SLAGA Board Meeting

June 1, 2017

6:00 PM, Chemical Interchange Building

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

                The meeting was called to order at 6:09 pm.

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

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

Old Business

• Newsletter should go out before the summer picnic.
• E-mail blast needs to publicize the need for officer nominations and reminders for upcoming events.

• Event Recap:
  • Training session – Cache Publication Class.  About a dozen people attended and it went very well.  The South Grand library is a great venue, easily reserved and has good facilities including a projector.
  • Summer Picnic – Nan did a great job hosting the picnic.  Positive response for being able to sit back and relax instead of running around to find umpteen new caches.  Milestones were awarded.

• Upcoming Events:
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • Grave Hop – 10/21/17 – Larson Park.  Date is confirmed, per Kathy.  There is nothing new to add at this time.
  • 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.  There is nothing new to add at this time.
  • Holiday Party – Tabled.  There is nothing new to add at this time.

• Classes
  • GSAK – Kathy will contact Pete Shaw and Jason Collier to find out about scheduling a class. 
  • 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.
    • 7/29/17, 8:00 am, Queeny Park.  This is a set class.
    • 10/14/17 – proposed class date.
    • 3/10/18 – proposed class date.
    • Motion was made by Patricia to accept the proposed class dates, seconded by Bill and unanimously passed.  Laura will work on the Parks Department side of things to get them published.  Bill reiterated that the catalog needs to be explicit in its directions as to where the class is being held in the park, to prevent confusion.

• SLAGA Geocoin
  • Geocoin –Tony and Dave presented a coin design for consideration and are still working on it.  Design specifics are being withheld at the request of the designers.
  • Pathtags – As with the geocoin, Tony and Dave are working on it.

• PayPal – There is nothing new to add at this time.

• Trailer – The trailer needs to be cleaned out, washed, old foodstuffs (hot chocolate mix, salt and pepper, etc.) tossed and inspected for anything that may need to be repaired or otherwise maintained.  Various suggestions were made as to how to address this, including a possibility of having a pizza party and trailer washing event.  This discussion is tabled until the July meeting.

• Adopt a Park – Patricia will contact John to ask about his progress with this item.

• Potential Event – Screening of “Treasure” – Kathy is still waiting for a response from her mayor on whether SLAGA will be allowed use of their theater facilities to screen the movie.

New Business

• Gift Card – Last month, 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.  Patricia picked up the card and brought in a card for all the present board members to sign to present to Tom Moore when he returns to the office.

• Next meeting will be 6:00 pm, July 13, 2017 at Chemical Interchange.

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