{"id":1227,"date":"2024-12-15T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:40:05","slug":"december-board-meeting-minutes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?p=1227","title":{"rendered":"December Board Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monday, December 2, 2024. MBRGC Board Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 pm – Ferndale, Portal Way Clubhouse. In attendance: Deb, We, Candi, Gordy, Harold, Michael, Ralph, Bruce, Trevor, Mike M. Todd, Bonnie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting called to order by president Candi Gerard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Report:<\/strong> Thanks Mike M, I will be sending out mailers with flyers for the show next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasurer Report: <\/strong>26 new\/renewing memberships, classes, club sales, silent auction. Another positive month with a deposit made at WECU!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Membership:<\/strong> renewing members are down from this time last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federation: <\/strong>Updating contact info, switching from Michael L. to Mike M. The Blanchard Mt. trip was a success on November 23, the weather held at about<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 degrees. The cut was discovered 36 years ago, making it harder to find crystalized stilpnomelane specimens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mineral Council:<\/strong> nothing reported<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lap Room:<\/strong> Closed for December, as mall retail traffic picks up. There are 2 intro classes in January, next class is on December 10th. Discussed raising up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

two machines by ~4″ for taller members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<LAP ROOM CLOSED IN DECEMBER><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mall Report:<\/strong> pretty good week with increasing number of sales. We hope things will continue to pick up. Discussed holiday decorations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATM for show <\/strong>– $200 max withdrawal, $3.50\/withdrawal fee. Can do multiple withdrawals up to your bank or card limit..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New\/Old Business:<\/strong> Danielle @ City Hall reached out regarding a $50 discrepancy on check written in December 2023. Ralph will clear the books and replace $50 if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd: new business<\/strong>; proposal to increase the $1000 scholarship to catch up with inflation. Proposal was made, seconded, voted, and passed to raise minimum to $1500\/ recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our new board will be installed at the December holiday party. Bonnie is taking care of decorations, Ralph and Mike are coordinating food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action items: <\/strong>send out an email about the holiday meeting (completed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December meeting:<\/strong>\u00a0Fried chicken and ham are provided. Cups, plates, cutlery, napkins, coffee, and water are provided. The rest is potluck style. Bring a side, pasta, salad, etc. BYOB (NON-AOCOHOLIC.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift exchange: <\/strong>up to $15 value, please mark masculine\/feminine\/inisex. Please bring a gift to open a gift, the exchange is completely voluntary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gordy needs help with rock cleanup by the Conex. Work party proposed Sunday, December 8th at 10:30 am, weather dependent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remaining Mall Holiday hours:\u00a0<\/strong>
Monday, 12\/16 – Saturday, 12\/21 10am – 9pm
Sunday, 12\/22 10am – 8pm
Monday, 12\/23 10am – 9pm
Tuesday, 12\/24 10am – 6pm
Wednesday, 12\/25 (Christmas) CLOSED<\/strong>
Thursday, 12\/26 regular mall hours resume<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold panners at the 2025 Show?<\/strong> Have Chad reach out for contact names. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxes\/CD any conflict? <\/strong>Need to update authorized users of WECU bank account with change in board. Ralph, Michael, Wes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s send a big thank you to Candi Gerard for her most recent 6 years of service as club President. Candi, you ROCK!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

minutes submitted by Trevor Duncan, club secretary.<\/p>

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday, December 2, 2024. MBRGC Board Meeting 6 pm – Ferndale, Portal Way Clubhouse. In attendance: Deb, We, Candi, Gordy, Harold, Michael, Ralph, Bruce, Trevor, Mike M. Todd, Bonnie Meeting called to order by president Candi Gerard Secretary Report: Thanks Mike M, I will be sending out mailers with flyers for the show next week. Treasurer Report: 26 new\/renewing memberships, classes, … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “December Board Meeting Minutes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes","tag-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1228,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}