2009 Meeting Calendar
All Friday meeting will be held at Shalimar with the
following exceptions:
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May 25th - Memorial Day
Holiday - If low turnout, skip Labor Day too.
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June 5th - AKA Greene offsite
meeting - Indian School & Hayden (81st St) - Going Green
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July 3rd -4th of July Holiday
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September 4th - Labor Day
(Plan on meeting unless Memorial Day turnout low)
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November 27th - Thanksgiving
Holiday
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December 25th - Christmas
Holiday
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January 1st - New Years
Holiday
Printing & Promotional's
In an effort to go green and save on time and printing, we
will stop printing agendas over the next few meetings to see if
they are missed. If requested by a few, we can print
smaller quantities. Members can refer to brochures and use
available notepads to take notes. We can have Stuart
Schindler bring in notepads for meeting use.
Social Networking
We will continue to develop the social networking sites.
Board members were encouraged to get online and participate.
Since LinkedIn is the most
business oriented site, we will focus our efforts on getting
members to participate.
Follow-up to Member
Suggestions
The board will further review members suggestions from last
week's round table question. Suggestions included:
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Increasing membership
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Increasing term of presidency
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Start and end meetings on
time
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Bring back the Mighty Minute
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Bring back Buddy Lunches
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Include more socials outings
such as the MABE Happy Hour on a recurring basis
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Have a good mix of open
discussions and straight business-type meetings
Finances
Dave Lathrop would like to request a ABE debit card to use
for paying bills instead of Barbara Kollman using her personal
card and getting reimbursed. All board members agreed.
Melissa Matthews suggested that
we discontinue the PayPal payment option for dues as there was
no interest during the last billing cycle.