Board Meeting Agenda October 6, 2006

ARS – Mass Chapter

Agenda for Wednesday,  Oct 6, 2006

Meeting Place: Waltham Field Station

Time: 7:30 p.m.

 

I. Reports: 30 minutes

            Presidents                                                                    Doug and Susan Harding,

                        Meeting with MHS                                           Clark, Littlefield, too

                        New publicity            (News releases, PPP)              Harding, Petit

            Secretary                                                                           Killeen

            Treasurer: auditor?                                                                   Littlefield

            P4M: what’s new, what’s needed, what’s planted            Knippel, Perkins

            Display Garden: Party, plantings, etc.                Aplin, Littlefield

            Membership – new members?                                 Aplin

            Newsletter – deadline for Nov.                                   Clark

Program – holes?                                                        Clark/Harding

            Van Veen Sale: lists                                                 Bruso

 

II. Old Business: 15 minutes

            Honors Committee: Members                                              Killeen, Harding, Clark

            Nominating Committee thoughts                                    All

            Follow-up thoughts about Newsletter- brief                 All

 

III. New Business: 60 minutes                                     All

Board Discussion: Membership: Recruitment, Engagement, and Finances

                        Elements to consider: geography, age, competing/complementary interests

                        Methods, impacts, challenging volunteers (Roundtable Discussion silence)

                        Collaboration: MHS, other Societies, GCF, ??                      

                        Small details: Badges, dots, brochures, raise dues, etc.         

           

IV. Other Business: 5 minutes

            To be introduced by any board member                        Anyone

 

Adjourn 9:30 p.m.

 

N.B. If anyone wants to give a short report by email, we can resend this agenda with that included and that will reduce the “reports” time and let us spend more time on the other topics of the meeting.