Present:

Board: George Mayl, Steve Nissen, Hank Bootz, Drew Dutcher, Loretta Koehler, Jane Lorimer (Quorum present) Committee Chairs: Maggie Price, Ean Tafoya

Meeting called to order at 6:45pm by President, George Mayl

Minutes:

Loretta moved that the Minutes of the January 8 EC meeting be accepted with adjustments to copy related to correspondence between Chairs and City having to be submitted to the President. The motion to approve minutes with changes was seconded by Hank and passed unanimously.

Original: Any future correspondence between INC Chair and City entities must first be submitted to the President prior to sending to the City

Change: Any future correspondence regarding new positions beyond existing INC platforms must be submitted to the President prior to sending to the city, as a courtesy.

Minutes have been amended as directed.

Treasurer Report – Steve Nissen

The January report was passed to Board members for review. Hank made a motion to accept the report as presented, Loretta seconded. Passed unanimously.

Dinner Update – Jane Lorimer
A dinner recap report was emailed to the EC prior to the meeting along with a recap of the dinner income/expenses. One key suggestion is to increase the dinner budget to $20,000 if INC still has a goal for 300 to attend.

Membership – Jane Lorimer

A membership report was emailed to the EC prior to the meeting. Key notes: Due to time constraints initiated by the change in when dues must be received and dinner duties, renewals were done by email. The rate of renewal is 60% versus 75% at this time of year. It may be a function of the change to electronic renewals and was recommended the budget be amended to add cost to mail renewals for 2019. It was also noted that George had phoned all non-renewed members a week ago. Jane to send a list of RNO’s who have not renewed to EC with a request to call “those you know” to prompt renewal.

Budget

Jane went on record as opposing budget approved by BOD in January. After lengthy discussion, a motion was made by Drew with a second by Hank to table further budget changes until a special meeting of the Board on February 24. That meeting will be held at SWIC from 9a-1130a on February 24. The motion passed with 5 in favor, Steve abstained.

Discussion about Olympic Share the Gold Presentation on March 10

The Delegate meeting on February 10 directed INC to try to move the Annual Meeting (March 10) to be held at the same facility as the upcoming Park Hill Golf Course Informational Forum. Discussion included who to invite to be on a panel other than the INC representatives, who to be the moderator, and whether or not to seek “celebrity names” to participate.

Maggie reminded all that the event regarding Park Hill has been in planning for a long time with a lot of work from multiple RNOs attached to the planning.

Next steps:

• Verify the Park Hill facility will accept the INC meeting (Jane confirmed Feb 13)
• Notify Brookdale INC will not require space on March 10 (Jane notified Feb 13)
• Contact Larry Ambrose and Chris O’Connor to learn how they envision this panel and who they recommend for the pro side of the discussion (George by Feb 14)
• Media releases to print by Feb 25; TV and Denver Post outreach March 5-8 (Ean / Jane)
• Determine food needs (George/Jane)

Meeting schedule March 10

8:30-9:00am – Networking, coffee/refreshments

9:00-9:30am – Approval of minutes and Committee reports limited to 3 minutes each

9:30am – Hold annual elections

10:15am-12:15am Olympic Panel

INC to furnish limited food for lunch

PARC event from 1:00-3:00pm

Follow up media and set interviews (Ean)

Ean offered $400 from his ZAP budget to help fund facility rent and food as needed. Jane made a motion to have board approve $600 added “soft” funding if needed. Seconded by Loretta. Approved unanimously and changes to budget will be further addressed Feb 24.

Old Business – Small Grant Program

Loretta suggested this item be addressed on February 24 (special meeting of the Board) and that added parameters and accountability be developed.

New Business

Steve advised that Elbra Wedgeworth with Denver Health had approached him about scholarship programs. He will follow up to get details.

Meeting adjourned at 835p

Minutes Submitted by Jane Lorimer