Summary - SEG America Executive Board meeting: 7/19/2006
SEG America Executive Board Meeting Minutes - July 19, 2006
Meeting called to order at approx: 9:00 PM (Eastern time)
Attendees:
Will Hopper, Karl Sagal, Alex Ko, Stan Dobrowski, Fred Kaplan, Joanne Krogman (departed at approx 9:15) and Tom Jacobson (Arrived at approx 9:15)
The upcoming election and membership status of potential voters amongst the members of SEG America was discussed at length…
Motion: K. Sagal, 2nd F. Kaplan to extend all advanced memberships, current and recently expired to Dec 31, 2006 at no cost to the membership. Approved by 5-0 vote.
Motion: K. Sagal, 2nd A. Ko to extend free advanced membership to and Fest registrant who doesn’t already have an advanced membership, this membership to expire Dec 31, 2006. Approved by 4-1 vote, W. Hopper voting in the negative minority
Motion: K. Sagal, 2nd F. Kaplan. In the event that the bylaws are ratified by the membership, effective September 1, 2006, notice will be sent to all Advanced Members that the new title of their membership will be called “Individual Memberships” with no change in expiration date. Approved by 5-0 vote.
Motion: K. Sagal, 2nd F. Kaplan. New Owners, who contact SEG America in the year 2006 will get a free one year membership, from the date of their joining SA. This offer is to end on Dec 31, 2006. Approved by 4-0 vote.
There was further discussion regarding extending or not extending dates of the current election and nominations processes.
Motion W. Hopper, 2nd A. Ko, to proceed with the nomination and election of officers in accordance with current published calendar and dates. Approved by 4-0 vote.
There was a lengthy discussion about the Club Bylaws. Many minor modifications to the currently posted draft bylaws, mostly phraseology and administrative and article and section numbering. Some wording changes to section 4.3.2, and a removal of current section 6.2, which removes references to the Regional SEG Council. Neither Regions nor the Regional SEG Council have yet been defined.
Motion K. Sagal, 2nd F. Kaplan to remove current section 6.2 (SEG Council) from the bylaws. Approved by 3-1 vote. W. Hopper voting in the negative minority.
Discussion continued on Bylaw details. Section 6.3 (Limitations of Officers) was discussed and details regarding finances considered. Further discussion ensued about the title block of the initial signers of the bylaws.
Motion F. Kaplan, 2nd K. Sagal to accept Bylaws as modified, including specific wording identified on financial safeguards and Initial Officer endorsement signatures. Further that this proposed Bylaw should be posted to the web site. Approved by 4-0 vote.
Will Hopper volunteered to post the proposed bylaws to the website.
Motion K. Sagal, 2nd F. Kaplan to send an e-mail to all voting members of SEG America with a notice reminding the membership to vote for their candidate, and to vote up or down to ratify the bylaws. Approved by 4-0 vote.
Tom Jacobson was a guest and introduced himself and his Segway experiences. He has been a pioneer in the seg tour business, and is currently considering starting a local SEG in the South West Florida Area…He indicated that there are 10 tour groups working within an 80-mile range of his facility… He had many progressive ideas and questions, and contributed to the general conversation…
Secretary’s Report. As Sec is not currently in attendance, reading of the minutes and voting on it was postponed till next meeting.
Treasurer’s Report. No major financial changes. Member’s mailing bills have been submitted for reimbursement and subsequently paid to Will Hopper.
Local Group Coordinator’s Report. Topics included discussion of an instruction and notes manual and guide for Yahoo groups, and Will indicated he wanted to meet with the graphic artist involved with the brochure. Report included that there have no new Local SEGs since the last meeting.
Vice President’s Report. Short report that included comments that Pres & Vice Pres attended the international Dealer’s meeting. Dealers and manufacturer was very receptive to SEG America’s place in the community
President’s Report. Offered more info on activities related to the Dealer’s meeting. Break out seminars were informative and interesting…
Old Business.
Bylaws. Previously discussed.
Election update. Previously discussed.
Segwayfest 2006 Report. F. Kaplan reported that registration is up to 129 attendees and registrants. Hotel bookings were discussed, and some bookings were not made from the SA block of rooms, which is expected to have a positive effect of saving more rooms for late registrants in an otherwise overbooked weekend. There are other major activities in the area that same weekend. The potential for alternate hotels was discussed. The potential for dinner capacity to be reached is looking realistic. Insurance alternatives with Lora Van Dixon were discussed.
New Business.
S. Dobrowski reported that he had updated the fest web site and that he has had discussions with Luis at Segway Inc. resulting in the news that the online registration site will soon be up and running. Since SA has a direct link to that page, Stan will be working on it and preparing it for live tests…
Motion, W. Hopper, 2nd, K. Sagal to adjourn meeting at 11:04 PM (Eastern time) Approved by 4-0 vote
