SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes

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.