Channel Islands Mensa

ExComm meeting July 23, 2014

Present:
aundra !ing, President
"aura #anna, $i%e President
$aughan &Par'ie( Par'er, )reasurer
#an%y *o+en, Editor
Christine ,au-tman
./sent:
0ary .nso', e%retary
I CALL TO ORDER
Meeting +as %alled to order at 4:30 -m 1ia tele%on2eren%e /y President aundra !ing3
II OLD BUSINESS
Approval of June 17 minutes . %ou-le o2 ty-os +ere s-otted, and Par'ie re-orted that his name has
/een +rong 2or a long time, /oth in the minutes and in Channel M3 ,is 2irst name should /e s-elled
$aughan3 Mo1ed and se%onded &Par'ie4#an%y( that the minutes /e a--ro1ed +ith these
%orre%tions Passed3
Treasurers Report 5e re1ie+ed the )reasurer6s 7e-ort 2or January through June, 2014, that Par'ie
had emailed to ExComm mem/ers -rior to this meeting3 )he /alan%e on the re-ort is 819,:;239:3
Mo1ed and se%onded &Par'ie4"aura( that the )reasurer6s 7e-ort /e a%%e-ted Passed3
Election !e1in <60orman has re%ei1ed /allots on the *yla+s Ele%tion 2rom 9= o2 the
mem/ershi- so 2ar3 #an%y +as as'ed to announ%e the status o2 the ele%tion in the next Channel
M and to in%lude !e1in6s email address so mem/ers %an email him i2 they ha1e >uestions3
Scholarship )+o -eo-le ha1e ste--ed 2or+ard so 2ar to /e readers4?udges3 #an%y +ill %ontinue
to ad1ertise 2or readers3 aundra as'ed that #an%y 'ee- a re%ord o2 the %onta%ts +here she
ad1ertises the s%holarshi-3 u%h -la%es +ould in%lude high s%hools, %ommunity %olleges, and
2our@year %olleges3 #an%y said that she +ould +rite a -ress release and send it to s%hools and
also to ne+s-a-ers in the CI Mensa area3 #an%y said that #ational Mensa has a media list 2or
su%h %onta%ts3 aundra said that +hen she %onta%ted #ational 2or su%h a list, it +as out o2 date,
and she suggested that #an%y a--eal in Channel M 2or a 1olunteer to resear%h and de1elo- a
%urrent media list3 #an%y +ill do so3
Newsletter Printin till no res-onse 2rom the #e+ Aor' grou-3 #an%y +ill %ontinue to 2ollo+
u- +ith their editor3
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Proctors an! Testin Coor!inator 7oseanna has resigned, so $entura County has only one -ro%tor3
Joe Peel +anted to /e the -ro%tor %oordinator /ut has had some 'nee -ro/lems and hasn6t done
anything on it3 aundra has resumed -ro%tor %oordinator duties3
Pi""a Part# "aura %annot do the -iBBa -arty /e%ause she /ro'e her leg3 #an%y has 1olunteered to ta'e
o1er organiBing it3 "aura +anted to do a -iBBa taste test3 he also thought gluten@2ree and dairy@2ree
-iBBa3 )he starting time +as dis%ussed and it +as de%ided that the start time /e at 4:30 -3m3 CI Mensa
+ould -ay 2or the -iBBa and indi1iduals +ould -ay 2or their o+n drin's3
Mensa meal in Solvan .t the *run%h in *uellton, .lison ,u//ard o22ered to /e hostess 2or a dinner
in ol1ang, +hi%h /oasts o2 some good restaurants3 he +ill hostess a meal in e-tem/er3
III NEW BUSINESS
$re%uenc# of E&Comm Meetins Par'ie suggested that the ExComm not ha1e a tele-hone %on2eren%e
ea%h month, /ut go to e1ery other month3 aundra said +e %ould do that, as the /yla+s re>uire that +e
meet at least on%e e1ery >uarter3 Par'ie said +e %ould -ro/a/ly get along +ithout a meeting e1ery
month3 "aura suggested that +e try meeting e1ery C +ee's and see i2 that +or's3 Chris agreed +ith
either C +ee's or e1ery other month3 he doesn6t thin' +e need a meeting e1ery month either3
#an%y says the grou- has /uilt some momentum, and she6s a2raid it +ould sli- i2 +e met e1ery other
month3 he6s also a2raid she6d 2orget i2 +e met e1ery C +ee's, and she -re2ers the meeting to /e a/out
the same time o2 month ea%h time3 #an%y also said she6d try not to /ring u- unrelated to-i%s or details
that don6t im-a%t the ExComm so meetings +ould not /e so long3 aundra said that ExComm meetings
seem to last 2or 49 minutes to an hour, +hi%h she thought +as reasona/le3 <ther mem/ers agreed3
It +as suggested that +e 'ee- ha1ing tele-hone %on2eren%es on%e a month, /ut +e %ould s'i- a month
i2 it +ere es-e%ially /usy, su%h as De%em/er, or i2 no meeting +ere need3 Par'ie suggested that it %ould
/e u- to the "o%e% to %all a meeting +hene1er she thin's it6s needed3 E1eryone agreed +ith that3 #o
motion +as made as +e aren6t really %hanging anything3
IV NEXT MEETING
)he next meeting +as s%heduled 2or )uesday, .ugust 1;, 2014, at 4:30 -m, to /e held 1ia
tele%on2eren%e &aundra to send out details(3
V ADJOURNMENT
)here /eing no 2urther /usiness, the meeting +as ad?ourned at a/out 9:30 -m3
7es-e%t2ully su/mitted,
#an%y *o+en in lieu o2 0ary .nso'
e%retary, Channel Islands Mensa
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