BINGO RAFFLE ADVISORY BOARD
AT THE IDAHO LOTTERY
Meeting Minutes
October 12, 2011
Time, Date and Place:
A meeting of the Bingo Raffle Advisory Board was held on Wednesday October 12, 2011, at 2 p.m.
MST via teleconference.
Attendance:
Advisory Board Members present:
Wendy Diessner, Region 2
Carla Campo, Region 3
Roy Decker, Region 4
Dennis Duehren, Region 5
Wendy Lively, Region 6
Advisory Board Members absent:
Rayelle Anderson, Region 1
Lottery Staff Present:
Amber French, Deputy Director of Security
Angie Vitek, Charitable Gaming Coordinator
Kim Morrison, Assistant Investigator
Other Attendees:
Jared Tatro, Senior Performance Evaluations for the Office of Performance Evaluations
Carl Withroe, Deputy Attorney General
Roy Decker called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. MST followed by the roll call vote.
1.
Approval of Minutes of July 25, 2011 Meeting
Wendy Lively moved to approve the minutes, Wendy Diessner seconded, motion carried.
2.
Advisory Board Member Travel Information
Amber French discussed travel reimbursement for advisory board members and the need
for approval ahead of time. Angie Vitek agreed to send out current information on the travel
reimbursement and travel advance forms.
3.
Legislation Information
Amber French informed the board that the “clean-up” bill was not approved and would not
be submitted, however the percentage bill is moving forward. Amber encouraged the board
to approach their local or state government and to advise them of the importance and the
impact it will have on charities in Idaho. Carla Campo requested a written document
describing specific procedures.
4.
Questions and information regarding Jared Tatro
Jared Tatro advised the board of his role in the fact finding procedure regarding the Idaho
Lottery and charitable gaming. Jared requested the board participate in a survey he
emailed out. This survey was asked to be submitted to him by the end of October on their
opinions regarding charitable gaming in Idaho.
5.
Other
Roy Decker opened the discussion of new bingo games in Idaho and mailed all of the board
members a copy of the new game submitted from Bingo West. Amber French informed the
board that changes in the code were needed in order to allow the new games and the board
will have to make and submit their own bill for approval of new games. The Idaho Lottery
will provide the facility and the advisory board will make all arrangements and schedules.
Amber informed the board that the Lottery will assist in writing amendments but the board
will have to submit amendments on their own. The Lottery is not going to carry the bill.
The board decided to contact their vendors and set up presentations to evaluate new game
options. Carla Campo moved to add new games to the upcoming agenda, Wendy Diessner
seconded, motion carried.
Wendy Diessner moved to schedule next meeting. Meeting was scheduled for January 25,
2012 at 9am. This meeting will be held at the Idaho Lottery office and vendors will be
invited by board members to present new games.
6.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45pm MST.