BOARD MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 9, 2013
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
BOARD MEMBERS:
VOLUNTEERS:
 Bill Curry, President
 Teresa Tostenson
 Becky Fatur, Senior Vice President/
 Delia Adams
President Elect
 Laura Taylor
and VP Communications
 Rob Trojan, Treasurer
 Lindsay Silliman, VP Programs
 Irma Sorber, VP Hospitality
 Cheree Caron, Secretary
 Patty Riggin, VP Education/Awards
 Eva Ware, VP Membership
Meeting called to order.
___ Members present [_Bill Curry, Becky Fatur, Rob Trojan, Lindsay Silliman, Irma Sorber, Patty Riggin,
and Eva Ware_]
___ Members not present [_Cheree Caron___]
___ Volunteers present [____None_____________]
Secretary - Minutes from previous meetings – Cheree Caron
 No Report Given
President’s Items/Report – Bill Curry
 Vote on Change to Bylaws: After a brief discussion on the reasons why Bill Curry was no longer
supporting the change to the Bylaws, Eva Ware made a motion to withdraw the pending action to
change the Bylaws. Rob Trojan seconded the motion. The motion passed unanamously.
President Elect Items & Communications – Becky Fatur
 Becky Fatur reported that she will be sending out Email blasts on the following day.
 She reported that the members’ Email addresses need to be updated.
Treasury – Rob Trojan
 Checking Balance $___8,798.84___________________
 $ 524.72 was spent during the past 30 days. Most of the expenditures were for the upcoming
Membership Appreciation day at the River Cats game.
 Rob Trojan reported that the River Cats brochure was not yet complete.
 He also reported that (prior to Lindsay Silliman joining the discussion) that there were just 5
registrations for the NES and we could possibly get 2 – 4 more. The breakeven point is 8 or 9.
 Rob said that he changed the credit card processing to Bank of the West where the chapter does its
other banking business.

Outstanding Items: No Reported

Upcoming Costs: None Reported
Education/Awards – Patty Riggin
 Patty Riggin reported that she is helping several chapter members prepare for certification
testing.
 She also indicated that she is looking forward to the May event.
Programs – update on speakers and meeting plans – Lindsay Silliman
 Lindsay Silliman opened a discussion on the Free Webinars on Demand. There was a discussion on
whether we should hold a session on the “FAR Update” or “Low Bid Technically Acceptable”
topics. The consensus was to hold the session on the “FAR Update” on April 24th from 5:30 – 7:30
PM, location TBD.
Hospitality – update on locations for future meetings and prices – Irma Sorber
 Location for future luncheon meetings. Irma Sorber discussed possible locations for future
meetings. No decisions were made.
Membership/Past President – update on new members and lapsing members – Eva Ware
 Membership Status: Information is not available at this time.

Status of Upcoming Elections: Becky Fatur expressed an interest in assuming the position of
President, and Cheree Caron expressed an interest in running for the position of Secretary for
Program Year 2013-2014. A member from EID expressed an interest in running for VP
Communications. Some other chapter members have expressed an interest in running for office.
General Topics/Roundtable
 Becky agreed to update the River Cats flyer because Lindsay Silliman was extremely busy. Becky
will coordinate the flyer with all Board members. Rob will give the tailgate information to Becky
so that she can include it on the flyer.
 Lindsay Silliman reported that 8 people from VA have registered, 5 have paid, and a total of 17
have registered or are interested in registering.
Meeting Adjourned at 9:25 AM_____.