March 2015 Meeting Minutes

[Justin]

The following are the Meeting Minutes for the March 2015 Meeting. I will perform the following:

PDF Attachment of the minutes
March Meeting 2015.pdf
And copy the minutes so that those reading on Tapatalk can read them:

1^ST QTR. MAAST BOD MEETING
MARCH 8, 2015
AGENDA/ GOALS OUTLINE/ Meeting Minutes
Roll Call:
Present: Sherri, Dean, Paul, Justin, Zack, Tiphanie, Robert, Kevin
Absent: John, Amanda
PLACE: SCHERTZ COMMUNITY CENTER
TIME: 11:00-12:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER
I. SECRETARY
A. BYLAWS CLARIFICATION ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF BOD STATUS ON THE APPOINTED SECRETARY/
TREASURER OFFICES
B. RATIFICATION OF JNDRAGON TO SECRETARY
C. SECRETARY TO READ MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS OFFICIAL BOD MEETING
1. OLD BUSINESS
II. MODERATORS
A. TIME TO REEVALUATE MEMBERS WITH THE MODERATOR TITLE THAT NO LONGER VISIT THE SITE OR
MODERATE (OR IS THIS UP TO THE SITE MOD?) No word yet on official list but as this is not BOD business, we are looking for an update from the Site Moderator on his team members
1. ALLAN
2.FIREWATER
3. KOA25
4. KRISTY
5. RAMSEY
6. REBRIDGES
7. TXAV8ER
III. COMMITTEES
A. BYLAWS/ TOU (ALL BOD TO INCLUDE OFFICERS)
1. PER ARTICLEVIII THESE BYLAWS SHALL BE REVIEWED AT A MINIMUM INTERVAL OF 3 YEARS OR WHEN
DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
a. I WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE THIS ONLINE IN OUR FORUM IF POSSIBLE
b. I PLAN TO HAVE ANY ADMENDMENTS MADE VOTED ON, INSTATED, AND ANNOUNCED TO THE
MEMBERSHIP BY NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2015
B. MEETINGS (DEAN,LIZ)
1. COVER SCHEDULED FUTURE MEETINGS/ EVENTS
a. APRIL 11TH SATURDAY 6-8PM - REEF THEMED ART CLASS
This is changed to be Tank Crashes
i. BASS PRO SHOPS CONFERENCE ROOM IS TENTATIVELY BOOKED FOR SUNDAY APRIL 19TH IN THE
EVENT THE REEF THEMED ART CLASS DOES NOT GET ENOUGH PARTICIPATION TO COME TO
FRUITION
b. AUGUST 9TH SUNDAY BOD/ MEMBER MEETING BASS PRO SHOPS
i. CHERYL TAYLOR (LELIATAYOR) WILL OUR GUEST SPEAKER AND COVERING EVERYTHING SEAHORSE
c. NOVEMBER 8TH SUNDAY - SCHERTZ COMMUNITY CENTER - FALL FRAG SWAP
i. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN TALKS WITH "SISTER" CLUBS ABOUT HAVING A GROUP SWAP
2. IDEAS FOR REST OF 2015 MEETINGS/ EVENTS
a. OPEN DATES
i. MAY 16TH SATURDAY - BASS PRO SHOPS CONFERENCE ROOM TENTATIVELY BOOKED
ii. JUNE 2^nd Coral Grow Out Contest
Discussion came up to discuss running a poll on which corals to use and avg. prices to follow to keep costs low.
iii. JULY-Tank Tour of quicksilver tank with topic of discussion Tridacna Clams
iv. SEPTEMBER- Corpus Tank Tour of OrionN’s with possible Corpus Aquarium visit
v. OCTOBER Newbie Summit Bass Pro Shop Rom booked from 12-4pm
vi. DECEMBER (HOLIDAY SOCIAL POSSIBLY AT CARINO'S PARTY ROOM)
b. "BIG EVENT" (MAYBE OCTOBER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS UP)
i. SEAWORLD BEHIND THE SCENES
ii. LEASED BUS RIDE TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI AQUARIUM
iii. SAN ANTONIO ZOO FAMILY DAY
iv. PORT ARANSAS TRIP
c. MEMBER HOME MEETING
i. JONELLE (WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON A DATE) NEED A COUPLE OF MORE VOLUNTEERS!!!
d. BEGINNER REEFER SUMMIT
i. WE NEED A VENUE (PERHAPS WRAP THIS INTO A TRUE FRAG SWAP)
e. MEMBER'S TANK TOUR
f. FISHING TRIP

An updated Schedule of events is as follows:
April 19th Sunday- Tank Crashes at Bass Pro Shop
May 16^th Saturday – “My trip to Fiji” Bass Pro Shop
June- Pending
July 11^th Saturday – Tridacna Clams; Member house quicksilver
Aug 9^th Sunday – Seahorses Bass Pro Shops
October Sunday- Newbie Summit Bass Pro Shop
Nov. Sunday- LMAR Frag Swap Schertz Community Center
Dec.- pending Member tank tour

Comments from Sponsors at Frag Swap: Many of the vendors would like 24 hrs to get setup to allow corals time to adjust before members shop the swap