SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: September 10, 2013
Present: Michael Allison, Kathy DeWitt, Dave DeWitt, Jim Nelson, Wendee Scott-Dells, Kim Balek, Mike Maryan, Rich Sheffold, Sylvia Allison, Sarah Chisholm and Ethan Rodgers.
Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.
Minute’s one change Geowoodstock was spelled incorrectly.
Old Business
· Fall Picnic: 95 will attends. There will be 14 new caches published. All the meat has been ordered. Kim brought us 10 door prizes. John Elfrank will bring 2 weber grills and the trailer. All the prizes for games and premium member gift cards have been purchased.
· Winter Pot Luck: Scheduled for January 25th at the visitor center. Need to let Kat and Cindy know where and when the pot luck is. They will be hosting it.
New Business
· Home school: We received an e-mail from a home school network. Would like to set up an event at Queeny for September or October. Make it a family event.
· Nestle Purina: They host a health fun day, Wednesday, October 9 from 11 AM to 1 PM. Would like us to set up a Geocaching booth. Need to see if John Elfrank would be interested in doing this event.
· Milestones: Small list of milestones. Chairs have been purchased and are being personalized. Wendee has called, e-mail and left voice mails for Coins and Pins with no response. Need to find new place to purchase coins from.
· St Louis County Parks: Were suppose to do classes at Queeny and Creve Coeur. Wendee has had no response from the parks department. Was discussed to do the classes at other venues. Library system is good to work with.
· Bylaws: The current board changed 2 items in the bylaws. These need to be updated on the website. I will take change them after the picnic, when the new board takes office.
· Halloween Event: Ethan is planning a family Halloween event. He is planning a having a custom and pumpkin carving contest. Also, is planning on having a bon fire. Has not decided on the final location but, looking Webster Groves/Kirkwood area. Would like to have hot beverages. Will get some items out of the trailer at the fall picnic for us to use at the Halloween event. Sarah will be ordering path tags for the event. The board agreed to pay for the expenses of the event.
· Meeting: It was discussed which night would be best for the new board member. Meeting will be on the 2nd Monday of every month. It was talked about moving the meeting every month. We have the first meeting planned.
Meeting Adjourned
The next meeting will be Oct 14th at 6 PM. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers as seating is limited.