SLAGA Board Meeting

November 8, 2018

6:00 PM

Chemical Interchange

Attendees – Steve Bromley, Bill Lange, Patricia Hutchison, Carolyn Jaycox, Jan Salvaggio, John Elfrank, Jason Jaycox

                The meeting was called to order at 6:21 PM.

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

                The treasurer’s report was unavailable, so it is tabled until the next meeting.

Old Business

• Newsletter – Articles are needed. SLAGA members are encouraged to submit short write-ups of their geocaching adventures to appear in the newsletter and on the SLAGA website. Articles can be submitted to SLAGA via the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. email address.
• Email blast – Steve wants to see monthly email blasts. Event hosts should notify SLAGA when their events are submitted for publication, to be included in the email blasts.

• Event Recap:
  • Grave Hop – Everyone who participated in this event responded positively and several offered suggestions for improvement for next year. Additionally, as there had been a tie for third place, Nan Dabler purchased additional gift cards on her own to present to the team which had not received theirs at the Grave Hop Finish Line event. Steve motioned that the board reimburse Nan for the cards and Bill Lange seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.
  • Robert Winter Park CITO – Bill reported that about 70 people – including about a dozen SLAGA members – attended this CITO, hosted by Terri Nealon. They pulled out another hundred tires and loads of other debris, similar to what was done in the spring earlier this year. John recommended asking Terri to be the CITO coordinator for SLAGA, as she did a great job.

• Upcoming Events:
  • Christmas Party – Kirkwood Station Brewing Company is reserved for 12/15/18, 1-4 pm. Nan Dabler has offered to host.
  • President’s New Year’s Day Hike – Horseshoe Lake, near Granite City, IL, will be the site for this hike, which is scheduled for 9 am. A possible breakfast event will be at Cracker Barrel.
  • SLAGA Winter Potluck & Cabin Fever 2019 – GC802VY – 1/26/19, 9 am-5 pm.

• Geocaching 101 Classes
  • December 1, 2018 – This is the next scheduled class. No information on whether anyone has signed up as yet. Steve Bromley and Carolyn Jaycox have offered to assist.
  • March 30, 2019.
  • At the January meeting, the officers will need to select 2019 training dates to submit to the County Parks for approval and to be included in their publications for the year.

• MOGA:
  • John expressed concerns about a low Will Attend count and that t-shirts have not yet been ordered. He reported that the designer has yet to be paid for his work. He also mentioned that the Friday night activities will include a s’mores bonfire. Carolyn offered to be in charge of the MOGA Facebook page calendar as well as to take over duties for the SLAGA calendar on the SLAGA.org webpage.

New Business

• Events – The board spoke with Mickey Gallagher via phone to discuss her suggestion of adding kid-themed events to include younger players. John said that MOGA would have kids’ caches. ‘Bring a newbie’ was also suggested as a theme event, to engage new players. Bill suggested an Easter event for kids. These ideas are to be discussed further in future meetings.

• Officer training – Steve suggested that SLAGA hold an officer’s meet and greet at an event to let SLAGA members see how it’s handled and what each officer does in his or her capacity. Alternatively, it may be set up as a completely separate meet and greet dinner.

• SLAGA Volunteer Coin – Steve proposed that volunteers should be recognized with some token of appreciation and suggested that a coin might be created for such recognition. This idea was discussed but no conclusion was reached.

• Email distribution list – The board discussed the addition of a separate email distribution list for appointed members to the board.

• Milestones – The deadline for SLAGA premium members to submit their milestones is December 15, 2018. Milestones will be awarded at the Winter Potluck & Cabin Fever 2019 event.

Next Meeting

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

• Adjournment
  • Carolyn motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Bill. Motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:34 pm.