Board of Directors’ Meeting
Minutes from 06-17-07
I.
Called to Order: 12:15pm at MCC Gentle Shepherd
II.
Attending: Steve LaFata, Craig Van Deen, Michael Gaffney,
Mark Bohnenkamp
Cris
Cringle and Joe Kunkel. Director(s)
absent was Don Hilton.
III.
Approval of Minutes: Michael Gaffney informed the board that the
minutes from the May 07 meeting were out on the website. With that said Craig Van Deen made the motion
to accept the minutes as written. This
was seconded by Mark B.
IV.
Approval of Treasurer’s Report: Cris Cringle read the treasurer’s
report. As of 05-31-07 (fiscal year end)
$14,797.52. Bills still outstanding for
coronation and investiture. Checking has
$1, 279.00 and Savings has $2,412.74 ($468.03 of this is Travel Fund).
V.
Election of Officers for the Board: Joe Kunkel called for the election of the
new officers for the board. Call for
nominations for President – Steve LaFata and Joe Kunkel. Mark Bohnenkamp moved that nominations cease,
seconded by Cris Cringle. Steve and Joe
stepped out of the while Out-Going President Craig Van Deen ran the
elections. Steve LaFata won and is the
new President of the board.
Nominations
for VP - Mark B. nominated Don Hilton
who wished to remain as VP. Joe K. moved
that nominations cease, 2nd by Cris Cringle. Don was unanimously approved.
Nominations
for Secretary - Mark B. nominated Joe
K., 2nd by Cris Cringle.
Approved.
Nominations
for Treasurer - Cris Cringle
nominated. Joe K moved that nominations
cease. Approved by all the members.
VI.
Old Business:
a.
Coronation wrap up with the final bills to be
paid to Don Hilton, Thunderbird Trophies and AlphaGraphics.
b.
National
RFP’s will go out in July for hotel space for Coronation III. This time we will put more of our
requirements into the bids.
c.
Joe
is working with Steve Youngdahl on Bylaws
d.
We
will also work wish Steve Youngdahl on grants this year.
e.
Increase
Membership
f.
Cris
and Joe are working on the books from 2006-07 to be published
VII.
New Business:
a.
Partnering with restaurants for dinner/shows,
waiting tables, etc.
b.
Joe
will be doing jewelry shows in conjunction with Reign shows
c.
Board
and Line will meet to combine calendars for events for both charity and court
needs
d.
Monarchs
reported on what will be coming this year along with their line meeting
e.
Letter
to members reminding them about dues owed and how they can pay them
f.
The
Board approved unanimously to move the meeting time to 1pm for the board and
2pm for the membership. This way we
don’t have to re-hash information.
VIII.
Open Forum:
The court
will give Steve as Heir Apparent front page news when he needs to put out
something from the Heirs and/or Nicole.
We will
start taking annual and bi-annual member’s dues payments via paypal and the
website.
This turned
into a motion that was approved.
Mark B. also
brought up candy bar sales for court funds that could go all year
Yard sale
was brought up as an idea
Softball/Baseball
game between courts like Las Vegas for charity
Volleyball
games between courts in high heels
IX.
Adjourned:
Craig made
the motion to adjourn with Joe 2nd.
All approved and the board meeting adjourned at 1:30pm.