Exec Council Minutes - September 14, 2011

Members Present: Leanne, Mark, Kim, Terri, Jody, Elizabeth, Jill, Yen

1. Minutes from August meeting read and approved
2. Membership report approved: 71 members (64 staff, 3 students, 4 retirees)
3. Treasurer's report approved: $944.14
4. Old Business
• Weeding
• not a large turnout (Terri, Kim, Scott M.)
• incentive for next time?  bottled water, prize drawing, etc.
• Staff Lounge Art
• Yen, Terri, Mark hung art
• 3 person team works best, another whole team would be nice to save time
• Social/Welcome students
• approx. 60 people
• complaints - over lunch, on Wednesday, missed Cy, retirees not emailed
• Ask Jodi to send posters to retirees, not just inform
• Cy was a BIG hit
5. New Business
• Executive
• Seeking out new members, actually ASK people
• Pop Cans - Jill will do in Oct, Mark will do later in Winter 
• Social/Service
• Calendar for this year
• Fall social event (homecoming?)
• Week of Oct 17
• Sharing Tree - Jill 
• Look into doing two groups
• Toys for Tots, Nursing homes, Beloit, Heartland, etc.
• Mark and Terri will do some investigating
• Smorgasbord - Kathy Thorson
• Thursday, Dec 8, 9-3
• Mark will look into sign up, etc.
• Instructions for set up needed?
• General meeting - January
• Sgt Florer again?
• Coach Rhoads?
• Food drive - Carolyn Erwin
• Terri will call MICA for recommended time of year
• Spring social event (Spring Break?)
• Edible book festival - April
• Student appreciation - Lori Bousson
• Instructions for set up needed?
• Annual picnic
• General meeting - June
• Art
• SLCR
6. Next meeting - October 12, 2011