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SLAGA Board Meeting

November 21, 2016

6:00 PM, Panera Bread (Brentwood)

Attendees – Kathy DeWitt, Tony Colter, Bill Lange, Patricia Hutchison, Dave DeWitt

Guests – Nan Dabler, Chuck Baker

• The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm.
• October minutes were read by attendees.  Motion to approve the October minutes was made by Tony, seconded by Bill.  Board unanimously approved the minutes.
• Treasurer’s report was glossed over as Laura MacLeod was not in attendance.  Laura still does not have access to the accounts, however, per Kathy, she is to be added to the bank accounts on Friday, 11/25/16.  Treasurer’s report has been tabled.

Old Business

• Brochures are still in process, per Kathy.

• Newsletter is postponed until next year.

• Event Recap

¨       Coinfest – Milestone coins and T-shirt sales – Sold a good portion of the unengraved coins that were in stock and we have two T-shirts left.

¨       Grave Hop – Participants agreed that it was a fun time and expressed the desire to do it again.  Kathy will speak to Scott Griffin about potentially hosting it again next year.

¨       Halloweenie Roast – Successful, laid-back event with about 15-20 attendees.  Bill mentioned that $3 per person was collected to cover costs and sharable items were brought by attendees.  He also mentioned purchasing toasting forks which were then given to those who wanted to keep them.

¨       Boone’s Lick Kickoff – The event was well-attended and participants have been submitting their passports for commemorative coins, as well as positive feedback for the whole trail.  There was mention of the final cache in New Franklin being uncomfortably close to private property with a No Trespassing sign, and at least one cacher refused to make the grab because of its proximity.  Tony suggested that cache pages may need more historical information on some of the locations, as it’s not clear as to the nature of the historical ‘value’ of some of the sites.

• E-mail blast/Upcoming Events: 

¨       E-mail blasts will need to go out weekly for the month of December.

¨       Milestones – Recipients must notify SLAGA of eligibility by 12/28/16 to be recognized.

• A second email will go out around 12/21/16 as a ‘last call’ for eligibility.

¨       Save the date – Dave will do one the first week of December for upcoming events.

¨       Christmas Party – 12/17/16 – Nan volunteered to host.  Patricia is heading the toy drive.  Dave and Kathy are heading the food drive.  There was discussion that the event is going to be scheduled for 5-8 p.m., but there’s an REO Speedwagon cover band scheduled for 9 p.m. and the manager wants to charge SLAGA members a $3 cover that would theoretically be refunded if they leave before the band begins playing.  Kathy indicated she didn’t like this idea and offered to call the manager again to let him know SLAGA won’t pay a cover charge or we can take the business elsewhere.  Topic tabled, pending further information.

¨       New Year’s Day Hike – 1/1/17 – This event will be published under SLAGA.  The meal meeting will be at 11:00 am at the Eureka Culver’s (400 Meramec Blvd, Eureka, MO 63025) followed by a hike in Robertsville State Park at 1:00 pm.  Bill called to confirm that we still have the reservation, which includes two pavilions and a firepit.  SLAGA must supply its own wood for the fire, so Tony volunteered to find the firewood.

¨       Winter Potluck – 1/28/17 – Cache page is live (GC6X1ZQ) and L Frank is hosting in the shelter at Jefferson Barracks.  Ray Bernecki has achieved 25,000 finds and will be honored with a jacket at this potluck.  Bill will investigate purchasing the jacket for the award.

¨       Spring Picnic – Nan is volunteering to host on May 6.  Patricia will help with the cache page.

¨       Halloweenie Roast – Nan suggested Kirkwood Park, but Kathy countered with Larson Park due to the historical number of attendees.  Nan will look into reserving Larson Park for next autumn.

• Classes

¨       Canoe – This is still Pete’s realm.  It was mentioned, but not discussed in-depth.

¨       Girl/Boy Scouts – This was discussed in further detail under New Business.

• Brief discussion about SWAG and that Nancy Gelb has been providing it for her training sessions.  SLAGA was going to allot $100 to purchase SWAG from Oriental Trading Company and ship it to Nancy’s house, but Bill suggested that SLAGA provide her with a gift card instead to allow her to purchase whatever she would like.  This appears to be the best option, however, there was no indication as to when this would occur.
• A Thank You note is needed to send to the Girl Scout leader who sent in a donation of $100 to SLAGA with their thank you note for our handling the classes in Queeny Park on 11/12/16.  Kathy is to provide Patricia with the name and address for this purpose.

¨       GSAK – Jason Collier is the one who usually leads GSAK classes, but there is nothing currently scheduled.  This was not discussed in-depth.

¨       Cache Publication – Tony Colter is planning a class in April, 2017, to be held at the St. Louis Public Library on South Grand.  This was not discussed in-depth, as it’s still in the planning stage.

• SLAGA Geocoin

¨       Geocoin – This is still in the design stage, per Tony.  He is hoping to begin presales at the Christmas party.

¨       Pathtags – No tag is currently in production, however, SLAGA has almost $200 in credit on account, due to ‘give backs’ (a little spiff kicked back to the organization when people purchase the SLAGA custom back design for their tags).

• Road Trips

¨       Jack Daniels – This will be held sometime in 2017.  Kathy wants to do this one.

¨       Butler County Donut Trail Geotour – An Ohio geotour mentioned by Nan.

¨       Future trips – Due to planning issues (that no one individual wants to become the planner), Road Trips is being removed from topical discussion and left up to those who want to do them on their own.

• Paypal – Requires an SSN.  Tony has resent the link with information about accounts for non-profit organizations, which do not require an SSN.  The subject is continued for discussion next meeting.

• Square – This is set up and working.  Dave has the Square swiper and chip reader available for SLAGA’s use.

• Bank Accounts – Laura will be added on 11/25/16, per Kathy.

• Website Training for New Officers

¨       Patricia was briefly trained before the board meeting.

¨       Bill indicated he didn’t feel he needed training at this time.

• SLAGA Caches

¨       There are currently a half a dozen SLAGA-owned caches. The two located in Queeny Park (GC2FGH4 & GC2FGG1) will be offered to Jim Greene for adoption.  If he doesn’t want them, they will be archived when they get to the point that they need maintenance. The Weldon Spring cache (GC1PWM7) is currently disabled and will be archived. The cache, "A Window on Caching," in Greensfelder County Park includes an educational display about geocaching and will be maintained by SLAGA since it fits in our organizational purpose. Our two caches in West Tyson (GCRV3K) and Rockwoods Range (GCE074) will be maintained as long as we can due to their status as older caches.

• SLAGA Equipment Check-Out

¨       Dave and Kathy have the PA system and projector.  Bill has the GPS units and ‘training junk’ (a large display box containing samples of geocaches and contents).  Dave will turn over the other equipment to Bill, who will keep it in his basement and advise the secretary when things are checked out, so that someone other than he has the information.

New Business

• Bill brought up the Girl/Boy Scout training sessions.  (See attached training suggestions, as this encompasses much of the discussion.)
• Does SLAGA need permission slips, hold harmless/liability waivers for these training sessions?  Does SLAGA need liability insurance?
• Nan indicated that Girl Scouts require these things for their people and that SLAGA may be covered under their umbrella when the Council requests SLAGA’s volunteers at their programs, however, this may not be the same when individual troops request the training.  No one knew whether the same could be said for the Boy Scouts.  These issues need to be researched.  The same issues are in question with regard to Geocaching 101 classes, which are geared toward adults and their families.
• Kathy will speak to the SLAGA ‘elders’ to find out more about possible liability.  Patricia will speak to her brother (the lawyer) about liability options.  Bill will speak with Nancy Gelb about Girl Scout coverage.  The topic was tabled until we have more information.
• The GPS units – Garmin Dakota 20s – were discussed, regarding the issues that occurred in the field, such as unit #8 not functioning properly and several of the units not having received the data they indicated they’d received during the set-up phase.  They are about three years old and have a value of about $150 per unit.  (Tony reports that the units were purchased at $169.95 each and that the model has been discontinued.)
• Further discussion ensued about limiting group sizes and group ages, with recommendations that Scouts have a minimum age to be trained.  Younger students would still be welcome, but SLAGA may require a parent be present to aid in the training.
• Nan suggested that SLAGA schedule a monthly training session and when approached by those wanting training, advise that the next training session is schedule for a particular date and advise that is when SLAGA would be available, instead of having to scramble to find volunteers for training.
• Bill recommended that we add the Geocaching app training as well as the GPS units, as many beginners may be unwilling to spend several hundred dollars on GPS units at the outset.  This was countered with protests that Scouts are required to learn with a GPS unit as part of their merit badges, however, it was also conceded that this is likely a correct assumption for beginners and would allow the parents to participate in finding the permanent caches set out on the course.  It was decided that for Geocaching 101, the app would be appropriate for those who don’t want to use a GPS or invest in one.
• It was also recommended that Laura MacLeod look into whether there has been any interest in Geocaching shown by any park visitors lately, as this is where many of those looking to learn more about the hobby originally came from.

v     Further discussion was made about future e-mail blasts.

v     Future Meetings

• The topic of future meetings was brought up and several alternatives for dates were presented – and rejected – in an effort to allow all officers to be present for the meetings.  Unfortunately, no date in December appeared to be viable for everyone, so the next meeting will again be on the third Monday of the month – December 19 – with the hope that a more suitable date could be found for January.
• In addition, discussion turned to the meeting venue, and several of the officers are looking into alternative locations which have fewer distractions.  Patricia is checking with her boss to see if her office could be used for December’s meeting.

v     Adjournment

• Patricia motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Bill.  The meeting adjourned at 8:11 pm.

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

September 2, 2016

6:00 PM Panera Bread Co

Called to order 6:03 pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

Guests: Patricia Hutchison, Bill Lange, Laura MacLeod

The August 2016 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the August 2016 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Wendy Neal and seconded by Pete Shaw.  Board unanimously approved August 2016 the minutes.

The August 2016 Treasurer’s Report was read. A motion to approve the August 2016 Treasurer’s Reports was made by Laura Million and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board approved the August 2016 Treasurer’s Report.

Old Business

• Brochures: Kathy DeWitt has been busy with Geocoinfest and will not have them ready until November.

• Newsletter/email-blast:

  Fall 2016 Newsletter: Laura Million needs the articles due by Sept 9.

  • Meet the Officers – Laura Million - Need Laura MacLeod’s bio & updates on returning officers bios.

  • Letter from President – Kathy DeWitt

  • Summer Picnic – Laura Million

  • Fall Picnic – Laura Million

  • Geocoinfest – Kathy DeWitt or Tony Colter

  • Halloween Bash is cancelled. The Grave Yard Hop will still be on Oct 22.

• Event recap – no recaps.

• Upcoming events:

  • CITO: September 17: Hosted by Bill Lange. Bill will provide water, and snacks. This CITO will be at Creve Coeur Park, Taco Bell shelter from 12:30pm - 2pm.

    Pete Shaw made a motion for SLAGA to buy the water, snacks, and ice, & a CITO coin to raffle away. Wendy Neal seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved the motion.

• Fall Picnic:

  • Bill Lange will give away the Milestones awards as the new Vice President. Kathy DeWitt has ordered the coins.

  • Kathy DeWitt will order meat the Monday before the picnic. Pete Shaw will order buns based on the number of meats ordered.

  • Pete Shaw confirmed that John Elfrank will bring SLAGA trailer.

• GCF-October 15, 2016:

  • Time: 11am-4pm

  • The SLAGA Table will sell t-shirts, Christmas coins, other stuff. Laura Million is heading that table up.

• Halloween event: October 22, 2016 at Larson Park in Webster Groves 2016 – The Board decided to cancel this year due to the host cancelling and short notice to find a replacement.

• Graveyard Hop - October 22, 2016:

  • The Griff request $30 for pavilion and $100 for prizes. Pete Shaw made a motion that SLAGA provides $30 for the pavilion and $100 for the prizes. Laura Million seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved the motion.

• Holiday Party - December 17, 2016: The holiday party will be held again this year at Kirkwood Station from 5pm - 8PM. A host is needed.

• New Year’s Day Hike: Robertsville State Park – Pete Shaw forwarded an email from the State Park with contact information. SLAGA will contact after November to confirm our reservation.

• Winter Potluck: The Winter Potluck will be held at the Pavilion at Jefferson Barracks again next year. Rainman will receive his 25,000 award. Kathy DeWitt will reach out to Mike Rogers to host.

• Classes:

  • Canoe & Kayak classes – Pete Shaw will write an article in Newsletter asking for interest.

• SLAGA coin:

  The SLAGA coin and Pathtags will not be ready for the Geocoinfest, but should be ready for the Winter Potluck.

• Road trips:

  • Jack Daniels GeoTrail will be rescheduled for next year.

• Boonslick Geotrail: The coins are paid for, but not yet delivered. Mark Coppersmith wants to give them to SLAGA to distribute. Cachers that complete the trail will mail the completed passport to SLAGA to receive their coin. Mark Coppersmith will create the passport and SLAGA will host the file on the SLAGA website.

• Elections – The Elections for the new SLAGA Board are over.

Kathy DeWitt: President Tony Colter: Vice President Bill Lange: Vice President Patricia Hutchison: Secretary Laura MacLeod: Treasurer

• WOW – will contact us next year to host a Geocaching booth.

New Business

                New meeting location: STL bread Company in Brentwood. The date and time TBA.

Next meeting will with new board. Date and time TBA.

Adjourned 7:10pm

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

August 11, 2016

6:00 PM Panera Bread Co

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wend Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt

Guests: Patricia Hutchison and Bill Lange

The July 2016 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the July 2016 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Tony Colter and seconded Pete Shaw by. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

The final Treasurer’s Report from June 2016 was read. A motion to approve the Final June 2016 Treasurer’s Reports was made by Laura Million and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board approved the Final June 2016 Treasurer’s Reports. The July 2016 Treasurer’s Report was read. A motion to approve the July 2016 Treasurer’s Reports was made by Laura Million and seconded by Tony Colter. The Board approved the July 2016 Treasurer’s Report.

Old Business

• Brochures: Kathy DeWitt has been combining text from several SLAGA brochures and from one on Geocaching.com. She will have a draft by the next meeting.
• Newsletter/email-blast:
  • Milestones – an email blast will be sent out on August 12^th and again on August 18^th.
  • Voting Reminder – an email blast will be sent out on August 19^th and again on August 29^th. Deadline to vote is August 31^st.
  • Fall Picnic – an email blast will go out on September 6^th and again on September 19^th for the September 24^th SLAGA Fall Picnic.
  • Newsletter – Laura requests the articles by September 9^th and the newsletter will go out on September 16^th.
    • Meet the Officers – Laura Million
    • Letter from President – Kathy DeWitt
    • Summer Picnic – Laura Million
    • Fall Picnic – Laura Million
    • Geocoinfest – Kathy DeWitt or Tony Colter
• Event Recap:
  • Summer Picnic – Pete Shaw remarked on the nice venue.
• Upcoming events:
  • CITO – September 17^th-25^th – talked to Laura McLeod about McDonnell Park. She said that the park is in good condition.
  • Fall Picnic – September 24^th, 2016 – McDonnell Park, Lindberg Shelter
  • GCF – October 22^nd – Laura Million will head up the SLAGA table. Kathy DeWitt will send Laura a schedule of events. It is estimated that 2-3 people working 2 hour shifts should cover it.
  • Halloween event 2016: October 22^nd – Lawson Park in Webster Groves, needs a new host due to family commitment of current host. Laura Million mentioned that this was the same day as Cache Slash Fest in southern Illinois.
  • Graveyard Hop – Wendy Neal will contact Scott Griffin about hosting the Graveyard Hop.
• Classes – Canoe and Kayak: Pete Shaw was asked to teach a class on Canoeing and Kayaking. He said that he would need a full day for each. He will ask membership interest in either kayaking or canoeing and offer the class in spring 2017.
• SLAGA coin:

             SLAGA coin – Tony Colter is hoping that the coin will be ready by Geocoinfest.

                Pathtags – the path tags will be ordered when the SLAGA coin design is complete

• Road trips: Kathy DeWitt announces that the Jack Daniels GeoTrail Road Trip is going to have to be November. She has not set a date yet.
• Boonslick Geotrail: Mark Coppersmith reports that the trail is coming along. Tony Colter will reach out to Mark about the coin design.
• Joomla: Dave DeWitt has updated the software for the website.
• Nominations: Ballots have gone out. An email blast will be sent out on August 19^th and again on August 29^th. Deadline to vote is August 31^st.
• New Year’s Day Hike – Pete Shaw contacted Robertsville State Park and arranged for the pavilions for January 1, 2017 for no charge. SLAGA paid for the pavilions for last January, but due to the flooding, we were not able to hold the event. Pete noted that someone will have to contact Robertsville State Park in November to officially hold the Pavilion because they do not start taking reservations for next year until November.

New Business

• Taxes due 8/31/16 – Kathy DeWitt and Dave DeWitt filed the state and federal paperwork for SLAGA.
• WOW – October 8, Forest Park. Three session of 1.5 hours each to teach geocaching. Shifts would be 9:30am – 11am, 12:30pm – 2pm, and 2:30pm – 4pm. Not enough SLAGA board members would be available so we decided not to participate in this event.

Next meeting Friday, September 2^nd, 2016

6pm, St. Louis Bread Company, South Grand

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

June 30, 2016

6:00 PM Panera Bread Co

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wend Neal, Laura Million

Guest: Patricia Hutchinson

The June 1st, 2016 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the June 1st, 2016 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. Board unanimously approved the minutes.

The tentative Treasurer’s Report from June 2016 was read. Since this board meeting was held on June 30^th, the full June Treasurer’s Report will be approved in the August Board meeting. A motion to approve the tentative Treasurer’s Reports was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Tony Colter. The Board tentatively approved the June 2016 Treasurer’s Reports.

Old Business

• Brochures: Kathy DeWitt will have a proof to review at next month’s Board meeting
• Newsletter/email-blast:
  • There will be no Summer Newsletter.
  • Summer Picnic email blast will include nomination announcement
  • Fall Picnic Announcement – August 1^st and on September 12^th (one week before the picnic), as well as include in all Save Date blast.
  • A “Reminder to vote” email blast will go out on Aug 24^th. The last day to vote is August 31^st.
• Upcoming events:

Summer Picnic July 16 2016 Arnold park – The Host needs help to place some caches.

CITO – September 17-25, 2016 – Kathy will ask Korriaan to host CITO

Fall Picnic September 24, 2016 – McDonnell Park-Lindbergh Shelter – Dave will help BlueDaisy get the cache page set up. (Correction September 24^th)

GCF-October 15, 2016 – nothing new

• Halloween event 2016: Kirkwood Park is not available either weekend. SLAGA will check with Webster Grove’s Larson Park.
• Classes-recap:

1. Charles county camp, June 14 and June 22 – Pete reports very successful. Assisted Nanonafber69, Sam Britt attended both events. Andrea Shrimp (aschrima) helped place but could not attend. Board discussed giving them memberships to GC.com as thank you. Dave DeWitt will sign them up with Geocaching.com. A motion was made by Tony Colter to pay for two memberships at geocaching.com. Laura Million second the motion. The Board unanimously approved the motion.

Girl Scouts Geocaching Badge, June 25 – Laura Million reports 10 girls and 5 moms attended. Adults interested too.

• Classes: no upcoming classes
• SLAGA coin:

             SLAGA coin – Tony Colter is still working on the design.

                Path Tags – the path tags will be ordered when the SLAGA coin design is complete

• Road trips: Kathy DeWitt announces that the Jack Daniels GeoTrail Road Trip is going to have to be November. She has not set a date yet.
• Boonslick Geotrail: No new details.
• Joomla: no update
• Nominations: Closes at the summer picnic. Steve Bromley will confirm the nomination and will send out the ballots when that is complete.
• Bellefountaine Cemetery: John Elfrank bought lids for the cache placements. One cache is published.
• 10,000 award Chairs – Pete Shaw and Wendy Neal will check Sports Authority for chairs before the stores closes for good.

New Business

• Cachemas – Pete Shaw will head up this year. More details to follow.

Next meeting Thursday, August 4^th 2016

6pm, St. Louis Bread Company, South Grand

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SLAGA BOARD MEETING

June 9, 2016

6:00 PM St. Louis Bread Co.

Called to order: 6:15pm

Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Tony Colter, Pete Shaw, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, and Dave DeWitt

Guests: John Elfrank, Patricia Hutchison, Mark Coppersmith, Mike Neal

The May 2, 2016 Board Meeting minutes were read. A motion to approve the May 2, 2016 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Tony Colter. The Board unanimously approved the Minutes.

Treasurer’s report from May 2016 was read. A motion to approve the May Treasurer’s Report was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the Treasurer’s report.

Old Business

• Brochures: Kathy/Dave will finish
• Newsletter/email-blast:
  • Summer Newsletter – we will wait until fall for next one
  • Fall picnic for “Save the Date” July Blast
  • Nomination blast – will go out tomorrow
• Past events-recap:
  • Spring Picnic May 7, 2016 Clydesdale park: Good picnic, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
• Upcoming events:
  • Summer Picnic July 16 2016, Arnold City Park: GC page is published. Email blast to go out soon.
  • CITO, September 17-25, 2016: need to find people to host. This will be talked about at a future meeting.
  • Fall Picnic, September 17, 2016: McDonnell Park-Lindbergh Shelter – Blue Daisy will co-host with SWAseeker. Shelter is paid for.
  • GCF, October 15, 2016: No new information
• Halloween event: We are looking St Charles or Kirkwood. Kathy will call Kirkwood. If we can’t get October 22^nd, then we will consider October 29^th.
• Classes-recap:
  • Geocaching 101, May 21, 201, St. Louis County Library - Grants Glaze Branch Big Bend: Pete Shaw reported about 40 people.
  • Publishing, May 21, 2016, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Carpenter Branch Library in Tower Grove: Tony Colter reported everything went OK. There were a lot of new cachers, about 30 people in all.
• Classes:
  • St. Charles County Camp, June 14 and June 22 – Pete Shaw will be teaching with help from volunteers
  • Girl Scout, June 25^th – Laura will be teaching a group of Girl Scout.
• SLAGA coin:
  • SLAGA coin – Tony added “XV” for SLAGA’s 15^th anniversary.
  • Pathtags – once we get coin design, we will match path tags design to coins.
• Road trips:
  • Oklahoma Land Run, June 2-6. Four people attended, Nina Dean, Jackie Lamerick, Hunter Lamerick, and Laura Million – lots of bramble, PI, and cedar trees.
  • Jack Daniels Geotrail: Kathy DeWitt reports that it is going to have to be in November.

• Geotrail-Lewis & Clark: Will be placed on hold while we talk about Boonslick Geotrail
• Boonslick Geotrail:
  • Mark Coppersmith informed us that the Boonslick Road runs from St. Charles, MO to Franklin MO. It is a historic trail that runs about 150 miles. There are about 25 DAR markers where caches can be placed off set of the markers. The Board discussed creating commemorative coins for the first 100 finders. Mark Coppersmith has a design and will work on details of the coin.
  • Wendy make a motion that SLAGA gets involved with Boonslick Geotrail.
    • SLAGA will up front the cost of the coin
    • SLAGA will determine the fee charged for the coin for completed Geotrail
    • SLAGA will host the passport on SLAGA website
    • SLAGA will help with cost of the cache containers

Motion was second by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the motion.

• Joomla: Dave DeWitt is watching for a sale.
• Nominations: Kathy DeWitt reports that every Board position has a person nominated for it.

New Business

• PayPal: It was mentioned that SLAGA should change of Treasurers name on account. Until the change of Treasurer’s name, we can’t put money from our bank account to PayPal. Membership money is still going in and we are able to removed money. Since the Wendy Neal will not be running for Treasurer this fall, the Board will wait for the new treasurer to change name on account.
• Milestones: Rainman has passed his 25,000 milestone. Pete Shaw will meet with Rainman to discuss award options.
• John Elfrank will pick up plates and charcoal when it is on sale.
  • The wheel broken on trailer. John Elfrank will fix it and send Wendy Neal the receipt.
• Bellefountaine Cemetery has agreed to create 13 positions for caches. They will dig holes for irrigation covers and SLAGA will cover the cost of about $300 for the covers.
  • John Elfrank has “reserved” locations on GC.com for 13 caches. He is looking for volunteers to place caches. Several of the board members have agreed to place caches.
  • A motion was made by Pete Shaw to pay for covers, the cache placer will put “SLAGA” on cache page or be charged $22 for irrigation cover. The motion was second by Tony Colter. The Board unanimously approved the motion.

   

Next meeting will be Thursday, June 30, 2016
6pm
St. Louis Bread Co, South Grand Blvd. St. Louis.