Board Members in Attendance:
Chris Curran
Andy Jensen
Steve Chilton
Ralph Cunningham
Dave Lathrop
Bob Busch

Absent:
[None]

Discussion:

Barbara Kollman has requested a leave of absent for 6 months to attend to business issues.  She will continue to pay her dues.  The board will ask her to present the request in writing to be in compliance with bylaws. 

Barbara Kollman has offered to continue as Treasurer.  The bylaws do not specifically state that this position has to be held by a board member.  The board agreed to accept her offer.

Dan Sleezer was asked to host the September 19th meeting since the meeting space at the hotel will be unavailable.  Due to these circumstances, the board approved reimbursing Dan for the costs of holding the meeting at his place not to exceed what would normally be paid to the hotel.

The board requested that the financial reports be posted on the private section of the MABE website and updated on a monthly basis.

The board discussed creating an annual budget.  The issue was tabled until the next board meeting. 

The board agreed to hold board meetings on the first Tuesday of every month.  Meetings will be held at the offices of Smith Barney and begin at 5:00pm.

Board approved  a $50 monthly fee increase to the recording secretary for extra time to attend the evening board meetings.

The board briefly discussed having "testimonial time' at meetings, eliminating the interview format in favor of more business-focused speeches and bringing back buddy lunches in some format, having some type of event to gather updated, color pictures of members for marketing, and having lunches with ex-members to encourage them to rejoin MABE. 

The board decided on the following new positions:
President - Chris Curran
Vice-President - Dave Lathrop
Speaker Coordinator - Andy Jensen
Dispute Resolution - Bob Busch
Membership - Steve Chilton (Follow-up with inactive members, membership drives)
Marketing & Communications - Ralph Cunningham (with Lin Schmelzer and Stuart Schindler)
Treasurer - Barbara Kollman (non board member)
Social - Erin La Grassa (non board member)

Meeting follow-ups:

Andy Jensen will talk to Barbara Kollman about her leave of absent, preparing an annual budget and recommended ratios,  and the content of her upcoming speech.

Ralph Cunningham will get with Stuart Schindler and Lin Schmelzer about the newly formed Marketing & Communications Committee.

Bob Busch will contact Gus Dekavallas about his membership status and interest in joining the Membership Committee.

Steve Chilton will look into membership ideas to include buddy lunches.

Dave Lathrop will follow-up on the membership survey.   Surveys will be due September 10th and the results discussed at the September 12th meeting.

Meeting adjourned.