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Annual Report

Annual Report

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WSASC
Sept. 1-2, 2010 Board Meeting
Ellenburg, WA

 

9:08      Sue called the meeting to order.

Present: Jennifer Bacon,  Chris Quimby, Sue Hilberg, Antonia Kerney, Rocky Kirwin, Jacob McGee, Christa Richardson, Katrina Kell and David Schmidt. Excused: Elizabeth Scheid

Antonia made a motion to approve the 24 May Minutes. Jacob seconded. All aye.

 

Meeting Dates & Locations:
Fall 201 0          Oct. 21 in Burien                       Starting time 9:30 am
Winter 2011      Feb. 1 in Ellensburg                   Starting time 10:00 am
Spring 2012       May 23 in Ellensburg                 Starting time 1pm

Upcoming Vacations over 3 Days:
Antonia             Oct. 4 through Oct. 7
Bo                    Nov. 2 through Jan. 31
Chris                 Oct. 28 through Nov. 2
Jacob                1st week in Oct. & Nov. 2011
Jennifer             Nov. 21 through Dec. 1

NISC Representative: Antonia

  • There is a re-authorization of the Older Americans Act in progress for which a Talking Forum was held. Unfortunately senior centers are not mentioned for direct funding. Antonia proposed that the Association would send a letter requesting that direct funding for senior centers should be included.
  • The Aging in America Conference will be held in San Francisco next year.  Antonia will attend. Antonia suggested sending a second person. Rocky suggested that Sue Hilberg, as chair, attend; everyone agreed.

Membership: Bo and Sue

  • We presently have 94 members. Three people from True North are included. We recently gained 16 new members.
  • The directory will be mailed out soon.
  • Sue will continue to email to see if she can get new members.
  • Kristy Dunn will cover for Bo during maternity leave.

Sponsorship: Chris
Chris is looking at the Foundation Center to see if they could sponsor. He is also trying to find sponsorships for trips.

Senior Lobby Report: Chris
Chris will send info on the senior lobby. The website address is www.waseniorlobby.org. On Oct. 13, there is a conference at the Doubletree that Eileen will attend.

Treasurer Report: Rocky

  • Annual Treasurer Report: $94.02 net; $37,551.00 in assets; $1,000 fixed
  • Conference financial recap: approx. $1,800
  • 2011 Budget – Budget requests from each board member were submitted. Rocky will send out the 2011 Proposed budget to the board before the next meeting.

Marketing: Jennifer/Katrina

  • Deadlines for Front & Center: Nov. 29 for Winter, Feb. 28 Spring & Conference; Sept. 4 for Fall
  • Outreach to educational institutions has not happened yet.
  • Website is being updated quicker. Discussed adding links to job openings, question regarding the timeliness of procedure.

Online conference registration will be checked into.

Fundraising and Travel: Jacob/David

  • Seaside 2011 – May 3 – 5 - $265 hotel, 1 dinner, 2 sack lunches, 1 entrance fee
  • Coastal Cruise Sept. 20-24
  • Spring Training 2011 – There will be two different ones offered by Sally.
  • Golden Games, Nov. 8
  • Recap of Mariners game: 48 people attended. They had Terrace seats. Next year’s game will probably be in August
  • Replacement trips for Buzz’s group; 2011 trip ideas: Winthrop Mountain Lodge Oct. 2011

Conference 2011: Katrina

  • Dates – May 24-26
  • Theme unknown
  • Location: Ellensburg
  • Topics for presentation: E-marketing, non-profit law, new travel, 99 second program
  • Decided against Quality Inn and looking at Holiday Inn Express and city meeting rooms.
  • WSASC apparel – it was decided that only those who wanted a shirt would order one. Color would be determined. No red and yellow would be ordered.
  • Vendor booths – conference committee will look into. Suggested best time is before silent auction.

Goals for 2010

  • NISC Representative – will visit more center and leave brochures with NISC
  • Membership – will maintain or increase membership, will connect with retirement centers
  • Senior Lobby – no report; will send notes or be present next time
  • Marketing – will update Facebook and reach out to universities & retirement centers
  • Fundraising & Travel – will continue what they were doing and add one trip
  • Conference Committee – will pull off conference
  • Treasurer – will keep WSASC on budget; will see if credit card processing is possible
  • Secretary – will provide minutes in a timely manner
  • Chair – will run effective meetings

Misc. Agenda Items

  • Award selection process tabled until October.
  • Discussion of support request for I-1100/I-1105. It was decided not to speak for or against them.
  • Board meeting attendance by general membership – The October meeting will be an open as well as closed meeting.

Adjourned Sept. 2 at 11 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 


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