MoRivCC Meeting, September 17, 2017

Board Members Present:  Ron Penny, Vanessa Leitza, Gary Hildebrandt, Mike Stacy ( LOA), John Clark, Mike Cooper.   Quorum Determination: A Quorum was present. 
Madeleine Lightfoot resigned as Secretary and Board Member by email on September 12th.

Volunteers Present:    Madeleine Lightfoot, Dave Lineberry, Keith Fletcher

Previous Minutes:   Madeleine read the previous meeting minutes. The board approved the August minutes.

Financial:  Money in bank: $4900 approx.  EcoArt income was about $2600, down about $800 from the year before.  

Fundraising:    Alexis was not present to report on research grants for fundraising.  Cooper made a proposal to form a serious fundraising committee.  Dave Lineberry volunteered to chair a strategic planning committee.  

Website:    Ron and Vanessa plan to learn how to update website from Paul Weber.

Cataloging:  Cooper proposed hiring a part time person for two months to work in the office and complete the cataloging project. Vanessa suggested waiting for two weeks to give Dave Lineberry time to formulate plans to increase fundraising. 

Technology:   Gary, Dave and Keith offered to help learn to operate the new software (Vegas 14) to render HD recordings and load them to You Tube.

Current Video Projects:   EcoArtFest was recorded in HD. Videos are currently being captured. 

Future Projects:   Winter Sessions could possibly be recorded at the Mission (Jenny Babcock) in Jeff City. Mike Cooper will check with Jeff Bassinson about recording locations in Jeff City. Gary will try to contact Cafe Berlin. Cooper's Landing is possible also (Gary proposes a retro show).

Old Business:    The first KOPN radio show aired on August 22.  Future shows will regularly air at 3:00 pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month - next airing September 26th.

Madeleine passed out copies of procedures previously approved by the Board of Directors; all documents are available on the administrative website. 

New Business    The board approved a motion to thank Madeleine for her “yeowoman” contributions to MorivCC for being a stalwart and honest supporter for several years.

The discussion for an Honorarium for Vanessa was not completed. 

Next Meeting:  October 8, 9 am at Cooper's Landing. 

Prepared by Mike Cooper, revisions by Madeleine Lightfoot
11-12-17 board approved