AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH

Motions Passed by the Executive Council and Delegate Assembly
2010 to present

AATF Executive Council Meeting
Philadelphia, PA, July 2-3, 2010

It was moved that:

  1. The agenda for the 2010 Executive Council Meeting be approved with the addition of Strategic Planning.

  2. The minutes from the 2009 Executive Council Meeting in San Jose be approved as amended.

  3. That the AATF Placement Bureau be discontinued.

  4.  That the AATF Société honoraire de français be returned to National Headquarters.

  5. That the proposed budget for FY2010 be approved as amended, including $23,000 for dues to the Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies, approximately $5000 for annual dues to the Fédération international des professeurs de français, $1500 for the Walter Jensen Scholarship for Study Abroad, approximately $60,000 for honoraria, $6500 for AATF Commissions to be distributed as funds are applied for, $5000 each for AATF Small Grants and National French Week Grants, $10,000 for National French Week, approximately $3200 from interest from the Endowment Fund to cover an additional scholarship to Quebec, $2500 from interest from the Endowment Fund for a one-time contribution to the Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies, $5000 from interest from the Endowment Fund for a Recruitment Campaign, and $2500 from interest from the Endowment Fund for the Leadership Program. 

  6. That Lisa Narug’s term as Director of the National French Contest be renewed for the term 2011-2013.

  7. That the AATF Membership Directory be discontinued beginning in 2011.

  8. That Christine Gaudry-Hudson (Susquehanna, PA Chapter) and Stephanie Schechner (Philadelphia Chapter) be candidates for Region III (Mid-Atlantic) Representative (2011-2013).

  9. That Patt Webb (Tennessee Chapter) and Fred Toner (Ohio Chapter) be candidates for Region V (Southeast) Representative (2011-2013).

  10. That Barbara Gilbert (North Texas Chapter) and Janet Smith (Houston Chapter) be candidates for Region VII (South Central) Representative (2011-2013)

  11. That Sister Mary Helen Kashuba (Philadelphia Chapter) and Madeline Turan (Nassau, NY Chapter) be candidates for AATF Vice-President (2011-2013).

  12. That Malika Mokeddem, author, Christopher Pinet, former Editor in Chief of the French Review, and J. David Edwards, Executive Director, Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies, be named Honorary Members of the AATF.

  13. That the AATF Executive Council meeting be adjourned.

Resolutions 2010

Be it resolved that the Executive Council and the entire AATF membership on the occasion of the 83rd annual meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 2-3, 2010 offer their gratitude and deep appreciation to the following individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the success of the meeting. The AATF

  • welcomes Abbe Guillet, Region II Representative, Catherine Daniélou, Region IV Representative, Ann Williams, Region IX Representative, Edward Ousselin, Editor in Chief of the French Review, and Michel Gueldry, Managing Editor of the French Review, to the Executive Council, and welcomes Steven Daniell, Vice-President, to a full term.
  • acknowledges with great appreciation the following sponsors who provided support for the convention: Service culturel de l’Ambassade de France aux USA, Beach Lloyd Publishers, the Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques, Outlook International, CERAN Lingua, Intercultural Student Experiences, Concordia Language Villages, and Webster University (MO).
  • offers its thanks to our keynote speakers, Brock Brady, Peace Corps and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, David Brennick, Canadian Parents for French and Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board (Canada), and J. David Edward, Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies.
  • expresses special thanks to members of the local committee: Sister Mary Helen Kashuba, Chair, Barbara Barnett, Alice Cataldi, Kathy Clark, Elaine Danford, Rita Davis, Dianne Goddard, Monique Laird, Susan Ledieu, Rochelle Ostroff-Weinberg, Loreta Perthes, Joanne Silver, Emily Wager, and Susan Zeager.
  • thanks to our guest speakers: Felino Martínez Alvarez, Alliance française de la Havane, Association des Linguistes de Cuba, AATF Honorary Member, and Manfred Overmann, Université des Sciences éducatives de Ludwigsburg (Allemagne).
  • expresses thanks to Mary Kathleen Madigan for organizing the 2010 Book Club.
  • expresses thanks to Marie-Simone Pavlovich for organizing the Dictée.
  • thanks the Centre de lm Francophone des Amériques for organizing a special session and offers special thanks to the presenters who participated in the round table discussion: Michel Robitaille, Président-Directeur-Général du Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques, and AATF Honorary Member, Myriam El Yamani, auteure et presidente, Maison international du conte de Montréal, and Janine Tougas, auteure du Manitoba;
  • commends Christopher Pinet, Editor in Chief, and Wynne Wong, Managing Editor, for the special May 2009 issue of the French Review on Algeria/France, and congratulates them as Wynne completes her term as Managing Editor, and as Chris completes four terms as Editor in Chief.

  • offers its sincere gratitude to our Commission Chairs: Robert Peckham, Suzanne Hendrickson, Janel Lafond-Paquin, Denise McCracken, Brenda Benzin, Patricia Cummins, Joyce Beckwith, Dolliann Hurtig, Eileen Angelini, Lora Lomicka Anderson, Marie-Christine Koop, Harriet Saxon, Rebecca Fox, and Susan Colville-Hall.

  • extends its congratulations to this year’s winners of the AATF Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award Joyce Strojny (DE), Polly Adkins (SC), and Janine Spencer (IL).

  • extends its congratulations to this year’s Outstanding National French Contest Administrators, Valerie White (Georgia - Large Chapter) and Joseph Theroux (Rhode Island - Small Chapter).

  • congratulates Megan Iranpour (KY) winner of the 2010 AATF-ISE Language Matters Award.

  • congratulates the AATF/Concordia Language Villages/French Embassy Administrator of the Year 2010 winner John Durkee (NY), nominated by Jessica Cuello, and student winner Heather Heinekamp.

  • congratulates 2010 AATF Outstanding Chapter Officer, Mary Vogl (CO-WY) and thanks CERAN Lingua for sponsoring this award.

  • thanks the Alliance française and Rotary International for sponsoring grand prizes for winners of the 2010 Grand Concours.

  • expresses its pride in offering honorary membership to Malika Mokkedem, author, Christopher Pinet, former Editor in Chief of the French Review, and J. David Edwards, Executive Director, Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies.

  • salutes and thanks Marie-Christine Koop for her leadership and dedication as President-Elect, President, and Past-President, as her term ends on December 31, 2010.

  • salutes and thanks Madeline Turan, Region I Representative who completed her term on December 31, 2009.

  • salutes and thanks Alice Cataldi, Region III Representative, for her dedication and service during her two terms on the Executive Council which will end December 31, 2010.

  • salutes and thanks Randa Duvick, Region VI Representative, for her dedication and service during her two terms on the Executive Council which will end December 31, 2010.

  • salutes and thanks Jacqueline Thomas, Region VII Representative, for her dedication and service during her two terms on the Executive Council which will end December 31, 2010.

  • extends its appreciation to Ann Sunderland for her leadership and organization of the outstanding program at this conference.

  • thanks Darla Phoenix and Amy Hanson for their dedication and support in the organization of this meeting.

Created: January 3, 2011
Last update: April 17, 2011