SLAGA Board Meeting

November 2, 2017

7:00 PM, Chemical Interchange Building

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

                The meeting was called to order at 7:04 pm.

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

                Motion to approve the September and October treasurer’s reports was made by Patricia, seconded by Tony.  The treasurer’s reports were unanimously approved.

Old Business

• Newsletter – A newsletter will be scheduled to go out in January.
• E-mail blast – A save the date email will need to go out just before Thanksgiving.

• Event Recap:
  • ¨ Fall Picnic – Kathy reported that it went well and she received many positive comments on the change of food.
  • ¨ Grave Hop – The event was a lot of fun; about 17 teams participated.  L Frank indicated he did not plan to host the Grave Hop again next year, as it is very involved and time-consuming.  The board mentioned that it would consider seeking other hosts for future.
  • ¨ Halloween Roast – This event was a lot of fun, too, though it was modestly attended.  TerriBikes+ and Stacey Bassoon did a great job with hosting and supplying everything needed to make it a success.

• Upcoming Events:
  • ¨ Holiday Party – 12/9/17, 1:00-3:00 pm at Kirkwood Station.  Korriaan is hosting, and there will be a toy drive and food drive, as is traditional.
  • ¨ New Year’s Day Hike – 1/1/18, Pere Marquette, exact time and meeting location to be determined.  How-D is hosting and indicated that it would be an early morning hike.
  • ¨ Winter Potluck – 1/27/18, Jefferson Barracks Park.  Korriaan secured the location, Denmother is hosting and the event page is live on Geocaching.com.
  • ¨ Spring Picnic – 5/5/18, Spanish Lake.  While Korriaan is looking into acquiring this location, a host is needed.
  • ¨ Summer Picnic – 7/21/18, Location to be determined.  Mr. Boneparte will be hosting.
  • ¨ Fall Picnic – 9/22/18, Greensfelder Park, Dogwood Shelter.  A host is needed.

• Classes
  • ¨ GSAK – None scheduled at this time, however, there are class materials still posted on the SLAGA website for anyone who would like to reference the lessons on his or her own. 
  • ¨ Queeny Park – Bill taught a class that included 11 Girl Scouts and their families, who had signed up through the St. Louis County Parks program.  He indicated the class went very well, despite some minor technical glitches with the SLAGA-owned GPS devices.  It helped that there were ‘live’ caches in place in the park, that nothing new or temporary had to be set up and that the participants were already in the park, with no need to leave a classroom or other location to drive elsewhere for the fieldwork portion of the class.  To remedy the technical issues, Korriaan will perform ‘factory resets’ on the units prior to her loading waypoints onto the GPSrs.  The next scheduled SLAGA-taught class is March 10, 2018.  Those wishing to participate can sign up via the St. Louis County Parks website.

• SLAGA Geocoin
  • ¨ Geocoin – Tony is waiting on samples in four color schemes to arrive.
  • ¨ Pathtags – These are still in process.

• Adopt a Park – This issue has been tabled until next year.  Korriaan indicated that there has been some mention of this in the parks department, however, nothing has been acted on as yet.

• Geocaching on the Greenway – Major134 participated in the making of a video promoting geocaching along the Greenway trails, and it is now live on the SLAGA.org website.

New Business

• Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF) – This event is being held on 11/4/17.

• SLAGA needs to order more SLAGA-branded SWAG.  Dave DeWitt is supposed to look into this.

• Next meeting will be after the SLAGA Holiday Party, December 9, 2017 at a location to be determined once availability is investigated.

• Adjournment
  • ¨ Tony motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Bill.  Motion passed unanimously.  The meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.