Notes of the Florida Native Plant Society
Executive Committee Board Meeting
December 2, 2006
Submitted by Karina Veaudry
Position Name Present (X) or Absent (A)
President Shirley Denton X
Vice President Admin Joan Bausch X
Vice President Finance Travis MacClendon A
Secretary Ameé Bailey A
Treasurer Sue Thompson X
Past President Bob Egolf X
Communications Cindy Liberton A
Conference 2007 Charlie Pederson A
Conservation Suzanne Kennedy A
Gene Kelly A
Education Judy Gregoire X
Government Policy & Legislation
Kim Zarillo X
Annie Schmidt A
Landscape Awards Mike Kenton A
Membership Lynka Woodbury X
Mary Ann Bolla X
Science Paul Schmalzer A
Publications Eileen Szuchy A
Land Management Charlie Pedersen A
Nominations Bob Egolf X
Executive Director Karina Veaudry X
Shirley:
• Called meeting to order
o The meeting started at 10:20 am
o Located at The Indian Trails Native Nursery
1. Presidents Comments
a. Welcome, will review budget, Introduction of new Membership Committee Co-chairs, Lynka Woodbury and Mary Ann Bolla
b. Introduction and Sign-In
c. Credit card process has changed making online memberships feasible (Paul Rebmann to help set this up with assistance with Cammie – along with merchandizing)
Executive Director
Get membership rep info from ea chapter to Membership Comm.
2. Committee Reports:
a. Communications/Public Relations Committee – Report sent via email
b. Conference Committee – No Report
c. Conservation Committee –
d. Education Committee –
e. Finance Committee – Sue presented the preliminary budget for 2007 and discussion ensued. Shirley and Karina gave ideas about the new conference structure and the possibility of making profits from the annual conference without major registration fee changes, etc
Discussion ensued on how to balance the budget better. Joan will report back on what exactly the Directors’ and Officers insurance will cover.
Bring the idea of the 26% from the chapters varying this amount because of the additional services under the umbrella insurance, 501c3, Exec. Dir. resources, etc.
Each chapter needs to update their bylaws according to financial notes/general exemption. i.e. if chapter dissolves, money goes to FNPS, etc.
f. Government Policy and Legislative Committee – Have a to-do list that is growing.
g. Land Management Partners – No Report
h. Membership Committee –
New membership committee ideas:
Gift memberships-incentives/ Cut outs for newsletters
Lifetime membership rates? Has to be
Extra donations – you get a coupon for native plant at local nursery, etc.
Chapter with most new members gets cash prize, announce at
Discussion on membership retention
Membership Committee to start communicating with a membership rep from each and every chapter.
i. Publications Committee – No Report
j. Science Advisory Committee – No Report
k. Landscape Awards Committee – Form is on the website. Two new committee members.
l. Fundraising Committee – No Report (no official committee chairs)
m. Nominating Committee – Need to modify the bylaws – officers terms versus years.
Old Business
New Business
Meeting Adjourned @ 12:52 pm for lunch and joint meeting with AFNN
