ArkGeo_Board
04-21-2011, 04:59 PM
Minutes for April 8th, 2011 Board Meeting
Meeting was moved to the La Quinta Hotel in Conway.
Present in person: Richard Lee, Pat Vaughn, Judy Vaughn, Tim Stone, Ron Laster, and Kevin Cackler
Visitors present: Jeremy Rowland (DaTexanBoy), Maribeth Laster (MBL of RKLMBL), Chris Rasmussen (Razz_007), and Susan Lee (Mrs. IdRatherBeHiking).
Round table discussion:
No Round-Table Discussion due to the move to a different location.
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Richard Lee, vice president.
Reports:
President's Report:
The Arkansas Geocachers Association once again had another busy quarter in striving to meet it's goals and Vision and Mission Statement.
Kevin Cackler was appointed by the Board to be the Web Site Manager for ArkGeo and the web site was successfully moved to a new server and switched over to new software. The new web site offers many new features for ArkGeo, loads faster, and spam is no longer a problem.
ArkGeo again offered opportunities for geoachers to get together and meet each other while also learning more about ArkGeo through hosting Eat-N-Greets in Malvern and Fort Smith. ArkGeo also hosted and event and helped the Boy Scouts of America with a Camporee at Crowley's Ridge State Park.
The Committees were also busy and all that the were involved in can be read in their reports to the Board.
Treasurer's Report:
Beginning balance Jan. 1, 2011: $ 1659.55
Deposits: $ 236.00 Fundraising
$ 1.11 interest
for a total of $ 237.11.
Disbursements: $ 9.69 to K. Cackler (for domain name)
Ending balance March 31, 2011: $1887.97
Website Manager's report:
No spam postings since change over of website and new software.
Election module about ready.
Election Committee report:
The Election Committee has prepared a list of possible candidates for Board elections this spring. Each of these potential candidates meets the requirements as set forth by the bylaws and is willing to serve.
Chris Denton (CPDenton)
Chris Knox (captain cooder)
Ron White (RonWhite)
Linda Tredway (angel06)
Kent Uhrich (KnKinCabot)
Fund Raising Committee report:
Need to purchase T-shirts and engraved carabineers
Community Relations Committee report:
Prepared by Judy Vaughn (MathSeeker) Board Liasion
Current Community Relations Committee Members
Judy Vaughn – MathSeeker (Board liaison)
David Spicer – paris1time (Chairman)
Jim Sick – sayitagain
Bruce Crane – Quartzcachers
Clark Gray – cfd29
Brett Phillips – brettp2004
ArkGeo was asked to help out with the Council Camporee at Crowley's Ridge State Park on March 5. An ArkGeo event was scheduled to help show the boy scouts about geocaching.
Molly Fleming, a reporter with Stephens Media, Inc. working on a story about geocaching in Cabot, Lonoke, and Carlisle contacted ArkGeo for some information on geocaching. Judy Vaughn returned her email and phone call. KnKinCabot was also interviewed. The article was in the Spotlight magazine that their paper put out last week.
Committee work has been done in the forums. We have not had any face-to-face or teleconference meetings.
Events Committee report:
Prepared by Richard Lee(IdRatherBeHiking) Board Liasion
The Events Committee is made up of:
Richard Lee - idratherbehiking (Board Liaison)
Jason & Lisa Nuckols - jclaudii & southerngirl(Co Chair)
Ken Hayes & Sue Hayes- Nukeworker & Raquetballgirl
Brian Bryant - B62GTAWK
Blair Shelton - pshelto
Jim Fryar & Sandy Fryar - likestocanoe
Judy Franklin - jffok
Ron White - Ron White
The committee is currently in the planning stages for the ArkGeo Annual Event that will be held at Lake Ouachita State Park and are working with the Community Relations Committee for soliciting prize donations for the event.
Lake Ft Smith State Park has been chosen for the 2012 ArkGeo Annual Meeting and planning will begin for that event after the 2011 event has ended.
The Arkansas Challenge Event is still being planned for the fall with no firm date selected as of yet. It will be held at Mt Nebo State Park either at the end of October or first of November.
All work has been done in the forums. We have not had any face-to-face or teleconference meetings. Committee members have been active in the discussions.
Membership Relations Committee report:
Prepared by Tim Stone (BSA534) Board Liasion
The Membership Relations Committee is made up of:
Tim Stone - BSA534 (Board Liaison)
Judy Vaughn - MathSeeker (Chair)
Holly Thorwarth - gingerose
Justin Murphree - arkfiremedic
The committee created a new “Caching To Do List” contest each month and verified each member’s list as it is posted. The committee has also awarded points to each member for attendance at official ArkGeo events.
After discussion it was agreed to end the monthly contest due to lack of member involvement. The committee submitted the following recommendation and it was approved by the board on 3/30/11:
Proposal from Member Relations Committee concerning monthly contest The monthly contest was started to get the membership involved in ArkGeo. There are only a few people that bother to complete the contest each month and it is basically the same few each month. The committee believes that this contest needs to be put on hiatus and we as a committee need to come up with something else to involve and/or recognize the membership.
The committee proposes that this contest end with the current (March 2011) game. It may be brought back in the future with some changes to the rules in order to get more members involved.
The committee has been discussing new ideas for other contests and activities.
ArkGeo has published 2 caches so far since the implementation of the ArkGeo-owned cache program. No others have been submitted.
Committee Chair Judy Vaughn has continued to maintain the list of member participation points.
All work has been done in the forums. We have not had any face-to-face or teleconference meetings. Committee members have been active in the discussions.
Unfinished Business
ArkGeo goals for 2010 - 2011:
The Board discussed our goals.
ArkGeo owned caches:
Tim Stone made the motion for ArkGeo trading cards to be purchased for placement in ArkGeo owned caches. The cost for 2500 cards is $105. The motion was seconded by Pat Vaughn. Motion carried.
At this time it is not feasible for live streaming of board meeting.
New Business
Motion was made by Pat Vaughn to accept the slate of candidates for the upcoming board election. Motion was seconded by Tim Stone. Motion carried. Candidates are listed in the Election Committee Report.
Discussion about two members from the same family serving on the board – consensus was that the membership elects the board members and they can elect who they want to serve on the board.
Standing Rules are board guidelines. They are not for the general membership.
Motion was made by Ron Laster to add Jason Nuckols (jclaudii) as a website administrator to help clean up the membership list. Motion was seconded by Tim Stone. Motion carried.
Fund Raising Committee will check into the possibility of producing another ArkGeo Geocoin. Membership Committee will work on a contest for the design of the coin.
Ron Laster requested that we have a detailed treasurer's report at the annual meeting.
Committee Member additions:
The Board approved Jeremy Rowland (DaTexanBoy) as an addition to the Fund Raising Committee.
The next Board meeting will be held in Conway on July 22 at 6:30.
Adjournment
Meeting was moved to the La Quinta Hotel in Conway.
Present in person: Richard Lee, Pat Vaughn, Judy Vaughn, Tim Stone, Ron Laster, and Kevin Cackler
Visitors present: Jeremy Rowland (DaTexanBoy), Maribeth Laster (MBL of RKLMBL), Chris Rasmussen (Razz_007), and Susan Lee (Mrs. IdRatherBeHiking).
Round table discussion:
No Round-Table Discussion due to the move to a different location.
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Richard Lee, vice president.
Reports:
President's Report:
The Arkansas Geocachers Association once again had another busy quarter in striving to meet it's goals and Vision and Mission Statement.
Kevin Cackler was appointed by the Board to be the Web Site Manager for ArkGeo and the web site was successfully moved to a new server and switched over to new software. The new web site offers many new features for ArkGeo, loads faster, and spam is no longer a problem.
ArkGeo again offered opportunities for geoachers to get together and meet each other while also learning more about ArkGeo through hosting Eat-N-Greets in Malvern and Fort Smith. ArkGeo also hosted and event and helped the Boy Scouts of America with a Camporee at Crowley's Ridge State Park.
The Committees were also busy and all that the were involved in can be read in their reports to the Board.
Treasurer's Report:
Beginning balance Jan. 1, 2011: $ 1659.55
Deposits: $ 236.00 Fundraising
$ 1.11 interest
for a total of $ 237.11.
Disbursements: $ 9.69 to K. Cackler (for domain name)
Ending balance March 31, 2011: $1887.97
Website Manager's report:
No spam postings since change over of website and new software.
Election module about ready.
Election Committee report:
The Election Committee has prepared a list of possible candidates for Board elections this spring. Each of these potential candidates meets the requirements as set forth by the bylaws and is willing to serve.
Chris Denton (CPDenton)
Chris Knox (captain cooder)
Ron White (RonWhite)
Linda Tredway (angel06)
Kent Uhrich (KnKinCabot)
Fund Raising Committee report:
Need to purchase T-shirts and engraved carabineers
Community Relations Committee report:
Prepared by Judy Vaughn (MathSeeker) Board Liasion
Current Community Relations Committee Members
Judy Vaughn – MathSeeker (Board liaison)
David Spicer – paris1time (Chairman)
Jim Sick – sayitagain
Bruce Crane – Quartzcachers
Clark Gray – cfd29
Brett Phillips – brettp2004
ArkGeo was asked to help out with the Council Camporee at Crowley's Ridge State Park on March 5. An ArkGeo event was scheduled to help show the boy scouts about geocaching.
Molly Fleming, a reporter with Stephens Media, Inc. working on a story about geocaching in Cabot, Lonoke, and Carlisle contacted ArkGeo for some information on geocaching. Judy Vaughn returned her email and phone call. KnKinCabot was also interviewed. The article was in the Spotlight magazine that their paper put out last week.
Committee work has been done in the forums. We have not had any face-to-face or teleconference meetings.
Events Committee report:
Prepared by Richard Lee(IdRatherBeHiking) Board Liasion
The Events Committee is made up of:
Richard Lee - idratherbehiking (Board Liaison)
Jason & Lisa Nuckols - jclaudii & southerngirl(Co Chair)
Ken Hayes & Sue Hayes- Nukeworker & Raquetballgirl
Brian Bryant - B62GTAWK
Blair Shelton - pshelto
Jim Fryar & Sandy Fryar - likestocanoe
Judy Franklin - jffok
Ron White - Ron White
The committee is currently in the planning stages for the ArkGeo Annual Event that will be held at Lake Ouachita State Park and are working with the Community Relations Committee for soliciting prize donations for the event.
Lake Ft Smith State Park has been chosen for the 2012 ArkGeo Annual Meeting and planning will begin for that event after the 2011 event has ended.
The Arkansas Challenge Event is still being planned for the fall with no firm date selected as of yet. It will be held at Mt Nebo State Park either at the end of October or first of November.
All work has been done in the forums. We have not had any face-to-face or teleconference meetings. Committee members have been active in the discussions.
Membership Relations Committee report:
Prepared by Tim Stone (BSA534) Board Liasion
The Membership Relations Committee is made up of:
Tim Stone - BSA534 (Board Liaison)
Judy Vaughn - MathSeeker (Chair)
Holly Thorwarth - gingerose
Justin Murphree - arkfiremedic
The committee created a new “Caching To Do List” contest each month and verified each member’s list as it is posted. The committee has also awarded points to each member for attendance at official ArkGeo events.
After discussion it was agreed to end the monthly contest due to lack of member involvement. The committee submitted the following recommendation and it was approved by the board on 3/30/11:
Proposal from Member Relations Committee concerning monthly contest The monthly contest was started to get the membership involved in ArkGeo. There are only a few people that bother to complete the contest each month and it is basically the same few each month. The committee believes that this contest needs to be put on hiatus and we as a committee need to come up with something else to involve and/or recognize the membership.
The committee proposes that this contest end with the current (March 2011) game. It may be brought back in the future with some changes to the rules in order to get more members involved.
The committee has been discussing new ideas for other contests and activities.
ArkGeo has published 2 caches so far since the implementation of the ArkGeo-owned cache program. No others have been submitted.
Committee Chair Judy Vaughn has continued to maintain the list of member participation points.
All work has been done in the forums. We have not had any face-to-face or teleconference meetings. Committee members have been active in the discussions.
Unfinished Business
ArkGeo goals for 2010 - 2011:
The Board discussed our goals.
ArkGeo owned caches:
Tim Stone made the motion for ArkGeo trading cards to be purchased for placement in ArkGeo owned caches. The cost for 2500 cards is $105. The motion was seconded by Pat Vaughn. Motion carried.
At this time it is not feasible for live streaming of board meeting.
New Business
Motion was made by Pat Vaughn to accept the slate of candidates for the upcoming board election. Motion was seconded by Tim Stone. Motion carried. Candidates are listed in the Election Committee Report.
Discussion about two members from the same family serving on the board – consensus was that the membership elects the board members and they can elect who they want to serve on the board.
Standing Rules are board guidelines. They are not for the general membership.
Motion was made by Ron Laster to add Jason Nuckols (jclaudii) as a website administrator to help clean up the membership list. Motion was seconded by Tim Stone. Motion carried.
Fund Raising Committee will check into the possibility of producing another ArkGeo Geocoin. Membership Committee will work on a contest for the design of the coin.
Ron Laster requested that we have a detailed treasurer's report at the annual meeting.
Committee Member additions:
The Board approved Jeremy Rowland (DaTexanBoy) as an addition to the Fund Raising Committee.
The next Board meeting will be held in Conway on July 22 at 6:30.
Adjournment