CSTMA Board Meeting Minutes
1/1/2017; 9am-12pm
ADDRESS: South Jason Street and West Exposition Ave, Denver, CO
Attendees: Todd Morris, Steve Shoultz, Chuck Klafka,Gabe Aksamit, Jeremy Potestio, Kellen Stark, Drew Barber
Absent: Abby McNeal, John Frankenfeld, Jon Kingsley, Cody Witham
- Open Discussion of Board Operation and Goals
- Update to duties of board members
- The general duties for board members were discussed with Steve S. leading the discussion.
- It was suggested to include commercial officers in the awards committee due to their exposure to numerous locations as part of their job.
- Newsletter
- All board members were encouraged to provide material for the newsletter
- Chuck K. suggested that he would do a seasonal “turf tips” with information that was relevant to a specific situation based on season.
- Seminars
- It was discussed to pursue a partnership with CPRA for the Fall event
- Committee Assignment
- Newsletter
- Chair: John Frankenfeld, Kellen S.
- Others to contribute
- Networking Night
- Chair: Gabriel A.
- Others: Drew B.
- Spring Seminar: CU Boulder at Folsom Field, week of May 15th
- Chair: Chuck Klafka, Todd Morris
- Special considerations for the event per conversation with Ryan N. @ CU
- Parking permitting may be necessary
- Date needs to be flexible
- Chuck and Todd to talk with Ryan to confirm date and other details
- LMO: The Dunes, 13300 Riverdale Road, Brighton, CO, July 18th
- Chair: Todd M., Drew B., Jeremy , Steve
- Proposal
- Committee to confirm and sign contract on 1/26 site visit
- Other Items
- The board wants to pursue getting the air cannon back for 2017
- Summer Seminar
- Chair: Drew Barber
- Others:
- Other Items
- Drew to contact CPRA to look to partner for this event
- Drew to ask CPRA if CSTMA may be able to have a both at CPRA event
- Call Mike McDonnell at Arvada for partnership opportunity
- The board wants to pursue bringing in someone as a speaker and use funds from STMA National for this.
- Drew to call STMA for any suggestions for speaker
- Fall Seminar
- The board decided to not pursue a fall event this year
- Awards / Scholarships
- Chair: Cody W.,
- Cody will also ask two additional past presidents to participate
- Other Items
- The board discussed updating:
- the 8.5”x11” flyer for event
- the awards hyperlink to front page of website
- the tri-fold flier
- Bylaws
- Chair: Drew
- Rocky Mountain Halftime
- Submission Due Dates
- Spring: Feb 3rd
- Summer: May 12
- Fall: Sept 1
- Winter: Nov 3
- Vendor Sponsorship List
- The contact list was assigned to various board members to contact vendors
- Networking Night
- This was reviewed during committee assignments
- Spring Seminar
- This was reviewed during committee assignments
- LMO
- This was covered during committee assignments
- Summer Seminar
- This was covered during committee assignments
- Scholarships / Awards
- 2016
- Josh Dejong: Field Of Year
- Benny Paiz and Elliot Thorpe: STMA Giveaway
- Get member profiles
- Other Business
- Surveys
- The board wants to pursue doing surveys after events to get feedback from members.
- Board members will get questions to Drew by next Wednesday about survey questions
- Bios
- Board members need to get updated bios to Drew B. for the first newsletter.
- Board members need to get high res faceshot to Drew B. for the first newsletter
- Electronic Version of Newsletter Only
- The board wants to ask sponsors what their thoughts are about going all electronic for newsletters. Drew will send out an email after the first newsletter runs.
- Executive Director positionTransition Plan
- Drew B. announced that he will be stepping down from his position once a replacement has been found and trained. The board will move to pursue another executive director immediately and will look to transition duties to the new director over 2017.
- Next Meeting
- 2/22 at the Dunes, 13300 Riverdale Road, Brighton, CO
- 9a-12p