SpanishforHeritageLearners(SHL)SIGBusinessMeetingSaturday,November19,2016;2:00-3:00PMBostonConvention&ExhibitionCenter,Room261ACTFL2016-Boston,MAMeetingopenedbyCynthiaM.Ducar,Chair.WelcomeandIntroductions

• SHLSIGOfficers:o Chair:Dr.CynthiaDucar

§ BowlingGreenStateUniversity–BowlingGreen,OHo Vice-Chair:Dr.GregThompson

§ BrighamYoungUniversity–Provo,UTo Secretary:Dr.LauraValentín-Rivera

§ KansasStateUniversity–Manhattan,Kansaso Past-Chair:Dr.MichaelTallon

§ UniversityoftheIncarnateWord–SanAntonio,TX

Announcements• Mission• Membership

o Instructionsonhowtosignupo Updateregardingthecurrentnumberofmembers(800)o Benefitsofbeingamember.Accessto:theonlinecommunity,libraryand

announcements,scholarships,sessionsandwebinars.• Scholarshipannouncement

o Threedifferentcategorieswereawarded:§ Teacher/Practitioner(2):

• BlakelyHay(DillonElementary)• MichelleHuaman(WorcesterPublicSchools)

§ GraduateStudent:• GloriaPérezCejudo(BostonCollege)

• SIGNewso Newsletter;nationalupcomingconferences;Facebookpagedeletion;recent

webinars;SHLspecificresourceso Newofficers:

§ Chair:Dr.GregThompson• BrighamYoungUniversity–Provo,UT

§ ViceChair:MairaFlores• PrinceGeorge’sCountyPublicSchools

§ Secretary:Dr.MariaLuisaRuiz• SaintMary’sCollegeofCalifornia

§ PastChair:Dr.CynthiaDucar• BowlingGreenStateUniversity–BowlingGreen,OH

• ACTFL2017o MusicCityCenter;Nashville,TN;November17-19,2017;Deadlinefor

Proposals:January13,2017(11:59PMEST)

• Threeraffleprizesgiventothreeattendees

• PresentationofInvitedGuestSpeakero Dr.DiegoPascualyCabo–““EmbracingheritageSpanishanditsplaceinthe

USlanguageeducationsystem:WheretoNow?””o Q&A

Meetingadjourned.Numberinattendance:152

o Firstsession:23peopleo Secondsession:63peopleo Businessmeeting(andfinalsession):66people

MinutessubmittedbyLauraValentín-Rivera(SHLSIGSecretary):12/31/16