General Membership Meeting Minutes

The Imperial Sovereign Empire of Arizona

Meeting Date December 17, 2006

Minutes Prepared December 18, 2006

Attendees Steve Lafata, Justice Prevails, Allen Hall, Don Hilton, Lady Joy, Ray Vela, Joseph Brumley, Stephen Bloom, Jeff Muir, Craig Van Deen, Michael Gaffney, Tim Greeley, Morrie Carter, Joe Kunkel, Wayne Young, Dominick Gonzalez, Robert Sanfratello, Paul Pederson

Absentees Cris Cringle, Gaby Tako, Sandy LaFrance, Michael Emery

Guests: Liz St James (Mark), Truly LaFemme (Max)

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¨ Call To Order: Meeting called to order at 2:05 by Steve La Fata

¨ Meeting Minutes from November: Approved. Also handed out minutes from October.

¨ Treasures Report: Treasurer absent so we didn’t have new report. Last months were as follows: $753.19 in checking and $2,002.36 in savings.

¨ Tiara’s: Tiara’s were given to the following female line titles: Duchess Lady Joy, Baroness Dee Dee Deviant, Countess Ebony. Sandy will be given one but was absent from this meeting.

¨ Winter Wonderland: A big thank you to Count Cris and Countess Ebony for all of the work from last night’s show. We raised $1,760.00 for Phoenix Children’s Hospital. They had representatives at the function, and they seemed to have a great time.

¨ Yahoo Updates: These will be transferred to the Court website.

¨ Community Button: This button had been added to our website to advertise their public events. We will no longer send an email to our group for other’s events. We can check this button any time to see what is going on. If you have groups you would like to add, please email Joseph at leatherboyaz@msn.com.

¨ IRS: We have been approved by the IRS and this will run until May 31, 2010.

¨ Upcoming Events:

January 12-14: AGRA rodeo at Rawhide. There will be group number done on Saturday and individuals may be done on Sunday. We will have a booth there both days so look for signup information.

January 19-21: Southwest Leather Conference: We have been requested to do a production number on Saturday night. We will also have an information table with brochures but no one will have to be there to take care of the table.

January 27: Turnabout Show at Charlie’s. The female line dressed as male will open with There is Nothing Like a Dame from South Pacific and the guys as girls will open up with a number from Dream Girls. Lady Joy has requested that the line titles do at least one duet with each other and then another duet or each person a single. More to come later. The posters are printed and ready to deliver but we will wait until January 5^th after the holidays. We will be in need of a spotlight for this show.

February 10^th: Cupids on Fire to be held at Cash Inn hosted by Prince Royal Don Hilton and Princess Royal Justice Prevails. This will possibly benefit Wellness House a place for cancer patients to go after their Chemo treatments, etc. to rest and have something to eat. They also provide rehab at discounted prices. I looked online and I think this is the correct website. Please let me know if I have the wrong one. http://www.twccaz.org/about.htm

Please get posters ready for Stephen Bloom. Don to have others in the community to help perform that way the members don’t have to do more than one number. Don will also meet with Lisa at Cash Inn to go over the details. He will have some of the cloggers in town perform also.

March: TBD with Dee Dee Deviant. Joe will assist Dee Dee with this show and ideas.

April: TBD with Don Jeff Muir and Dame Regine. This will be a Country Show. More information to come at a later date.

¨ Meeting Minutes: These will now be posted on our website. It will be up to each individual to go online and read these before the next meeting. Bring any changes or additions to the meeting.

¨ Empress’ Ball Masquerade: This is a state function on February 24th so all proceeds will go to the Court in preparation for Coronation. The time for this event is 7:00 to 12:00 midnight. Paypal has been setup on our website for tickets to this event. Single $25.00 and Couples $40.00 in advance. At the door the prices will go up to Single $30.00 and Couples $45.00. Only 200 tickets will be sold for this event so get your tickets early. The Legion is already planning on 60 tickets. The opening number will be Masquerade from Phantom of the Opera and everyone should be included. Doors open at 6:30 and the festivities will begin at 6:55 with the opening number. Joe will also have three command performances scheduled; one of the commands will be the DJ, Henry and Marie Tank. Otherwise it will be dancing and mingling with all of the guests. Joe has a signup sheet for different aspects of the Ball for people to be in charge of and make sure that things run smoothly. Joe, Ashley, Regine and Jeff are to head up the event. This is a cash bar, the bartender and waiters/waitresses are volunteers for tip generously. There will also be a 50/50 raffle, ½ will go to the American Legion and ½ will go to the Court. There will also be silent auction items up for bid. The attire for the evening is semi-formal, formal or dress in costume in a period outfit. There will be prizes for best-dressed male, female and couples. Joe will also be handing out certificates and proclamations. Easley’s will be giving us discounts on certain items as well as donation some decorations. Everyone is expected to help with setup and take down, setup is 12:00 noon on Saturday February 24^th. There may be some out of town people in attendance.

- Set up and tear down – everyone should help

- Hospitality

- Printing

- Ticket sales individually and online with Paypal

- Out of Town Show – Liz St James and Truly LaFemme

- Protocol with John Nelson

- Vendors Room(s)

- Centerpieces for Coronation night

- Point person for Coronation night to make sure everything is done and running smoothly. This will be the person that we go

- Victory Brunch

- Gifts and Awards

¨ New Members: Please welcome our newest members Sylvia, Kelly, Paul and Dean.

¨ Coronation II: Signup sheets are available for everyone to signup for the items they are interested in. Some items everyone will help with. All ad sales must be camera ready, even business card ads. We will hopefully be able to use Paypal for them to pay for their ad space.

Here are some of the committees that you can sign up for:

- Set up and tear down – everyone should help

- Hospitality

- Printing

- Ticket sales individually and online with Paypal

- Out of Town Show – Liz St James and Truly LaFemme

- Protocol with John Nelson

- Vendors Room(s)

- Centerpieces for Coronation night

- Point person for Coronation night to make sure everything is done and running smoothly. This will be the person that we go

- Victory Brunch

- Gifts and Awards

- Victory Show

¨ Corporate Sponsorship: Bud Light has already been contacted for this next year and we are looking for a substantial amount from them.

¨ Alliance Beverage Company: We have emailed them for sponsorship.

¨ Bar Sponsorship: We will all be in charge of going to the bars for their sponsorship along with information pertaining to the bus tour. This year buses will go to different bars and then meet up back at the hotel.

¨ Raising Money: Monies raised above and beyond with sponsorships leave us more money to put away for the next year’s Coronation. Or we can possibly write out larger checks to 501c3 Corporations at the end of our fiscal year. Money will always be put aside for the next year’s Coronation.

¨ Ron Caputo: Ron had resigned as both Board and line title to concentrate on his business. We wish Ron the best of luck and thank him for all he has done for the Court.

¨ Special Recognition: Truly Lafemme now a resident of Phoenix is a past Empress from Las Vegas and Liz St James a past Empress from Orange County. We are lucky to have both of these individuals now a part of our community and we look forward to there help with events and advice when needed. Welcome both of you to our lovely city.

¨ Turkey Drive: The Court raised $1,210.00 for Agape this year. Their total was $16,000 and still counting. Congratulations to Apollo’s for the top sellers at $5,200.00.

¨ Internal Turkey Drive Contest: First place goes to Michael Emery for selling 33 tickets for $165.00. Second place was drawn from a pot of six names all tied for second with 11 tickets sold for $55.00. The winner for second place is Allen Hall. Michael will receive a Coronation packet, less the hotel, plus $100.00 cash. Allen will receive 2 Coronation tickets. We will provide one ticket and an anonymous donor will purchase the second ticket and also provide the $100.00 first prize. Congratulations to both of you.

¨ Membership List: I am updating the membership list to include names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses. This will be sent out to each member via the email so that everyone has contact numbers. If there are any changes to be made please email me (Michael Gaffney).

¨ Voting: Voting for next year’s Emperor and Empress will be held on Saturday April 28^th at MCC Gentle Shepherd Church, if there are no conflicts with the Church. Voting will take place between the hours of 10 – 6. More to discuss at a later date.

¨ Truly Lafemme: Truly and Liz St James would like to host a show in March to Roast the Emperor and Empress. The Emperor and Empress will get to sit and relax while being waited on and entertained.

¨ Photos on Yahoo: Justice reported that when she posts photos on the Yahoo Group, she would only post those that are favorable quality. She won’t post any that are out of focus, etc. Along those same lines, if you post pictures to the Yahoo Group please label them so everyone knows who it is. Some of the publications will pull down pictures from this sight.

¨ Gay Pride - April: Still looking into the possibility of convertibles or flat bed truck.

Open Forum:

¨ Adjourned: