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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

September 14, 2015

6:00 PM PANERA BREAD CO

Called to Order: 6:19pm

Attendance: Kathy Dewitt, Tony Colter, Pete Shaw, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

Guest: Sarah Chisholm

The August 3, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the August 3, 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Wendy Neal. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report from August 2015 was read. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Reports was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Kathy DeWitt. The Board unanimously approved the August 2015 Treasurer’s Reports.

• SLAGA Brochures – Pete Shaw said he is almost finished with the brochure.
• Road Trip –
  • Bling Power Run – no report or date chosen.
  • Jack Daniels – No date chosen.
  • Peoria – on hold until spring.
  • Decatur – Four attended: Quailman 2, Excagirl, and 2_cats. They found over 200 caches in 2 days.
• Newsletter – The newsletter will be sent out on Sept 28, 2015.

The following articles are due to the secretary by Sept 21^st:

• Fall Picnic - Pete
• Elected Officers – Kathy
• Travel bug race results – Dave
• Halloween & Cemetery Hop – Laura
• Christmas Party, (December 12, 2015 at Shamrocks in St. Peters. The time will be from 4pm – 7pm. There will be a toy & food drive again this year) – Pete
• Events
  • CIGA SLAGA Picnic –SLAGA brought home cup with a tie-breaker in the ammo can toss game. Only a few SLAGA members attended.
  • Fall Picnic – Cuivre River State Park – Pete needs people to hide caches.
  • The Halloween Bash III – Mike Maryan will pick up any supplies from the Fall Picnic.
  • Grave Yard Hop – the SLAGA board approved $100 for prizes.
  • Blast Mob – September 19th – meet-n-greet at Bread Co in Eureka. Then the group will carpool to Pryomania in Eureka.
  • Christmas Party, Dec 12, 2015 at Shamrocks in St. Peters. Time is from 4pm – 7pm. There will be the annual toy & food drive. Pete Shaw will host the event and create the event page.
• 2016 Events
  • New Year’s Day Breakfast – looking for restaurant. Denny’s was suggested.
  • New Year’s Day Hike – no new information.
  • Winter Pot Luck – Jan 30, 2016 – held at Jefferson Barracks: The Pavilion. The address is 305 Gregg Road. We have the Pavilion reserved from 9am – 4pm. Michael Rogers has agreed to be the host.
  • Spring Picnic – No new information.
  • Summer Picnic – No new information.
  • Fall Picnic – No new information.
  • CIGA SLAGA Picnic – No new information.
  • Halloween – Mad Chef – No new information.
  • Christmas Party – No new information.
• Classes
  • Wherigo – no update.
  • Publishing – Postponing until spring. Fall calendar is getting full.
  • GSAK 101 & 201 – waiting on Jason to complete GSAK 201 before scheduling a class.
  • Puzzle Class – Postponing until spring.
  • Geocaching 101 – this weekend – St. Charles – Pete will give it
• Elections - Same board members have been elected – it was a close election for Secretary.
• 12 Days of Cachemas – Pete Shaw will distribute information and publication date to volunteers placing the caches.
• SLAGA Coin – Tony Colter doesn’t have full design yet. He is hoping the coin will be ready for the Winter Pot luck.
• Milestones – Pete will buy chair for 10,000 milestone award. Kathy will order coins & pins. Twenty-two members will receive milestone awards at the Fall picnic.
  • Two members are getting close to their 25,000 milestone. Decisions and awards will be made at the next meeting.

New Business

• O’Fallon Parks and Rec are placing caches their own caches. Pete Shaw will contact them on behalf of SLAGA.
• Geocoin Fest 2016 –St. Louis will host the 2016 Geocoin Fest at the City Museum on October 15, 2016. Sarah Chisholm will be the host and contact person.
  • Mega Event (500-700 people)
  • SLAGA Sponsor – Pete Shaw motion we sponsor with $1000 cash and loan of $500 as startup money. Tony Colter second the motion. The Board unanimously approved.
  • Sarah Chisholm has asked for this not to be made public until after the announcement on October 4^th.
  • Wendy Neal and Laura Million will be in charge of SLAGA table.
    • Additional SLAGA coins – special colors for coin fest will be available for purchase.
• Pete Shaw recommended that SLAGA nominate one person a year for a lifetime membership or other recognition for members that go above and beyond for SLAGA. More will be discussion at a future meeting.

Adjourned: 8:03pm

Monday October 5, 6pm Panera

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

August 3, 2015

6:00 PM PANERA BREAD CO

Called to order: 6pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

The July 13, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the July 13, 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report from July 2015 was read. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Reports was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the July 2015 Treasurer’s Reports.

Old Business

• Brochures – Pete Shaw brought rough draft of the SLAGA Brochure with him. He will have a draft for the board to look at and approve at the next meeting.
• SLAGA Road Trips
  • Bling power run – Martha Koeller will lead the Road Trip with the help of someone in North Carolina. No date or details have yet been announced.
  • Jack Daniels - Kathy DeWitt will lead the Road Trip to Kentucky with a tentative date in November.
  • Peoria – is on hold until probably Spring. No one has stepped forward to organize this trip and the fall calendar is booked for most people.
  • Float trip - Sept 19 Float Trip will be organized by Ozark Sweetheart.
  • Decatur - Road Trip to Decatur is Aug 21-23 and lead by Laura Million. Major Boothroyd has scheduled a Breakfast event. The hotel we will be staying at is the Welcome Hotel and Suites, north of Decatur. Laura will send out another email blast at the end of the week.
• Newsletter/email-blast
  • SIGA / SLAGA Picnic on 9/12 – Pete will write this up
  • Float Trip – Tony will write this up
  • Voting send out on 8/21 (voting ends 8/31) – Tony will write this up
  • Fall picnic & Milestone send out on 8/6 & 9/10 – Laura will write this up
• Upcoming events
  • CITO/SLAGA Lunch – held on August 1
    The Lunch had bout 130 in attendance. Very good turn out for the CITO event. People enjoyed canoeing while picking up trash. Board agreed that we should hold another one that includes canoes.
  • Fall picnic – October 10 – Cuivre River State Park
    Pete is waiting on coordinates for pavilion to create the cache page.
  • Halloween event / Cemetery Hop – October 24
    TheMadChef is ready to go with his portion of the day. John Elfrank asked SLAGA for prize donations for Cemetery Hop winners. Pete Shaw motioned to donate $100 for John Elfrank to divide among the winners. Tony Colter second the motion. All approved unanimously.
  • Christmas Party
    Pete Shaw will contact RockSusan for her contacts at Shamrock’s in St. Peters. Date is to be determined but it was discussed the time be in the afternoon rather than the evenings. Last year, the Christmas part was held from 4-7pm and members likeit. Kirkwood Station Resturant will be a backup location if Shamrock’s doesn’t work out.
  • New Year’s Day Hike – Robertsville State Park – Janurary 1, 2016.
    The Pavilion has been reserved and paid for.
  • Winter Pot Luck
    Date, time, and location to be determined.
• Classes
  • Wherigo classes – on hold
  • Publishing Caches – Tony Colier has not set a date yet.
  • GSAK 101 and 201 – Waiting on Jason Collier (C3GPS) to finish the GSAK 201 class.
  • Puzzle Class – Laura Million (2_cats) will plan this class for new geocachers. The puzzles will include simple solutions but not give away any actual cache coordinates.
• Elections
  The ballots are out. Steve Bromley will count votes after the voting deadline of August 31^st. The new board will be announced at the Fall picnic.
• 12 days of Cachemas
  Pete Shaw will email people that volunteered to place caches. He will give each the day and time their cache to be published & clue for bonus. Each cache will contain an ornament for the F2F.
• Taxes
  Tax paperwork for this year is done.
• SLAGA coin
  Tony has had no inspiration. He will aim for Christmas release of the coin. If not Christmas, the new coin will be available for the New Year’s Day hike.
• PA System
  Dave and Kathy DeWitt returned the old battery back and received a new one. They will determine if the PA System is not charging the battery properly or if the battery was bad.
• Chairs for 10,000 Cache Milestone
  Pete Shaw and Wendy Neal did not buy new ones because the prices went back up to the original price. They will watch the sales and purchase a few more when the chairs go back on sale.

New Business

• W.O.W. – Formally Park Palooza
  SLAGA was asked to demonstrate Geocaching at the WOW event on September 12. This is the same day as the SLAGA/SIGA Picnic. There will not be any one available to attend.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:15pm
Next meeting: Thursday, September 10^th, 6pm
St. Louis Bread Co. South Grand

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

July 13, 2015

6:00 PM St. L BREAD CO

Called to order: 6:05pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

The June 6^th, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the June 6^th 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report from June 2015 was read. Treasurer’s Report listed PayPal as PayPay. Wendy Neal will fix that. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Reports was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Tony Colter. The Board unanimously approved the June 2015 Treasurer’s Reports. Approved with corrections to PayPay.

Old Business

• Brochures – coming along fine. Pete Shaw will provide a draft at the next meeting.
• SLAGA Road Trips

• • Bling Power Trail, led by Martha Coller, is tentatively scheduled for September with the exact date to be determined.
  • Jack Daniels – KY – Kathy DeWitt will organize this trip with a date to be determined.
  • Peoria – Put on hold until someone volunteers to organize it.
  • Float trip – Pete Shaw has placed new caches – Kelli Hall (Ozark Sweetheart) is leading a group on September 19^th.
  • Decatur IL - Aug 21-23 Laura Million is organizing with details to follow. A breakfast event will be included.

• Newsletter
  Dave DeWitt will update the email addresses before the next email blast and newsletter

• Email-blast
  • Road Trips - Laura will release an email blast for road trips on Wednesday, July 15^th and again at the end of July.
  • CITO & Lunch Event – Laura will release an email blast on July 20^th and again on July 30^th.
• Summer picnic
  The summer picnic was successful. It was hot but people enjoyed it and there was a very good turnout.
• Upcoming events
  • Fall picnic – October 10 – Cuivre River State Park – Tasks yet to be done: create event page; purchase brats and burgers; order milestones coins; organize games, travel bug table, raffle. (Needed: new caches in the area and the pavilion number, kid caches)
  • CIGA / SLAGA event – September 12 – Springfield IL
    Picnic including a SLAGA vs. CIGA competition. Specifics are to be determined.
  • Halloween event / Cemetery Hop – October 24 – SLAGA officers will judge costume contest and pumpkin carving, as well as pay for awards for both.
  • Winter pot luck – date to be determined. No other information available.
• Classes
  • Wherigo classes – in progress but no date selected.
  • Publishing Caches – Tony Colter will offer this sometime in the fall.
  • Geocaching 101 – St. Charles – Kathern Linneman Branch
  • GSAK 101 and 201 – 201 is almost ready. Pete Shaw will schedule when GSAK 201 is ready.
• Website
  Gear exchange and scout page – scout page done, gear exchange: question whether we need gear page. A previous page was not used much. The board decided to put it on hold until there is more interest. Currently the SLAGA Facebook page is used by people wanting to sell gear.
• Elections
  Nominations are closed, Kathy will send Steve Bromley the SLAGA membership email list for the vote.
• 12 days of Cachemas – on hold until later in the fall.
• Newsletter – The next SLAGA newsletter will go out on Sept 28^th. Laura will need the articles by Sept 20^th.

New Business

• PayPal’s Auto pay for SLAGA memberships – a discussion was held to discontinue the auto pay for membership dues. About 20 people had auto pay set up. SLAGA will send an email to people tell them it has been cancelled.
• Puzzle class – Laura will explore puzzles for a spring class.
• Christmas party – suggestions on locations – Shamrock’s in St. Peters. More discussion at the next board meeting
• Trailer inventory – Pete Shaw and Kathy DeWitt will inventory the trailer before the next picnic and replace what supplies are needed.
• Taxes -year end files – FY ends June 30^th. Federal taxes require just mailing of an e-postcard. The Missouri taxes need more information. Kathy DeWitt and Wendy Neal will get together about the Missouri Taxes and file it in a few weeks.
• SLAGA coin – Kathy DeWitt started by talking to Sarah Chisholm. Tony Colter will have a design by next meeting.
• PA system – Currently the battery will not charge. Dave DeWitt tested with new battery and it worked. He will buy a replacement battery.
• New Year’s Day Hike – Robertsville State Park was recommended for the Jan 1, 2016 hike. New caches will need to be placed before then.
• SLAGA Bylaws - Memberships and Officer terms (2-year terms) – the text needs to be officially added to bylaws. Pete Shaw and Tony Colter will write the text.
• AFV Chair used for the 10,000 milestone was on sale at $19 each. The board approved for Pete Shaw to buy 10 more for future milestones.

Adjourned: 8:05pm

Next meeting: Aug 3^rd 2015, 6pm
St. Louis Bread Company, South Grand, St. Louis.

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

July 13, 2015

6:00 PM St. L BREAD CO

Called to order: 6:05pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

Minutes Approved. Motioned Tony Pete Second Approved

The June 6^th, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the June 6^th 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report from June 2015 was read. Treasurer’s Report listed PayPal as PayPay. Wendy Neal will fix that. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Reports was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Tony Colter. The Board unanimously approved the June 2015 Treasurer’s Reports. Approved with corrections to PayPay.

Old Business

• Brochures – coming along fine. Pete Shaw will provide a draft at the next meeting.
• SLAGA Road Trips

• • Bling power, led by Martha Coller, is tentatively for September with the exact date to be determined.
  • Jack Daniels – KY – Kathy DeWitt will organize this trip with a date to be determined.
  • Peoria – Put on hold until someone volunteers to organize it.
  • Float trip – Pete Shaw has placed new caches – Kelli Hall (Ozark Sweetheart) is leading a group on September 19^th.
  • Decatur IL - Aug 21-23 Laura Million is organizing with details to follow. A breakfast event will be included.

• Newsletter
  Dave DeWitt will update the email addresses before the next email blast and newsletter

• email-blast
  • Road Trips - Laura will release an email blast for road trips on Wednesday, July 15^th and again at the end of July
  • CITO & Lunch Event – Laura will release an email blast on July 20 and again on July 30^th.
• Summer picnic
  The summer picnic was successful. It was hot but people enjoyed it and there was a very good turnout.
• Upcoming events
  • Fall picnic – October 10 – Cuiver River State Park – Tasks yet to be done: create event page; purchase brats and burgers; order milestones coins; organize games, travel bug table, raffle. (Needed: new caches in the area and the pavilion number, kid caches)
  • CIGA / SLAGA event – September 12 – Springfield IL
    Picnic including a SLAGA vs. CIGA competition. Specifics are to be determined.
  • Halloween event / Cemetery Hop – October 24 – SLAGA offices will judge costume contest and pumpkin carding, as well as pay for awards for both.
  • Winter pot luck – date to be determined. No other information available.
• Classes
  • Wherigo classes – in progress but no date selected.
  • Publishing Caches – Tony Colter will offer this sometime in the fall.
  • Geocaching 101 – St. Charles – Kathern Linneman Branch
  • GSAK 101 and 201 – 201 is almost ready. Pete Shaw will schedule when GSAK 201 is ready.
• Website
  Gear exchange and scout page – scout page done, gear exchange: question whether we need gear page. A previous page was not used much. The board decided to put it on hold until there is more interest. Currently the SLAGA Facebook page is used by people wanting to sell gear.
• Elections
  Nominations are closed, Kathy will send Steve Bromley the SLAGA membership email list for the vote.
• 12 days of Cachemas – on hold until later in the fall.
• Newsletter – The next SLAGA newsletter will go out on Sept 28^th. Laura will need the articles by Sept 20^th.

New Business

• PayPal’s Auto pay for SLAGA memberships – a discussion was held to discontinue the auto pay for membership dues. About 20 people had auto pay set up. SLAGA will send an email to people tell them it has been cancelled.
• Puzzle class – Laura will explore puzzles for a spring class.
• Christmas party – suggestions on locations – Shamrock’s in St. Peters. More discussion at the next board meeting
• Trailer inventory – Pete Shaw and Kathy DeWitt will inventory the trailer before the next picnic and replace what supplies are needed.
• Taxes -year end files – FY ends June 30^th. Federal taxes require just mailing of an e-postcard. The Missouri taxes need more information. Kathy DeWitt and Wendy Neal will get together about the Missouri Taxes and filed it in a few weeks.
• SLAGA coin – Kathy DeWitt started by talking to Sarah Chisholm. Tony Colter will have a design by next meeting.
• PA system – Currently the battery will not charge. Dave DeWitt tested with new battery and it worked. He will buy a replacement battery.
• New Year’s Day Hike – Robertsville State Park was recommended for the Jan 1^st, 2016 hike. New caches will need to be placed before then.
• SLAGA Bylaws - Memberships and Officer terms (2-year terms) – the text needs to be officially added to bylaws. Pete Shaw and Tony Colter will write the text.
• AFV Chair used for the 10,000 milestone was on sale at $19 each. The board approved for Pete Shaw to buy 10 more for future milestones.

Adjourned: 8:05pm

Next meeting: Aug 3^rd 2015, 6pm
St. Louis Bread Company, South Grand, St. Louis.

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING AGENDA
June 1, 2015
6pm, St. Louis Bread Co

Called to order: 6:13 pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

The May 4^th, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the May 4^th 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Tony Colter. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report from May 2015 was read. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Reports was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the May 2015 Treasurer’s Reports.

Old Business

Brochures: tabled until next month.

SLAGA Road Trips:

Decatur, IL: Laura will look into planning a Road Trip to Decatur IL over Labor Day weekend.
She is considering starting with the CRTMH (Country Roads, Take Me Home) Series.
North Carolina: Martha Koleler, Gone2theDogs, has expressed interest in doing a power trail in North Carolina. A date is yet to be announced.
Float Trip: Pete Shaw has not had the opportunity to place new caches along the Courtois Creek due to the weather. After he places the new caches, he will announce a date for a float trip.

Newsletter/email-blast:

Deadline for Newsletter articles is June 29 so that the newsletter can be released by July 6^th. (The Summer picnic is July 12^th). Included in the newsletter will be:

Nomination of Officers: Laura (email blast to be sent out in addition to the newsletter)
Summer Picnic: Wendy (email Blast June 5 & June 19^th)
Events – Laura
Road Trips – Pete

SLAGA Spring Picnic:

The Spring picnic was a success in spite of the rain. The trailer needs to be re-stocked before the next picnic with BBQ brush, squirt bottle, napkins, PA system, raffle ticket jars. Kathy and Pete will purchase the needed items and check on the trailer prior to the Summer picnic.

The Board discussed a change in raffle drawings. It was suggested that attendees might buy more raffle tickets if they do not need to be present to win. Attendees will provide contact information on the back of the ticket and will be contacted by a SLAGA board member if they are not present when the ticket is drawn. The Board agreed to try this at the fall picnic.

Geocaching 101 and 201 classes:

The Geocaching 101 and 201 classes were held on May 30^{th .} There is no report from the presenter.

Upcoming events:

Summer Picnic - Willoughby Heritage Farms, July 12:
SLAGA will provide paper goods, charcoal, and some extra tables. Members are asked to bring their own food or a dish to share and extra chairs. Pete Shaw and Kathy DeWitt will do inventory of trailer. Some paper goods were damaged in rain at the spring picnic. Wendy will bring water and ice. The picnic is scheduled for Sunday, July 12^th from 1:30pm – 4:30pm.

Fall Picnic – Cuiver River State Park, - October 10:
Nothing new to report on the fall picnic.

Halloween Events - October 24:
John Elfrank request pavilion at the Kirkwood Park for all day. Kathy DeWitt has reserved the pavilion for 8am – 10:30pm.
Cemetery Hop: by John Elfrank, more details to follow.
Halloween Bash: Mike Maryan (TheMadChef), more details to follow.

Classes:

Wherigo classes have not been re-scheduled.
Publishing Caches class will be offered sometime in fall. Tony Colter will check his schedule and report back with a date.
GSAK – 201 class is almost ready but no date has been scheduled.

Webpage:

Website-gear exchange – Pete will get with Dave about building this web page.
Scout page is published. Laura will update with more information and post the PDF flyer for Boy and Girl Scout Geocaching Badge sessions.

Elections:

An email blast for Nominations will be sent with alink to the nominations form on the SLAGA webpage. This will also be included in the next newsletter.

Business Cards:

The new SLAGA business cards were handed out to the board members. We are encouraged to hand them out to other members to put into caches. This is an inexpensive way to advertise SLAGA to the Geocaching community, especially to new cachers in our community.

12 days of Cachemas:

Pete Shaw will send email to potential cache placers for this event. More will be discussed later this fall.

Missouri Association for Health, PE and Rec Dept.:

No further contact or developments on this event.

New Business

Winter Pot Luck:

Rich Sheffold (RGS) has been in contact with STL County about the new Visitors Center. He will visit the new community center and advise the Board about its use for the SLAGA Winter Pot Luck.

Grill:

Dave and Kathy DeWitt found a grill from Walmart that they proposed that SLAGA purchases. This grill would be used at picnics and other events where grills are not available or are too small for a group the size of SLAGA. The grill sells for about $400. The Board will further discuss this at a future meeting.

Meeting adjourned: 7:23pm

Next Meeting: July 6, 2015, 6pm, STL Bread Co. South Grand, St. Louis