SmokyMountain Blues Society
Meeting Minutes
6/19/11
　
The meeting was held at the Tennessee Riverboat Landing on Neyland Drive.
A quorum was established. The meeting began at approximately 1:00 p.m.
7 people attended. 5 board members were present, Mike Feeback & Sharon Kniffin were absent.

Election
There were 3 slots to be filled (Steve Michel, Randy Ross, and Sharon Kniffin)
Sharon Kniffin did not run again, Tom Hurwitz was elected to take her place
No others expressed interest in being on the board so Steve Michel & Randy Ross are staying on for another term running unopposed.

2011-2012 Officers
The officers are as follows:
President - Diana Michel
Vice President - Randy Ross
Treasurer - Mike Feeback
Secretary - Robert Higginbotham

Additional 2011-2012 Board members:
Polly Doka
Steve Michel
Tom Hurwitz

Randy reported on our BBQ entry in the benefit for Helen Ross McNabb Center at the Harley Davidson Shed.
Many thanks to Doug Shanklin for cooking and to the others who helped with this.
There was a $250 entry fee, approximately $250 was spent on meats, $60 spent on paper products (plates, etc.)
We placed 5th on Ribs, 7th on pulled pork, 13th on Chicken out of 23 entrants
Many people stopped at our booth and picked up membership brochures.   The general consensus is that was good publicity with the proceeds going to an excellent cause.

Candice Eagle presented a paper pointing out flaws in our business process as it related to the recent re-editing of our membership brochures.  The main lesson learned was that we should have left this project up to the people who had done it in the first place based on discussions and input recieved at board meetings.  The re-edit was handled via email - outside of this process - and led to mistakes being made.   Mistakes have been made on other items which may or may not have been caught if they were reviewed before publishing.  Candice also pointed out that  a great deal of effort was put into the new brochure which may have been better spent developing our press kit which will allow us to better approach potential sponsors.  The lesson here is that we can do better jobs both in prioritizing and then executing our priorities.

Two motions that were presented but not seconded as we ran out of time were:

1)  Items requiring SMBS expenditures (over $25) on items that represent the SMBS in print de discussed and approved at a business meeting before they are developed.

2)  At least 3 Board members, or their designee, review all items that represent the SMBS in print before printing or release.

The meeting ended at 2 p.m.

The next meeting will be devoted to planning for the Blues Festival at Nolichucky Vineyard.  it is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21st, 6 p.m. at the Blount County Library in Meeting Room A (Later today depending on what time you read this email)

Respectfully submitted,

Robert H.