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September 14, 2007
Board Members in Attendance:
Greg Stewart
Lisa Wolfe
Guy Sawyer
Nick Mawrenko
Charles Hultstrand
Barbara Kollman
Mark Howard
Other Members in Attendance:
Stuart Schindler
Jim Bache
Meeting Minutes
The minutes of board meetings have not always been documented. A motion was
made and approved to to hire Melissa Matthews to take the minutes. Minutes will
be posted online and discussed at the following regular meeting.
Unexcused Absenteeism
Members are excused if they notify MABE of their absence. In the case of
those members that don't notify MABE, the Bylaws state that it is the
responsibility of the board to to excuse them. A motion was made and passed to
excuse the Batt's for the preceding and current quarters and then take future
absences under consideration on a quarter-by-quarter basis. For others
with high absenteeism, a designated board member will call them to find out why they are absent and report back
to the board.
Outside Speakers
Some members are adamantly opposed to outside speakers. Others believe it brings life to meetings.
It was agreed that any proposed outside speaker and topic be approved by the
board. There are a variety of speakers we can bring in that are not going
to compete for business (fire department rep, local college rep, etc.) Board members were given
the task of documenting categories of speakers and/or subjects and get them to
Nick Mawrenko before next Friday. They were also asked to include what
they perceive as board goals for the next 6 months. It was also
recommended that we get the group actively involved in suggesting topics that
are relevant to them and then put a panel together.
Goals/Accomplishment For This Next 6 Months
- Outside Speakers
- Membership Recruitment
- Emphasis on Leads
A board member commented that if we make the meetings more interested, this will help grow
membership and the leads will follow.
Further Business
- There was a brief discussion on the progress of the new
design and concept.
- A member asked Barbara Kollman to bring up starting
the meeting on time.
Nick Mawrenko will make it a point to start right at 7:15am.
- It was suggested that MABE pay for the member at the
Christmas Party as was done in the past. It was suggested that the
attendance at the parties were always hire when MABE paid for the member.
It was also suggested that it would make it easier to accept the dues
increase. A board member made the recommendation to pay for the member's portion of the holiday
party. The board
recommends passing this motion but would first like the consensus of the membership.
An email will be sent asking members to vote for or against this motion.
- It is time for Barbara Kollman to do a Treasurer's
Report. She will wait for the above mentioned vote before
preparing her report.
NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 10/12/2007,
AFTER THE REGULAR FRIDAY MEETING.
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