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Present: Harold Byrd, Mark Cawood, David Collins, Johnnie Conner, Stevan Curtis, Phyllis Fansler, Mary Lou Horner, Terry Faulkner, Scott Frith, Gary Loe, Janet McGaha, Cassandra McGee, Edythe McNabb, Page Pratt-Greene, Goldie Simpkins and Tim Wheeler

Absent: Keith Austin, Ken Bodie, Mark Brown, Tisha Calabrese-Benton, Neal Denton, Martha Dooley, Kim Hansard, Jan Hutchison, Susan Long, Sam Maynard, Jenny Raines, Susan Rudell, Sarah Surak, Garrett Wagley and Lori Tucker

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

The meeting was called to order by Page Pratt-Greene at 12:10. There was a quorum for this meeting.

Page asked board members to review the minutes from the February 2005 board retreat and invited any comments on the retreat. Mary Lou made a motion to approve and Tim Wheeler seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.

Page led a discussion of fundraising progress. Many of the pledges from the first round of phone banking have been paid and we are about $5,000 ahead of last year. However, we still must raise several thousand more dollars and another phone banking will be held from 2 to 6 at the Emporium on March 16^th.

Plans are set for the Great American Cleanup™ kickoff on Friday, March 11, 7:30 am at the City County Building Small Assembly Room. Invitations have been mailed to VIP's. The topic will be litter ordinance enforcement and citations. Mary Lou said we need to go to the officers' roll call meetings like we did before. We talked about involving UT Police in writing more citations.

Page asked for recommendations from board members for new board prospects. As always names should be given to Page or committee members Martha Dooley, Gary Loe and Cassandra McGee.

A list was passed around to get volunteers for the Women's Expo and for the Longview Cemetery Cleanup.

Tom presented the Financial Statement and Summary for February 2005. YTD income is higher than last year and expenses are slightly less. However we still have less cash than last year. One good sign is that February 05 payroll is about $1,000 less than Feb 04 payroll. Mary Lou made a motion that we approve the financial statements. Tim and David seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.

• Tom met with Mr. Lay to discuss the county litter ordinance changes at Amber's in Halls. Mr. Lay visited the office later in the month to prepare for a meeting with Mayor Ragsdale and Mike Moyers and to review a sample comprehensive ordinance developed by Sevier County.
• Friends of the Fort, a group begun by Mike Schoenberger, is now coordinated by the UT student group SPEAK. They did Fort Sanders cleanup on 2/5 with 16 volunteers picking up 45 bags of trash.
• Tom, Emily and Sarah Surak met with Rock-Tenn about sponsoring the 2005 GAC for $1,000.
• Tom spoke to the Council of Involved Neighborhoods (COIN) about litter prevention basics and how to participate in the Great American Cleanup™.
• Tom spoke to the UT student group SPEAK about how to work with KKB and how to work with the Great American Cleanup™.
• Tom and Emily met with Sarah Surak and two students from a graduate student seminar class. They will be doing an external evaluation of the Youth Advisory Board program.
• The GAC committee met at KKB and reviewed final plans for the event. SP Recycling confirmed a $500 sponsorship.
• KKB had an information table at the Dogwood Show. Emily recruited 19 volunteers who worked at least 52 hours. We received $40 in donations for Don’t Throw Down stickers.
• Tom met with Mayor Ragsdale, Mike Moyers and Mr. Lay for 30 minutes about ordinance changes. The tarp ordinance was refined, a container ordinance appeared possible and Mayor Ragsdale asked for KKB to help gather information about uncovered vehicles and to do tarp law awareness at County convenience centers. Seed will work with Tom on the information gathering process.
• Tom spoke to the Southhaven neighborhood association and introduced a "Good Neighbors" guide to help neighborhoods address litter and blight issues.
• Tom and Emily met with Doug McGill of Waste Connections and confirmed a GAC sponsorship of $1,000. Doug McGill, a past Beautification Board member, is interested in rejoining the board.
• Seed and Emily have taken over Youth Advisory Board duties and have met with the group twice in February. The YAB is looking at what projects it can complete by the end of the school year.
• Emily and the interns have sent out information to the radio stations, the weekly newspapers and the school administrative bulletin on GAC.
• Website: 3,625 web site pageviews for February 2005.

Beautification

• Tom met with the Cemetery Preservation committee twice in February to work out details of a big cemetery cleanup effort in March. At the request of KKB, Waste Connections is donating two open-top containers for one of the cemetery sites on March 19^th.

• There were no specific waste reduction projects in July 2004.
• Emily represented KKB at the Earthfest planning meeting and confirmed KKB's role in the event to be held in April.

Awards & Recognition

• Tom and Tisha Calabrese-Benton attended the Keep Tennessee Beautiful/TDOT biennial awards luncheon in Nashville. KKB received three first place awards for Development of the Don't Throw Down slogan, the Mayor's Radio Campaign and for having the most comprehensive GAC in Tennessee. We also received award grants of $3,000.

Membership

• Regular membership donations are $494.50 for February.
• Pledge campaign phone banking results were $1,650 for February. Emily contacted the board members prior to the event

• KKB staff attended a one day workshop in Nashville. Seed, Emily and Tom learned about Leadership vs. Management (POWER), got an overview of state-wide KAB programs, and learned about KAB's mission and function.
• We now have three non-paid interns working in the office. They will help with GAC promotion and other duties.

Great American Cleanup™
All dates are set for the event. A handout was distributed.

Youth Advisory Board
Seed and Emily reported that the Youth Advisory Board was meeting again but attendance was low.

Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business discussed.

New Business
Tom reported on a meeting with Mayor Ragsdale, Mike Moyers and Mr. Lay about the County Litter Ordinance improvements. Ragsdale was supportive of changes to the ordinance and doing an awareness intervention at the convenience centers. He also was supportive of the idea of a law requiring trash in the County to be in a container. KKB will lead an effort to improve covered load compliance at the Convenience Centers.

Mark Cawood has agreed to produce several signs to place near the Bearden BiLo Greenway after a cleanup. Tom will provide the artwork.

• 2005 GAC™ kickoff at City/County Building Small Assembly Room, Friday, March 11^th, 7:30 am to 8:30 am - volunteers needed
• Women's Expo information booth, Friday, March 11^th through Sunday, Maqrch 13^th - volunteers needed
• Cemetery Preservation Association cleanup day, Saturday, March 19^th - volunteers needed.
• Next regular meeting, Thursday, April 7, noon, place TBA.

Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 1:04pm



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Harold Byrd, Secretary Date