September 30, 2008

Dear NADE New Jersey members,

We had our revival meeting! Small in number, we resolved to move

forward with the renaissance of NJADE!!

At the outset of the meeting, our NJADE chapter was invited to conduct
a strand of presentations and even a business meeting during the New
Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning (NJALL) conference, which will
be held sometime between March and May of 2009. This would allow
members to attend a relevant conference and have an additional
opportunity to meet and discuss plans for a possible November 2009
NJADE conference. NJADE would need to submit an official letter to
NJALL, requesting time and space at their conference. This would need
to occur approximately by October 15.

After discussion, Dr. Patty-Graham informed us of the initial steps we

need to take in order to be recognized as a chapter of NADE.
Immediately, we have to identify five officers: a President, President-
Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer. These also
need to be NADE members. At this point, Jay Peterson offered to be
Secretary, I offered to be the Immediate Past President, and Ruth
Feigenbaum has offered to be Treasurer. We just need the
President and President-Elect. All officers will be interim officers
who will conduct the business of the chapter and make decisions until
elections. These names need to be sent to NADE fairly soon.

Jay has offered to create a distribution list and commit the current
NJADE Constitution and By-Laws to an electronic version. During the
first meeting, these documents will be reviewed and updated. They
will, then, be sent to NADE along with a Chapter Activity Report form,
so we will be officially re-established as a NADE chapter to conduct
business.

These meeting notes will serve as a request for your active

participation in NADE’s redevelopment, maintenance, and growth. We
need our New Jersey developmental educators for other NJADE
positions, such as committee chairs and members for Adjunct Faculty,
Archives, Awards, Constitution, Cultural Diversity, Elections,
International Access, Marketing, Newsletter, Professional Job
Opportunities, Political Liaison, Professional Development, Professional
Liaison and Research. I borrowed from committees established by
NADE; descriptions can be accessed through the NADE website. We
would modify the positions to our needs here in New Jersey.
The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 31, 2008 at Raritan
Valley Community College Campus, conference room West 220, in the
West Building, from 10:00 to noon. Coffee will be provided. There is a
request for someone to bring donuts or muffins.

The following link is for directions and also provides an RVCC campus
map:
http://www.raritanval.edu/rvcc/frameset/maps_directions.html

The agenda for the October 31st meeting includes reviewing and
updating the Constitution and By-Laws (they were drawn up initially in
1982), confirming interim officers and organizing NJADE members’
participation at the NJALL conference.

At a future NJADE meeting to be held prior (between November 1, 2008

and March, 2009) to participation at the NJALL conference, the
discussion will be around developing a budget, sorting out chapter
fiscal matters and developing a website.

Angela Moody Robinson

Meeting Attendees:
Hal Beder - Rutgers University
hbeder@rci.rutgers.edu

Marian Eberly - Raritan Valley Community College

meberly@raritanval.edu

Jay Peterson - Atlantic Cape Community College

jpeterso@atlantic.edu

Angela Moody Robinson - Rutgers University

sis@echo.rutgers.edu

Karen Patty-Graham - NADE President-Elect

kpattyg@siue.edu