SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: May 5, 2014
Present: Kim Balek, Tony Colter, David DeWitt, and Kathy DeWitt
Treasurer’s report for March and April were accepted as presented
Minutes were accepted as presented
Old Business
· Spring Picnic: Geowoodstock has asked if we could stuff some goodie bags the day of the picnic. Michael will put the word out and get some people there early to stuff the bags. Approved 3-$20 gift cards for premium member drawing. We also approved 4-$15 gift certificates for the games.
· CITO events: A few events were held in the St. Louis area.
· Q & A: Dave will call Forest Park and check on the availability of a room for a kid class in late summer. Kim will put together the kid class. Still need to book the Q & A session. We did receive an e-mail asking about kid classes. Kathy will e-mail them and let them know we are working on one for late summer.
· Geowoodstock: Kim will be our host for the meet and greet. The playing card art work is complete.
· National Get Outdoors Day: The information was sent in and we are a go. Date of the event is June 14 from 9-2 on the grounds of the arch. Kathy will ask for volunteers to work the event.
· Newsletter: Put a call in to Sylvia and the newsletter should go out in the next couple days.
· Web site: Would like to change some of the names of the memberships. We voted to do a total makeover of the web site. A budget of $500 was set aside for the new website to purchase what they need. We would also like to update the SLAGA logo. Dave and Tony will head this up. They will start after Woodstock is over.
· SLAGA Tri-fold Brochure: Tabled.
· Girl Scouts: Kathy will e-mail them again and let them know about the late summer kid class at Forest Park
· SLAGA property: Wendee is still looking for the poles. There was some confusion on whose credit card it was being charge to. Kathy will get in touch with Wendee and make sure that Base Camp is cancelled.
New Business
· Summer picnic: Kim will be possible host. She will check into venues and see what dates are available.
· Fall picnic: Put a call into Jim Greene to see if he would host. He is checking on venues and to see what dates are available.
· Nominations: Steve Bromley will be taking care of the elections again this year. Will need to make sure he is aware of the bylaw change. Elections will now close August 31.
· Old GPS’s: We had a request from Freedom school to purchase our old GPS’s for an after school geocaching program. It was voted that they could purchase the 10 GPS’s for $50
· SLAGA credit cards: Not sure why SLAGA has credit cards. Kim will talk to Jim Nelson to see if there is a reason. If we can cancel the credit cards, Kim will get them cancelled.
Meeting Adjourned
The next meeting will be June 2nd at 6 PM at the home of Michael Allison. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers as seating is limited.