The Wilde Bunch Board Meeting
WHERE;ASDC
DATE: JAN 12, 2015

Attending: Jean Maher, Rick Webber, Turtle-Bear Guillermo, Dave Meltzer, Scott Amspoker, Melinda Wilson, Jim Wenger, Pablo Candelaria, Randy Elliot Coburn, Aaron Wagner

Call to Order: 6:05 by Jean M.
•	Topic1 Review minutes from November 
    		Rick motioned to accept
      			2nd Turtle Bear 
     		Motion passed
 
•	 Item 2 Review minutes from December 
Synopsis =We need official minutes for bank signature forms per Rick/ Scott
		Turtle-Bear motioned to accept 
 		2nd Jim Wengner
  		Motion passed

•	Item 3, Review responsibilities
Jean and Turtle-Bear reviewed board responsibilities using Wilde Bunch bylaws as reference.
No questions from floor. Encouraged “veterans “ to collaborate with incoming members

•	Item 4, Shingles
		Jean did a roll call and asked individual members if they wanted shingles with or without dates. Jim W passed out appropriate shingles to incoming members ( Veterans kept their old ones)

•	Item 5, Treasurer’s report
		Synopsis we finished 2014 with a positive balance.
(See attached forms for complete treasurer details)
			Scott would like 4 people on the bank’s check cashing list:
				President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary
Rick reported that Wilde Bunch has been grandfathered into our bank> Otherwise we would need tax numbers and assorted other legal documents. It better for us to stay here than look for another bank.
		Rick moved to accept report
		2nd Jim
		Motion passed

•	Item 6 2014 Audit
		Date 1/18/14, 6 PM at ASDC
			Scott, Pablo, Jean will participate
(some discussion about whether non board member SHOULD be present at Audit. Consensus is they can be ASKED but not required,)

•	Item 7. 2015 Scholarship
•	Synopsis scholarships are offered to long time club members who have shown their value to the club in multiple ways.	
Scott moved we continue to provide scholarships to the 2 current members
		2nd Rick
	Motion passed 

•	Item 8 Turquoise Trail Through (T3)
69	pre registrations received. 
	(Meeting our 2014 goal)

•	Item 9 Chase the Chili (CTC) 2016
		Synopsis we need to change the date.
		1.Conflicts with an a&c dance scheduled on the same date
		2.Informal discussions with past dancers suggest that Balloon Fiesta is NOT the draw that it once was. 
•	PROBLEM WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT WITH A CALLER FOR BALLOON  FIESTA WEEKEND.
	Rick will discuss with Georgian about changing date (early Sept) 
		 Board supports change of date

•	Item 10 Open House
		Randy shared his expertise and suggested that Pablo google Party Ideas (month) for help developing themes.

•	Item 11- Other business
		Scott is concerned that students and club members are not getting sufficient floor time. (He feels that students need 1 hour of instruction time)
Scott proposes asking Bill to offer a Plus tip after 9PM, Bill would be paid for this extra time, dues do not need to be adjusted to cover this. 
			Dave moved that we support Scott’s discussion with Bill
			2nd Turtle-Bear
				Motion Passed

•	Recruiting
		Synopsis= Dave reported that after Yard sales, dues are our major source of income.
	We have recruited in a variety of ways: Ads in magazines, newspapers
	posters in bars and businesses, Gay Pride participation.

What Dave has noticed is that the most successful strategy has been word of mouth and the Wilde Bunch Web Page. 
Discussion: New dancers may not know that they need to take classes first and would not know to research class times instead many simply see a dance time and arrive. Some we are able to keep interested but we suspect that many don’t return.

		To correct this, Dave and Turtle-Bear are collaborating on redoing the home page to make it more student accessible.

•	2015 Goals
	 Jean shared the following as her goals for the Wilde Bunch 2015:
1.	50+Active Dancers
2.	Stay in the Black financially
3.	Increase our community presence

•	Next meeting set for Feb 9, 2015 At ASDC

•	Meeting Adjourned at 7 PM by Jean.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Melinda Wilson
                                    Secretary to Wilde Bunch