Monthly Chapter 0227 Meeting Minutes June 11, 2014 TIME: 10:00 AM LOCATION: Cedar Rapids Country Club EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Attendees: Jim Burns; Greg Christensen; Jim Green; Pat Gosnell; Alicia Jackson; Jean Kruse; JR Wright; Kathy McArtor; Carolyn Tonn; Jim Vancura Executive Committee/Officer Reports: A. Secretary (Jim Green pro tem) Jim Green moved and Greg Christensen seconded a motion to approve the minutes as modified. New success stories will be added to the marketing brochure as needed, rather than monthly. Motion carried. B. Treasurer (Alicia Jackson reporting) Finance Report The finance report is shown below. Page 1 of 6
C. SBA Report Carolyn Tonn No report. Committee Chair Reports A. Marketing And Outreach Jim Burns 250 of the revised marketing brochures are in the SCORE office. These will be revised periodically as needed. Members should let Jim Burns know when an error is found so the next revision will be correct. A new success story will be put into the brochures as needed. Leland Smithson has joined the marketing committee. The monthly outreach program at SAM S will continue. Jim passed out copies of the initial marketing newsletter, Here s the SCORE. Jim admitted that the format was not optimum and suggested that it was a work in progress. Several members voiced their support for a newsletter, but there were questions regarding the costs and time involved, as well as the proposed schedule for publication. Jean Kruse moved, Kathy McArtor seconded to approve publication and mailing of the newsletter to membership in order to measure reaction. Motion approved unanimously. B. Training and Membership JR Wright Potential Iowa City applicants have not been responding to phone and email contacts. Gary Wenisch and Leland Smithson are close to finishing their training. Mike Humbert is being recommended for membership; his interviews and paperwork have been completed. The committee is investigating using clerical retirees to fill in on desk duty. Reaction to this idea was mostly negative from the Exec. Board members. C. Workshops Dianne Martin (Jean Kruse reporting) May Workshops: Marion Library o Starting a Restaurant/Tavern May 1 Presenter: Lee Belfield, Owner/Operator of Zin s Restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids 20 attendees o Crowdfunding May 15 Page 2 of 6
Presenter: Dennis Carpenter Director of Marketing Services, Stamats Communications 23 attendees Breakfast and Evening Roundtables -- o Breakfast Roundtable #2 (Tuesday, 5/13) -- 5 attendees o Breakfast Roundtable (Thursday, 5/22) 8 attendees o Evening Roundtable (Thursday 5/22) 0 attendees Kaplan University o QuickBooks Basics May 22 Presenters: Dianne Martin, Jean Kruse, Alicia Jackson 22 attendees How to Really Start Your Own Business Seminar o May 6, 13, 20 5 attendees Upcoming Workshops Roundtables June 10 (Breakfast) and June 26 (Breakfast and Evening) How to Really Start Your Own Business Seminar July 15, 22, 29 If you would like to volunteer to attend and help facilitate one of these events, please let me know. Dianne Martin, Workshop Committee Chair After discussion, it was determined to cancel the evening roundtable during the summer months due to lack of participation. Have you or your clients contact Dianne Martin 319-431-4574 or email at Dianne.martin@mchsi.com to attend a workshop or seminar. MENTORS: Contact clients to get them to attend the workshops. Go to http://eastcentraliowa.score.org/events for added information. D. Technology Jim Green No report. E. Administrative Pat Gosnell See the activity report at the end of these minutes. F. Iowa City Task Force Greg Christensen Greg is ready to turn over his list of contacts to the marketing committee for follow- up action. Jim Burns agreed to take on this task. Page 3 of 6
G. District Director Jean Kruse Jean has the survey results, and she will present them at the next board meeting. SCORE National has decided to close the Spencer chapter and merge it with Cherokee. Old Business Un-counseled clients Pat Gosnell reported that only one mentor responded to her last month, and she input this person s counseling report into Webit for him. New Business A. New Member Applications Jim Burns moved, and Jean Kruse seconded, to approve Mike Humbert for membership in SCORE chapter 0227. Motion approved unanimously. Jim Burns moved, and Kathy McArtor seconded, to approve John Ruth to rejoin the chapter after completing up-to-date required training. Motion approved unanimously. B. Resolution for Platinum Member: Dean Gesme Kathy McArtor moved, and Jim Burns seconded, to approve Dean Gesme s application for Platinum Membership in honor of his many years of service and leadership in Chapter 0227. Motion approved unanimously. Dean will be retiring from active membership in the chapter. C. Recognition for Don Robinson Don Robinson is retiring from membership in the chapter, and recognition for him was discussed. Don has already received all of the formal SCORE awards that are available, so Jim Vancura will recognize his accomplishments and retirement at the next monthly chapter meeting. D. Decline in workshop attendee numbers Jim Vancura discussed the decrease in workshop contacts as compared to 2013. Several reasons for this were examined, and Dianne Martin provided data that showed some special occasions in 2013 that may have artificially raised the 2013 number. No action was taken. Dianne Martin has asked to withdraw as workshop committee chairperson by October, and a replacement will be sought. Jim Vancura would appreciate suggestions from the other committee members. The Executive Committee meeting was adjourned at 11:20am. Page 4 of 6
ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES The Annual Meeting was held in the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Attendees: Richard Bice, John Brockardt, John Bryant, Jim Burns, Greg Christensen, John Cunningham, Mike Dulaney, Jim Finerty, Dean Gesme, Michael Gilhooly, Pat Gosnell, Jim Green, Jack Haney, Mike Humbert, Alicia Jackson, Vern Jackson, Tom Janik, Glenn Jensen, Donald Johnson, Bob Kazimour, Jean Kruse, John Langer, Kathy McArtor, Jerry Moore, Chuck Murphy, Keith Rippy, Don Robinson, Duffy Schamberger, Leland Smithson, Jim Vancura, Gary Wenisch, Nadine Wax, J. R. Wright, Carolyn Tonn Jim Vancura presided, where he welcomed several guests and elected officials. After lunch, the speaker was Lee Belfield, owner of Zin s Restaurant in Cedar Rapids, and Director of The Hotel at Kirkwood Center. Following the speaker, several service awards were handed out to members, certificates of appreciation were presented to special supporting sponsors, and Tom Janik was presented the Platinum Member award. Respectfully Submitted Terry Lamb Secretary I would like to thank Jim Green for recording the minutes for this meeting. Page 5 of 6
Cedar Rapids Chapter Summary Volunteers as of 05/31/2014 Male Female Total * Total Active Volunteers 36 9 45 White 36 9 45 55 Total Volunteers; 45 Active; 0 Inactive; 6 Emeritus; 4 Provisional * Totals may not match the sum of Males and Females due to volunteers not having a gender assigned in Manage Chapter Volunteers Case Summary: Between 05/01/2014 and 05/31/2014 # Of Cases # Of Contact Hours # Of Prep Hours New F/F or Tel 25 30 3.75 Follow-on F/F or Tel 27 22.5 4.75 Total F/F or Tel 52 52.5 8.5 New On-line 0 0 0 Follow-on Online 0 0 0 Total Online Cases 0 0 0 Total Combined Cases 52 52.5 8.5 % Of In-Business Clients 13% Workshop Summary: Between 05/01/2014 and 05/31/2014 Total Workshops 13 Total Attendees 169 Minority 2 Women Attendees 67 Veterans 0 Service-Disabled 0 Total Disabled Attendees 0 Total Workshop Prep Hours 0 Other Hours: Between 05/01/2014 and 05/31/2014 Total Other Volunteer Hours 171 Total Outside Hours 0 Total Services - 221 (This is calculated as total combined # of cases + total attendees.) Page 6 of 6