Present: Harold Byrd, Tisha Calabrese-Benton, Mark Cawood, David Collins, Johnnie Conner, Stevan Curtis, Mary Lou Horner, Terry Faulkner, Gary Loe, Cassandra McGee, Edythe McNabb, Page Pratt-Greene, Susan Rudell, Goldie Simpkins, Sarah Surak and Tim Wheeler

Absent: Keith Austin, Ken Bodie, Mark Brown, Neal Denton, Martha Dooley, Phyllis Fansler, Scott Frith, Kim Hansard, Jan Hutchison, Susan Long, Sam Maynard, Janet McGaha, Jenny Raines, Garrett Wagley and Lori Tucker

Staff: Tom Salter and new staff members Stephen "Seed" Lynn & Emily Ditty

Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Page Pratt-Greene at 12:15. There was a quorum for this meeting.

Approval of the Minutes
Page asked board members to review the minutes from the January 2005 board retreat and invited any comments on the retreat. Mary Lou made a motion to approve and Mark Cawood seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.

Presidents Report – Page Pratt-Greene
Page introduced the new staff members Emily Ditty and Seed Lynn.

There were positive comments on the retreat. David Collins felt the fundraising goals were reasonable and that board members could make a big difference. Terry Faulkner said Tom and Allison did a good job.

Page reported on the current financial status. With 5 months left in the fiscal year we still have to raise about $9,000. In August we were looking at a $20,000 deficit. Since then we have earned $8,000 in prize money for state and national awards and netted another $3,000 in new fundraising and cost saving measures. Page made a recommendation that board members meet at the KKB office on February 22, after work, between 4 and 8 and make phone calls to past members for renewals and to new prospects from our own list of friends. There was a consensus to do this. Tom will send out reminders, prepare the call lists and get loaner phones from US Cellular.

Page appointed a nominating committee consisting of Cassandra McGee, Martha Dooley, Gary Loe and herself.

Executive Director's report – Tom Salter
Tom presented the Financial Statement and Summary for January 2005. Tom pointed out that although the monthly and YTD numbers look better than last year on the P&L statements, the balance sheet shows a different story. Compared to last year we have brought in more income YTD and kept expenses down. However the balance sheet shows us with almost $4,700 less in cash compared to last year. Also, of our total balance in all accounts of $23,807, about $11,900 is restricted for use only on the South Knox and Bearden projects. A motion was made by Mary Cawood to accept it. Mary Lou Horner seconded the motion. The January 2005 financial statement and summary were accepted.

• The large billboard is in Fort Sanders just off 17^th Street near I-40/I-75. This is a really good location. There are still 10 smaller boards scheduled to run on a space available basis.
• South Knox Beautification held a litter cleanup. They collected 18 bags of trash with 8 volunteers.
• Two meetings took place to discuss plans for a comprehensive litter cleanup effort in Vestal. The first was at the Center for Neighborhood Development offices, the second was an evening meeting at Candora Marble Company in Vestal.
• Tom met with Tracee Plowell of the US Attorney’s Office to discuss effort to fight crime by doing litter and blight cleanup efforts.
• Tom gave a speech to the OMNI women’s club at the Bearden Banquet Hall on KKB and its litter prevention programs.
• Tom gave a speech to the North Knox Rotary Club at Littons on KKB and its litter prevention programs.
• Tom gave a speech to the Lamda Theta Alpha sorority at the Black Cultural Center about the Greek Challenge.
• KKB staff attended a County Commission meeting and commented on the language in the proposed ordinance change to improve the tarp law. The proposed ordinance was withdrawn and a meeting will take place to review the language.
• KKB was asked to supply some data to State Representative Harry Brooks about changes in the state litter ordinance.
• A litter to the editor praised KKB for its litter prevention work and recent national awards.
• Website: 4,831 web site pageviews for January 2005. This is the highest number of pageviews for any month since the site has been operational. We attribute this high number to two fundraising mailers and employment ads in the News Sentinel, Metro Pulse and on campus featuring the web address.

Beautification

• There were no specific beautification activities for January.

• KKB, in partnership with Knox County, Edwards Tree Service and other partners held the annual Christmas Tree Recycling Event at the Halls Convenience Center, Forks of the River Convenience Center and the Solway Greenwaste Facility. Approximately 700 trees were chipped. An MTD YardMan mulching mower and a rolling composter donated by Natural Resources Recovery of Tennesse Inc. Doug Kitts (37938) won theYardMan and John Buckner (37871) won the rolling composter.
• Tom attended the Earthfest 2005 planning meeting. KKB will be responsible for waste handling at the event including the operation of 3-4 waste disposal centers staffed with volunteers to control the recycling process by event goers.

Awards & Recognition

• No specific recognition activity.

Membership

• KKB staff mailed out 150 donation appeal letters to past Great American Cleanup™ leaders and another 50 letters to potential Great Ameircan Cleanup™ sponsors.
• A volunteer, Greg Walters, came to the office for two days and did follow up phone calls to the GAC sponsor list.
• Membership donations for the month total $1,160. YTD total is $6,668, $5,284 ahead of last year.

• KKB submitted a Community Development Block Grant Application to Knox County and also submitted the annual allocation request to Knox County.
• KKB held its annual board retreat. Twenty board members, three guests and two staff participated.
• Tom interviewed 10 applicants to replace Cortney and Annie.

Great American Cleanup™
The committee will meet to approve final plans. Committee members include Mark Cawood, Edith McNabb, Goldie Simpkins, Martha Dooley and Gary Loe.

Youth Advisory Board
The Youth Advisory Board will restart its meetings. Seed and Emily will coordinate YAB activities.

Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business discussed.

New Business
There was no new business discussed.

• Keep Tennessee Beautiful/TDOT biennial state conference in Nashville – February 9^th, 10^th and 11^th
• Meeting with County Mayor Ragsdale, Mike Moyers and Mr. Lay about the litter ordinance – February 22^nd
• Next regular board meeting – Thursday, March 3, 2005
• Great American Cleanup™ kickoff event – March 11^th

Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 1:00pm

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