Executive Board Meeting Summary - December 13, 2006
Meeting performed via conference call.
Meeting called to order by Karl at: 9:15 pm and recorded.
Executive Board members in attendance:
Karl Ian Sagal, President
Fred Kaplan, Treasurer
Stanley Dobrowski, Secretary
Carolyn Kelford, Local group Coordinator
Will Hopper, Immediate Past President
Executive Board members absent:
Vice President – None.
Minutes from previous meeting
Minutes from the 11/29/2006 meeting were reviewed. No changes were suggested. Motion to accept by Karl with 2nd by Fred. Motion passed unanimously.
Reports
Treasurer’s Report: We reviewed the Financial Reports for the club and from SegwayFest 2006 in Long Beach, CA.
Secretary’s Report: We have decided to go with the plastic membership cards and not do the lamination process again. We determined that a new membership card printer is just too expensive to purchase right now. Stan confirmed with his company that it would be OK to use their printer as long as the club pays for all card stock and ribbons that will be used and the work is not done on company time.
The changes to the databases and registration & member profile screens to support the Individual Memberships are done. These are now visible on the web site. Stan is still working on the changes to support the business memberships.
Stan has downloaded and is working on the installation, learning and testing of the calendar and zip code locator scripts.
Stan handled several member questions and issues that came in through the Info Email address and members entered into the comments section of the profile screen.
There were a number of membership cards that were returned by the post office. These still need to be processed if there are any forwarding addresses available.
Local Group Coordinator: There was a discussion with Carolyn about giving advice to Florin for forming a group in his country. There was a discussion about the importance and value of local groups.
President: Karl plans to meet this month with Klee Kleeber at Segway HQ in order to discuss SEG America and Segway, SegwayFest 2007 and other matters. No date has been confirmed for this meeting yet. Stan and Will offered to go along if need be and it could be arranged.
Topics
There was a long discussion about the direction of the club, how to get more members, our relationship with Segway and other related matters.
There was a long discussion about recruiting organizers for local groups, what value the club has to offer local groups and individual members such as the locator, club relationships with dealers, incentives for members, a newsletter now that The Info Key is gone, the reduced activity level on Segway Chat, getting the members’ tools going on the web site, and international aspects of the club.
Adjournment
Stan made a motion, seconded by Will to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 11:23 pm.
Next Meeting
Jan 3, 2007 at 9pm eastern time.
Approved: Jan 17, 2007
