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Keep Knoxville Beautiful
Board of Directors, Regular Meeting
Minutes for September 2005
Present:
Harold Byrd, Ray Clift, Stevan Curtis, Gary Drinnen,
Terry Faulkner, Gary Loe, Susan Long, Sam Maynard, Cassandra McGee,
Edythe McNabb, Page Pratt, Sarah Surak, Garrett Wagley and Tim Wheeler
Absent:
Keith Austin, Mark Brown, Tisha Calabrese-Benton, Mark
Cawood, Dino Cartwright, David Collins, Johnnie Conner, Neal Denton,
Martha Dooley, Scott Frith, Mary Lou Horner, Janet McGaha, Doug McGill,
Jenny Raines and Darren Rhines
Staff:
Tom Salter & Emily Ditty
Call to Order
The
meeting was called to order by Cassandra McGee at 12:10. There was a
quorum for this meeting (14/28).
Approval of the Minutes
Cassandra asked board members to review
the minutes from the August 2005 board meeting. Sam Maynard made a
motion to approve and Tim Wheeler seconded the motion. Approval was
unanimous.
President's Report – Cassandra McGee
Cassandra led a discussion on the status
of O&O nominations, sponsors and seat reservations. A nomination for
was distributed to the board members.
Cassandra reported that she had had a productive discussion with her
contacts in the City of Knoxville about developing a City Adopt-A-Block
type program that looks like the County Adopt-A-Road program and could
take advantage of the youth group grants to be made available by the
Pinkston plan.
Cassandra
announced that Tom has appointed by Governor Bredeson to the Keep
Tennessee Beautiful Advisory Council.
Cassandra announced that Emily has notified KKB that she will be moving
to Colorado at the end of the month with her husband. He will be
attending graduate school there.
Executive Director's report – Tom Salter
Tom presented the Financial Statement and Summary for August 2005.
Expenses are below last year for the month and year-to-date. A motion
was made by Tim Wheeler to accept the report. Ray Clift seconded the
motion. The August 2005 financial statement and summary were accepted.
Activities Report -
Tom Salter
Litter Prevention
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Tom and Gary Drinnen met with Commissioner Pinkston about the
details of the financial incentive program for youth groups to pick
up litter.
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KKB provided gloves and litter bags to the Cumberland Ave. Merchants
Association (CAMA) for 8/13 cleanup – they picked up at least 70
bags of trash.
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Helped organize “Junk for Jack” event with 98.7 The River at West
Town Mall on 8/13. KKB got containers from Waste Connections, SP
Recycling and the City of Knoxville. KKB staff and volunteers
weighed more than 3,800 pounds of recycled material in 2 hours.
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Took $50 worth of aluminum cans to SP Recycling from Junk for Jack.
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Tom was on The River morning show two days before the event.
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Sent out 34 ISPY Reports.
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Tom spoke to the AmeriCorps class of 2006 about KKB’s activities and
litter prevention in general.
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Tom presented to a Center for Neighborhood Development Leadership
Class on Saturday 8/27 on how to organize cleanups.
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Tom briefed Cassandra on discussions that have taken place with City
officials on setting up a formal adopt-a-block program in the City
of Knoxville.
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There were 2,837 website pageviews for August 2005.
Beautification
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The Orchids & Onions committee met twice on 8/3 and 8/23.
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Sid Brown, with the Tennessee Concrete Association came in to meet
with Tom about their plans conduct a beautification program with
their members.
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Tom toured the improvements to Sam Duff park on Chapman Highway with
Bob Santore.
Membership
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Emily, Tom and our intern labeled mailed 2,200 newsletters.
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Michael Jackson volunteered 3 hours helping label newsletters.
Media
Other
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Emily attended the mandatory Knox County Community Grant Workshop on
8/4 to secure funding.
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Emily Attended Earthfest Planning Committee Meeting.
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A UT student came in and talked about future intern options.
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Tom and Emily met with the new director of Keep Roane County
Beautiful and two of her volunteers to share top secrets.
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Tom and (mostly) Emily prepared the KAB End of Year report.
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Tom and (mostly) Emily prepared the KAB Affiliate Award application.
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Emily prepared the KAB innovation Award narrative.
Orchids & Onions Committee – Gary Loe
There was a brief discussion of the need for a few more judges. Scott
Busbee of MCM was recommended. Gary reported that the committee is
recommending Mike Chase for the KKB Hall of Fame award. Mike Chase is
the owner of Copper Cellar Company, and has donated our spring cleanup
volunteer lunch at Calhoun’s for more than 10 years. Tim Wheeler made a
motion that we give the award to Mike Chase. Sarah Surak seconded the
motion. Approval was unanimous.
Gary
then reported the committee is recommending Ruth DeFriese for the KKB
Community Service award. Tim Wheeler enthusiastically endorsed Ruth
citing a number of her accomplishments. Tim made a motion that Ruth
DeFriese receive the Community Service Award. Sam seconded the motion.
Approval was unanimous.
Unfinished Business
Tom reported the only thing left on the Pinkston plan is to issue
letters on Paul’s stationery to the donors that we are ready to move
forward on the plan.
New Business
Tom reported that the startup of the Youth Advisory Board will be
delayed until after O&O. Tom also reported results of a survey of
Chamber Partnership members about litter cleanup costs. UT volunteers
called about 1,000 Partnership members and interviewed 147 companies.
Of those, about 70% reported having to clean up litter on their property
at an estimated average cost of $200/year per business. Ironically,
most of the businesses reported this expense did not have an impact on
their bottom line.
Meeting Times and Announcements
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O&O nominations are due September 9th
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O&O judging is September 21st
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O&O sponsor deadline is September 19th
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O&O awards banquet is Tuesday, October 11th
Adjournment
– Harold made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Gary seconded.
Approval was unanimous. The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm
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Sarah Surak, Secretary
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