SLAGA BOARD MEETING AGENDA
June 1, 2015
6pm, St. Louis Bread Co
Called to order: 6:13 pm
Attendance: Kathy DeWitt, Pete Shaw, Tony Colter, Wendy Neal, Laura Million, Dave DeWitt
The May 4th, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes were read. A motion to approve the May 4th 2015 SLAGA Board Meeting Minutes was made by Pete Shaw and seconded by Tony Colter. Board unanimously approved the minutes.
Treasurer’s Report from May 2015 was read. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Reports was made by Tony Colter and seconded by Pete Shaw. The Board unanimously approved the May 2015 Treasurer’s Reports.
Old Business
Brochures: tabled until next month.
SLAGA Road Trips:
Decatur, IL: Laura will look into planning a Road Trip to Decatur IL over Labor Day weekend.
She is considering starting with the CRTMH (Country Roads, Take Me Home) Series.
North Carolina: Martha Koleler, Gone2theDogs, has expressed interest in doing a power trail in North Carolina. A date is yet to be announced.
Float Trip: Pete Shaw has not had the opportunity to place new caches along the Courtois Creek due to the weather. After he places the new caches, he will announce a date for a float trip.
Newsletter/email-blast:
Deadline for Newsletter articles is June 29 so that the newsletter can be released by July 6th. (The Summer picnic is July 12th). Included in the newsletter will be:
Nomination of Officers: Laura (email blast to be sent out in addition to the newsletter)
Summer Picnic: Wendy (email Blast June 5 & June 19th)
Events – Laura
Road Trips – Pete
SLAGA Spring Picnic:
The Spring picnic was a success in spite of the rain. The trailer needs to be re-stocked before the next picnic with BBQ brush, squirt bottle, napkins, PA system, raffle ticket jars. Kathy and Pete will purchase the needed items and check on the trailer prior to the Summer picnic.
The Board discussed a change in raffle drawings. It was suggested that attendees might buy more raffle tickets if they do not need to be present to win. Attendees will provide contact information on the back of the ticket and will be contacted by a SLAGA board member if they are not present when the ticket is drawn. The Board agreed to try this at the fall picnic.
Geocaching 101 and 201 classes:
The Geocaching 101 and 201 classes were held on May 30th . There is no report from the presenter.
Upcoming events:
Summer Picnic - Willoughby Heritage Farms, July 12:
SLAGA will provide paper goods, charcoal, and some extra tables. Members are asked to bring their own food or a dish to share and extra chairs. Pete Shaw and Kathy DeWitt will do inventory of trailer. Some paper goods were damaged in rain at the spring picnic. Wendy will bring water and ice. The picnic is scheduled for Sunday, July 12th from 1:30pm – 4:30pm.
Fall Picnic – Cuiver River State Park, - October 10:
Nothing new to report on the fall picnic.
Halloween Events - October 24:
John Elfrank request pavilion at the Kirkwood Park for all day. Kathy DeWitt has reserved the pavilion for 8am – 10:30pm.
Cemetery Hop: by John Elfrank, more details to follow.
Halloween Bash: Mike Maryan (TheMadChef), more details to follow.
Classes:
Wherigo classes have not been re-scheduled.
Publishing Caches class will be offered sometime in fall. Tony Colter will check his schedule and report back with a date.
GSAK – 201 class is almost ready but no date has been scheduled.
Webpage:
Website-gear exchange – Pete will get with Dave about building this web page.
Scout page is published. Laura will update with more information and post the PDF flyer for Boy and Girl Scout Geocaching Badge sessions.
Elections:
An email blast for Nominations will be sent with alink to the nominations form on the SLAGA webpage. This will also be included in the next newsletter.
Business Cards:
The new SLAGA business cards were handed out to the board members. We are encouraged to hand them out to other members to put into caches. This is an inexpensive way to advertise SLAGA to the Geocaching community, especially to new cachers in our community.
12 days of Cachemas:
Pete Shaw will send email to potential cache placers for this event. More will be discussed later this fall.
Missouri Association for Health, PE and Rec Dept.:
No further contact or developments on this event.
New Business
Winter Pot Luck:
Rich Sheffold (RGS) has been in contact with STL County about the new Visitors Center. He will visit the new community center and advise the Board about its use for the SLAGA Winter Pot Luck.
Grill:
Dave and Kathy DeWitt found a grill from Walmart that they proposed that SLAGA purchases. This grill would be used at picnics and other events where grills are not available or are too small for a group the size of SLAGA. The grill sells for about $400. The Board will further discuss this at a future meeting.
Meeting adjourned: 7:23pm
Next Meeting: July 6, 2015, 6pm, STL Bread Co. South Grand, St. Louis