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Board Minutes |
Keep Knoxville BeautifulBoard of Directors, Regular Meeting Minutes for March 2006
Present: Harold Byrd, Mark Cawood, Martha Dooley, Gary Drinnen, Mary Lou Horner, Gary Loe, Susan Long, Sam Maynard, Doug McGill, Edythe McNabb, Page Pratt, Sarah Surak, and Tim Wheeler
Absent: Keith Austin, Mark Brown, Dino Cartwright, Ray Clift, David Collins, Johnnie Conner, Stevan Curtis, Neal Denton, Terry Faulkner, Scott Frith, Cassandra McGee, Janet McGaha, Jenny Raines, Darrin Rhines and Garrett Wagley
Staff: Tom Salter, Jack Dennis and Seth Hopper of AmeriCorps
Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Harold Byrd at 12:10. There was not a quorum for this meeting (13/28).
Approval of the MinutesHarold asked board members to review the minutes from the November 2005 board meeting. Mary Lou made a motion to approve and Doug McGill seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.
Presidents Report – Harold ByrdHarold announced that Cassandra McGee has regretfully asked to step down from her position as board president due to pressing demands form her new job. She will remain on the board for the time being. There was a brief discussion about Harold becoming the board president because he is the current president-elect. There was also a precedent for Harold to assume the position because several years ago when Sam Maynard was president he resigned mid-term to take a job in Florida. Tim Wheeler was president-elect at the time and served the remainder of Sam’s term and a full term the next year.
Harold reminded everyone to submit any names they may be thinking of for nominations for new board members. Mark Cawood suggested Bill Baugh with Shoney’s.
A volunteer sign up sheet for donor phone banking and the Women’s Expo was distributed.
There was a discussion of the board’s formal statement on the bottle bill legislation. Both statements passed with 19 board members participating in on-line voting. There was a discussion about sending the results from the board to the Knox County legislative delegation but there was no quorum and no vote could be taken.
Harold asked the First Impressions committee to schedule a meeting. Committee members include Ray Clift, Gary Loe, Gary Drinnen, Darrin Rhines and Terry Faulkner. Drinnen agreed to convene the group.
Executive Director's report – Tom Salter Tom presented the Financial Statement and Summary for February 2006. A motion was made by Mary Lou Horner to accept the report. Sarah Surak seconded the motion. The February 2006 financial statement and summary were accepted. (Without a quorum).
Activities Report - Tom Salter
Litter Prevention· Tom did a speech to the Colonial Village in South Knoxville on GAC and the Bottle Bill. There were about 15 people there. They are a regular cleanup group and plan to participate this year. · KKB had a booth at the Dogwood House and Garden Show. Volunteers included Darrin Rhines, Mary Lou Horner, Edythe McNabb, Terry Faulkner, Dave Collins, Mark Cawood and Tim Wheeler. · Jack pitched GAC at the IFC and Panhellenic Council at UTK for involvement in the Greek Challenge. · Seth did some outreach to several of the Litter Free Schools from last year and used his contacts with the AmeriCorps Earthflag Team to target some new schools. · There were 3,405 website pageviews for February 2006.
Recycling · Tom, Jack and Seth met with the Youth Advisory Board at the Fulton Library. They discussed their progress on the mixed paper recycling program, recruiting school groups and clubs for GAC and they did a practice recording for web downloadable short movies to encourage other kids to recycle and prevent litter.
Beautification· Jack did a Talking Tree presentation to the kids at the Jewish Community Center pre-school. Three classes with about 40 kids. We made a contact for a possible mixed paper recycling and referred the daycare director to SP Recycling and the Knox County recycling program. · Seth showed up and waited a while to do a campus cleanup arranged by Sarah but no one showed up. · As of February 28 we have 25 groups registered to participate in the 2006 Great American Cleanup™. Membership· No specific membership activity. We had $75 in renewals.
Media· Tom attended a photo op and donor appreciation at Dogwood Elementary School for South Knox Beautification for a $5,000 donation by the West Knox Sertoma Club. · Tom recorded a 30 minute radio program on the 2006 Great American Cleanup and the proposed Tennessee Bottle Bill with Star 102.1. It was broadcast the morning of Sunday, February 19 on 3 area FM stations. · We had an ad in the school administrative bulletin promoting the GAC. · We did GAC banner distribution to all the County Schools and several radio stations including B97.5 have committed to running GAC ads.
Other· Caroline Johnson, former KKB intern (under Emily) came in and interviewed Tom for about non-profit work for a class project.
Great American Cleanup™The kickoff for the 2006 Great American Cleanup™ will be Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at the Mabry-Hazen house. A work day will precede the cleanup between 2 and 4:30 pm.
Youth Advisory Board
Unfinished BusinessThere was a discussion about visits to waste haulers to inspect their tarping and other litter control systems. Doug McGill suggested we start with Benson Henry at Waste Connections. Tom will set up the meeting and let board members know when it will be in the event others want to attend.
Meeting Times and Announcements§ Mabry-Hazen house work day, 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to continue after the press conference § GAC Celebrity Cleanup and press conference at Mabry-Hazen House on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 § News Sentinel Women’s Expo, March 10th, 11th & 12th, times vary § Next regular board meeting, Knoxville Coca Cola, 12:00 noon, Thursday, April 6, 2006 § YAB Litter Cleanup, place and time TBA, Saturday, March 4, 2006
Adjournment – The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm
__________________________________________________________ Sarah Surak, Secretary Date
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