AITP Board Meeting Agenda for March 8, 2005
Location: Embassy Suites’ Restaurant, 5055 International Blvd, North Charleston The meeting was called to order at 5:30 with Bill Rhodes presiding in the absence of Ed Cavadias.
Officers Present: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Director At Large Director At Large Past President Region Director Committee Chairs present: Arrangements: Awards: Bylaws: Chapter Communications: Education: Fundraising: Membership: Promotion: Retention: Program (speaker): Public Relations: Student: Scholarship: 6.5 Vendor:
Nadine Evans Patti Burriss Chris Wakenell Michael Painter Bill Rhodes Sherry Deese
Bill Rhodes
A motion to accept the February Board Meeting Minutes was made by Patti Burris and seconded by Sherry Deese. Motion passed by board vote. . A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report was made by Sherri Deese and seconded by Michael Painter. After discussion a motion was made by Sherry Deese and seconded by Michael Painter to accept the report with the rebate check to be listed under the receipts in the report. Motion passed by board vote. There were no reports for March from the Directors or Past President.
Ed Cavadias, Arrangement Committee reported via email that the contract for March 17th dinner meeting is signed and setup with Chef’s Choice for the dinner buffet. Lunch and Learn price change at the Embassy Suites will be set for $1200.00 for the first 40 people and $25.00 per person after that. The contract is in hand for April 14th L&L provided Michael Painter’s vendor agrees to the contract. Michael Painter reported that Microsoft would be the speaker for the March 17th dinner meeting. Bill Rhodes reported that he would be attending the March student meeting. Jerry Tucker has confirmed RSA for April. Jerry also advised that he will be moving to Greenville SC. and had to resign his position. He did ask David Matcovich to accept the 6.5 Vender Chair. David did accept and Jerry is bringing him up to speed as to what is going on. Old Business included the telebanker paperwork which Bill Rhodes will be getting to Patti Burris for the chapter on-line business. New business discussions included Bill Rhodes offering to find out the joint meeting date with the student chapter and a discussion on combining the awards dinner with the past-presidents dinner in September. A motion was made by Chris Wakenell and seconded by Sherri Deese to charge guests who attend our dinner meetings $20.00 and keeping the $18.00 member price the same. After discussion and comparisons with other local professional organizations, the motion passed by board vote. There was also discussion, but no action taken, on allowing members and guests to attend dinner meetings and not eating and therefore not paying. It was pointed out that this can be an issue for the catering service as well as our organization’s treasurer. It was decided to continue the discussion at the next meeting. A motion to adjourn was made by Sherri Deese and seconded by Chris Wakenell. Motion passed by board vote. Meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm.