Marion County Adult Leadership

Meeting Minutes March 23, 2004
Sodie's Restaurant, 5:30 p.m.

Opening Remarks:

Mark called the meeting to order at 5:30 and minutes from the February 24, 2004 meeting were reviewed. Correction on the last page of Randy’s e-mail address: rlivingston@arvest.com. A motion was made by Roger and seconded by Bill to approve the minutes with the correction, and the motion passed unanimously.

Web Site/E-Mail/Address:

Steven discussed with the group the possibility of the Adult Leadership Team having a link from South Shore to our own web page. He can also set us up with our own e-mail address. Currently the Youth Leadership Team has their own web page that Renee Meyers coordinates for them. It will take a couple of weeks to get the web site going because of design and layout time but the e-mail address can be set up quickly. Next question was who would be responsible for checking any incoming e-mail and Mark agreed he would. A motion was made by Mark and seconded by Randy that we create the web site and get an e-mail address for our Adult Leadership Team and the motion passed unanimously.

ACE Update:

On March 5th at NATCO, Randy met with the Youth Leadership and described what ACE is and asked for their help. They are willing to help but just need to know in what way we need them. Becky Rheinhardt has sent us additional promotional information about what ACE is and just a general description about it. Roger has written an introduction to this ACE description and those combined will appear as our next publication in the Mountaineer Echo. Randy will be finishing the article over this next weekend and he will have a few additional leadership members review this with him before he turns it over to the Mountaineer Echo for print. Bill discussed the possibility of adding recreation as one of the components for ACE. Most felt that recreation would be included in the tourism component. Randy reiterated that ACE is an ongoing project and that even once we do get certified, you still have to be recertified every three years. There is going to be an ACE mini-conference in Little Rock on March 30th from 11:30 to 4:30 and the only charge is $25 per community. If anyone would like to attend this conference, please see Randy immediately.

Sign Project:

Dana has prepared a small version of our sign. All agreed that it looked great. We are still having a problem finding a landowner that will allow us to put this sign on their property. Bev is going to ask Walter McNew if he would allow us to use his property.

New Class Organization:

Eve is working on the agenda for this year’s class. She has the first meeting scheduled for August 31st. Most of the meetings will stay the same as last year with the addition of a ropes course. She is looking at several options. The ropes course in Little Rock is the most expensive at $900 for 20 people and an additional charge of $40 per person over 20. A second choice is the Jones Center in Springdale. Their charge is only $400 for 45 people to attend. A third option is Shepherd of the Ozarks, which is $625. This class will need to be scheduled on a Saturday simply for timing issues. She needs nominations for applicants. She has 2 individuals who have already completed their application. Eve has spoke with Joe Waldren and he mentioned again the LeadAR program. No one from Marion County has ever applied before and he would like to see someone apply. It is a 64-day commitment over two years.

Adjournment:

The meeting ended around 6:40. Our next meeting was set for April 20th and Mark will be coordinating a new location for that meeting.