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
September 19, 2013
IN ATTENDANCE: Darian Taylor, Mary
Gabriels, Sue Osborn, Shirley Jones Snyder,
Sheila Lowe, Jann Huling, Micki Rickard, Jim
Nicoll, Anna Kittleson, and Lynn Ryder.
ABSENT: Alison Balter, Michelle McConica
Membership/Webmaster –Sheila Lowe
There will be a membership table at the
October Business Expo. Jann will supervise
the table with Mary and Lynn as backups.
Anyone signing up at the Expo will pay $130
with the $35 administration fee waived.
President Darian Taylor called the meeting to
order at 6:15 pm.
Networking- Alison Balter
No report.
Sheila moved that minutes of August meeting
be approved, Shirley 2nd, motion carried.
Special Events - Micki Rickard
31 vendors signed up so far for the Expo.
Shirley will be the cashier at the door. Mary
and Lynn volunteered to sell door prize
tickets.
Micki will have Michelle send an eblast to the
membership to encourage them to come.
Micki will send out information sheets to all
vendors.
DIRECTOR REPORTS:
Pres Elect/Programs- Sue Osborn –
November speaker to be Dr. Sharon Norling
of The Mind Body Spirit Center.
Darian will sponsor.
Finance –Shirley Jones Snyder
Cash on hand $11,115.55
Power Storage is now charging an additional
$9/month for insurance. Shirley is looking
into moving to a new storage unit where we
can get more room for less money.
Sue moved that we switch storage units from
Power Storage to Public Storage on McGrath
and Telephone. Mary 2nd, motion carried.
We will try to move by November 1.
Recording Secretary – Lynn Ryder
Lynn to purchase iPad mini. Jim to find
Grand Prize sponsor.
Hospitality –Jann Huling
Jann will continue to “change it up” so that
we have new people as hostesses. The star
under the chair worked great, but she will try
something new at the November meeting.
Communications - Michelle McConica
No report.
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Members at Large – Jim Nicoll and Anna
Kittleson
Jim will get all the membership brochures,
banner, etc. from the storage unit for the
membership table at the Expo. Also Jim
and/or Anna will attend the Latino Expo on
September 26.
Immediate Past President – Mary Gabriels
Centerpieces made $76 last month. No more
centerpieces until January meeting.
Old Business –
Alison to purchase the laptop for Shirley.
Phil Bullard, the insurance agent, met with LT
at September meeting.
New Business –
VCPWN received a letter from the
Leukemia/Lymphoma Society thanking us for
the donation.
VCPWN encouraged to have a showing at
other expos: Ventura Chamber expo at The
Marriot on October 24. Jann will find out
how much it would cost for a table; Galz
Expo at the Poinsettia Pavilion on April 19,
2014.
Meeting adjourned 7:52pm
Shirley, Jann, Sheila, Anna, Mary, Sue and
Darian were still there after adjournment
when Jann found out the price for a table.
Shirley moved to spend the $209 for a table at
the Chamber Expo. Jann 2nd. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Lynn Ryder.
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