Board Meeting
Board Meeting
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OBPA Board Meeting Minutes
February 18, 2010
Sgt Peppers
Minutes – The minutes from the last meeting were approved as presented
Gold Plate Update – Nicole updated the board on last week’s Gold Plate Dinner. She stated that giving was up this year; however she does not have a final number as she is waiting for the bill from the Prom.
John asked about the donations that were made specifically to the Holiday Helping Hands if they would be designation for that purpose. A motion by Ted Lillie that the funds from the live auction for HHH be specifically designate as such. Herb seconded the motioned. Motion carried.
Tony and Nicole will be sending out thanks you notes for the donor’s with contributions over $500. A request was also made to include a list of donors in the minutes so that we have a record of these going forward. A suggestion was also made to include the logo of the sponsors to the website.
Nicole recommended that next year the sponsorship part of the dinner be restructured with the possibility of a committee to take care of this. This could include outside people and also designing a brochure to help sell. This discussion as tabled until next month to give members time to think about it.
Networking – Tony update the committee on the first social networking event that was held the previous night. Approximately 30-40 people attended. This event will be held once a quarter and Tony will secure the locations and is looking for sponsors to cover the cost of the appetizers and a gift to give out for a drawing. The sponsor would also get an opportunity to speak about their business.
Membership - Bill asked if it would be okay to give the city of Oakdale our membership list so that they would be able to add these businesses to Google Maps. The committee agreed to this. We currently have 140 to 150 members.
Treasurer – Jack Burke was not in attendance so no update was given.
In 60 seconds – Jack Buckley was not in attendance, but has 4 people slotted for next month’s meeting.
Education – Stacy indicated that the scholarship books are out and deadlines to apply for scholarships is March 8th.
Civic Event & promotions – Ted indicated that he has a box of directories and everyone is welcome to take some back to their businesses.
Political Engagement – Amy was not in attendance so no update was given.
Yellow Ribbon – Marc let the board know that he was be holding a Beyond Yellow Ribbon meeting today at 3 p.m. at Platinum Bank.
City Report – Craig handed out an update on City issues.
3/50 Project - John reported that of the $1,000 donated from OBPA approximately ½ has paid for printing materials. He would also like to put an ad in the newspaper to promote this. There are currently 41 businesses supporting this project and he would like to encourage these businesses to continue and increase this number to 75. He also asked that board members talk with the higher traffic businesses about their support and refer them to John.
Guest Speaker – Frank indicated that Doug Johnson, Washing County Attorney – Title of the presentation is “The Reflections From the Washington County Attorney”.
Dan had a request from Ken Foster on behalf of the Rotary Club who would like us to send out an email blast promoting their A Toast to Rotary Event in March. Rich motioned that we would allow a limited number of these (up to 6) if they also would promote up to 6 of our events. Marc seconded the motion and the board agreed.
Dan reminded the board that items for the email blast must be received 1 week before the general meeting.
The Tartan Area Community has requested $150 for the Relay for Life as done in previous years. This money goes for theTartan community fireworks display which is during the relay for life program. Bill made a motion to donate the $150 and Dan made a second. Motion carried.
We recently received a request to advertise a “Market you Business” class offered through the adult education 622. The committee agreed that we would not allow this on our website unless the instructor becomes an OBPA member.
Frank made a motion to donate $1,000 to Summerfest and $1,000 for the Summerfest Medallion. Ted seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Rick relayed a message from Jasper who has agreed to update the bylaws and articles at pro bono. A motion needs to be made to allow the President to sign the Attorney/Client Agreement. Dan made a motion and Ted seconded the motion. Motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:02 p.m.
Minutes prepared by Kim Duitsman