Call to Order
President L. Coker called the meeting to order at approximately 11:35 a.m. The meeting was held at 1413 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201
Board Members Present
Louellen Coker, Carol Ryan, Kathy Haenszel, Debbra Brouillette, Suzan Staley, Barbara Walker, Claudia Carter
Reading/Approval of December Board Meeting Minutes
K. Haenszel made the motion and C. Carter second to table the approval of the February minutes until the April board meeting. The motion passed with a 7-0 vote.
Discussion Topics/Unfinished Business
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer, K. Haenszel reported that the current amount in the WBO bank account was $7,111.00. President, L. Coker will work with K. Haenszel in setting up the new bank accounts. K. Haenszel reported that there was still some paperwork from the Secretary of State’s office that the bank needs in order to complete the transaction. K. Haenszel reported that it was currently underway and that we had gotten and completed everything we needed with the Secretary of State’s office but that we were waiting on the “Certificate of Good Standing” from the State to complete the bank change.
President, L. Coker stated that we need to explicitly state on the check we give to Habitat for Humanity “Women Build” to keep it straight for our books.
Community Affairs
There was no new business regarding community affairs. Secretary, C. Ryan, did inform the board that if they voted and decided to have a wine social in July, which would be our next event, that WBO could hold the event at Ms. Ryan’s new place of business, Vigne Wine & Delicatessen. Ms. Ryan said that it should be open by the end of June.
S. Staley did present the question to the board as to whether or not the board wanted to have another fundraiser or keep it strictly as a social. S. Staley made the motion and D. Brouilette second to keep the July event strictly as a social. The motion passed with a 7-0 vote.
Mastermind
S. Staley reported that there was not much new. She said that she has received 2 or 3 new applications, one was a cleaning service. She reported that she would more than likely put them in K. Haenszel’s mastermind group. D. Brouilette made the motion and it was second by C. Carter that we would work on a brochure about Mastermind including testimonials. K. Haenszel volunteered to write up her testimonial to use and L. Coker volunteered to produce a power point presentation on Mastermind to use during our membership drive schedulled for June.
S. Staley volunteered to explore other books to use for the Mastermind group. B. Walker volunteered to explore the current book she is reading to see if it would fit the structure of the Mastermind groups. President, L. Coker suggested that S. Staley look at possibly forming a Mastermind group here in Denton.
Membership
Treasurer, K. Haenszel reported that to her knowledge that there are currently 40 members paid up on their dues. L. Coker mentioned that she felt that the board needed to focus on membership retention. S. Staley asked if there was currently a policy on how many times a person could come as a guest. President, L. Coker said that there currently were no policies addressing the issue.
D. Brouilette suggested that we provide our new members with a member directory in lieu of the “Pink Magazine” in their new member packet as before.
Programs
B. Walker in charge of Programs said that she had her speakers lined up and set in place until December.
D. Brouilette suggested that we have one of our meetings cover the topic of Mastermind. Cover the benefits in a little more detail, about what it is etc. S. Staley suggested that we do that for our January 2010 program. C. Carter made the motion and K. Haenszel second the that the board would provide a table at the July function with information available about the Mastermind gropus. Sign up sheets would also be available for potential new members as well as current members. The motion passed with a 7-0 vote.
D. Brouilette confirmed to the board that Jeff Klein would be our speaker for our October meeting. The speaker agreed to wave the fee for his presentation provided that there was a minimum of 25 people there. D. Brouilette assured him that there would not be a problem. D. Brouillette thought some of the topics that he frequently covers would be good for our group include be “Conversation Starters vs. Conversation Killers”-”Product Speak vs. Commodity Speak”, or on “How To Tell People What You Do For Your Clients Instead Of What Your Job Title Is.”
Public Relations
D. Brouillette told the board that she had just missed on getting the WBO information regarding the Habitat for Humanity project for Women Build into the paper for the this past monthly meeting but that she would get it in in time for the next month. She also said that she had had an issue with the public relations/sales representative that we had been assigned to. D. Brouilette said that she finally spoke with the head of the department and explained the problems we were having and we were assigned to a new representative. D. Brouillette was also refunded from the paper the amount of a past due invoice she personally paid for to get our group current.
Website
Pres. L. Coker is currently working on modifying the web site to include a calendar of events section that visitors of the site can view and board members can edit as necessary.
- Registration
- Visitors/Members
- Join Form
- Categories
New Business
- Possession of WBODC debit card
B. Walker made the motion and D. Brouillette second that L. Coker should be in charge of the WBO debit card and that other accounts such as advertising bills with the Denton Record Chronicle should be paid directly from the debit card. The motion passed with a 7-0 vote.
Adjournment
President L. Coker adjourned the meeting at approximately 1:10p.m.
