[GSAS-board] Tonight's meeting Agenda - Please print and bring with you :)

["Rick Rose" <rick-rose@comcast.net>]

Greater         

  Seattle

    Aquarium

      Society                Board Meeting Agenda:  November 18, 2004

(at the home of Bob Holmes)          

 

 

Board Members        Present                                                                       Absent

 

                                                Bob Holmes                                                    

                                                Rick Rose                                                       

                                                Sandu Simion                                                  

                                                Susan Welenofsky

                                                Paul Winchester

 

Membership Observers

 

·         

 

·         

 

 

Preliminary Business

 

·        (None)

 

 

Executive Committee Reports

 

Ø      The Minutes of the previous Board Meeting (October 21^st 2004) were __________________.

 

Ø      The Treasurer’s Report

 

1)      Current Primary Account Balance:        $__,____.___

2)  Money Market Account                       __,____.___

3)  Cash Box:                                                  40.00

                                                                        ____________

                             $__,____.___

 

4)      Outstanding Bills  -

 

 

 

Meeting & Program Schedule

 

Month             Topic / Activity                                                                       Fish-o-the-Month

 

SEP 14^th           Steev Ward – Fish Pathogens                                                    Small, Community Fish

OCT 12^th          Jim Atchison – Live Foods                                                         $35 Live Food Items

NOV 9^th Michael Goumas – Breeding, Selling & Trading Fish to Local Stores                        Rummy nose Tetras

DEC 14^th          Christmas Party                                                                        (None)

JAN 11^th           Tom Waltzek – Leafish                                                             (______________________)

FEB 8^th             Plant Auction   

MAR 8^th          

APR 12^th          General Auction

MAY 10^th         Tim Hovanec                                                                            (______________________)

JUN 14^th          

 

(2005-2006 Club-Year)

 

SEP 13^th          

OCT 11^th         

NOV 8^th          

DEC 13^th          Christmas Party

JAN 10^th          

FEB 14^th           Plant Auction   

MAR 14^th        

APR 11^th          General Auction

MAY 9^th          

JUN 13^th          

 

(*)        Tentative, Special Dates

 

Special Dates (in Red)

 

List of possible speakers:

 

ü      Pam Chin

ü      Steve Lunblad (African Cichlids)  FOTM:  Tanganyikan Cichlids

ü      Steev Ward (Freshwater Fish Diseases from a Practical Standpoint) FOTM:  Any nice tetra, barb, catfish, otocinclus

ü      Wayne Liebel – Cichlids, or History of the Aquarium Hobby

ü      Paul Louiselle

ü      Mel O’Meare (sp?) – Large Central American Cichlids (Dave) FOTM:  New World cichlids – NO CONVICTS, Blue Rams would be good.

ü      Lee Findley – Catfish

ü      Yohan Fernando – Wild Bettas – Part II

ü      David Spector – Show Bettas

ü      Tom Waltzek – Fish Disease, Leaf fish, Cichlids

ü      Oliver Lucanus (www.belowwater.com) FOTM: (Variety)

ü      Takashi Amano (will be here in the US in November 2004)

ü      Sandu Simion – Breeding Fish Techniques (Corys, Neons, Angels)

ü      Anthony Calfo – from Pennsylvania – Saltwater/Beginner Reef

ü      Dave Sanford/Kate Breimayer - Advanced Killifish Presentation

ü      Frank Tompko - How to Sell on AquaBid

ü      Betty Goetz – Autoliths (sp?) – after established and comfortable

ü      Rick’s Friend from Fred Hutch Lab

ü      Mike O'Brien – PSAS – Beginning Saltwater Aquaria/Reef FOTM:  (3) $10.00 gift certificates

 

Meeting Ideas:

 

• Field trip to African NW (South Park Industrial Area – weekend activity) (Sam is willing to set up – let him know when ready)
• Videos from Erik’s library
• Home Video Night (10 minute presentation by various members)
• Rain Forest Aquarium Presentation by Sandu
• Florida Aqua Farms Presentation

o       Livebearers

• South American cichlids (broad selection. could be subdivided into dwarf,pike etc.)
• Asian fish (loaches, barbs, rasboras etc.)
• Gold Fish
• Anabantoids (again, subdivide into bettas, gouramis etc.)
• Round-Table – Bring something to trade

 

Action Items:

 

• Sandu is in contact with Oliver Lucanus for June (depending on Oliver’s recovery.)

o       Bob will contact PSAS (Paul Hamby) to see if they want to share – PaulH@LastingCredit.com

o       Bob will contact Vancouver to see if they want to share.

• Bob will contact Lee Findley
• Sandu will put out a request on the email list for spawning pictures (to be emailed to him off-list.)
• Bob will ask Mike O’Brien if he can speak at the March meeting.
• Bob:  Anthony Calfo can only be here in May and we don’t have May open.  Sandu asked Mike O’Brien (of PSAS) if we can establish a relationship with their club to let our members in free (by showing membership card.)  If they are reluctant, we could offer to pay $100 to Anthony as an honorarium.

 

 

Ø      Suggestions for Livebearer speakers from Frank Tomko (originally sent to Rick and now forwarded to Bob.)

 

John Lyons

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

1350 Femrite Drive

Monona, WI  53716-3736

Phone: (608) 221-6328

Fax: (608) 221-6353

e-mail: john.lyons@dnr.state.wi.us

 

 

Dr. Steven Kazianis

e-mail: sk13@swt.edu

Southwest Texas State University

601 University Drive

419 Centennial Hall

San Marcos TX 78666-4616

Phone: (512) 245-0358

 

Bob will contact these men about speaking at a future meeting (without specific dates, for now.)

 

 

Next Meeting:  December 14, 2004

 

 

o       The December General Meeting topic is our annual Christmas Party – including potluck, games, and prizes.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Paul Winchester
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:49 PM
To: GSAS Board
Subject: [GSAS-board] GSAS Christmas potluck

 

Hi folks, sorry to say I am unable to make tomorrows meeting. I was planning on making the usual announcements for the Christmas  potluck, and collaborating with my buddy Trish on the party details but instead here is the potluck plans assuming last years plan is okay to repeat:

 

 

Date for the party: Tuesday December 14th-@7:30 pm.

 

Potluck style event-The club provides the main course-turkey/ham and a variety of beverages.And also all paper goods.

 

Sign up sheet should be passed around for potluck items-I would appreciate someone doing this for me.

 

The gift exchange will be one of our sources of entertainment-everyone that would like to participate should bring an aquarium related mystery gift with a $15 limit, they will receive a number for the gift and members can take turns stealing gifts from eachother.

 

I will contact Erik about bringing  the Fish-O game again  for additional entertainment- and I will be picking up about 6 prizes for that game. I know that Kevin is no longer at the Fish Gallery so if anyone has any other ideas on where I can procure gifts for prizes let me know-otherwise I will purchase the gifts and be reimbursed by the club.

 

Hopefully Tori has the kid's activities planned-if not maybe somebody can let me know if help is needed there.

 

Thank you for your understanding, parties are being planned daily for me at my place of business and time is very sparse for me right now, however I will be at the GSAS Christmas party,of course, bringing with me all of the clubs provisions listed above-and then some!

 

 

Sincerely, Cheryl Winchester- (Your absent party planner)

o       Responses to the Potluck Sign-up Sheet…

 

Hot Dishes

 

1.      Woody (Egg Rolls)

2.      Enchilada Casserole

3.      Sandy – Green Bean Casserole

 

Salads

 

1.      Susan

2.      Bob Holmes

 

Desserts

 

1.      Dave Sanford

 

Chips & Snacks

 

1.      Paul

 

Side Dishes

 

1.      Sandu – Smoked Salmon

 

Other Condiments

 

(None)

 

Old Business

 

Ø      Recap of November General Membership Meeting – Michael Goumas – Breeding, Selling and Trading Fish to Local Stores.

 

1. 24 members signed-in plus 7 guests
2. email feedback

 

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Bob and Judy Holmes
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:58 AM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-board] Board meeting

 

Good morning. Hope everyone enjoyed the meeting Tuesday night. I thought Mike did an excellent job with his presentation, and I liked how the intense Q&A session went into overtime!  …

 

Bob

 

3. Thank You card for Fellow GSAS member, Joe Hughes, has kindly donated a 125 gallon tank and two lights (used equipment) to the club.  Tomorrow night at the meeting we will auction them off (as one item.)  The tank and lights are in Joe's garage and must be picked up by the end ofthis coming weekend.Joe lives in Kirkland. 

 

Ø      June Olberding (from the membership) requested that the kid’s coloring contest winning entries be displayed on the table near the entrance.  Rick will do this.  (Outstanding)

 

 

Ø      Library Handout – Bob will contact Woody to go through the cabinet and update the inventory - producing a handout based on the new book list.

 

 

Ø      Fire Safe – The Board unanimously voted to direct Rick to purchase a fire safe in which to store the club’s official documents:  Insurance policy, Incorporation, Contract with SPU, etc. - Done.  Please bring any documents that are to be stored in the safe to the meeting.

 

 

Ø      On-line Banking procedures for all board members yet to be established. - Outstanding

 

 

Ø      Rick will begin sending an email reminder when membership is expiring. – Process in place.

 

Here is a sample of the text approved by the board via email…

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Rose [mailto:rick-rose@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:39 AM
To: rick-rose@comcast.net
Subject: GSAS Membership Reminder

 

Hi Rick,

 

The GSAS Board of Directors has asked me to provide our members with a friendly reminder when it is time to renew their membership.  We hope that you find this service to be a helpful and useful tool in making sure that your membership in GSAS remains current.  If you’ve recently renewed, please disregard this reminder with our thanks.

 

Our goal is to ensure that you find your membership to be a very valuable and interesting aspect of your home aquarium hobby; and we are working hard to that end.  Your continued interest and support of GSAS is much appreciated.

 

Your Family membership recently expired on 11/1/2004.

 

There are two ways to renew.  You can simply pay your dues to Susan Welenofsky, our Membership Coordinator, at the next monthly meeting; or, if you would prefer, you can send your check (payable to GSAS) in the mail. 

 

Susan’s mailing address is…

 

Susan Welenofsky, GSAS Membership

2973 142nd Place SE #6

Bellevue, WA 98007

 

IMPORTANT:  Please help us keep our address and other information up-to-date.  If you have moved, changed phone numbers, or gotten a new email address recently (and who hasn’t?) please include that information.  There are forms available at the meeting, or you can print out a membership form from our website:  just go to www.gsas.org and click on the link to the membership form.

 

Thank you, again, for all you do to make GSAS such a successful and rewarding experience for us all!

 

Rick Rose

GSAS Secretary/Historian

 

 

Annual Membership Types Available

 

Single                                                  $15

Family                                                 $20

Junior (single under 18)                      $10

Senior (Single, age 60 and above)      $10

 

 

Is the hobby “catching on” at your house?  You can upgrade your ‘single’ membership to ‘family’ by paying the additional $5 at any time.

 

Three responses received from the 11 reminders sent were all neutral/positive.

 

Ø      Susan will ask Kate B. about our using her fish painting to create T-Shirts for sale to club members.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Susan Welenofsky
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 3:34 PM
To: GSAS Board
Subject: [GSAS-board] Fw: Fish Painting

 

Kate said it would be fine for us to use her picture. Can we give her some kind of compensation for its use? It's a beautiful rendering.

 

Susan

 

v     It was decided that we will give Kate a free shirt to thank her for donating her artwork to the T-Shirt project.

 

---

 

 

The Board discussed Susan’s proposal (above.)  It was decided that we will have the artwork alone on the back of the shirt.  Then, on the front, in the pocket-area, we will have the logo along with the name of the club, in the font Nadianne in the four-line, gradually indented format that has become standard over the past three years – as shown below. 

 

Greater

  Seattle

    Aquarium

      Society

 

 

If the cost would go up significantly to have the logo printed in its typical black and (whatever color that is?) then it could be printed in dark blue with white (no color) for the embedded letters GSAS.

 

It will not have the years, or “Since 1977,” or the website url.

 

The shirt will be White.

 

Sizes will be mostly large and extra-large, with a limited quantity of small, medium, and XXL.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Susan Welenofsky
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:15 PM
To: gsas-board
Subject: [GSAS-board] FW: t-shirt prices from shirtworks, ellensburg

 

Okay, I found a much better deal in Ellensburg. Here it is. Kate requested a black shirt, as she would like something that would show stains. The black shirts require an extra color, making it a 5-color process, and the shirt itself is more expensive. So are XXL, XXXL t-shirts.

 

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Williams [mailto:shirtworksembroidery@elltel.net]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:54 PM
To: welenofsky@comcast.net
Subject: t-shirt prices from shirtworks, ellensburg

 

Susan-

 

Hello, this is Kyle from Shirtworks in Ellensburg.  Karen requested that I e-mail you some prices on t-shirts that you were interested in.  Please let me know if this information is what you were looking for and if you have any further questions.

 

75 pcs. Hanes Beefy t-s 6.1 oz. with 2 color front logo and 5 color back logo, sizes  small - x-large.

Black = $10.33  -  White $8.72

75 pcs. 5.6 oz cotton t-shirt, 2 color front logo 5 color back logo, sizes small - x-large.

Black = $9.47  -  White $7.86.

 

Thank you and once again please don't hesitate with any questions you might have.

 

Kyle Williams

509-925-3469

Shirtworks, inc.

Ellensburg, WA

Rick will email Shawn (of GPAS) to get info on how they produce t-shirts with art – Outstanding.

 

 

Ø      Sandu was recently exposed to a situation where an incorporated group lost their incorporation status because they did not fulfill certain “common” requirements such as…

 

o       Following through with additional paperwork prescribed by the State – on HOLD

o       Including “, Inc.” on their letterhead, business cards, checks, etc.

 

Bob will talk to his neighbor who is an attorney and also to Rich Elliot.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Judy Holmes [mailto:jbholmes@nwlink.com]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 8:02 AM
To: Sandu Simion; Rick Rose; Paul Winchester; Susan Welenofsky
Subject: Rich Elliott

 

I Had a nice conversation with Rich, and he was very encouraging in regard to our liability situation. He is willing to help us resolve our uncertainties and it would be "pro bono" unless it should become very complicated, which he felt was doubtful.

 

I told him I would send him copies of all pertinent paperwork along with any questions and comments that we came up with at the next board meeting. He will review same and advise us.

 

Bob

 

This item is continuing.

 

Ø      Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com [mailto:owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Bob and Judy Holmes
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:55 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: Fwd: Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest

 

 Something to chew on.Might be worthwhile. Good magazine.

X-Original-To: jbholmes@nwlink.com
Delivered-To: jbholmes.nwlink.com@mx6.pacifier.net
Subject: Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:51:12 -0400
X-MS-Has-Attach: yes
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
Thread-Topic: Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest
Thread-Index: AcRwA7bRqVNgss4HRPC1luz1BcMYYQ==
From: "Courtney Baran" <cbaran@tfh.com>
To: <jbholmes@nwlink.com>

Dear Valued Organization:

My name is Courtney Baran and I m the Advertising Coordinator for Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine.  I d like to tell you about our bigger and better Magazine Subscription Commission Program where you can earn money for your club while competing for a very special prize!

This program works as follows:

       For every subscription to Tropical Fish Hobbyist sold, your organization earns 25% commission!  In addition to earning this money, we re running a special contest.  The organization who sells the most subscriptions between August 1^st and December 31^st will win a great prize:  3 premium titles from T.F.H. Publications, Inc.

       We would like to have all of your members participate in this contest!  Not only will they receive Tropical Fish Hobbyist, the leading aquarium magazine for over half a century, but they will help their organization earn money!  The contest kit provided to you at your request includes letters and subscription cards to be sent out to each member.  Not only are we providing you this kit but for each contest letter sent out, we will also pay for your postage!  Send us your receipts and you will be reimbursed!

       The prize will be mailed to the winning society in January 2005.  The winning society will be announced in Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine.  What great publicity for your club.
Our relationship with your organization is considered invaluable.  We d like to help you in any way we can!  Please respond via email/phone to request your contest kit.  Please include the number of members in your society so we can send you the right number of letter/subscription cards

If you have any questions, please don t hesitate to contact me!

Sincerely,

Courtney Baran
Advertising Coordinator
Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine
The Leading Aquarium Magazine for over Half a Century
One TFH Plaza
Third and Union Avenues
Neptune City, NJ 07753
800-631-2188 ext. 152     cbaran@tfh.com

 

Rick will pursue this. – Promotional Packet received. 

 

 

Ø       Affiliate Program of www.livefoodcultures.com (Jim Atchison)  Affiliates! For clubs with web sites, we have an active affiliate program which is a simple way to raise funds for the club. It doesn't matter if your club is a fish club, a herb club or a bird club...we support all our affiliate sales with the same level of customer service and your club gets a check.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Atchison [mailto:jim@atchison.com]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:25 AM
To: Rick Rose
Subject: The Talk for the Group

 

Rick,

 

…

 

Also, I know you have looked through our WWW sites. Did you happen to pick up on the hot link that we created for "affiliate" groups? Essentially it's a way for groups to place a link from their site to ours and sales that might be generated from the clicks on the link result in a 5% donation to the group. If the GSAS would be interested let me know.

 

…

Jim Atchison

 

The board is interested in participating as an affiliate.  We need to get input from Erik to see if he has any concerns.

 

 

Ø       Susan proposed that we look into producing “Club Buttons” for events or as a possible fund raiser.  She brought an advertisement from a company called “Badge-A-Minit.”  Rick will request their catalog.  If we decide to pursue this idea, we might save money by simply purchasing the supplies from this company and using the machine that Rick’s church already owns to produce our buttons. – (Waiting on catalog delivery)

 

Ø      We should have a kids’ coloring contest at the December Christmas Party. 

 

Ø      Bob will come up with a “Where’s Nemo?” or “Loach-o” patterned after the popular “Where’s Waldo?” game.

 

 

New Business

 

 

Ø      Newsletter Update

 

1. Dues Increase
2. Aqua-Tips
3. No response received from Victorea to Rick’s request for a status update last month.
4. No response received from Victorea to Bob’s inquiry about an October newsletter.
5. Rick will be ready to produce a pamphlet if needed.

 

 

Ø      New Members since last meeting – Susan

 

• Laura Kusiak
•  
•  

 

 

 

Ø      PO Box?

 

The text {of the membership reminder} sounds well. However, it just occurred to me that it will be much better if GSAS will have its own PO. Box address, instead of publishing, every time, different cashier's addresses. A small PO. Box costs about $60.00/year. It also looks more official.

Sandu

 

 

Ø      Philanthropy Project

 

Bob,

 

This sounds interesting.  To consider sponsoring Thai I think the club should be provided with a proposal from Thai on exactly what it is he is trying to accomplish, the schedule of the project and the precise use of the money he is planning on spending.  He could present this to the Board I think, in 15 minutes or less.  Just some of the things I feel are needed.

Clay

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Judy Holmes [mailto:jbholmes@nwlink.com]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:07 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-board] Fwd: Senior Project

I received this email a couple of days ago and, with Thai's permission, am forwarding it to both the board and member lists.
This might be a worthwhile philanthropic opportunity. Thai sounds to me like a kid with a lot on the ball.
Bob

    Hello, my name is Thai from the Bellevue International high school. As a senior at the school, I am required to do a senior project that requires me to explore and to go in depth on an educational subject. Being a fish enthusiast, I have decided to learn and explore more about ichthyology and fish keeping. I've chosen to write an essay on matter of "how does society ensure the well being of aquatic zones while at the same time ensuring the well being of the ornamental fish collectors who depend on their jobs for a living." Therefore, I was wondering if there were anyone who is  experienced and has extensive knowledge on the field, who I can possibly consult the subject with and someone who I can possibly rely on as a mentor. Secondly, one of the other goals for my project is to become involved with the community. I've chosen to teach an elemenatary school class about the fundamental science and art behind fish keeping. I wish to broaden their views about the aquatic world and show them that there is a lot more to fish keeping than just having gold fishes in a bowl. As a result, I plan on teaching an interactive learning class where students learn how set up a fresh water community fish tank and how to maintain and take care of it. To do so, I would have to raise enough money for the proper equipment and material (about 200-250$). I was wondering if the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society does any sponsoring and could possibly sponsor my project to make the project possible. My phone number is (425)861-7902 and my email adress is Thaichicken162004@yahoo.com. If anyone can help out, that would be awesome. I hope to hear back from you. Thank you.
                                                    Cincerely; Thai

 

 

 

Announcements for the next General Meeting

 

·        Bob – January Meeting Topic – Tom Waltzek speaking on Leaf Fish

·         

·         

 

 

Low-Priority and On-going Issues

 

(The following issues which may or may not have been addressed above will continue to be listed here until they are completely resolved.)

 

 

Ø      Official Bylaws - Rick

 

1.      Dave has obtained a copy of GPAS bylaws and passed them on to Rick

2.      Erik has obtained a copy of AKA bylaws and passed them on to Rick

3.      Erik found a copy of the GSAS bylaws, scanned them, and gave them to Rick

4.      Rick has produced an editable text file from the scanned images – a copy given to each board member and one to June Olberding.

 

Ø      Promotional Materials for GSAS – Rick

 

·        Poster Boards (for Fish Stores) and GSAS fliers are still outstanding. 

·        Business cards will be produced for all board members plus the Newsletter Editor.  All new board members and June agreed to have their phone numbers and email addresses included on their card.  Paul would like his cell phone number (206-383-2910) used rather than his home phone. – Rick to have sample at next (September board meeting) - OUTSTANDING

·        GSAS Fliers

·        Standard GSAS Thank You cards - Done

·        T-Shirts and Caps with GSAS logo

·        A-Frame Sign(s) – check using “shower board.”

·        Mugs, Pens, Window Decals

 

 

Ø      Historian Project(s) – Rick

 

·        History of Philanthropy Projects

 

q       Probe the minds of Clay, Dave, Bob, and Erik

q       Look for old article (on the 30-years CD), written by Laurie Hess, about the “Providence Tank”

 

Ø      Committee Chair – “Job Descriptions” – Rick has no progress to report.

 

Ø      Discussion on a future Philanthropy Project - Clay

 

Ø      Clay has asked Diane Elliot how Rich (a lawyer) would advise us to proceed with regard to Liability Insurance – Waiting for an Answer.

 

Ø      Meeting Activities for younger kids – Dave, Bob, and Rick

 

1.      Dave - coloring book update – gave a folder full of artwork to Rick.

2.      Rick - pages for the coloring book that promote GSAS

3.      Rick – Aquarium-related word searches, puzzles, mazes

 

Ø      Sandu - a presentation to introduce his idea for an “Aquascaping Award Program.”  Brief discussion highlights from last month’s meeting are as follows: - Moved to “Low Priority” items at Sandu’s request.  Sandu will prepare a short “blurb” for the January Newsletter.

 

o       Submissions/entries would be pictures

 

o       Entrants should have the option of being/providing their-own photographer or requesting that a “club photographer” (one person, to be determined) take the pictures.  This would alleviate the potential problem of “blaming” a non-winning entry on “which photographer was assigned to take their picture.”

 

o       The contest could accept entries during the entire club-year, culminating in a slide presentation at the June meeting, at which time the membership would judge the entries and vote for the winner(s).

 

o       Sandu will asked if there is enough interest in this idea at the last general meeting.

 

Ø      The “show of hands” of those interested in receiving an electronic version of the newsletter was positive at the December 2003 meeting.  June will continue to investigate on a low priority basis.

 

Ø      Sandu suggested the idea of establishing a “Sister Club” in some foreign country.  Bob is already in contact with Daryl Hutchins from Brisbane Australia.  An English-speaking country would be much preferred.  Bob will email to exchange newsletters first; then, if that works, he will propose the idea of a “Sister Club.”  Rick will send copies of the pamphlets to Bob. – Done.

 

 

Next Board Meeting Location

 

The location of the next meeting will be at _______________ home.  The date will be Thursday, December 23, 2004, starting promptly at 6:30 pm.

 

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