATTEST:
James P. Cart resident
Ginger osswy, Secretary