SLAGA Board Meeting
March 3, 2016
6pm St. Louis Bread Company, South Grand, St. Louis, MO

Called to order:   6pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Laura Million

December Minutes: The December 7, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the December 7, 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Laura Million and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the minutes.

February Minutes: The February 1, 2016 Board Meeting Minutes were read. Pete Shaw stated to change St. Louis County to St. Charles County for the Park Camp event this summer. A motion to approve the February 1, 2016 Board Meeting Minutes with suggested changes was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Laura Million. The Board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s report: Treasurer’s report from February 2016 was read. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Laura Million and second by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the Treasurer’s report.

Old Business

• Brochures: Pete Shaw reported that the brochures were coming along. He just needed to add pictures.
• Newsletter/email-blast:
  • CITO
    • Laura McLeod, Korriaan will host the April 17 CITO in the afternoon.
    • Mark Derr, Hobbit Taz will hope the April 16 CITO in the afternoon.
    • Odd Intentions will host the April 16, CITO at Frontier Par, St. Charles from 12:30pm – 4pm
    • We still need CITO events for 2^nd weekend of April 23^rd and 24^th.
• Pi Day Event will be held at Erkert’s in Belleville. Wendy Neal will host the event and publish the event page.
• Spring Picnic – The Milestone deadline is April 7^th. The first Milestone email will be sent on March 7^th and a second email reminder will be sent on March 21^st. The final email reminder will be sent on April 4^th .
• Newsletter – The Spring Newsletter will go out on May 2^nd. Laura will need all articles to by April 25^th.
• Past events-recap:

Leap Day – we had a good turnout and the event went well. Leap Day Geocoins were sold out to Premium members before event.

• Upcoming events:

PI day – March 14^th, Erkert’s Belleville

CITO – April 16-24, 2016

Laura McLeod, Korriaan – April 17^th, St. Louis County Parks

Mark Derr, Hobbit Taz – April 16^th, Pet Cemetery

Odd Intentions – April 16^th, Frontier Park

Spring Picnic – May 7, 2016

                Laura McLeod, Korriaan, will publish cache page by March 14

Summer Picnic 2016 will be Sometime in July

                Shaw Park – big corporate pavilion costs $500 to rent. The two smaller pavilions $200 each total $400. After a short discussion, the board decided to look at another park. SLAGA usually does not spend that much for meet and greet summer picnics. Other park recommended were Forest Park, Tower Grove, Lewis & Clark Confluence in IL, Arnold City Park, Pere Marquette.

CITO – September 17-25, 2016. No new information.

Fall Picnic 2016 – Possible location will be Robertville State Park. No update on the Fall picnic.

Geocoinfest – October 15, 2016, no new information.

Halloween Event 2016, no new information.

• Classes:
  • Geocaching 101 – SLAGA had a request for class in Belleville area – Kathy will have the requester look for sites.
  • GSAK 201 – Will check for dates and times again for the fall.
  • Publishing – Tony will check in April for a date. Kathy will check with South Grand Library for a location.
  • St. Charles County Camps – Pete will pick the dates and will send word out on Facebook for help.
  • Boy Scouts – SLAGA was contacted for stuff for goody bags. We don’t have anything at this time.
• SLAGA coin sales:
  • Christmas coin – we have about25 left that we will sell at Geocoinfest.
  • Leap day – All coins were sold out at the pre-sale.
  • SLAGA coin – no new information.

New Business

• Road trips
  • Oklahoma June 2-6, 2016 – Kathy DeWitt and Laura Million are planning the trip.
  • Jack Daniels – Kathy DeWitt will organize this trip for fall.

Adjourned: 7:04pm.    

Next meeting Monday April 4, 2016, 6pm St. Louis Bread Company