Board Roster And Notes

The board held a conference call recently. Here's some notes from that meeting and a link to a Word doc with the roster of our board for the new year.

Board positions have been finalized (see this list)

In the next couple of weeks, Program Chairs will be lining up speakers for our joint meetings for December & January (Horticulture Panel and the visit to Busch Stadium). If anyone has specific suggestions regarding speakers for the Horticulture Panel, please pass these along to myself (Becky Rasmussen), Mandy or Chris.

Our November meeting has been confirmed with Steve Drake as the speaker. Brian is working on confirming AgCareers for the February meeting on HR issues in agriculture.

Need to check back around mid-July to see where we stand on speaker confirmations in order to start preparing final calendar.

This year, we are responsible for lining up sponsors for each of our meetings. The cost is $250, and helps cover the pre-meeting reception and our AV needs at the hotel. (Depending on cost, we may or may not need a sponsor for the Busch Stadium event.) Possible sponsors for 2006 meetings were suggested, including Osborn & Barr, Monsanto, Drake & Company…may be helpful for the Program & Publicity Chairs to draw up a form or announcement that outlines what’s involved with sponsorship…this could then be sent to potential sponsors, along with the available meeting dates/topics for the year.

It was decided that we will be hosting our own NAMA event in September (Ag Club will be doing their 25th anniversary banquet that month). Will still be a luncheon meeting at the Sheraton Westport – set for Tuesday, September 12. (I have confirmed this date with the hotel and they will have a room available for us.) The topic will be an Agency Roundtable with the directors of some of the agencies in town. Rhett is working up a brief outline of the topic and the issues to be discussed; will determine down the line if a moderator is needed.

To expand our prospects list and get our name out in the marketing community, it was also suggested that we sponsor events for other marketing organizations, such as St. Louis Ad Club and the Business Marketing Association. Need to get exact details of dates and what’s required of us – but it was agreed to go ahead with at least a couple of sponsorships, preferably toward the beginning of the year.