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
- Set up will start between 9:30 - 10:00 am.
- 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
- Issue was raised to go over and amend any by-laws for updates, changes, etc.
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
map, 7/16/2021 @ 1005