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MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH COUNCIL
MEOC Business Meeting Minutes Monday, November 14, 2022, 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST Conducted via Zoom Participants: Katie Aslan (University of Texas at Austin; President/Membership Chair), Will Daniel (Littleton High School (CO); President-Elect), Craig Cangemi (QFI; Past-President), Greg Hill (John D. Horn High School (TX); Board Member), Sandra Makielski (Davisville Middle School (RI); Board Member), Christopher Rose (Professional Adjunct Lecturer; Treasurer), Joe Stanik (Anne Arundel Community College (MD); Secretary), Susan Douglass (Georgetown University), Krishna Kulkarni (University of Chicago), Abby Limmer (University of Arizona), Gabriel Valdez (Fort Worth Independent School District), Trisha Van Wagner (Digital Harbor High School (MD)). Welcome: President Craig Cangemi brought the meeting to order at 8:10 PM and welcomed all attendees. Approval of 2021 Business Meeting Minutes: Prior to the meeting, Secretary Joe Stanik distributed to the MEOC membership, via email, the minutes of the previous business meeting, which was held November 17, 2021, via Zoom. A motion to approve the 2021 business meeting minutes was introduced, the motion was seconded, and the minutes were approved. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Chris Rose presented the 2022 MEOC financial statement, dated November 7, 2022: Checking Account: Opening balance (11/5/2021): $5,078.99 Income: Qatar Foundation International Grant: $100,000 Membership renewals: $2,190.15 Amazon Associates income: $37.94 Total income: $102,228.00 Expenses: QFI-MEOC workshop expenses: $47,117.10 Google Suite: $791.25 Website fees/renewal: $149.60 Book Awards marketing/shipping: $1,509.53 Corporation renewal fee: $10.00 Total expenditures: $49,703.50 Closing Balance (11/7/2022): $54.551.31 Savings Account: Opening balance: (11/5/2021) $48.621.07 Interest paid: $5.28 Tax withholding: -$1.22 Closing balance (11/7/2022): $48,624.83 Total Assets (11/7/2022): $103,176.14 A motion to approve the treasurer’s report was introduced, the motion was seconded, and the report was approved. 2022 Election Results and Installation of Katie Aslan as President: Craig announced that Will Daniel was elected president-elect and Sandra Makielski was elected to a seat on the Board of Directors. Congratulations, Will and Sandra! Craig passed the gavel to Katie Aslan, who assumed the presidency of MEOC. Thank you, Craig, for guiding MEOC over the past four years, a term made very challenging by the COVID pandemic! Special Election to Board of Directors: The MEOC by-laws require that the Board be comprised of at least five voting members and there be a minimum of three voting members elected from the ranks of outreach professionals. To fulfill the requirement of three outreach-professional members, Rima Hassouneh (Council for International Education Exchange) agreed to serve a second term on the Board, subject to the approval of the MEOC membership. A motion was introduced proposing Rima as a member of the Board, to serve until 2024. The motion was seconded, and the MEOC members present unanimously elected Rima to a second two-year term. Congratulations, Rima! Membership: Katie reported that MEOC currently has 13 institutional members, 33 educator/outreach professional members, and 372 access members. The Global Reads Webinar Series: Katie announced that one of the 2022 MEOC Book Award Winners will be featured at the June 2023 webinar. Book Awards: Katie announced the winners and honorable mentions of the 2022 MEOC Book Awards and shared video messages from the three winning authors. Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions and to the members of the selection committees and Katie, Craig, and Chris for their outstanding work on this year’s book awards! PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY: Committee: Angela Williams (Chair), Larry Michalak, Suriati Abas, Lori Stubben, Abby Limmer, Erin Sears Award Winner: Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul, by Lini AlHathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery; illustrated by Rebecca Green (mineditionUS, 2022) Honorable Mentions: A Sky-Blue Bench, by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Peggy Collins (Pajama Press, 2021) Nour's Secret Library, by Wafa' Tarnowska; illustrated by Vali Mintzi (Barefoot Books, 2022) YOUTH LITERATURE CATEGORY: Committee: Emily Bollinger (Chair), Dilara Hafiz, Krishna Kulkarni, Gretchen Stulock, Lucy Thiboutot Award Winners: Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix, by Aminah Mae Safi (Feiwel & Friends, 2022) Honorable Mention: Tunnels, by Rutu Modan, translated by Ishai Mishory (Drawn and Quarterly, 2021) YOUTH NON-FICTION CATEGORY, Awarded in Memory of Lisa Adeli: Committee: Brielle Carlson (Chair), Brock Beaver, Alice Davidson, Zeena Faulk, Marina Huyler, Victoria Longoria Winner: A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism, edited by Esther Farmer, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Sarah Sills (Monthly Review Press, 2021) New Business:
Outreach Professional Updates – 2022 Success Stories: Attendees of the meeting shared exciting accomplishments from the past year. Katie adjourned the meeting at 9:00 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Joseph T. Stanik MEOC Secretary MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH COUNCIL
MEOC Business Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST Conducted via Zoom Participants: Craig Cangemi (QFI; President), Christopher Rose (Professional Adjunct Lecturer; Past-President/Treasurer), Katie Aslan (University of Texas at Austin; President-Elect/Membership Chair), Will Daniel (Littleton High School (CO); Board Member), Rima Hassouneh (University of Michigan; Board Member), Greg Hill (John D. Horn High School (TX); Board Member), Jacqueline Vidal (Garza Independence High School (TX); Board Member), Joe Stanik (Anne Arundel Community College (MD)); Secretary), Jean Campbell (Portland State University-Retired; MEOC Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree), Larry Michalak (U.C. Berkeley-Retired; MEOC Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree), Suriati Abas (SUNY Oneonta), Zack Crandall (Buffalo Grove High School (IL)), Corinne Hughes (Portland State University), Julie Wakefield (McQueen High School (NV)). Welcome: President Craig Cangemi brought the meeting to order at 8:06 PM. and welcomed all attendees. He noted that the past two years have been difficult for those involved in Middle East outreach. MESA did not meet in person in 2020 and 2021, which meant that MEOC did not hold in-person meetings and a teacher workshop in conjunction with MESA. Furthermore, MEOC did not participate in NCSS in 2020 and 2021. We hope for in-person meetings in 2022, including an in-person book awards ceremony. Approval of 2019 Business Meeting Minutes: Prior to the meeting, Secretary Joe Stanik distributed to the members of MEOC via email the minutes from the previous business meeting, which was held November 15, 2019, in New Orleans, NO. A motion to approve the 2019 business meeting minutes was introduced, the motion was seconded, and the minutes were approved. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Chris Rose shared the 2021 MEOC financial statement, dated November 17, 2021: Assets:
2021 Election Results: Craig announced that Greg Hill was unanimously elected to a second term on the Board of Directors. Joe added that, for the 2022 election, three seats on the Board will be in play. Will Daniel and Rima Hassouneh are eligible to run for a second term, while the seat now held by Jacqueline Vidal, who is serving her second term, will become open. President-Elect Katie Aslan will move up to President in 2022. Membership: Membership Chair Katie Aslan reported that MEOC currently has 372 access members, 9 institutional members, and 15 educator/outreach professional members. Book Awards: Over the course of the past year, an ad hoc committee comprised of Craig, Chris, and Katie supervised the Book Awards process. Chris reported that the 2021 award winners will be announced via a live-stream program on Face Book and YouTube. The date of the awards ceremony has not been announced. The committee praised Susan Douglass and Emma Harver for their recent outstanding service as Book Awards Co-Chairs. Their standardization of the book award infrastructure and streamlining of the review process was highlighted. New Business:
Outreach Professional Updates – 2021 Success Stories: Attendees of the meeting shared exciting accomplishments from the past year. Craig adjourned the meeting at 8:48 P.M. Respectfully Submitted, Joseph T. Stanik MEOC Secretary MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH COUNCIL
MEOC Business Meeting Minutes Friday, November 15, 2019, 4:00 - 5:00 PM CST Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Participants: Craig Cangemi (QFI; President), Christopher Rose (University of Texas at Austin; Past-President/Treasurer), Katie Aslan (University of Texas at Austin; President-Elect/Membership Chair), Betsey Coleman (Colorado Academy-Retired; Board Member/Conferences Co-Chair), Susan Douglass (Georgetown University; Board Member/Book Awards Committee Co-Chair), Emma Harver (Duke University-University of North Carolina Consortium; Board Member/Book Awards Committee Co-Chair), Jacqueline Vidal (Garza Independence High School; Board Member), Pren “Dunn” Woods (Alston Middle School; Board Member), Lisa Adeli (University of Arizona), Mai Ayyad (Fulbright Commission Egypt), Jean Campbell (Portland State University-Retired), Richard Doughty (Aramco World), Jonathan Friedlander (UCLA), Harrison Guthorn (SQCC), Asser Hany (Fulbright Commission Egypt), Fidele Harfouche (NYU), Rima Hassouneh (University of Michigan), Fatma Ismail (ARCE), Krishna Kulkarni (University of Chicago), Jennifer Mathlouthi (Aramco World), Melinda McClimans (Ohio State University), Larry Michalak (U.C. Berkeley), Maggie Nassif (Fulbright Commission Egypt), Barbara Petzen (Middle East Connections & CSIS; Conferences Co-Chair), James Ryan (NYU), Cristin Siebert (Yale University), Madison Sindorf (NaTakallam), Jeremie Smith (Ohio State University). Welcome: President Craig Cangemi brought the meeting to order at 4:07 PM. and welcomed all attendees. Approval of 2019 Business Meeting Minutes: Copies of the minutes from the business meeting, held November 16, 2018, in San Antonio, TX, were distributed. Chris Rose made a motion to approve the 2018 minutes, the motion was seconded by Barbara Petzen, and the minutes were approved. Secretary Joe Stanik was not able to attend this meeting; Emma Harver took minutes for the business meeting in his absence. Treasurer’s Report: Chris Rose, Treasurer, passed out copies of the treasurer’s report. Chris reported that as of November 14, 2019, MEOC has $9,482.06 in checking and $48,419.90 in savings for a total amount of $57,901.96. This year, Saudi Aramco offered a donation of $10,000. Primary expenses of MEOC are associated with three major conferences; the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE). Chris is keeping an eye on interest rates to see if it would be advantageous to move funds from MEOC’s savings account to an account with a higher interest rate. Jean Campbell made a motion to approve the 2019 treasure’s report, Lisa Adeli seconded the motion, and the report was approved. 2019 Election Results: Craig announced that there were two positions in this year’s election; one for president-elect and one board member position. Katie Aslan, Director of Outreach and Public Programs at the University of Texas at Austin, was elected as president-elect, and Gregory Hill, a High School Geography Educator from Mesquite, Texas, was elected to the board. Next year, there will be several positions open on the board; members were invited to begin thinking about nominations for the elections. Membership: Membership chair, Katie Aslan, announced that we currently have 16 institutional members (soon to be 17), 49 individual paid members, and around 700 access members. Katie shared that while these numbers have not changed much since 2018, the number of institutional members has increased. For questions about becoming a member, please contact Katie Aslan, [email protected]. MEOC Outreach Professionals Workshop: From 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2019, in the Estherwood Room (4th floor), Barbara Petzen and Chris Rose will be leading an Outreach Professionals Workshop. The program will include a conversation about experiential programming rather than content delivery along. The workshop will also allow for networking among outreach professionals. 2019 Conferences: Barbara Petzen, Conferences Chair, shared that MEOC will participate in two upcoming national conferences. First, MEOC will staff a booth at NCSS, November 22-24, 2019, in Austin, TX, where MEOC usually interacts with about 500 educators. This year, the NCSS conference is a collaboration of NCSS, the Texas Council for the Social Studies, and the National Council for Geographic Education. Barbara invited those interested in working a shift at the booth and conversing with teachers interested in the Middle East to contact her ([email protected]). Barbara Petzen and Chris Rose will hold MEOC’s pre-conference clinic--“Culinary Cultures of the Middle East”--in a teaching kitchen in Austin. This will be a full-day workshop using food to learn about the Middle East and its connections to other regions. Lisa Adeli created a list of Middle East-related conference sessions at NCSS for distribution. Second, MEOC will have a presence at NCTE, November 21-24, 2019, in Baltimore, MD, where MEOC usually interacts with about 800 teachers. MEOC is participating in a shared booth with five other global book award organizations. Collaboration magnifies the presence of the global book awards. The awarding organizations are also partnering together to host a panel at NCTE--“Sparking Curiosity about the World through Global Children’s and Young Adult Literature”--scheduled for Thursday, November 21, 2019, 11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. Book Awards co-chair Susan Douglass will be the MEOC representative on the panel. Most of the awards are also hosting author signings at the global book awards booth. MEOC has arranged to have Karen Leggett Abouraya do a signing of her books Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words (2014) and Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books (2012). 2019 MEOC Book Awards: Book awards co-chair, Susan Douglass, gave a preliminary announcement about the 2019 book award winners. The formal announcement will be made next week at NCSS and NCTE, so participants were asked to keep mum about the award winners. The 2019 book award sub-committees were chaired by Barbara Petzen (literature), Angela Williams (picture books), and Roberta Robinson (non-fiction). The winners of the 2019 book award are as follows: Youth Literature: Winner: Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram Winner: Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh Honorable Mention: The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas Non-Fiction: Winner: The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown Honorable Mention: Ibn Battuta: The Journey of a Medieval Muslim by Edoardo Albert Picture Book: Winner: A Drop of the Sea by Ingrid Chabbert; Illustrated by Guridi Winner: Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin retold by Sean Taylor & the Khayaal Theatre; Illustrated by Shirin Adl Honorable Mention: Tomorrow by Nadine Kaadan Honorable Mention: My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin; Illustrated by Lindsey Yankey Following the book awards announcement, there was robust discussion of how to increase visibility of the awards. In recent years, MEOC has partnered with the other global book award organization on a Global Reads webinar series featuring authors of the award-winning books. Teachers affiliated with MEOC spread the news of the awards. An idea was proposed to survey teachers a few years after each awards announcement to see how they are using the books in their classrooms and gathering classroom resource materials. Another suggestion for spreading news of the awards was to submit reviews to journals on children’s literature. QFI has a book grant program and invites teachers to apply for classroom sets of award-winning books. To date, QFI has given out about 2,500 books to teachers across the country. In return, teachers write about how they have used the books in the classroom. There was a suggestion to engage Schools of Education with the awards to encourage pre-service teachers to integrate award-winning books into the curriculum. Aramco World will be writing reviews on some of the winning books in their publication. MEOC will work on generating a list of organizations and contacts with whom to share the book awards. New Business: Craig shared that a new goal for MEOC is increasing its visibility, presence, and growing membership, as more paid members increase income and allows the organization to put on more programming and work. In the coming year, the MEOC board will be thinking about how to increase membership as well as financial contributions from other sources. MEOC will also be going through a re-branding process in the coming year and will be working with a Los Angeles-based designer to design a new logo and brand identity. MEOC will also purchase a more robust conference set-up at national conferences to stand out among the hundreds of exhibitors. Craig welcomed ideas about ways we that the organization can grow and connect with more educators. Outreach Professional Updates – 2019 Success Stories: Attendees of the meeting shared exciting accomplishments from the past year. Craig adjourned the meeting at 5:04 P.M. Minutes recorded by: Emma Harver, MEOC Board Member and Book Awards Co-Chair. Respectfully Submitted, Joseph T. Stanik MEOC Secretary MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH COUNCIL
MEOC Business Meeting Minutes Friday, November 16, 2018, 4:00-5:30 PM CST Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Participants: Craig Cangemi (QFI; President), Christopher Rose (University of Texas at Austin; Past-President), Katie Aslan (University of Texas at Austin; Board Member), Betsey Coleman (Colorado Academy-Retired; Board Member), Susan Douglass (Georgetown University; Board Member/Book Awards Committee Co-Chair), Emma Harver (Duke University-University of North Carolina Consortium; Board Member/Book Awards Committee Co-Chair), Joe Stanik (Anne Arundel Community College; Secretary), Lisa Adeli (University of Arizona), Jean Campbell (Portland State University-Retired), Julia Chovcair-Vizoso (U.C. Berkeley), Robert Hardmond (Brooklyn Tech High School), Rima Hassouneh (University of Michigan), Corinne Hughes (Portland State University), Larry Michalak (U.C. Berkeley), Maggie Nassif (Fulbright Commission Egypt), Barbara Petzen (Middle East Connections & CSIS), Jessica Hill Riggs (University of Michigan), James Ryan (NYU), Cristin Siebert (Yale University), Renee Spellman (University of Arizona), Hannah Weitzer (NaTakallam), and Zack al-Witri (Stanford University-Abbasi Program). Welcome: President Chris Rose brought the meeting to order at 4:04 and welcomed all attendees. Minutes of 2017 Business Meeting: Secretary Joe Stanik distributed copies of the minutes from the business meeting, held November 19, 2017, in Washington, DC. The attendees reviewed the minutes. There was a motion to approve the minutes, the motion was seconded, and the minutes were approved. Treasurer’s Report: Chris reported that, as of November 11, 2018, MEOC has $8,156.90 in checking and $48,390.80 in savings for a total amount of $56,547.70. There was a motion to approve the treasurer’s report, the motion was seconded, and the report was approved. Election Results: Past President Barbara Petzen, chair of the nominations and election committee, thanked Chris and Greta Scharnweber for their service as president and president-elect, respectively, and Michael Freydin, Bram Hubbell, and Angela Williams for their service on the Board. She announced that Craig Cangemi was elected president; Susan Douglass and Emma Harver were re-elected to the Board; and Betsey Coleman, Jacqueline Vidal, Julie Wakefield, and Pren “Dunn” Woods were elected to two-year terms on the Board. MEOC Lifetime Achievement Award: Chris presented Barbara with the MEOC Lifetime Achievement Award for her many years of outstanding service to MEOC and the field of Middle Eastern studies. Instillation of new President: Chris transferred to Craig the office of MEOC president. Membership: Craig reported that MEOC currently has 10 institutional members, 64 paid members, and more than 700 access members. He pointed out that institutions pay $150 in annual dues and that the benefits of institutional membership are a page on the MEOC website, where they can describe their center’s activities and embed a link to their official websites; co-sponsor status at NCSS and NCTE; and two votes in MEOC elections. Travel Awards: On behalf of Angela Williams, travel awards committee chair, Chris announced the following awards: Corinne Hughes (Portland State University), Renee Spellman (University of Arizona), and Trisha Van Wagner (Baltimore City Public Schools). Teachers’ Workshop: Katie Aslan announced that the 2018 MEOC Teachers’ Workshop will take place Sat., Nov. 17, 9 AM-3 PM, at the Mission Branch of the San Antonio Public Library. The topic is “Global Connections Through the Five Senses.” Beforehand, attendees can participate in a guided tour of historic Mission San José. An authentic lunch will be provided. At 4:30 PM, the 2018 MEOC Book Award winners will be announced. Twenty-three people have signed up for the workshop. Conferences:
Global Read Webinar: Emma Harver, book awards committee co-chair, highlighted the Global Read Webinar Series, sponsored by the World Area Book Awards. Every month, the organization will sponsor a 60-minute webinar on an award-winning book and facilitate a discussion with the author on how teachers can incorporate the book into their classrooms. The books are appropriate for students in grades 7-12. MEOC Book Awards:
New Business:
Outreach Activities Reports: Attendees reported on their interesting and diverse outreach activities. Craig adjourned the meeting at 5:36 PM. Respectfully submitted, Joseph T. Stanik MEOC Secretary |
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