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April 4, 2004
All Board members were present.
Dave Lathrop will moderate the open forum meeting on
04/16/04.
Bill Lalonde passed out new buddy lunch schedules at
today’s meeting.
Bill has not had an opportunity to meet with the
mentoring committee. The board discussed the intent to have the mentoring
committee meet with a prospective new member before we accept their
initiation fee and dues payment, to be sure they understand their
commitment to MABE, and what MABEmight provide for them.
Greg Stewart will continue to promote possible
membership categories. Greg will stress the increase in business
opportunities for each member, as new members are added.
Wayne Unruh will work on scheduling a panel
discussion for the 05/14 meeting.
Althea Bussert held a meeting with the social on
03/26. The plan is to have a social event every two months. Events are
already scheduled for April and June.
Printing of a brochure update was delayed for a week
or so, to provide additional time to work on a couple of membership
matters.
Name badge proposals were presented as received from
Stu Schindler ($5.95 per badge) and Mike Whalen ($5.25 per badge). The
board thought it might be worthwhile to price badging kits from an office
supply store.
The board discussed use of the member website. Roman
will take an informal poll at the next meeting to determine if members are
regularly using the website and will encourage its use.
Meeting attendance was discussed and it was decided
that making it a discussion topic at the regular meeting would not address
the problem since those with poor attendance would likely not be present.
Roman indicated he will call Pat Cox and Facilitec to determine their
status. The board contact list will be utilized in an attempt to have
conversation as we note individuals whose attendance is a concern.
The restaurant has changed the floor plan and will
continue to work on maximizing the effectiveness of the layout.
The board discussed the current meeting agenda. We
will try to occasionally move the question of the day to the beginning of
the meeting to allow adequate time for discussion. If discussion is
lengthy, we can forego leads and introductions for that meeting.
NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 05/07/2004,
AFTER THE REGULAR FRIDAY MEETING.
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