St. Louis Area Geocaching Association

MEETING MINUTES 2021

29 June 2021/ 7:70 PM / via Zoom (internet meeting platform)

ATTENDEES

Steve Bromley, Michael Smith, Robert Klemme, Nan Dabler, Melissa Pierce

Meeting called to order at 7:03 pm.

Motion called to approve April 2021 minutes by Robert, seconded by Nan.

Motion called to approve April 2021 treasurer's reports by Michael, seconded by Robert.

• More money went out this month in expenses than came in.
• Zoom auto-renewal was brought up
  • Steve will cancel this
  • We will re-evaluate if it is still needed closer to the renewal date.

Retrospective

• GC 101 class was held on June 12th, 2021
  • There were 15 attendees
  • Those at the class were Michael, Nan, Robert, Melissa, and Laura MacLeod.
  • Consisted mostly of families. There was one older couple who chose not to stay for the field portion.
  • Michael led the teaching portion of the class. 
    • Would like to get enough people comfortable teaching the class to take the pressure off of just one person doing it.
    • Would like to have more volunteers so it’s not just dependent on the officers.
      • Melissa to send out an email for volunteers.

       Events

• Next GC 101 class is scheduled for October 2, 2021
  • Many members will not be here for that date, as there is a mega event that weekend.
  • Steve will reach out to Laura to change the date to October 16, 2021
• Have a new training opportunity with Brentwood Parks and Recs teaching the GC 101 class.
  • We will be doing the same class as we do for St. Louis County Parks.
  • We will offer the class for September 11, 2021 from 10 am to 12 pm.
  • We will need to put in temporary caches at the very least for this venue, as there are not very many in that area.
• Idea was proposed to see if we could try to get classes in other counties as well
  • St. Charles, Jefferson, other surrounding areas.
  • Do we have any contacts within these counties to help set up something?
• Summer Picnic
  • Set up will start between 9:30 - 10:00 am.
    • Very minimal setup needed
    • Will not have the trailer there
  • Will be held on July 17, 2021 from 11 am to 3:30 pm at Green Tree Park
  • No real set up is needed for this picnic
    • This picnic is a bring your own food, drinks event.
  • Group picture to be done immediately preceding the milestones.
  • We will be doing milestones for those that are there, unlike usual summer picnics.
    • We are still trying to catch up on handing these out after 2020.
    • Three - 100 milestones, three - 500, three - 1000, eleven - 5000, 2 - chairs, and 1 - jacket.
    • These will be handed out at 2 pm
  • Robert will also have the SLAGA coins there for sale.
  • We will put out a sign up sheet for volunteers
  • Melissa to send out a reminder email about the picnic
• Next CITO is being ran by Michael
  • Will be held in August sometime.

      Ongoing Business

• Procedures/Systems
  • Still planning on having a meeting with David DeWitt regarding website store set up.

New Business

• SLAGA by-laws
  • Issue was raised to go over and amend any by-laws for updates, changes, etc.
    • Needs to be done prior to the fall picnic

CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING

Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm, Nan and seconded by Melissa.

NEXT MONTH’S INFORMATION

June 20, 2021 at 6:30 pm at SmithPro Painting, 2655 Metro Blvd., Maryland Heights, MO 63043 

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