GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MAY
18, 2008
I.
Called
to order 2:04pm by President of the Board Steve LaFata
II.
Minutes
from the April Meeting – Secretary of the Board Joe Kunkel made the motion to
accept the minutes as written and posted to the website, 2nd by
Craig Van Deen. All Approved
III.
Treasurer’s
Report from April – In the absence of Treasurer Cris Cringle, Joe Kunkel
presented the Treasurer’s report and financials. Michael Gaffney made the motion to accept the
report as read, 2nd by Don Hilton.
All Approved.
IV.
Old
Business:
·
Coronation
3 Recap and Financials – Emperor 2 and Empress 2 Michael and Julie gave a recap
of Coronation 3. Joe Kunkel presented
the financials from coronation and was pleased to announce that we were in the
“black” and that the Imperial Court of Arizona, Inc. is solvent by Reign 3.
·
2007/2008
Financials – Joe Kunkel was pleased to report that the financials are just
about complete and being prepped for publication June/July.
·
Policy
and Procedure Manual – Gary Munson, Justice Prevails and Joe Kunkel are
completing work on the P&P. It will
be posted to the website for members to read over and comments will be taken at
the August meeting with ratification at the September meeting.
·
Protocol
Manual – Joe Kunkel will be completing work on this manual to be posted to the
website in August for members to read over with comments being taken at the
September meeting and ratification at the October meeting.
·
Reign
2 Recap – Emperor 2 Michael Gaffney and Empress 2 Julie Craig both gave a recap
of the reign year and kudos were given to everyone that hung in there and made
it all possible.
·
Kobalt
May Bingo – Emperor Michael reported that the court will be receiving a check
from Kobalt for our proceeds of the May Bingo night.
·
1
House, 4 Floors – Again Emperor Michael reported that the court will be
receiving a check for their portion of the proceeds from this wonderful
play. The play write will be at
Investiture to present the check to Michael and Julie.
V.
New
Business:
·
Board
Nominations for 3 open positions – Nominees were Joseph Gaxiola, Sandy
LaFrance, Ray Shapiro, Gary Munson, Don Hilton, Mark Bohnenkamp and Jeff
Muir. Joe Kunkel moved that nominations
cease, 2nd by Empress 3 Justice Prevails. The ballots will be sent out by email from
the Secretary of the Board and the new Board Members will be announced prior to
the June meeting.
·
Money
for Scholarship Fund CD – The Board brought before the members a motion to seed
the new Scholarship Fund with $3,500 to be put into a CD, 2nd by
Gaby Tako. The members discussed and
fully approved.
·
Money
for Coronation 4 CD – The Board brought this motion before the members to seed
Coronation 4 with $2,500 to be put in a CD, 2nd by Don Burns. The members discussed and fully approved.
·
Memorial
Day Show at Kobalt – CJ and Gary are in charge.
The show will run from 2pm to 5pm with the proceeds going to the
Greyhounds of Fairfield, a rescue society.
Please let CJ and/or Gary know if you are going to perform. We will have quite a few guest performers
with us that day. It should be a Great
event.
·
Investiture
3 – Emperor Joseph and Empress Justice reported that things were coming along
nicely in preparation for Investiture 3 to be held at the Rock on May 31st
at 7pm. There will be a $5 donation at
the door along with lots of food and drink.
They look forward to seeing everyone there.
·
Membership
Dues – The Board brought a motion to the floor to reduce the annual membership
dues from $120 to $40, 2nd by Craig Van Deen. The members discussed and amended the motion
to add 2 more reduced dues levels. One
for Senior Resident Members of $30 and Associate members $20. The amended motion passed by the members of
the court.
VI.
Open
Forum –
·
Membership
Roster – Please come by the front table and update your personal information on
the Membership Roster.
·
Reminder
that Membership Dues are due at the June meeting.
VII. Adjourn – Gaby made the motion, 2nd by Gary Munson. All approved and we adjourned at 2:10.