VENTURA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK
Post Office Box 6329 Q Oxnard, CA 93031 Q (866) 275-4134 Q www.VCPWN.org
Minutes
VENTURA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK
LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING
November 20, 2014
IN ATTENDANCE: Sue Osborn, Darian
Taylor, Sheila Lowe, Anna Kittleson, Micki
Rickard, Mary Gabriels, Linda Wall, Jim Nicoll,
ABSENT: Ferne Ross, Lynn Ryder, Celia Cortez,
Jann Huling
Medical leave: Shirley Jones Snyder
President Sue called the meeting to order at 6:30
pm.
Darian moved that Minutes of the October
meeting be approved, Linda seconded. The
Minutes were approved as submitted.
DIRECTOR REPORTS:
County Grand Jury. MaryAnn Zinn will sponsor.
Will the VCGJ select a charity?
February’s meeting will be Suzy Prudden. Lynn is
seeking a sponsor. She has possible speakers for
March and April.
Finance –Shirley Jones Snyder, Linda Wall
Linda reported that we are current on our federal
and state tax filings.
As substitute speaker in July, Sheila selected
Campaign for Cursive (a committee of American
Handwriting Analysis Foundation) to receive the
$100 donation and will provide the address to
Linda.
Secretary/Web Manager –Sheila Lowe
Nothing new to report.
President - Sue Osborn
Feedback on the progressive dinner was highly
positive. The only complaint was that there was
not enough time to eat. The food was excellent,
but slightly larger plates are needed. She suggests
adopting this format at every silent auction.
Membership – Jann Huling
No report submitted. Several board members
would like to attend the next membership
meeting. Linda has an idea for membership.
Committee meetings are held at Marie Callender’s
on the first of each month.
Immediate Past President – Darian Taylor
Starting in January, to acquaint newer members
with the Wind Beneath My Wings awards, Darian
will collect past essays and read one at each
meeting.
Pres Elect/Programs – Lynn Ryder
In her absence, Lynn submitted a report:
January’s meeting will be a panel of the Ventura
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Networking- Anna Kittleson
Anna’s email address is [email protected]
Darian made a motion to return Blow Your Horn
to a $2 donation for 30 seconds. Anna seconded
the motion. Motion carried.
Hospitality – Micki Rickard
Old Business –
Linda and Sue met with Julie Saltoun. It was
suggested that they meet with our insurance
carrier to make sure we are adequately covered. In
that case, we may not need to be incorporated.
Amanda is doing a great job, but we will get bids
for insurance in January.
We started to review the web designer grid that
Sue had prepared to help make a decision and it
became apparent that we did not know much
about Rick Taylor’s qualifications. In addition,
there were not enough board members present,
so Sue delayed the vote until the January meeting.
Note: Subsequent to the meeting, Rick Taylor
withdrew his bid.
Martha Jaffe has volunteered to join the
Hospitality committee.
Special Events – Celia Cortez
No report.
Communications - Ferne Ross
In her absence, Ferne emailed a report [appended
to Minutes]. Sue reported that, not knowing Ferne
had already engaged her services, spoke with
Jennifer Martin, who volunteered to help with the
press releases. It is important for our notices to
appear in the VC Star. The Business Editor at VC
Star is Darrin Peschka:
[email protected]
Sue spoke with Ferne about adding the names
collected from the expo. It was not known
whether Ferne had yet done so, or whether she
has decided on a provider. The question arose as
to whether there is a cost for Constant Contact or
Mail Chimp.
Our phone message has not been updated, so Sue
indicated that she would handle it.
New Business –
Our holiday board party will take place at the
Pierpont. There will be a gift exchange for $20$25, no gag gifts.
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm
Respectfully submitted by. Sheila Lowe
Member at Large – Jim Nicoll
There is a new holistic Chamber of Commerce
(membership $100/year). Some members are
interested in VCPWN. Jim will get all new
supplies and carry them in his car. We need to
reprint some marketing pieces, including the
generic board member addresses to the brochure.
Member at Large – Mary Gabriels
Mary suggests that to encourage bidding at the
next silent auction, all items should be started at
$10 and bid increases at whatever the bidder
wishes. Jewelry should be packaged by itself.
Darian suggested that to save time, we skip listing
all the items in the basket. Tabled for discussion
at the committee meeting.
It was suggested that the progressive dinner
format be adopted every 3 months.
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Addendum: Ferne’s report:
for the following press release: Publicity Notice
to Post:
The first "save the date" for November 13 was
posted on our facebook page on October 22; 50
people clicked and 22 people liked and/or
commented.
Save the date, Thursday, November 13, 2014;
Ventura County Professional Women's Network VCPWN will hold a Progressive Networking Dinner
and Silent Auction; diners will mix and mingle and
enjoy hors d'oeuvres. Meeting will conclude with
Silent auction and prizes; networking begins at
5:30; progressive dinner begins at 6:00P. To
register;http:// VCPWN.org/node/25; use paypal
button: Buffet Dinner Meeting Guest Registration
$38.00
Additional posts to our facebook page were
made on October 31, November 3, November 5
and a deadline reminder post on November 7.
We have 81 peeps who like our facebook
page.this is the one to which only
administrators may post at:
Please notice that our date is November 13; I know I
originally posted the 11th but that is wrong!
https://www.facebook.com/VCPWN. These
posts also appeared on our group page which
is an open page and has 263 members and
whose posts require administrative
approval. https://www.facebook.com/groups/14
60366070911730/
So Teri has: VCReporter, the Breeze and Happenings
Jennifer has:
http://www.tixity.com/submit_list.php?zipid=1069306&p
tnid=2287
In order to encourage more "likes" on this group
page, I have posted the following guidelines: .
Here are the new guidelines for posting to our
VCPWN group page! Non-VCPWN members
may post their services and products only after
they have liked or commented on a member
post. To identify To identify our members, you
will see the word "members" posted in
comments. Thanks for participating!
e-mail [email protected]<[email protected]> reference Event recommendation - for notice in
Our November newsletter went out on
November 1, 2014 including an announcement
for our Progressive Networking Dinner Meeting
and Silent Auction. This email was sent to 822
members with only 147 opens; VR says that is
17.9% with a lifetime average of 20.1% opens.
Looks to me like we could weed out these
unopened responders. A shortlink to our
newsletter was posted on both our facebook
pages on November 5; with an intro and
request to Download our November newsletter:
http://p0.vresp.com/5Gs2FB
http://eventful.com/join?site=events.vcstar.com&goto=/
events/new%3Fsite=events.vcstar.com and W. E. V.
http://www.venturatoday.net/venturacountyevents.html
https://www.socialvents.com/login.php
http://www.eventsnearhere.com/post-an-event-free
and Gloria has http://www.conejovalleyguide.com/event
s-calendar/
PR Release: I recruited 3 peeps to help with PR
releases; Jennifer Martin, Gloria Miele and Teri
Dormier and assigned a few publications each
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