Gateway Area Business Association
January 21, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes
ATTENDANCE: AJ Prasad, Lee Powell, Carl Stein, Karen Montez, Alan Sanchez, Lou Fontana, David Panichello & Dawn Rasmussen
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President, AJ Prasad at 11:15am. AJ welcomed All New Board Directors & Members.
BOARD MINUTES: It was moved to accept the November, 2008 Board Minutes, seconded and approved.
TREASURER’S REPORT: It was moved to accept the Treasurer’s Report, seconded and approved.
GENERAL MEETING SPEAKERS: There was discussion concerning having more community-related speakers and speakers of economical impact. Allocation of current members and a “Member Spotlight” by Dawn was discussed. It was reported that meetings will no longer be conducted at the Multnomah County Library. Lou volunteered to shift membership meetings to Oregon Baptist Retirement Home for the remainder of the year to include lunch from $6 - $6.50/per person. Lou with OBRH will be the Featured Speaker at the February meeting and Dawn with Pathfinder Career Services volunteered for the March meeting. Future speakers are to be identified moving forward.
FUN-O-RAMA: The Board discussed incorporating “National Night Out ~ Fun-O-Rama 2009” with essentially a combined GABA extravaganza at OPRH to include the Car Show on a Saturday in August ~ TBD. This would be in lieu of the parade and subsequent festivities at 111th Square. The motion was made, seconded and approved. There was discussion concerning membership booths, food donations from selected agencies and featured public relations related guests.
GOLF-O-RAMA: It was moved to cancel the Golf-O-Rama for 2009; seconded and approved.
NEW BUSINESS: It was moved, seconded and approved to purchase Quickbooks Pro 2009 for transition of accounting. There was discussion of producing new directories/books for current membership. Continuance of Board Members calling our membership of upcoming meetings, updates and dues was discussed. A motion was passed to obtain Directors, Officers and Records Insurance by Lee for an amount of $1MM in combined coverage. AJ and Alan created a Sponsorship Committee.
MEETING ADJOURNED: Meeting adjourned at 12:20pm.
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