The Wilde Bunch Board Meeting
Albuquerque Square Dance Center
06/23/2014	

Attending: Rick Weber, Scott Amspoker, Randy Elliott Coburn, Turtle Bear Guillermo, Jean Maher, and Aaron Wagner

Call to Order: 1801 by Rick

I. Review of previous minutes from May
•	Motion to approve: Turtle Bear
•	2nd: Scott
•	Motion: passed

II. Treasurer's report: Scott
•	Review of finances
•	The Wilde Bunch’s primary expense continues to be a $500 down payment to the Marriott for T3 until the payment is cashed. June marks the first month that callers have received higher pay rates. Scott also pointed out that a large part of inflow comes from non-Wilde Bunch dancers.
•	Motion to approve the treasurer's report: Jean
•	2nd: Turtle Bear
•	Motion: passed

III. CTC 2014
•	Housing for visiting dancers is still needed.  Wilde Bunch members will be encouraged to host CTC guests if they are available.  Otherwise, visiting dancers will have to make their own accommodations. 

IV.   New Class
•	Five students are enrolled in the new beginning class.
•	Students should be notified of discounted rates as well as normal membership fees if they decide to join the group.

V.   Gay Pride Parade
•	Overall, the speed of the parade was not suited for dancing. However, passing out flyers seemed to be a great way to promote the group even if they weren’t effective in recruiting new dancers.  Rick proposed that we continue to participate in the parade.
•	Turtle Bear noted that a dedicated battery for our sound system is needed in order to avoid potential problems in the future.
•	Next year’s Pride will be held during mid-June.

VI.   Member at Large
•	Due to convention, there will not be an open house during July.  In September, there are plans to do a cookout around Labor Day.  Plans for August are still in progress.  There are a few advertisements that state new classes start July 14.  If there are new students, an auxiliary class will be provided to catch them up.
VII.  New Business
•	Jean presented information regarding services the post office is offering that might be of interest to the group:
o	Real-Mail notification: receive an e-mail or text anytime new mail arrives in the post office box.
o	A street address and/or PO box address can be used to deliver items to the group’s post office box.
o	Signature on file: if a signature is required for a parcel, the signature on file can be used in lieu of signing for a parcel each time one arrives.
•	General group consensus was in favor of Real-Mail notification. Jean will contact the post office to activate this service.

•	Delegates are needed to attend the IAGSDC board meeting from 1-4pm on Thursday, July 3. Example items to be discussed include the location of future conventions (e.g. Philadelphia vs Minneapolis).  Wilde Bunch members will be asked if they would like to attend this meeting in order to represent our group.

•	Rick will be planning a new garage sale with a target date of August.

Next meeting set for: July 21, 2014 at 1800

Meeting adjourned: 1836

Respectfully Submitted,

Aaron Wagner
Secretary to The Wilde Bunch