GTAA BOARD MEETING MINUTES January 7, 2015 12:00 Noon - Lunch - Tenkiller State Park Community Building 1) Call to order - John Ellis: At 12:05 p.m., John Ellis called the meeting to order. Present board members included: Genny Maiden, Les Pulliam, Bev Taylor, John Ellis, Terri Ussery, George Harris, and Exec. Director Don Nowlin. Absent board members were: Steve Poole, Ed Brocksmith, Craig Heffington, Gene Fabry, and David Cotner. 2) Introduction of Members and Guests - John Ellis: Board members and then guests introduced themselves. 3) Consideration, vote to approve, amend or take other action on minutes from Oct. 8, 2014 board meeting: Terri handed out the minutes, which were previously distributed via email. Bev made a motion to accept the minutes; Les Pulliam seconded the motion. The motion passed with all ayes, no nays, and no abstentions. 4) Consideration, vote to approve, amend or take other action on Treasurers Report - Terri Ussery & Don Nowlin: Don went over the report. Bev made a motion to accept the report; Terri seconded. The motion passed with all ayes, no nays, and no abstentions. 5) Stir Update - Ed Brocksmith: Ed was not present and no report was given. 6) Executive Director Report --- Don Nowlin (1) 2015 Visitor Guide: Don handed out copies of the 2015 guide. Board members were impressed because it looks good. Don said the new guide would begin shipping out this week. (2) Tulsa Boat & Travel Show: Don handed out a sign-up paper for members to volunteer. Don said he would also hit up the Tourism Council in Tahlequah. (3) FY 2016 Marketing Plan & Budget: Don said this would need to be approved at the next meeting in April. 7) Digital Marketing, Website Proposal (Terri), Facebook posting member news (Genny and George), Student worker (Don): 8) Discussion was had on redesigning the website, laketenkiller, to be more mobile user (IPhone) friendly. Back40, our website design company, has proposed $4,500 to redesign the site. It will take about 5 weeks to complete it. It was agreed this was needed and plans are to follow with more discussion at the next board meeting. Plans will be to budget this for the 2016 budget. About the Facebook page, facebook/tenkillerlake, it was agreed to let GTAA members post happenings on the site, but not non-members. The current Facebook page, facebook/GTAA will be phased out allowing adequate time for notification of followers. facebook/tenkillerlake will be the official GTAA facebook page. Facebook administrators will determine timing. Regarding the student worker, Don said he had not received any interest from NSU students for this position. Genny suggested more information on what the GTAA is and what it does as well as a different pay scale as students don’t want to wait 6 weeks to get paid. Don will try again. Also, George said we could possibly get more membership on the websites if we have a membership form to fill out and send it to Don with a check. All agreed. John said he would like everyone to think about ways to generate revenue from the websites. 9) Any business unknown or unforeseen: John said he was proud of a photo that appears on page 48 of the new guide. The photo is of a paraplegic waterskiing. Les gave an update on the golf course project at Tenkiller State Park and showed a diagram of a new swimming pool for Tenkiller State Park that is in the works. 10) Adjourn: At 1:15 Terri made a motion to adjourn. Bev seconded the motion. The motion passed with all ayes, no nays, and no abstentions. Minutes by Terri Ussery Secretary -- GTAA
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:40:45 +0000
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