Last Board Notes (Plus the previous week notes)

Board agenda May 6, 2014
Welcome new board – Introductions old / new
Outgoing board summaries for incoming board members/ set up meetings to plot transition…
Final business:
Service Hour opportunities/priorities:  Unload record donation this Saturday early afternoon, make room for record donation, clear crap from front hall (to go to long lane for recycling).
Testing:
Progress? Support? Need to transition new staff to official WESU staff lists and email list.

We need a summer Music Director:
Any volunteers here? If not we need to seek a volunteer or few.
Pledge drive:

Strategy for getting student participation in pledge. Need an all staff email pep talk…
Send Mary’s letter to email lists, followed by Bens’ letter appeal via email and direct mail.
Need Danielle’s Press release to go out this week
Few more straight forward pledge promos would alsobe helpful.
Open house: Staffing, food? New Banner?
WeSeminar: If around please come (10am, Sat of commencement weekend)
Fall early housing requests: does anyone need this?
Possible to Meet with new board next week? To talk about goals and structure for next year. is happening!
 
LAST WEEK NOTES CONTINUE…
 
-David Bauer photo
• We took it
 
-Where’s our food???? IT LOOKS AMAZING
• there are cupcakes and chips and ethan brought a bagel with cheese
 
-Event
-updates on why it might not work –> date was 5/3; baseball game and conflicting memorial event in chapel; could start at 4; 8 people have signed up to DJ; concerns about sun and vinyl
-organizing logistics; hannah ryan will help set up; mary will bring turntables up; promotion (danielle will post on wesleying and website) and hanna will make promo; decals will be on radio
-SBC – we got $200 (also $370 for new security camera)
 
-Summer program dates
• may 9th due date for applications!
 
-Staff meeting
            -ice cream man is coming! yay!! he is coming at 7
-what should we talk about?
Elections – need ballot and someone to conduct election at meeting – any tech director prospects? Highlight this need in all staff email (about meeting, elections, ice cream, pledge drive info)
• A separate email about elections?
-recognition of anniversaries: 5 year students; 10 year staff members –> certificates
 
-Training
• practical tests starting after this weekend (next week) –> trainees can’t yet vote in elections
• reminder email from becca forthcoming
• monday 5th-sat the 10th  –> need people to sign up; if you are on the board
-Service hours 
-Record Donation anyone available next weekend to help unload?
• pretty much going through; waiting to bring up in next week or so
-Pledge drive – pretty much have all the resources Ben needs to get them implemented and ready to go for Sunday
-$1000 grant from Middletown Commission on the arts towards oldies concert
• wahoo!
-Win 7  upgrade in process. Anyone still need the mac in the board room?
• windows is phasing out support for windows XP
• get your misc files from desktops