Marion County Adult Leadership

Meeting Minutes January 12, 2004

The Sign Project:

This was last years class project and it has run into many problems. Entergy has brought polls but NATCO hit rock in trying to set them. Therefore, a new location has been picked. Trying to get a meeting time with the landowners and NATCO present so if any additional problems, the sign could be moved right then. The logo for the sign will be “Experience the Four Seasons in Marion County.” Much discussion was made about what all should appear on the sign along with the pictures of our area. Should we include chambers of commerce names, phone numbers, e-mail or website addresses. Dana is needing pictures for the scenes. They need to be in .jpg format. Decision was made to have the background of the sign in yellow with red lettering. Mike Ragland made a motion that we allow Dana to locate pictures and arrange them and to get with Steven and just complete the project.

Bylaws:

In order for our team to file for our 501C3 we needed to have bylaws setting out officers. Roger went to the internet and choose a generic set and completed those for us. Election for new officers: Mark Kapshandy, President; Randy Livingston, Vice President; Cindi Davenport, Secretary/Treasurer. Dale made a motion that we accept these and David seconded.

New Class Organization:

We are in need of three people to coordinate next years class. Some discussion was made about adding a ropes course to the agenda for next year. Nominations for this committee are: Eve West, Randy Livingston, and Mike Drexler. Mark made a motion that we accept all three as the committee for coordinating the class and David seconded.

New Projects:

Three projects: Work Scholarship Program, ACE Certification, and Restoration of Courthouse. Mike will be chairing the committee for the work scholarship program. This program will involve businesses in the community contributing for a new scholarship program. The three business sectors are retail, service, and industry. The ACE certification project will be chaired by Randy. This is a project that we will try to complete as a county rather than a city. The restoration of the courthouse will be chaired by Mark. He has already been attending the meeting already in place. This project is expected to take $1,000,000 to complete.