SLAGA Board Meeting

October 4, 2018

6:00 PM

Chemical Interchange

Attendees – Steve Bromley, Bill Lange, Patricia Hutchison, Carolyn Jaycox, Jason Jaycox, Dave DeWitt, Kathy DeWitt, Tony Colter

                The meeting was called to order at 5:56 PM.

                Motion to approve the September minutes was made by Bill, seconded by Carolyn. The minutes were unanimously approved.

                Motion to approve the September treasurer’s report was made by Carolyn, seconded by Bill. The treasurer’s report was unanimously approved.

Old Business

• Newsletter – Steve will send it out after he receives an article he requested from Carolyn.
• Email blast –Email blast will go out when more events have been officially announced.

• Event Recap:
  • Fall Picnic – Fun, successful event with great attendance.

• Upcoming Events:
  • Grave Hop – 10/13/18, Melvin Price Memorial Park, Swansea, IL. The starting event number is GC7VBK6; the finish line event number is GC7V98Q and will be held in Belleville, IL.
  • Christmas Party – Discussed; arrangements need to be made.
  • President’s New Year’s Day Hike – Discussed; arrangements need to be made.

• Geocaching 101 Classes
  • October 20, 2018 – Citizens for Modern Transit; expecting about 30 participants for the “Ten Toes” event. Volunteers are requested.
  • December 1, 2018.
  • March 30, 2019.

• SLAGA Geocoin
  • Geocoin – SLAGA still has the new standard coins for sale. Contact Kathy DeWitt to purchase.
  • Pathtags – The tags were received and distributed to SLAGA premium members at the Fall Picnic. Premium members who did not show up to the Fall Picnic will have their chance to receive a free tag at the Winter Potluck.

• SLAGA Website
  • com – Motion was made by Carolyn and seconded by Patricia for the ongoing ownership of Geostl.com domain to be dropped when it expires at the end of the year. Motion passed unanimously.
  • Membership – Currently, there are 794 registered members on the SLAGA website, with only 143 being paid memberships. A large quantity of registrants have not logged into the SLAGA website since they registered. Motion was made by Steve and seconded by Carolyn to set up a validation method on the SLAGA.org website for members to log in and verify that they are still active and interested in receiving communications from SLAGA, in return for which they will be entered into a drawing for prizes. Motion passed unanimously.
  • Web Hosting Budget – Motion was made by Carolyn and seconded by Bill to approve a maintenance budget for the website, as submitted by Dave DeWitt. Motion passed unanimously.

• SLAGA Trailer – Steve plans to host an event to clean up the trailer, and has offered to pick up the items listed on the inventory which need to be replaced before the Winter Potluck.

New Business

• Appointment – Steve motioned to appoint Laura MacLeod as the liaison between SLAGA and the St. Louis County Parks Department. Motion was seconded by Bill and motion passed.

• CITO Suggestion – Candyce (Candyce54) Grisham contacted Steve with a suggestion that SLAGA consider the Adopt A Highway program as our way to CITO. Board discussed the program and agreed that it would like to hear more details about the program, location, length of service – both time and distance – commitment and cost to SLAGA.

Next Meeting

• The next meeting will be held November 8, 2018 at Chemical Interchange at 6:00 pm.

• Adjournment
  • Carolyn motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and it was seconded by Bill. Motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 7:48 pm.