SLAGA Board Meeting

September 6, 2018

6:00 PM

Chemical Interchange

Attendees – Kathy DeWitt, Tony Colter, Bill Lange, Patricia Hutchison, Dave DeWitt, John Elfrank, Steve Bromley, Carolyn Jaycox, Jason Jaycox

                The meeting was called to order at 6:05 PM.

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

                Motion to approve the July treasurer’s report was made by Patricia, seconded by Tony. Motion to approve the August treasurer’s report was made by Tony and seconded by Patricia. Motion to set up a new PayPal account and move the funds to the bank account was made by Patricia and seconded by Bill. All three motions were unanimously approved.

Old Business

• Newsletter – Newsletter will go out once articles are submitted.
• Email blast –Email blast with upcoming events, etc.

• Upcoming Events:
  • Fall Picnic – 9/22/18, Greensfelder Park, Dogwood Shelter. The event number is GC7VJ5Z. Tony is picking up the food; John is picking up more plates. New geobingo sheets will be introduced at this event.

• Geocaching 101 Classes
  • September 15, 2018 – Per Bill, no one has signed up for this class at this time. (This class has been cancelled.)
  • October 20, 2018 – Citizens for Modern Transit; expecting about 70 participants. Volunteers are requested.
  • December 1, 2018.
  • March 30, 2019.

• SLAGA Geocoin
  • Geocoin – SLAGA still has the new standard coins for sale. Contact Kathy DeWitt to purchase.
  • Pathtags – The tags have an estimated ship date of September 14.

• Adopt a Park – Due to a breakdown in communications, no CITOs have been scheduled and John plans to begin the process again by contacting the parks department.

• SLAGA Website – The disposition for geostl.com website is still in process. We discussed the issue with the membership list and the potential purge of non-participating members. The budget for the website is still in process.

• SLAGA Trailer – The trailer is in need of washing. Discussion about holding an event to clean it up.

• MOGA
  • Inventory – John read off a list of inventory items as well as the need for the purchase of preforms for MOGA.
  • Coin – Jesse Tuttle submitted a coin proposal for MOGA 2019. The proposal was discussed and is pending receipt of an agreement signed by Jesse and John.

• Elections – New officers have been elected and will assume office on September 22, 2018. An announcement will be made at the Fall Picnic.
  • President – Steve Bromley.
  • Vice President – Carolyn Jaycox.
  • Treasurer – Jan Salvaggio.

New Business

• Bylaws – Updated to include MOGA. Motion to approve bylaw changes as amended was made by Tony and seconded by Bill. Unanimously approved.

• Memorial Marker – John advised the board that the marker should be placed next week. Additionally, he indicated that he will be purchasing an acrylic piece to be placed on a stake above the marker indicating the presence of a trackable on the marker.

Next Meeting

• The next meeting will be held October 4, 2018 at Chemical Interchange at 6:00 pm.

• Adjournment
  • Tony motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Bill. Motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:24 pm.