Present: Ken Bodie, Harold Byrd, Mark Cawood, David Collins, Martha Dooley, Phyllis Fansler, Terry Faulkner, Scott Frith, Mary Lou Horner, Gary Loe, Sam Maynard, Cassandra McGee, Edythe McNabb, Page Pratt-Greene, Susan Rudell, Sarah Surak, Garrett Wagley and Tim Wheeler

Absent: Keith Austin, Mark Brown, Tisha Calabrese-Benton, Johnnie Conner, Stevan Curtis, Neal Denton, Kim Hansard, Jan Hutchison, Susan Long, Janet McGaha, Jenny Raines, Goldie Simpkins and Lori Tucker

Staff: Tom Salter & Cortney Piper

Approval of the Minutes
Page asked board members to review the minutes from the September 2004 board meeting. Tim Wheeler made a motion to approval and Sam Maynard seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.

Presidents Report – Page Pratt-Greene
Page led the discussion of selection of the People’s Choice Orchid Award. Slides of 19 properties not selected by the Orchid Judge panel were shown. Several of the properties were favorites of the judges. There was a discussion about the Boyd Harvey House, Kimball’s Jewelers, Shoney’s and the UTK Alumni Memorial Building. Board members gave a voice vote on their favorites and picked the UTK Alumni Memorial Building.

Executive Director's report – Tom Salter
Tom presented the Financial Statement and Summary for September 2004. A motion was made by Mary Lou Horner to accept it. Sam Maynard seconded the motion. The September 2004 financial statement and summary were accepted.

• South Knox Beautification did two separate cleanups in August, 8 volunteers, 2 hours each, 18 bags of litter.
• Several of the Don’t Throw Down billboards were still up during September.
• KKB staff met with members of the First United Presbyterian Church to inspect a cemetery near Knoxville College. KKB will help supervise several AmeriCorps volunteers to do a cleanup at this cemetery on October 16^th.
• KKB helped a county neighborhood get connected up with the Knox County Adopt-A-Road program.
• We had the first meeting of the Youth Advisory Board. Several parents and teachers attended with the kids. They will take on promotion of the Don’t Throw Down on K-TOWN promotion.
• Website: 3,111 web site pageviews for September 2004.

Beautification

• Orchid Award judging took place. Judges were very satisfied with the process. There were about 80 nominees.

• The KKB Youth Advisory Board met for the first time and agreed to help promote the county school system mixed paper recycling program.

Awards & Recognition

• Environmental Achievement Award judging took place. This was a very nice meeting – judges did a very good job.

Membership

• Regular membership donations are $670 for August.

• KKB submitted its Knox County grant measurable goals and objectives to the community grants office.

Orchids & Onions Committee – Page and Tom
There was a discussion of what tasks board members will do at the Orchids & Onions awards luncheon. Some help will be needed at the check-in table, several board members will be used to help with seating, board members will make sure winners take home all their awards and board members will have their pictures made with the winners.

At this point there are about 240 RSVP’s for the lunch and all the winners are scheduled to attend. Costs are a little lower and even with fewer seats sold, we should net as much or more than last year.

Clean Business Program - Page
Page distributed Clean Business Program membership material to board members. Each board member was asked to get several new Clean Business Members.

Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business discussed.

New Business
There was no new business discussed.

• Orchids & Onions Luncheon, Tuesday, October 12^th, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• Next regular board meeting, November 4^th, 2004, 12:00 noon, Candy Factory

Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 1:00pm

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Harold Byrd, Secretary                                                      Date