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Steering
Committee Meeting Bank Midwest Cameron, MO Ann Schlueter called meeting to order at 10:07 a.m. The group started with introductions. A report from Leadership was given by Beth. They are going to be giving a recommendation for a program director. She asked that Great Northwest become a standing committee of Leadership Northwest. There was discussion among the group as to whether or not they were prepared to make a motion to become a standing committee. Motion made by TY to become standing committee second by Lisa, all were in favor. Ann gave report on 2009 Budget. She spoke about previous concerns of not having enough money and stated that we are in the black and the proposed budget includes a cushion of $1,505.00. Ann stated that the Corporate Committee has been working really hard and has added some corporate sponsors which has helped absorb some of the increased costs. Motion was made to accept the 2009 budget, second was made, all were in favor. A list of County Coordinators were passed out among the group and Ann asked that if anyone knew a contact person for any of the county’s missing a contact to please help them fill it. Mark Garges gave an Issues Committee Report. He stated that they had very good response to the issues survey they sent out and had a lot of good ideas. They tallied the issues that were suggested and went with the ones that had the most requests. The issues were to include:
There was discussion on the proposed issues. The group thought Senate Bill 711 was very important because of the financial burden it will have on counties. They discussed whether or not Rural Access to Broadband was an issue that we should address. They felt that was a private sector and not regulated by the government. The group also felt that it was important to include Wastewater Improvements to the issues. It was suggested to change Water Partnership to include Wastewater Improvements. Motion was made to accept the issues with changes to include Water/Wastewater as one issue and verb age changeable. Second was made, all were in favor. Tom gave a Corporate Sponsor Committee report and announced the confirmed sponsors and the amount donated and the other prospects that are a strong possibility. The group discussed doing a tier for Corporate Sponsors next year instead of trying to assign an expense to each sponsor. The group approved which expenses to tie to each sponsor. Meeting was adjourned at 11:27 a.m. Next meeting scheduled for December 16, 2008 10:00 a.m. Cameron City Hall 205 N Main Street |