VENTURA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK
Post Office Box 6329 Q Oxnard, CA 93031 Q (805) 656-6011 Q www.VCPWN.org
Minutes
VENTURA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK
LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING
JUNE 20, 2013
“American Breakfast Buffet” for $12.99 per
person, Michelle 2nd, motion carried.
IN ATTENDANCE: Mary Gabriels, Sue
Osborn, Shirley Jones Snyder, Sheila Lowe,
Michelle McConica, Alison Balter, Jann
Huling, Micki Rickard, Jim Nicoll, Anna
Kittleson, and Darian Taylor.
Networking – Insurance broker, Phil Bullard
will be at the next board mtg. Alison will give
him the option of attending @ 5:45 if he’d
like to have dinner or 6:15 if not. Alison has
friend in promo products business that is a
member but hasn’t been able to attend. She
brought samples of bags to use for the
business expo. Mary Gabriels also brought
samples from company she works for,
Proforma. Tall, heavy duty plastic bags were
favored. Mary & Alison will get pricing from
both companies and it was decided to select
company by price they give us. Jim suggested
we get a major sponsor to cover cost of bag
and put their logo on it. There was mention of
asking Rick White of Mini. Costs were
discussed and pending the final cost of set up
fees the following tentative fees were agreed
on: $250 major sponsor, $50 for company
logo, $30 company name (1 line). Discussed
the Spirit of Networking Award and
explanation given on process for selecting
winner.
ABSENT: Lynn Ryder
President Darian Taylor called the meeting to
order at 6:20 pm.
Sue moved minutes of LT Retreat be
approved, Sheila 2nd, motion carried.
DIRECTOR REPORTS:
Membership/Webmaster – updated website
with July program info. Speaker has changed
her topic to “Effect of Anti Depressants”.
After discussion, board decided they wanted
her to go back to previous topic of “Team
approach to mental health”. Sue will talk
w/her.
Sheila invited 8 of the new members to join
the membership committee. New member
breakfast will be held Tues, Jul 16 @ 8 am @
Marie Callendars. Agenda was passed out.
New member gift to consist of bag, sticker,
notepad & bookmark. Shirley’s mom will
assemble. Alison motioned to serve the
Pres Elect/Programs – Sue had asked
Breena Maggio about sponsoring July meeting
since her business was health & wellness
related. Her sponsorship fee will be covered
by Jim & her husband. Sue reviewed the
speaker proposals she had received to date.
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Discussion was held about doing “panels” ie
travel, hair, financial services.
The board also agreed that we need to have
business oriented programs/speakers for ½
the meetings. Sue will continue to work on
programs to fit that request.
the postcard for the Bus Expo. She usually
charges $60 to businesses and $40 to nonprofits for set up. Discussion was held about
giving her ½ table at expo and her co name
on the bags in exchange for her fee. Darian
will also have her BNI member, Todd
Chandler give a quote on this as well. Micki
asked if any more board members were
wanting tables as they were going to be
opened up to members. A few more board
members signed up.
Finance - Shirley passed out last year’s
budget, cash flow stmt for May and budget
for 2013-14.
She explained everything line by line which
was very helpful to board. Alison asked about
the budget for Spirit of Networking and
Shirley told her it was part of the special
events line item. There was a question about
who is contacting the renewing members and
Shirley said she is doing them. A discussion
was held about removing non-members from
the website. After much discussion on this,
Sheila & Shirley decided they would work
together on this. A budget for centerpieces
was discussed. Many of the items are donated
and/or Mary has been able to purchase at
reasonable price. A motion was made by
Sheila to budget $50/mo for centerpieces, it
was 2nd by Alison and motion carried. Sue had
purchased a few jewelry items online and gave
those to Mary to use.
Communications - Michelle informed us
that we are on CAPS TV, she has submitted
info to the Ventura Co Star. She would like to
get photos from installation to submit. Alison
and
Darian’s
husband
worked
on
downloading Mary’s pictures and getting them
to Michelle. (Written report was sent by email
to members)
Member at Large – Jim went to the storage
facility and went through the items there.
Said there are a lot papers that can be
shredded. Shirley has been looking for The
Articles of Incorporation but has not been
able to find them. It was decided that Anna
would contact Merle Divita to see if she
knows where they might be. If unable to
locate, Anna will contact Julie Saltoun to see if
she can help us out.
Hospitality – Jann will be sending out private
emails ahead of time for table hostesses
instead of trying to solicit them when they
enter the meeting. She mentioned that Rick
White of Mini wants to be more involved and
would like to have something at the
dealerships for members. It was mentioned
that maybe his company might consider a
corporate membership. If they go that route it
was decided $100 would come off of the bag
sponsorship.
Past President – Mary said she will still do
centerpieces and had received a donation
from Island Packers for one of their boat
excursions.
Old Business – Shirley will give financial
stmt training at the next board mtg. Darian
said she and the Executive Board had met and
decided to make a change to the dinner buffet
choices. There is an option for “Chef’s
Choice” which could be anything from a
Special Events - Micki received a proposal
from Corey of Dandyline Designs regarding
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special chicken entrée to salmon to ??? There
would be an additional entrée to choose from
as well, in addition to the salads and side
dishes. The price of $22 will remain the same
and it was decided to try it until the 1st of the
year. Sue & Shirley are attending the series of
seminars Julie Saltoun’s firm – Schneiders &
Assoc, has been holding.
New Business – A discussion was held
about tipping our server, Alex, more
frequently. After discussion, it was decided to
give him a $50 voucher to use at our silent
auction, since he seems to enjoy them. Sue
brought up discussion about VCPWN placing
an ad in the American Latino Magazine being
published by Adam Casillas of the Latino
Business Expo. It was decided to wait until
next year to re-visit it since deadline is
7/1/13. Discussion held regarding a laptop or
netbook for Shirley and future CFO’s to use
that would be loaded with software for doing
invoicing and other financial reports. Since
netbooks don’t have the capability of running
the discs, it was decided a laptop would be
better. Alison said laptops can be purchased
for $300-$400. She will check on pricing.
There will be a discussion next month about
offering renewal members scholarships.
Meeting adjourned 8:30 pm
Respectfully recorded by Anna Kittleson and
submitted by Lynn Ryder.
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