Members of the Board that were present:
Young McQueen
Lloyd Granat
Gail Means
Craig Sheir
Celia Carson
Charise Tanner
Brian Leonard
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Young McQueen
Opening
Secretary Report – (If all read ahead we can dispense with reading at meeting)- everyone had read the minutes from the January 8, 2020 Board Meeting
Motion by Craig Sheir to accept the minutes – seconded by Lloyd Granat
Passed
OLD BUSINESS (w/ Motions)
Plan B: Contests, Programs, Numbers and Chairs
Change the Number of Print and Digital Contests per Year – MOTION by Young McQueen
The Print and digital contest for 2020 only, three per contest
Seconded by Craig Sheir
Discussion of motion
Brian Leonard made a motion to amend the motion for only 2020 to change it to be ongoing.
Craig Sheir seconded
Past
The Print and Digital Contest – MOTION by Young McQueen
The Print and Digital Contest will be set as follows:
Print Contest: Three Contests with the number of prints at three per contest.
Monochrome Print Contest: One contest with the number of prints at five.
The above print contests will be scheduled roughly as one per quarter.
Digital Contest: Three Contests with the number of images set at four (4) per contest.
Seconded by Lloyd Granat
Passed
Library Book Liquidation – MOTION by Young McQueen
The library of physical books is liquidated during the calendar year 2020 with the following guidelines:
A silent/blind auction will be held among members only with the following process:
1. List of books to be made available to the members via electronic means.
2. Members are allowed to bid with a minimum bid of one dollar and in even dollars.
3. Members will see no bids.
4. Highest bid will win.
5. Ties go to the earliest bid.
6. Bids above $5 have a special rule: If only one bid, then bid is reduced to $5, if more than one bid, winning bid is one dollar over second
highest bid but no lower than $5.
7. Librarian and President are subjected to special rules since they have access to the bids. If they wish to bid they must do so before the bid
is open to the public. In case of ties they lose the bid to the other member.
Books not sold at auction will be offered to a local used bookstore, those not sold will be offered to the membership for free via a system to spread out the books in an initial offering, those remaining will be disposed of at the discretion of the Librarian.
The liquidation will be supervised by the Librarian with the President assisting.
Discussion
Seconded by Celia Carson
Passed
Club and Admin Team Liability Protection – Insurance
Motion – Liability Insurance for JCC – by Young McQueen
The purchasing of a liability insurance policy equal to/similar to one proposed by the Augustinak Insurance Agency (copy of policy questionnaire is on record) is approved with a budget of $500/year. Prior to purchase the pertinent information will be shared to Phil Cope, a retired attorney and member of JCC for his input/comments. Any objections of Phil Cope will be addressed/corrected or the issue will be taken up by the Board at a future meeting.
Discussion
Seconded by Craig Sheir
Passed
Incorporation for JCC – see attachment 1 for information on this item. The item has been tabled to be discussed by the Board at a future meeting.
NEW BUSINESS (w/Motions)
Speaker/Judge Fees – Local or out of town judges or speakers paying them for coming into the club…..will expand on a future date.
OLD BUSINESS (w/o Motions)
Advisory vs.? – Change to Advisory Panel for those appointments to a non-voting position on the Board.
New – LPIG – Offer from Joice Ira about offering lightning – wait until after the sale of equipment of Gordon’s…..will be brought up in the April meeting….
NEW BUSINESS (w/o Motions)
Plan B: VP, Programs – Lloyd volunteered for six(6) months(as VP) and Don Dymer was appointed (to chair the programs committee) with the understanding that he would do the position for six(6) months and he has scheduled programs thru June. Need to reach out to members to get someone to fill the position for the rest of the year.
Christmas Party location, alternative if none Spring outside – maybe do a picnic instead of at Christmas as members may have prior commitments.
Banquet Chair – Young indicated that he approached Debbie Deinstadt on doing the next banquet. This way she will have time to on how to do the spread sheet and help out with some of the duties that go along with this position.
Round Table – each person of the board was given a chance to input any additional items to be discussed – Lloyd Granat said he enjoyed this meeting, Craig – was glad that he didn’t have to drive to the meeting and Brian indicated that due to Rebecca having difficulty with her knee that he was taking over the outing to Olustee….
Meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m..