This meeting of the board was held
Electronically at 9.00 p.m. ET
Board members present:
Larry Ecker, President
Kelly Jedlicki, Vice President
Bryan Petersen, Past President
Al Bodenham, Secretary
David Adkins, Treasurer
Joe Jones, Editor
Dennis Gallagher, Webmaster
Delegates Present:
Tom Walsh, CMAS (Chesapeake)
John Brandt, CMAS (Chicago)
Others in attendance:
Nancy Swart
Agenda:
1. Officers' Reports
2. Fundraising
3. Advertising
4. Scholarship
5. Web site - This is still a problem!
6. MACNA XII - How can we help?
7. MACNA XIII
8. New & Old Business
9. Adjournment
Officers Reports:
Officers reports were sent electronically via email.
Treasurer reported a bank balance of $4837.53 and no new deposits
since LAMAS on 11/29/99.
He also report our new credit card machine was up and running.
Past President reported MACNA XII is going well. To date we
have 31 registered for conference & banquet.
Vice President reported that she will be completing the Standards
of Practice in the next week and will forward them for review
and input. She had also notified all BOD members of this meeting
via email.
Fundraising:
Larry reported that he wanted to send out round two of our Fundraising
letters, so that we might be able to factor the donations into
the budget. He also asked for suggestions from the BOD so that
this letter could be compiled and mailed by Feb. 1/00. Suggestions
could be sent to Larry or Kelly or both ASAP.
Advertising:
Bryan Petersen with the help of Tom Walsh has agreed to handle
the advertising for MACNA XII. Eric West will be doing the graphics.
Tom's email address is twalsh@archbishopcurley.org.
Scholarship:
It is hoped the trade publications would give us a free blurb
and Al will check with some of the contributing writers and
ask for their help by putting a mention in their articles about
our scholarship fund.
Kelly reported that LAMAS has a member who will be graduating
this year and would be interested in the scholarship.
Inquiries should to addressed to:
MASNA
c/o Larry Ecker, President
52169 Forest Brook Avenue
South Bend, IN 46637
Ph: (219) 273-3019
Web Site:
Although Dennis Gallagher's medical condition is improving daily
it was felt that we should offer him all the assistance with
the Web site as possible. It was suggested by Kelly that we
might find someone to temporarily carry on as Web Master while
Dennis has time to fully recoup from his illness. In this way
he could focus all his energy on
getting well.
It was suggested that we ask Nancy Swart to assist as temporary
Web master until Dennis's recovery is complete and he is well
enough to take over. Nancy was the one who set up the MASNA
Web Site and is fully qualified to handle the temporary position.
Larry contacted Nancy and she indicated that she would be happy
to assist Dennis on a temporary basis.
Old Business:
MACNA XII:
Bryan asked that we send letters to all the delegates, explaining
to them what MASNA is trying to achieve with MACNA and that
we would like their help in the distribution of programs, flyers
etc. Bryan agreed to draft the letter and forward a copy to
the BOD for their input.
It was also suggested that we send a letter with a flyer to
all those who attended MACNA XI in Louisville.
MASM (Marinelife Aquarium Society of Michigan) will distribute
flyers at their March 25/00 conference on our behalf. CMAS (Chicago)
will also distribute them at their April Conference.
David is to send Nancy the MACNA XII logo for use on our web
site.
New Business:
MACNA XIII: Two bids have been received for MACNA XIII. One from CMAS
(Chesapeake) and one from LMAS (Louisville). Larry will fax
or snail mail copies of their bids to BOD members for their
information and consideration prior to the selection vote which
will take place at the regular Feb. BOD meeting.
Adjournment:
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 10:45ET
