Note taker: John Elfrank
Officers in Attendance: John Elfrank, Mark Derr, Jim Greene
Guest Presenter(s): Rich Sheffold - Advisor, Shirley Derr
Invited Guests: Steve Bromley

Treasurer's Report: Balance on Hand, Incoming Funds, Outgoing Funds.



AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - Equipment Trailer Update
Presenter: John Elfrank
Discussion: The outside of the trailer is completed, including SLAGA logos. The interior needs to be customized to hold SLAGA supplies and equipment.
Conclusions: John will customize the interior of the SLAGA trailer, time permitting.

Action Item: Build storage areas for equipment and supplies.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Deadline: None.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - SLAGA Geocoin Icon
Presenter: Jim Greene
Discussion: Jim has contacted a graphic designer, who has agreed to produce finished artwork in exchange for a SLAGA geocoin.

Action Item: Get proof of final coin artwork
Person Responsible: Jim Greene, Deadline: Next Board Meeting.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - Park Palooza Sept. 12-13
Presenter: Rich Sheffold
Discussion: Rich expects to receive more details on Park Palooza by email later this week. We have 18 volunteers who will work either Saturday or Sunday.
Conclusions: More swag needs to be purchased to fill temporary caches. We also need to come up with suitable cache containers.

Action Item: Email work schedule and details to volunteers.
Person Responsible: Laurie Elfrank, Deadline: ASAP.

Action Item: Purchase swag for temporary caches.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Deadline: Sept.11.

Action Item: Hollow out cedar stump to use as possible temporary cache.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Deadline: Sept. 11.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - Trifold Brochures
Presenter: Jim Greene
Discussion: 1100 trifold brochures have been printed for use at upcoming events.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - Complete GPS Course (Sept 12) and GC 101 Class (Oct. 3)Presenter: Rich Sheffold
Discussion: Three people have signed up for the Complete GPS Course as of Sept. 1. The St. Louis newspaper has the class location listed incorrectly as Greensfelder instead of Queeny. We have 5 volunteers to teach the class.
Conclusions: Attendees of the Complete GPS Course need to be contacted to make sure they know the correct location. Volunteers will need to bring their own GPS units to use during the class.

Action Item: Contact St. Louis County Parks Dept. and ask them to notify attendees of the correct location.
Person Responsible: Rich Sheffold, Deadline: ASAP.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - St. Francois Family Play Day (Sept. 19)
Presenter: John Elfrank
Discussion: St. Francois State Park has changed the date of their Family Play Day to Sept. 19. SLAGA has been asked to participate.
Conclusions: SLAGA will bring brochures, tables, popup fly, and GPS units and set up a booth to provide geocaching demonstrations. The demonstration will consist of a short demo and guiding interested families to search for temporary and possibly permanent caches. We need to ask for volunteers to work the event.

Action Item: Contact Jamie at St. Francois State Park to confirm that SLAGA will participate.
Person Responsible: Laurie Elfrank, Deadline: ASAP.

Action Item: Ask for volunteers in next email blast. Make it clear that this is not a loggable event.
Person Responsible: Laurie Elfrank, Deadline: ASAP.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - Ongoing Volunteer Duties
Presenter: John Elfrank
Discussion: Steve Bromley has agreed to continue volunteer duties as SLAGA Communications Administrator. Jack Anderson has agreed to continue volunteer duties as SLAGA Membership Administrator.
Conclusions: John needs to meet informally with Paul Konopacki regarding SLAGA Webmaster duties. Steve Bromley will look into ways of automating tasks used to compile the monthly St. Louis County cache list by using GSAK.

Action Item: Meet with Paul before webmaster duties are transferred.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Deadline: Dec. 31, 2009.

Action Item: Follow up with Steve regarding monthly St. Louis County cache list.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Next Board Meeting.


AGENDA ITEM: OLD BUSINESS - SLAGA County Challenge
Presenter: John Elfrank
Discussion: Roger Barnes' SLAGA County Challenge has not yet been published. Purchase of plaque and name plates is on hold until cache is published.
Conclusions: SLAGA will purchase 25 to 50 black nickel and silver SLAGA geocoins with the proceeds from the sale of the 9/9/09 Multi-Event geocoins. These SLAGA geocoins can be used as awards for completing the SLAGA County Challenge, or may be sold or given as prizes at events.

Action Item: Purchase 25 to 50 black nickel and silver SLAGA geocoins.
Person Responsible: Sarah Chisholm, Deadline: When funds are available.


AGENDA ITEM: NEW BUSINESS - SLAGA Fall Picnic (Oct. 11)
Presenter: Shirley Derr
Discussion: The location of the SLAGA Fall Picnic will be the city park in Bourbon, MO. The picnic will be held on Sunday, Oct. 11.
Conclusions: The starting time of the picnic will remain the same as previous picnics, which should still allow people enough time to attend worship services before the picnic. Shirley will update the cache page with the starting time. Waiving the picnic admission fee for premium SLAGA members was proposed, but not enough officers were present to vote on the issue.

Action Item: Vote on waiving of picnic admission fee for premium SLAGA members.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Deadline: Next Board Meeting.


AGENDA ITEM: NEW BUSINESS - SLAGA Premium-Member Training Classes
Presenter: John Elfrank
Discussion: The Sept. 30 and Oct. 19 Training Classes will be a GSAK Q&A with Steve Bromley.

Action Item: Confirm presenter for Nov. 12 Training Class.
Person Responsible: John Elfrank, Deadline: October 2009.

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