Location: Hilton Garden Inn, International Drive, North Charleston SC
Meeting Call to order by Chapter President – Robin Ward
6:00 pm
Roll Call (Alan Tumey – (Secretary)
Robin Ward, President
Bo Stearns, Vice President
John McFadden, Director at Large
Sherry Deese, Regional Director
A J Leone, Director at Large
Kathy Patterson, Director at Large
Approval of March, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes
One change to March board meeting minutes under Treasury Report; “John McFadden motion to approve budget, Sherry Deese second motion, and budget approved”, change
“budget” to “Treasury Report”. John McFadden made the motion to accept Mach Board
Meeting minutes; Sherry Deese second motion, March 2009, Meeting Minutes accepted.
Treasurer’s Report (Sherry Deese)
Sherry noted that the dollar amount received from National for membership compensation was larger than expected.
Suggestion to post Treasury Reports on AITP chapter Web site, John will send previous reports to Robin Ward.
Christina Wakenell is listed on Chapter P.O Box as Administrator
Ed Cavadias is chapter Web Domain Administrator other Board Member’s should have login credentials to the domain administration.
Committee Reports
Arrangement Committee (Alan Tumey)
Chapter meeting May 14, confirmed dinner at Embassy Suites, North Charleston w/EGroup
Training session
June will be Picnic at Tanner Hall Robin Ward’s father will cook a pig. Kathy Patterson will coordinate acquisition of facility
July -Mad River
Programs – John McFadden
John will work to determine business status of our organization 501-c3 or c4
Speaker slots are open for later part of year
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Education (John McFadden)
Education planning for May E-Group
Contacted MSI no response
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COPA (Bo Stearns)
Banners and Trophy are still at National in Dallas trying to get sent to Charleston
IPA Robin needs assistance and will contact Alan Blanche
Membership (AJ Leone)
New members joining will get the next months meeting free
Motion to invite Cisco to a meeting free of charge, John McFadden, first, Sherry Deese,
Second, motion approved
Student Chapter
Trident Tech is going to bring chapter back and ECPI is planning to start chapter
We have three $500 scholarships for ECPI
Columbia South Carolina will not start a chapter; Charleston will host Student Chapter for
University of South Carolina
National Conference
Bo and Sherry visited Embassy Suites and Francis Marion hotels downtown Charleston
We need to arrange Sponsors how many sponsors needed is in question
Motion to have meeting as full conference Robin Ward, first, Bo Stearns, second, motion approved. Meeting will be full 3 day conference
Golf Tournament (Kathy Paterson)
Friday October, 16 is confirmed
We need a charity and celebrity
Raffle a free tournament at up coming meeting
General Discussion
Bonnie Bird has resigned as Treasure March 12, 2009
Motion to nominate Sherry Deese as new treasure, John McFadden, first, Bo Stearns, second motion approved Sherry Deese was sworn in by Bo Stearns
Adjourn
Motion to adjourn Sherry Deese, Bo Stearns, second motion meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
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