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APPROVED
Telephonic Board of Directors Meeting
March 4, 2010
Present
Guy Bonney, Vice Chairman & Secretary/Treasurer
Catherine Murphy, Director
Marian Ritland, Director
Greg Schweizer, Director
Jim Shelton, Chairman of the Board
Kenn LeFever, Conference Planning Vice Chair
Ed Phillips, Unisys Liaison
Mary Lou Regan, Chief Operating Officer
Guest
Lynn Lovelace, UNITE Business Office
Chairman Shelton called the Board of Directors Meeting to order at 2:35 p.m. ET on March 4, 2010.
The Board of Directors reviewed the Minutes of the February 11, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting. Catherine Murphy moved to approve the Minutes of the February 11, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting as amended. Seconded by Greg Schweizer. The motion passed unanimously.
Chairman Shelton called for additional new business.
Old Business
Chairman Shelton reported that he had not yet been able to schedule a meeting with Ira Kirsch and asked that this agenda item be postponed to the April 1, 2010 Board Meeting. The Board agreed.
Marian Ritland reminded the Board to review the list of sample slogan ideas she e‑mailed to them. She asked that they send any additional suggestions to her and Greg Schweizer as soon as possible.
The Board then talked about possible conference themes for the 2010 Conference. Ed Phillips said Unisys proposed a conference theme they would like UNITE to use “IT – The New Economic Advantage”. Alternative themes were then discussed. The Board suggested “ClearPath – Works with Everything – Come to UNITE and Find Out How!” The Board will continue to work with Unisys to develop a conference theme.
Ed Phillips informed the Board he is looking into making available virtual desktop access and laptops for the lab sessions at the 2010 conference. Catherine Murphy said the next Conference Planning Meeting is scheduled for March 11, 2010 and asked Ed if he could have an answer by then. Ed said he would try to do so.
The Board discussed the final draft of the proposed Bylaws amendments and the e-mail to the voting members. Marian Ritland moved that the Bylaws amendments be approved by the Board of Directors and notification to the voting members be e-mailed on March 9, 2010. Seconded by Greg Schweizer. The motion passed unanimously.
Jim Shelton suggested UNITE and Unisys team up to offer a registration incentive program to organizations who had not attended a conference for some amount of time or who had never attended. Ed Phillips said he would follow up and report back to the Board.
Kenn LeFever left the meeting.
Chairman Shelton said he was given the opportunity to promote the UNITE 2010 Conference to the Unisys NAO sales force on February 22, 2010 at their weekly webcast meeting. Ed Phillips said he received very good feedback. He said the sales people need to understand what UNITE has to offer so they can explain it to their customers to encourage them to attend the Baltimore Conference. Ed suggested UNITE develop a list of benefits gained by attending the conference. The list could then be sent to the sales force so they have something in hand when they meet with their customers. Greg Schweizer was asked to develop a list of benefits and forward to the Board for their input. The letter to the NAO sales force identifying benefits will be signed by Chairman Jim Shelton.
Guy Bonney joined the meeting.
Chairman Jim Shelton turned the meeting over to Vice Chairman Guy Bonney. Chairman Shelton left the meeting.
Catherine Murphy asked Ed Phillips to confirm the location and logistics for the meeting with her and Kenn LeFever to finalize the Unisys abstracts and schedule for the 2010 Conference.
Ed Phillips left the meeting.
Greg Schweizer informed the Board the dates for two UNITE Best of Conference webcasts are March 31, 2010 and April 28, 2010. George E. McGowan from McGowan Computer Associates selected April 28, 2010. Greg said he will continue to work on getting a presentation scheduled for the March date. Mary Lou Regan was asked to coordinate the details with Ritva Haegeland.
Guy Bonney then presented the 2010 Annual Technology Budget to the Board for review and discussion. Catherine Murphy moved to adopt the proposed 2010 budget as a working budget. Seconded by Marian Ritland. The motion passed unanimously.
New Business
The Board then talked about the tentative marketing e-mail schedule that Greg Schweizer e‑mailed to the Board. Guy Bonney asked Greg to think about an e-mail blast that talks about how to justify attendance at UNITE. Mary Lou Regan said she would e‑mail Greg copies of e‑mails that addressed this issue from past conferences. Greg will revise the marketing schedule and forward to the Board for further discussion.
Catherine Murphy moved to go into Executive Session. Seconded by Greg Schweizer. The motion passed unanimously.
Greg Schweizer moved to close the Executive Session. Seconded by Marian Ritland. The motion passed unanimously. No action items resulted from the Executive Session.
Vice Chairman Bonney called for Good of the Order.
Catherine Murphy moved to close the Board of Directors Meeting. Seconded by Greg Schweizer. The motion passed unanimously. There being no further business, Vice Chairman Bonney adjourned the Board of Directors Meeting at 3:11 p.m. ET.
Respectfully submitted by,
Mary Lou Regan
Chief Operating Officer
Attested by,
Guy Bonney
Secretary/Treasurer |
