KVAS  Minutes                                                                                                  Dunbar Shoney’s

Board of Directors                                                                                                  Jan. 29, 2008

Attendance:

Rick Archer, Robert Dean, Chuck Spann, Brent Ogle

Bob Frostick, Patricia Shaffer, Rodney Waugh

 

The meeting was called to order by Rodney Waugh.

Rodney welcomes Brent as the new Vice President, he has formerly been involved as Vice President of KVAS.  He is the longest standing member of the club.

Business:

Suggestions for Blackwater Falls door prize raffles:

Bob suggested a “Tom Tom” GPS, it would be an item with a broader appeal to the general public. The previous raffles have made more money with the smaller prizes. He suggested doing away with the large prize and have more medium and smaller size prizes. And have a special prize such as a nice star photograph. He also discussed that a previous raffle with a small telescope was very popular in the past.

·        Bob Frostick will check out the GPS

·        Robert Dean will check out smaller telescopes

·        Chuck Spann will look into the framed astro picture

They will have this information for us by the next board meeting for discussion.

 

  1. Rick motioned that Bob, Robert and Chuck look into the aforementioned doorprizes.

Agreed- Motion Passes

Bob offered his house, as the location, for the next board meeting.

Bob commented that the main thing needed for refreshments is the drinks, that not many people are snacking on cookies.

In regard to the missing dinner payments from the annual meeting, Chuck suggested we mention it on the “meeting reminder postcards” he sends out.  Bob suggested that any comment should be kept simple and brief.

Rick is updating the mailing list, Chuck is to use the updated list to send out next month’s postcards.

The club needs to work on the road leading to the observatory. It is getting too rough for cars to travel.

Bob and Robert volunteered to look at the road and see what needs to be done to it.

 

  1. Rick motioned that Bob, Robert into the road, see what it needs gravel, etc.

Motion seconded-Agreed- Motion Passes

Bob & Robert agreed to go look at the road when they go work on the warming shed.

Bob expressed his concerns about the quality of presentations and the lagging membership.

He has slides of constellation that would suitable for a 10 min presentation at the meetings and a prize system can be used by the club to reward members who can identify them.

KVAS subscribes to the “DarkSky” network. Bob has a prepared presentation provided by them that someone can present. We can get four presentations a year. The presentation needs to be used two times for us to receive the next one. Rick offered to present the one Bob currently has. He hopes that better programs will ultimately create more interest in the club.

Bob scheduled a work party meeting.

Patricia presented the KVAS organizational chart for the board’s approval. A title stating the current year will be added.  Patricia’s term was extended two years, to balance the sequence of elections for the board of director’s seats.

  1. It was motioned to approve the Organizational Chart and Patricia’s term extension.

Chuck seconded the motion -Agreed- Motion Passes

  1. It was motioned to adjourn the meeting.

Robert seconded the motion -Agreed- Motion Passes

 

Meeting was adjourned by Rodney Waugh.

Submitted by Patricia Shaffer

January 31, 2008