November Executive Committee Meeting; November 20, 2019, 7:00pm-8:00pm

In attendance:

  • President: Melanie Miller-Foster
  • Vice President: Bob Persiko
  • Public Relation Officer: U.B. Bakker
  • Treasurer: Bruce Truitt
  • Membership Committee Chair: Daniel Foster
  • Secretary: Sarah Knorr
  • Book Group Chair: Susan Steinberg
  • Cultural Luncheon Chair: Salua Kamerow

Location:

  • This meeting was held at Cultural Luncheon Chair, Salua Kamerow’s home

Topics of Discussion:

Agenda Items:

  • Introduction of new officers
    • Emails, member list, passwords on google drive and documents
  • Officer transition process
    • Operations manual provides rough sketch of roles and responsibilities
    • Can make suggestions for additional duties
      • Example: PR or Secretary: monthly newsletter
    • Volunteers/members can help with officer roles
  • Debrief November membership meeting
    • Status of involvement, change of meeting structure, follow up for members who missed meeting
    • What is our intent with funds?
      • Address at January meeting
      • Bring transparency
    • December membership meeting
      • Update from planning committee
      • Subcommittee chair of book groups and clubs: questions and funding request
        • Motioned and passed to authorize Book Group chair to buy books up to ‘X’ amount
      • Luncheons: as means for gathering members?
        • Increase admission cost for nonmembers-recruitment
      • Looking forward: strategic planning process
        • Formulating global connection objectives
        • Scoring of committee suggestions
        • Empower committees via individual budgets