Keep Knoxville Beautiful
Board of Directors, Regular Meeting
Minutes for May 2007
Present: Tobertha Anderson,
Harold Byrd, Mark Cawood, David Collins, Neal Denton,
Terry Faulkner, Anne Felknor, Scott Frith, Maxine Gunter,
Sam Maynard, Edythe McNabb, Page Pratt, Sarah
Surak, and Sharon Webb.
Absent: Keith Austin, Mark Brown,
Dino Cartwright, Mary Lou Horner, Susan Long, Gary
Drinnen, Ray Clift, Johnnie Conner, Stevan Curtis, Martha
Dooley, Dave Hood, Cassandra McGee, Janet McGaha, Doug McGill,
Jenny Raines, Tim Wheeler, and Garrett Wagley.
*names in boldface are regular directors
and count toward achieving a quorum.
Staff:
Tom Salter, Jill Gilbert and Stephanie Hood
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by
Harold Byrd at 12:20. There was a quorum for the meeting (10/18 regular
directors).
Approval of the Minutes
Harold asked for approval of the minutes
of the April 2007 meeting. David made a motion to accept the minutes,
Sarah seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.
President’s Report – Harold Byrd
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A report of the nominating
committee was distributed. Elections for officers, new board members
and rotations off were listed. Dave Collins made a motion that we
approve the list of officers and board appoints by acclamation. Sarah
seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous. Results of the elections
are:
Officers
for 2007-2008 are:
Terry Faulkner - President
Scott Frith - President-Elect
Gary Drinnen - External Vice President
Tobertha Anderson - Internal Vice President
Anne Felknor - Secretary
Sam Maynard - Treasurer
Current board members elected to new terms (end of
current term or previous special directors):
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Harold Byrd
(2010) |
Scott Frith
(2009) |
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David Collins
(2008) |
Sam Maynard
(2009) |
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Terry Faulkner
(2010) |
Sharon Webb
(2010) |
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Anne Felknor
(2010) |
Tim Wheeler
(2008) |
Current
board members continuing their terms with no action needed (end of
term):
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Tobertha Anderson
(2009) |
Mary Lou Horner
(2008) |
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Mark Cawood
(2009) |
Susan Long
(2009) |
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Gary Drinnen
(2008) |
Edythe Nelle McNabb
(2008) |
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Maxine Gunter
(2009) |
Sarah Surak
(2008) |
Current
board members elected to 1 year terms as special directors:
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Keith Austin
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Janet McGaha |
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Mark Brown |
Cassandra McGhee |
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Dino Cartwright |
Doug McGill |
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Ray Clift |
Page Pratt |
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Neil Denton |
Jenny Raines |
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Martha Dooley |
Garrett Wagley |
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Dave Hood |
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New board
member elected to fill the unexpired term of Darrin Rhines and a new 3
year term:
Betsy Ford
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The board voted to change
the July and August board meetings to the 2nd Tuesday because
of July 4th holiday and the KAB mid-year forum date
conflicts.
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Harold appointed a budget
committee – Sam Maynard and Jenny Raines.
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Harold appointed Tobertha
and Page to find a new permanent meeting location.
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Volunteer sign-up sheets
for Sundown recycling were passed around.
Executive Director's report – Tom
Salter
Tom presented the Financial Statement
and Summary for April 2007. Income and expenses continue to be
positive. There is approximately $15,500 in known receivables
outstanding. The financial statement was approved by all.
Activities Report - Tom
Salter
Media
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April 1st: The Youth
Summit cleanup (25 volunteers) of College Hills was covered by the News
Sentinel
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April 3rd: The News
Sentinel covered KKB's plans to make Sundown zero-waste in their
'Daybreak' section.
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April 5th: WBIR, WVLT, and
WATE all covered the kickoff of a downtown anti-graffiti project, KKB’s
plans to help coordinate the paint-over were mentioned. WATE did a 2nd
story, Stephanie was interviewed.
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April 6th: Stephanie was
interviewed by WBIR about the downtown graffiti cleanup project. WATE
interviewed volunteers and spoke about the KKB graffiti cleanup project
downtown.
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April 11th: West Valley
Middle and the KKB Litter-Free School Program was featured in the News
Sentinel. GAC efforts were also mentioned.
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April 12th: Metro Pulse
had two articles critical of KKB's role in the downtown anti-graffiti
efforts. WATE and WBIR covered Tom live at Sundown in the City
discussing KKB and zero-waste events. WBIR also did an additional news
story, interviewing Tom about recycling at Sundown.
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April 13th: Tom was
interviewed for the 'Entertainment' section about Sundown in the City
zero-waste. Sundown’s website features the efforts by Keep Knoxville
Beautiful. Stephanie was also interviewed by the Daily Beacon for
zero-waste plans at Sundown.
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April 14th: MyTV Knoxville
covered the Dogwood Parade and the winning KKB float. Lonsdale United
for Change, a registered GAC supergroup, and their cleanup in the
Lonsdale area was covered by WATE.
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April 18th: Tom was
interviewed in the 'Business' section of the News Sentinel about the
positive impact graffiti removal can have on community businesses.
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April 19th: Tom was
interviewed in the "Street Talk" section of the MetroPulse about
Sundown, Earth Fest, global warming, I-Spy, and the mission of KKB.
Scott Miller (an artist performing at Sundown) mentioned KKB and
waste-free events on his Myspace page.
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April 22nd: Tom was
featured in a front page Sunday News Sentinel article talking about
'blight sights' in the Knoxville/Knox County area.
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Website results for April
2007 – 3,909 pageviews, 1,644 unique visits
Litter Prevention
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35 of 70 GAC groups have
reported ~1500 volunteers and ~5,900 hours of work.
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KKB's float at the Dogwood
parade won the "Pride of Knoxville" award for most original design.
Thanks to board members Darrin Rhines, Maxine Gunter, Ann Felknor, and
Sharon Webb for working on the float and walking in the parade. A
special thanks to Jimy White of White Lawn Care for helping build the
float and Bruce Weuthrich from Knox County Engineering for volunteering
their salt shed to store the trailer/float. The float had a water
feature and the "Stop Litter" messaging. Litter bags were passed out
along the float route.
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Stephanie gave a
performance of the Talking Tree at Earth Fare's kids club. ~7
school-aged children talked with the "tree" about the importance of
caring for our planet and recycling.
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KKB had a very large booth
(paid for by SP Recycling) at EarthFest, 14,000 attended. Volunteers
passed information, 'Don't Throw Down' stickers and encouraged people to
vote in the poster contest.
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Our annual Trash Bash
luncheon, sponsored by Calhoun's On The River, honored ~30 GAC cleanup
groups. Also, poster contest winners were announced and prizes awarded.
VIP's in attendance included Commissioner Tony Norman, who gave the
'keynote' speech, Commissioner Sharon Cawood, John Evans from Knox
County, Bob Whetsel from City of Knoxville and board members Edythe
Nelle McNabb, Mary Lou Horner, Susan Long, Sam Maynard, Tim Wheeler
and Sharon Webb.
Beautification
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KKB participated in a
major graffiti cleanup with PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPD. About 50
volunteers painted over 9 graffiti locations in the downtown area, paint
donated by KPD and Dewhirst.
Recycling
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Sundown, Zero-Waste has
been running 3 weeks. Recycle bins netted 100 lbs wk 1, 340 lbs wk 2,
300 lbs wk 3, amounts of other waste are still high – we will continue
to improve the recycling numbers.
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Earth Fest was waste-free
again this year. KKB organized 20-30 UT and Farragut Optimist Club
volunteers to work our recycling/composting booths. The next day only
~25 lbs of trash went to the landfill from a crowd of about 14,000.
Total composted ~460 lbs and total .recycled was about ~440 lbs. The
site was virtually litter-free.
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The KKB poster contest,
with the Drink-it-then-Sink-it National Dairy Council theme was a
success this year. 9 schools participated in the poster contest and ~200
ballots were cast at the judging at Earth Fest. 10 winners, first grade
and up, received prizes provided by the National Dairy Council and SP
Recycling ranging from backpacks and Frisbees to 'milk' pencil toppers.
Other
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Two new summer interns
were “hired”. They are UT students recruited from a KKB posting on a UT
website. One spring intern is going to summer school and will give us
some hours over the summer.
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YAB members painted faces
and read "The Giving Tree" (in Talking Tree costume) at Earth Fest.
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The YAB had a meeting on
the 12th at which they discussed their plans for EarthFest and their
last meeting in May.
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Tom gave a speech to the
Chapman Highway Garden Club, KKB overview, audience of 18.
Orchids & Onions Committee
Mark Cawood recommended Cascade Falls in
Ball Camp as an Orchid Nominee.
Unfinished/Ongoing Business
There was a discussion of several recent
Metro Pulse commentaries critical of KKB’s role in the downtown graffiti
abatement project. The board asked Tom to set up a meeting with Barry
Henderson to discuss Metro Pulse’s editorial position on graffiti and
vandalism.
New Business
Terry talked about the potential to use Civil War historic site
funds to help with a gateway beautification project (First Impressions)
in the Fort Sanders area, specifically the area of 17th
Street near the interstate.
Sam announced Junior Docent day at James
Whites Fort and invited everyone to attend.
Meeting Times and
Announcements
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Sundown in the City,
Zero-Waste Event, May 3rd, 3 to 5 and 9:45 to 10:30, Market
Square
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Sundown in the City,
Zero-Waste Event, May 10th, 3 to 5 and 9:45 to 10:30, Market
Square
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Sundown in the City,
Zero-Waste Event, May 17th, 3 to 5 and 9:45 to 10:30, Market
Square
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Sundown in the City,
Zero-Waste Event, May 24th, 3 to 5 and 9:45 to 10:30, Market
Square
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Sundown in the City,
Zero-Waste Event, May 31st, 3 to 5 and 9:45 to 10:30, Market
Square
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Next regular board
meeting, June 7th, 12 noon, O’Connor Senior Center
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Sundown in the City,
Zero-Waste Event, June 7th, 3 to 5 and 9:45 to 10:30, Market
Square
Adjournment
– The meeting adjourned at 1:07 pm, Sarah and Scott made the motion to
adjourn.
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Sarah Surak,
Secretary
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