SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes

Meeting date: August 1, 2012

Present: Tom Wolpert, Nathan Rover, Jim Nelson, Jim Greene, Rich Sheffold, Nancy Gelb.

The treasurer’s report was read and accepted.

Old Business

·         Fall Picnic: Discussed arrangements with host Nancy Gelb. Nancy will get bread and meat; SLAGA will reimburse. SLAGA will take care of charcoal, paper products and condiments. SLAGA will provide attendance and premium member drawing prizes. Tom Wolpert to inventory bingo sheets and ticket rolls.

·         Cardinals Care: Finally cashed the check in memory of Laurie Elfrank’s brother. SLAGA received a thank you e-mail from Laurie.

·         Trailer registration and property taxes: John Elfrank obtained a property tax waiver for 2012. SLAGA will need to reapply again in 2013. Jim Nelson has all paperwork.

·         Washington State Park:  They have invited SLAGA to exhibit at the Fall Harvest Festival on October 13. Wendee Dells will fill out and return the paperwork and coordinate volunteers for the event.

·         Forest Park Forever Teachers Resource Fair:  Rich Sheffold reported that it went well. SLAGA received a nice thank you e-mail from one of the organizers.

New Business

·         Elections:  The acceptance period closed on July 31. Steve Bromley will prepare and e-mail ballots, probably during the weekend  of August 10.  Voting closes on September 22.  There is one contested office.

·         Web site:  Various components of Community Builder require an update.  Also, we want to change the trigger for sending membership renewal notices.  Tom Wolpert will contact Mike Griffin.

·         Business cards: Jim Greene will order somewhere between 500 and 1000, depending on price breaks.

·         September board meeting:  After offline discussion, the meeting was tentatively rescheduled for September 26 so that all outgoing and incoming board members can attend.

·         Milestone award deadline:  The deadline for awards at the fall picnic will be August 25.  Tom Wolpert to publicize.

·         Mailing address for membership payments: Tom Wolpert corrected the erroneous address on the web site.

·         Charity event on October 20: SLAGA declined to participate in an event for Therapeutic Horsemanship.  This date conflicts with Geocaching 101.

The next meeting is Wednesday, 09/26/12. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.