1. Newsletter: Ken McFarland will be coordinating the next newsletter, which we would like to have mailed out to our members in January or February of 2009. We will discuss what needs to be in the newsletter and assign folks to gather up the necessary information and pictures needed. Articles suggested at the last meeting included next year's fund-raising events, including the Tea Party (Statehood Theme) taking place on June 28, 2009 and the Garden Faire, taking place on July 26, 2009, and perhaps an article about the Non-profit Section 501(c)3 status which the GBG Society has obtained. Other ideas and help with writing articles are welcome!

 

2. Advertising: I will present a list of upcoming deadlines for advertising for the fund-raising events. I'll bring all the notes that we've kept on advertisement catalogs, requirements, costs, and deadlines from last year. I would also like to discuss the possibility of delegating most of the Advertising responsibilities to the respective fund-raising event committees. Perhaps each fund-raising committee could appoint someone from their group to be in charge of the advertising for their event. And those appointees could use the expertise of the Advertising committee to get the advertising done, but that appointee would be responsible for the organizing of the advertisement for their respective event. This would allow the committees for fund-raising to more closely tailor their advertisement to their specific needs and timelines.

 

3. Funding items at the GBG: Pat Holloway will present a list of items currently needed for the GBG. We will discuss and vote for funding them. Items suggested at the last meeting included a storage shed for all GBG Society materials used for fund-raising events. We will also discuss the possibility of helping to fund some of the administrative duties at the GBG, such as newsletter mailings and membership list maintenance.

 

4. Non-profit Section 501(c)3 Status: Mike Salzman will present some basic information on the guidelines and requirements of this status which the GBG Society now has.