SLAGA Board Meeting
December 9, 2017
3:30 pm, McArthur’s Bakery, Kirkwood, MO
Attendees – Kathy DeWitt, Tony Colter, Bill Lange, Laura MacLeod, Patricia Hutchison, Dave DeWitt
The meeting was called to order at 3:30 pm.
Motion to approve the November minutes was made by Laura, seconded by Bill. Minutes were unanimously approved.
Motion to approve the November treasurer’s report was made by Patricia, seconded by Bill. The treasurer’s report was unanimously approved.
Old Business
- Newsletter – A newsletter will be scheduled to go out in March 2018.
- E-mail blast – A save the date email will need to go out in March 2018.
- Event Recap:
- Holiday Party – Very successful with about 100 people in attendance. The food bank donations totaled over $150 in canned goods and $100 in cash. Toy donations filled Laura’s back seat and there were lots of donations for the pet shelter as well.
- Upcoming Events:
- Between Turkey and Santa Happy Hour – 12/14/17, Shamrocks Pub & Grill, 4:30-7:00 pm.
- Cachemas Day With Friends Again – 12/25/17, Hibachi Grill Supreme Buffet, 12:00-2:00 pm.
- Another New Year’s Eve get together 2017!!! – 12/31/17, Pizza Hut, Desloge, MO, 11:00 am-12:30 pm.
- New Year’s Day Hike – 1/1/18, Pere Marquette State Park, Grafton, IL. Participants should meet at 10:00 am at the Goat Cliff Trailhead for the hike (see cache page for coordinates). An optional breakfast will begin at 8:00 at The Lodge. Happy New Years Day 2018 – 1/1/18, Shamrocks Pub & Grill, 4:00-7:00 pm.
- Annual Slurpin’ Soup and Watchin’ Eagles – 1/13/18, Village of the Blue Rose, Clarksville, MO, 11:30-2:30 pm. The host, Chod, will archive old caches and place new ones for the event.
- Winter Potluck – 1/27/18, Jefferson Barracks Park. Korriaan secured the location, Denmother is hosting and the event page is live on Geocaching.com. Bill has turned over milestone awards to Tony, who will handle the ordering and presentation of the awards at the Winter Potluck.
- Spring Picnic – 5/5/18, Spanish Lake. While Korriaan is looking into acquiring this location, a host is needed. The shelter reservation has been made and is paid for, per Laura.
- Summer Picnic – 7/21/18, St. Francois State Park. Mr. Boneparte will be hosting.
- Fall Picnic – 9/22/18, Greensfelder Park, Dogwood Shelter. A host is needed. The shelter reservation has been made and is paid for, per Laura.
- 2019 Summer Picnic – Quailman2 has requested to host this picnic on their property.
- Classes
- Queeny Park – A class is scheduled for 3/24/18.
- SLAGA Geocoin
- Geocoin – Samples have arrived. Discussion centered on color and metal options as well as quantity to be ordered.
- Pathtags – These are still in process.
- Adopt a Park – This issue is still being discussed at the St. Louis County Parks Department. A CITO may be scheduled for March, 2018 in Robert Winter Park. Laura will continue her inquiries and report to the board at the next meeting.
New Business
- The SLAGA.org domain name was renewed by Dave.
- SLAGA Swag – Discussion about the types of SWAG SLAGA is interested in obtaining for use as giveaways at events, as well as the purchase of items to be sold at events. Dave is continuing to look into this and will report to the board at the next meeting.
- St. Louis County Library – SLAGA was contacted by email to inquire about a PowerPoint presentation that could teach their summer reading program participants about geocaching. Bill responded to their request and is in contact with them on this matter.
- MOGA – Discussion about the dissolution of MOGA and its impact on SLAGA. The board unanimously determined to receive any funds distributed by MOGA to SLAGA into a separate savings account, to be maintained there, for such time as deemed prudent by the SLAGA board.
Next Meeting
- The next meeting will be held January 4, 2018 at Chemical Interchange.
- Adjournment
- Patricia motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Tony. Motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 4:35 pm.