Meetings

Present: Treva Beard, Robin Thorstenson, Joel Bird, Tami Emter, Greg Ellwein, Tonya Schlaht

 

Secretary’s Report: approved (m/s Ellwein/Emter)

 

Financial Report:  submitted by Tami Emter; approved (m/s Bird/Ellwein)

Checking Account Balance (5/9/10) = $1281.72;

Savings Account Balance (5/9/10) = $4743.07

        Membership remains at 80

 

 

Membership – no report, no change

Social Events  - no report

Planning a mini-issues day for June. The topic will be emergency services with a panel from Aid, Inc., Ruth Meiers, and American Red Cross. The hope would be that the lunch and panel would be held by a service provider who would offer a tour of their facilities. Target date is Thursday, June 24.

 

A tour of the new BPS career academy/tech center is being planned for late July/early August. Details will be developed in June, once the building is finished.

 

In late September or early October, we are planning a Government Affairs panel.

 

The brochure has been reviewed and revised. The review of the website is ongoing.

 

Calendar of Work – reviewed revisions. Discussed creating position descriptions of duties by position as well. 

 

                Decision: Job Duties by position should be submitted to Robin by June 14 for compilation.

 

Tax Exempt Status – Reviewed decision not to pursue 501(c) status. Concluded that the question should be asked annually, especially if LBMAA grows.

 

Class Rep – welcomed Tonya Schlaht as the class rep.

 

Brainstorming Meeting  - tentatively July 14. Treva will resurvey the board to ensure the date is best for all.

 

Annual Meeting – need to begin planning the annual meeting, which is the responsibility of the Social Committee.

 

LBM Program  - ideas were shared on way to promote LBM to garner larger and more diverse applicant pool; ideas will be shared with the program manager.

 

Ideas from Conference ­– Greg and Treva attended a national conference of Leadership Programs. They shared some materials.

-          Some programs focus on skill-building

-          Some use a one-day workshop as a feeder into the Leadership Program

-          Some have the most recent class plan the next year’s program

-          Some change the program’s issue days each year with a focus on current community issues

-          Some conduct simple fundraisers at each social event

-          Some focus on 21^st Century Skills

 

The national association is shifting to a bi-annual conference, leaving opportunity for regional conferences in the alternate year.

 

Meeting adjourned at 1pm.