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SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: April 11, 2012
Present: Tom Wolpert, Nathan Rover, Jim Nelson, Jim Greene, Rich Sheffold, Sarah Chisholm, John Elfrank, Laurie Elfrank.
The treasurer’s report was read and accepted.
Old Business
· Cooperative Effort with the History Museum: The History Museum has returned the GPS units to Jim Green.
· SLAGA Path tags: Sarah Chisholm delivered them at the meeting. They will be available for sale at the spring picnic. The price will be $2 each or 2 for $3.
· Award Pins: PinMart.com has been non-responsive. We are using patches instead of pins for the 100-find awards this time around. We have enough 500-find award pins for current use.
· Lifetime memberships: Six members expressed an interest. The board approved the concept for both individual and family memberships. The cost will be ten times the current cost of the corresponding single-year membership. Family lifetime memberships are tied to the head of household. Tom Wolpert will contact Mike Griffin about setting this up.
New Business
· Shaw Me the Cache event: SLAGA has paid its share of the cost for the event.
· Complete GPS class: The next class is scheduled for Saturday, April 14. We have 6 pre-registered attendees. Tom Wolpert will ask for a couple of additional volunteers on the freelist and the Facebook group.
· April Q&A: Wednesday, April 18, Cliff Cave County Library. Sarah Chisholm will present an updated version of her Pimp Your Cache Page presentation.
· BEAT event: SLAGA will sponsor a booth and family caching activity using temporary caches at the Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Support Group’s resource fair on Saturday, May 19, in Tower Grove Park. At the Spring Picnic, Tom Wolpert will retrieve cache containers from the trailer for use at this event.
· World Bird Sanctuary: SLAGA declined to participate in a National Trails Day event at WBS due to a scheduling conflict with the Missouri DNR event at Graham Cave State Park on the same day (June 2).
· Spring Picnic: Arrangements were finalized. John Elfrank will do the shopping for supplies and food. Rich Sheffold will obtain gift cards for prizes. Tom Wolpert will purchase 16 Travel Bugs for resale in support of the new TB race to start at the picnic. Tom will also pick up some additional small prize items from the Dollar Store and will set up drawing slips for the premium member drawing.
· Summer Picnic: Cribbage Witch is hosting. The picnic will be July 21 at Indian Camp Creek Park in St. Charles County. The event page has not yet been published.
· Fall Picnic: We do not yet have a host. Nathan Rover will check out facilities in Belleville, IL. Tom Wolpert will contact Steve Bromley about facilities in Columbia, IL and about the possibility of Steve hosting the event.
· Elections: At least two, and possibly three, officers will step aside this year. Tom Wolpert will publicize the nomination process in the next newsletter. Tom will also provide nomination forms at the Spring Picnic.
· MOAHPERD convention: We have received an invitation to give a session at the annual convention of the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. SLAGA participated last year and our experience was positive. The board approved an expenditure for one night’s hotel stay for the presenters. John and Laurie Elfrank volunteered to present again this year. The convention will take place sometime in November.
The next meeting is Wednesday, 05/02/12. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.
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SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: March 7, 2012
Present: Tom Wolpert, Mike Henthorn, Nathan Rover, Jim Nelson, Mary Beth Gianoli, Jim Greene, Rich Sheffold, Sarah Chisholm,
The treasurer’s report was read. After some discussion, it was unanimously approved as submitted.
Old Business
· Cooperative Effort with the History Museum: Danny Gonzalez came to give us an overview of the program “Teens Make History.” There are 22 participants this year and they complete a variety of activities. The program will use the SLAGA GPS units one weekend as part of their project.
· Facebook Page: A link to the Facebook group was put on the SLAGA homepage.
· Spring Picnic: Still no details from Tina Boyle. We might have to find another sponsor.
· Leap Day Events: Rock Susan’s event in St. Charles was well attended and everyone had a great time. The same is true for NateDawgCC’s event in the City.
· Question and Answer Session: Scheduled for Monday, March 12 in St. Charles.
· SLAGA Path tags: These are on order and they might be available at the Spring Picnic. The path tags will be the same design with new colors! This version is called SLAGA nights.
· Award Pins: We are still looking for 100 finds award pins. The ones we used previously are not available. We did find a site [Pin Mart - http://www.pinmart.com/custom-lapel-pins/custom-die-struck-lapel-pins.aspx] that seems to offer reasonably priced custom pins. Sarah will contact them to get a firm bid. Once we have that information, we will decide how to proceed.
· St. Louis County Park’s Department Brochure: Once again, the Complete GPS Course and Geocaching 101 are listed in the brochure. The next course is the Complete GPS Course on April 14. Tom will ask for volunteers for these courses and for the SLCC Geocaching Course for Kids in the next newsletter.
· Winter Potluck 2013: Rich talked to Justin about using the Shelter at JB. Justin will get back to him about availability on January 26, 2013 and the cost.
New Business
· Lifetime Memberships: We will poll the membership to see if there is interest in “pre-paying” for a number of years in order to achieve lifetime member status.
· Army Corp of Engineers: They are looking for volunteers for Saturday “Family Geocaching Events.” Erin will send details and we will try to recruit volunteers from the membership.
· Scouting Events: We have been contacted by several Boy Scout leaders asking for volunteers and information about geocaching. When asked for more details, they seldom follow-up.
· Website Hosting: We just paid for another year with our current vendor. Mike Griffin will check out other options so we can make an educated decision by January 2013.
The next meeting is Wednesday, 04/11/12. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.
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SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: February 1, 2012
Present: Tom Wolpert, Mike Henthorn, Nathan Rover, Jim Nelson, Mary Beth Gianoli, Jim Greene, Rich Sheffold, Sarah Chisholm
The treasurer’s report was read. After some discussion, it was unanimously approved as submitted.
Old Business
· Winter Potluck: Was a huge success. Thanks to Rich and Charlotte for all of their hard work. We will look at revamping the structure of the silent auction before next year’s event.
· Cache of the Month: There is a new poll on the website. This month we are featuring the Jefferson Barrack’s caches. We will evaluate the interest of the membership after this month.
· Facebook Page: We will investigate how to put a link to the Facebook group on the SLAGA homepage.
· Caching Event at Shaw Arboretum: Event is listed on the SLAGA calendar and the event page has been published (GC3CEHT). John and Laurie are hosting the event.
· Spring Picnic: Tina Boyle volunteered to host the Spring Picnic. Details will follow.
· Leap Day Events: Rock Susan will host an event in St. Charles and NateDawgCC will host an event in St. Louis City.
· Question and Answer Session: Scheduled for Wednesday, February 15 at Cliff Cave Library.
New Business
· SLAGA Path tags: We will reorder those in a different color combination/metal and have them at the Spring Picnic.
The next meeting is Wednesday, 03/07/12. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.
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Meeting date: January 4, 2012
Present: Tom Wolpert, Mike Henthorn, Nathan Rover, Jim Nelson, Mary Beth Gianoli, John Elfrank, Laurie Elfrank, Jim Greene, Rich Sheffold, Sarah Chisholm
The treasurer’s report was read. After some discussion, it was unanimously approved as submitted.
Old Business
· Winter Potluck: Everything is under control. Rich and Charlotte will get the paper products that are needed. Volunteer spots are still available.
· Cache of the Month: We will run this promotion for another month and see if there is more interest.
· Premium Membership: Tom will feature this in the January Newsletter. We need to help people understand that SLAGA premium membership is different than geocaching.com premium membership.
· Caching Event at Shaw Arboretum: Event is listed on the SLAGA calendar. Details and event page will follow.
· SLAGA County Challenge and Geocoins: Since we are unable to make the SLAGA award coins, we will no longer offer prizes for the County Challenge.
· SLAGA Fizzy Challenge: Tabled until next month
· St. Louis Area “Journal “ cache: John Elfrank is working on this.
New Business
· Request to borrow GPSr units: The St. Louis History Museum is organizing an educational caching event. They need GPS r units on March 9-10. The Board approved this request.
The next meeting is Wednesday, 02/01/12. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.
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Meeting date: December 7, 2011
Present: Tom Wolpert, Jim Greene, Mike Henthorn, Jim Nelson, Mary Beth Gianoli, John Elfrank, Laurie Elfrank
The treasurer’s report was read. After some discussion, it was unanimously approved as submitted.
Old Business
· Milestone Awards: For award and recognition at the Winter Potluck, premium members need to log and report milestones by December 31, 2011. Pins for 100 and 500 finds, as well as personalized coins for 1000 finds, will be ordered. Mike Henthorn is keeping track of the list of awardees.
· Winter Potluck: Jim Greene will provide bingo cards and silent auction sheets. Nathan Rover will take care of nametags. With the cutbacks in the Parks Department budget, we might have to pay for Grant’s Shelter at Jefferson Barracks Park next year. The Board approved that expense.
· Travel Bug Race: The race ends on 12/15. The results will be announced at the Winter Potluck and awards will be given to the winners.
· Cache of the Month: This was introduced in last month’s newsletter and displayed on the home page of the SLAGA site. A few people reviewed the options and fewer people voted. The poll will be offered again in December. Based on participation, we will decide if it should be an on-going activity.
· SLAGA Fizzy Challenge: Tabled until next month
· SLAGA County Challenge and Geocoins: Tabled until next month
· Caching Event at Shaw Arboretum: John Elfrank is working with Candyce54 to plan an event on March 31. SLAGA will pay 50% of the admission charge (about $1.50 per adult). It will be a BYOL (bring your own lunch) event. More details (and cache page) will follow at the end of January.
New Business
· Enjoy the holidays!
· Keep on caching.
The next meeting is Wednesday, 01/04/12. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.
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Meeting date: November 2, 2011
Present: Tom Wolpert, Jim Greene, Mike Henthorn, Rich Sheffold, Jim Nelson, Nathan Rover, Mary Beth Gianoli, John Elfrank, Laurie Elfrank, Sarah Chisholm
The treasurer’s report was read. After some discussion, it was unanimously approved as submitted.
Old Business
· SLAGA website: All website software has been updated.
· Premium Member Award Pins: The ones we have used in the past are available again from CachingPlace.com. The price is right, the ordering requirements are minimal, and the pins are good quality. The Board decided to order the same pins we used previously.
· Joint Events with nearby caching groups: This idea was not received with much enthusiasm. We will table this idea and revisit in early spring.
· Class Dates for 2012:
o April 14 – Complete GPS
o May 5 – Geocaching 101
o September 22 – Complete GPS
o October 20 – Geocaching 101
All classes are conducted at Queeny Park in the Greensfelder Recreation Center.
· Question and Answer sessions for Spring 2012:
o February 15 at Cliff Cave Library, Room 2
o March 12 in St. Charles
o April 18 at Cliff Cave Library, Room 2
o May 14 in St. Charles
· Articles from General Membership: After some research, it was discovered that our current site software does not allow general members to submit articles. The options are for general members to send articles to the SLAGA officers for publishing/posting or to use the Blog feature of the website.
· Cache of the Month (aka Favorite Local Caches): There were only nine votes on the website but the idea still seems appealing. Tom will mention the idea in the newsletter and create a couple of ballots on the webpage.
· SLAGA Fizzy Challenge: Tabled until next month
· SLAGA County Challenge: 27 people have completed the challenge so SLAGA owes two people coins.
· Upcoming Events:
o Christmas Party – 12/10 at Incredible Pizza Company – hosted by MikeInMO
o New Year’s Event – 1/1/12 at Hawn – hosted by Strider
o Winter Potluck (1/28/12) sponsored by MRS RGS
New Business
· St. Louis County Parks: Justin asked SLAGA to send a letter of support. Tom agreed to draft the letter and send to Dooley and the appropriate County officials. The letter will also be shared through the newsletter and the SLAGA website.
· Caching Event at Shaw Arboretum: John Elfrank is working with Candyce to plan an event on March 31. More details will follow.
The next meeting is Wednesday, 12/07/11. If you want to attend, please contact one of the officers.
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