SLAGA Board Meeting

May 11, 2017

6:00 PM, Chemical Interchange Building

Attendees – Kathy DeWitt, Tony Colter, Bill Lange, Laura MacLeod, Patricia Hutchison, Dave DeWitt, Nan Dabler

                The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm.

                Motion to approve the April minutes was made by Tony, seconded by Laura.  Minutes were unanimously approved.

                Treasurer’s report for April were presented.  Motion to approve the treasurer’s reports was made by Patricia, seconded by Bill.  Treasurer’s report was unanimously approved.

Old Business

• Newsletter went out April 6, 2017 at noon.
• E-mail blast went out April 19, 2017.

• Event Recap:
  • ¨ Training session – BSA Adventure at Bohrer Park, April 25, 2017.  The group showed up, Bill spoke for about 30 minutes on Geocaching basics, then took the students out to find the three caches in the park, using the SLAGA GPS units, which had been preloaded with the caches.  Bill received positive feedback from the leader at the end of the session.
  • ¨ Training session – Queeny Park class, April 30, 2017.  One person signed up and arrived late due to confusion as to where the class was meeting.  This needs to be addressed with future postings about the classes.  Because the attendee was a park official in charge of the O’Fallon (MO) geocaching account, the class dynamic was a little different and it allowed for more specific and technical training.  Field training using GPS units followed.  Laura will find out more information about spreading the word for the next class.

• Upcoming Events:

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• ¨ Spring Picnic – 5/6/17 – Nan Dabler (nan-d1955) will host.  Final details were worked out.
• ¨ Summer Picnic – 7/15/17 –Michael Rogers (ArtieD) is hosting at Rock Bridge just outside of Columbia, Missouri.  The facilities have been secured and paid for.  Attendees will provide their own food.  There is nothing new to add at this time.
• ¨ Eclipse – 8/21/17 – Jefferson Barracks Park.  Laura will be hosting a St. Louis County Parks event here for the eclipse.  There is no geocaching event set up as yet, however, Laura may consider posting a flash mob to coincide with the park’s event.  She is considering strongly recommending posting a selfie with the eclipse to log the event.  No new information.
• ¨ Fall Picnic – 9/16/17 – The Confluence at Hartford, Illinois.  Team_State will host, per David DeWitt.  The location has been reserved, fee-free.  There are no barbecue grills there; Food will need to be brought in, possibly fried chicken.  No new information.
• ¨ Grave Hop – 10/21/17 – Larson Park.  Date is confirmed, per Kathy.  No new information.
• ¨ Halloweenie Roast – 10/21/17 – Larson Park.  Terri Nealon (TerriBikes+) has offered to host.  Kathy DeWitt said she will contact Larson Park to verify the event date with them, which at last meeting was marked as 10/21/17.
• ¨ Holiday Party – Tabled.

• Classes
  • ¨ GSAK – Kathy will contact Pete Shaw and Jason Collier to find out about scheduling a class.
  • ¨ Cache Publication & Placement –May 20, 2017, 9:00 am-2:00 pm.  Tony Colter is hosting the event and teaching the class at the South Grand location of the St. Louis City Public Library.  No additional information at this time.
  • ¨ Queeny Park – Laura will place the proposed classes on the schedule for the Fall/Winter catalog.  Tony will contact the BSA and GSA to alert them to the class availability.  The fee for the classes is $6, but it is solely for St. Louis County Parks; SLAGA does not receive anything for the training.
    • Ø 7/29/17, 8:00 am, Queeny Park.  This is a set class.
    • Ø 10/14/17 – proposed class date.
    • Ø 3/24/18 – proposed class date. 

• SLAGA Geocoin
  • ¨ Geocoin – Tabled.  Tony and Dave are working on it.
  • ¨ Pathtags – Tabled.  Tony and Dave are working on it.
  • ¨ Eclipse Geocoin, SLAGA version – 50 were being ordered and presale will be available for SLAGA premium members at $10 per coin, with a limit of two coins per member.

• PayPal – Nothing new.

• Trailer – Looking for a new home.  Glenn Nash may take it.  Pending more information.

• Adopt a Park – Nothing new.

• Milestones – Three coins and two chairs are being presented at the spring picnic.

New Business

• ¨ Laura requested assistance teaching geocaching classes at a St. Louis County Park-sponsored event at Bellefontaine Neighbors.  The classes would be on a weekday between July 10-13 and July 17-20, and would consist of about 10-20 students in two age groups between 9-11 and 12-14.
• ¨ Life Outside Festival – June 10, 10am-4pm.  Bill advised the board of the opportunity to participate in this event at Creve Coeur Park.  Bill motioned we participate, Laura seconded.  Unanimously passed.  NOTE:  This was subsequently quashed via text messages when it was discovered that to participate, SLAGA would need to provide proof of insurance.  While this was not actually voted on by the board, it would appear that interest may have fizzled on this project at this time and is not actively being pursued.
• ¨ Kathy proposed purchasing a $40 gift card to Hacienda Mexican Restaurant to thank the owners of Chemical Interchange for allowing us their office as our meeting venue.  Motion was made by Bill and seconded by Tony to accept.  Unanimously passed.  Patricia will pick up the gift card and present it to Tom Moore for the board.

• Next meeting will be 6:00 pm, June 1, 2017 at Chemical Interchange.

• Adjournment
  • ¨ Patricia motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Laura.  Motion passed unanimously.  The meeting adjourned at 7:29 pm.