The Highpointers Club Board of Directors met on Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 2 PM to 4 PM at the Hi-Point Career Center, in Bellefontaine, Ohio during the 2011 Highpointers Club Convention. The meeting was presided by President Tim Webb.
Roger Rowlett presented minutes of the email yahoogroups session between the October 9, 2010 meeting in Alabama and the July 16, 2011 meeting in Ohio. The minutes were unanimously approved subject to verifying attendance in the March 17, 2011 executive and adding a list of committee appointments made by president Tim Webb.
Roger Rowlett said he would like to post the minutes to highpointers.org and would like to go back and recreate missing electronic minutes for the past five years. No formal vote was taken however discussion about posting the minutes and recreating the record was favorable.
Don Holmes presented the treasurers report.
Don Holmes said that the budget is working well. He said he would prefer not to post the budget information where non-members can see it. People interested in the budget can contact him.
Don also presented drafts and officer and chairman procedures. He urged all committee chairman to write them.
appointments to unexpired terms should not count. The board unanimously directed the bylaws chairman Don Holmes to change the bylaws indicating this.
just had to have been on the board at some time. No further action was required.
elder Mr. Brown died on July 4, 2011. The younger Mr. Brown had attended the 2010 convention and dedication of the summit rock. The other was Don Jaumzemis from the Hi Point Career Center who “has the keys to the Ohio highpoint” and helped the 2011 convention in many ways. The honorary members were approved unanimously.
events can still occur if an individual wishes to organize them but they will not be considered an official function. Eric’s well researched presentation included insurance estimates however board members were troubled by insurance requirements that would have required event organizers to be formally first aid certified and have minimum trip requirements. No formal vote was taken.
surveymonkey.com. Eric presented a list of 20 sample questions. The board said they might be interested in the survey but no formal motion or vote was taken. Tim Webb suggested Eric work with Craig Noland on creating a survey that could be sent on the e-bulletin or newsletter.
Convention’ Oversight Committee Chairperson Nikki Hemphill said the venues and contracts for the 2012 convention have been established. She is awaiting the final report from Bill Urbanski for 2011.
Newsletter Chairperson John Mitchler said that delivery of the newsletter which taken three weeks from production to delivery via the postal service had initially been reduced to one week on the first issue of 2011. However he said the last issue took two weeks. John also said there is substantial cost to having a standalone ballot in the newsletter. He suggested using just a page in the newsletter. The board took no formal action but some members said they felt it was important that the ballots be continued to be offered.
the postman program at the website. He will continue to look through emails and ask others to try and reconstruct the information.
Membership chairman Craig Noland reported that membership is stable.
Merc Chairman Jean Trousdale noted the Merc had been down for a month in the Spring because of a technology glitch in the wordpress e-commerce plug in.
Foundation liaison Will Moksycki noted that Stony Burk had been elected to be a member of the Highpointers Foundation Board. In serving as liaison chairman for the Club Stony should provide some synergies where the Foudadtion can move more nimbly on issues regarding highpoints where money could help solve a problem.
auction during the evening and Al Dempsey won the spirited bid for a symbolic $2,012 — considerably higher than what had been speculated on during the meeting.
— even if they don’t exercise it. Discussion also noted that lack of interest in actual voting may be a sign that membership is satisfied with the current practices and does not see a need to change anything. Board members took no formal action.
non-profit entity provided that the plaque and access to the Glade remain unchanged. Some board members have expressed financial concerns over the Club’s continued paying liability insurance for the Glade (the premium is equivalent to 100 club member annual dues). Roger Rowlett said it was important that Lori Longacre (Jakk’s daughter) be included in the discussion of any donations since she had donated the land.
Following adjournment club members walked to the Campbell Hill summit for a group photo which Wendy Comstock took using several board member cameras.
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