Administrative Council Minutes 12/2/2002
Present: Kymm Nelsen, Dick Miller, Vicki Miller, Kathee Kuvinka, Teresa
Shelton, Michael Horenstein, Patti Loverink, Debbie Layton, Rachel
Houghton, Patrice Dodd, Valerie Allison, Jean Richardson, Larry LeBeck,
Kate Evans
* The October minutes were approved.
* Vicki Miller, Treasurer, reported that we have $11,448.82 in checking,
$14,244.83 in our money market account, and $300 with Paypal, for a
total of $25,993.45. We expect $11,616 from National, and Vicki is going
to investigate finding a better interest rate for our funds.
* Valerie Allison, Online SIG manager, announced the next meeting will
be January 8th at Ace Communications. The topic is rich internet
applications with Flash MX.
* Dick Miller nd Patti Loverink presented information from the Senior
Member breakfast, which 35 people attended on Nov. 13th. The Senior
Members were asked what things has the Chapter done for Senior Members
in the past that you have liked? And what things would you like the
Chapter to do in the future that would be particularly appealing to
Senior Members or would take advantage of the Senior Members' ability
and willingness to share their vast experiences? The first question
generated 29 responses, the second 58. Patti pointed out that many of
the suggestions referred to activities that were not exclusive to Senior
Members, but would have appeal to a wider audience. Dick Miller will
forward the responses to Valerie to put on the Web site. The Senior
Advisory committee will meet and discuss the responses and develop
action plans. The committee will then bring a proposal to the Chapter
leadership. The next Senior Advisory Council meeting will be in January,
and the next breakfast will be in April. Robin and Rachel have discussed
a Senior Member spotlight in the Galley; Garrett Romaine will be our
first feature.
* Valerie Allison is our new Web Manager.
* Kathee Kuvinka stated we have 445 members in the chapter.
* Teresa Shelton, Hospitality Manager, reported that 56% people used
Paypal to register at the last program meeting. Teresa will redraft the
check policy.
* The Table Tent/ Ask Me Button project. Dan Snyder and Doug
Metcalfe-White have volunteered to help with this project. Kymm will
talk to Doug about the content. We need six table tents and would like
an idea about costs.
* Open Positions. Robin Schuckmann will no longer be the Galley Editor.
Her hard work is very much appreciated. Valerie might be willing to be
an interim editor in December/January; Valerie will contact Robin and
Darinda. Patrice Dodd is also resigning as Publicity Manager, beginning
in January. Again, her hard work is appreciated. Patrice brought the PR
competition book and mailing materials. Patti will do the weekly
announcements until someone else steps forward. We also need MarCom SIG
managers.
* Membership Directory. Jeff Jansen did the layout last year. This is
another task to complete for competition points before April.
* STCWVC Scholarships. Kymm presented a handout from Margaret Jennings
summarizing the Admin Council e-mail comments about a proposed
scholarship program. Margaret would like an amount, and it was suggested
that we base the amount as a percentage of our rebate, so we can go up
or down depending on what comes in. We could also put the Web Assistant
money into the scholarship fund. It was suggested we keep it simple and
look at the amount at the beginning of each council year. We decided to
table our scholarship discussion until Margaret Jennings is present.
Jean Richardson also suggested that we might want to get more feedback
from our members about whether to have chapter scholarships. Rachel and
Vicki suggested this could be a zoorerang question, and Valerie could
also put this up as a question on the Web page. We discussed doing a
survey before we move forward with the scholarship issue.
* Dick Miller is our Volunteer of the Month.
* Our next meeting is Thursday, January 23rd.