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MASNA B.O.D. Meeting Minutes
May 24, 2000 This meeting of the Board was held
Electronically at 9:00 p.m. ET Board Members Present: Larry Ecker, President
Bryan Petersen, Past president
David Adkins, Treasurer
Joe Jones, Editor
Dennis Gallagher, At Large
Nancy Swart, Webmaster Absent: Al Bodenham, Secretary Delegates Present: None AGENDA: 1. Officers' Reports
2. Old Business
3. New Business
4. Appointment of Vice President
5. Committee Reports
6. MACNA XII
7. MACNA XIII (Costs)
8. Adjournment The meeting was called to order at 9:08 E.T. President's Report: Larry reported that due to illness and severe time constraints, he has not had time to complete many of his goals in the past month. He has received 4 more boxes of archived material from Dave that need to be sorted through. He has also received applications from 2 new members; Tom Provatas and FMAS has rejoined. Welcome back! Past President's Report:
MACNA XII: Bryan reported that he has been focusing most of his efforts on coordinating and publicizing MACNA XII. He has posted messages on CompuServe, reefs.org, and Aqualink in addition to participating in various chat rooms and answering questions regarding the event. He was also pleased to report that we finally got on Aquarium Frontiers' calendar. Registrations are currently at more than 110 and 25 exhibitors have purchased booth space. Hits on the MACNA XII page have been steadily increasing. MACNA XIII: There's been no news from Tom Walsh. Larry will coltact him to see what progress has been made since the last meeting. Speaker selection will begin next week. Bryan reminded us of the importance of assigning duties for MACNA XIII. Issue of costs tabled. Treasurer's Report: Dave reported a current balance in the Treasury of $6,275.00. Editor's Report: Joe reported he only has 2 small articles for our next Newsletter and could really use some help in getting material. We did not receive the CRTF article from the member present at our last meeting, as promised. Nancy suggested asking MASM and CMAS to submit reviews of their recent spring seminars. Dennis said he would try to submit something by the deadline (May 28th) and so would Larry. Webmaster's Report: Nancy reported she has begun uploading speaker topics, bios and photos. Has placed more registration buttons/links in obvious places. Uploaded Dive Shop info submitted by Dennis and continues with routine updates. Committee Reports Scholarship: Larry was disappointed to report that to date, we still have only one application on file and asked that we make more of an effort to publicize the offering. Joe suggested sending an application out to all member clubs and requested a copy for WMAS. Larry suggested that we do some publicity on the Internet. Database: Larry has received the final and complete database of past MACNAs and will forward to the rest of the BOD. Membership: Kelly's resignation has now also left the Membership Committee Chair open. Larry called for volunteers but nobody came forward. In light of this, Dave agreed to assume the position until the end of this year's term. Motion made to appoint Dave Adkins as Membership Chair was seconded and passed unanimously. Dave stated Kim will be sending MACNA XII brochures with applications to all individual members. Larry and Dave are to coordinate changing all ads running to reflect new Membership contact info. New Business Appointment of Vice President: Joe stated that Cindy Jones had an interest in running for the position next year and is therefore asking to be considered for the rest of this year's term. This was well received by all. Bryan nominated Larry Jackson. There was concern that Larry would not have the time and Bryan hadn't contacted him to ask if he would accept the nomination. Nancy nominated Jim Stime. Jim had indicated to her that he would consider the nomination but was concerned about time constraints and being able to attend the BOD meetings if they were not moved from Wednesday nights. After some discussion, a move was made and seconded to appoint Cindy Jones as Vice President. Passed unanimously. Welcome aboard, Cindy! Nancy requested a photo and bio for the website. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 pm E.T. Respectfully submitted, Nancy Swart
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