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- National Air Traffic Controllers Charitable Foundation
- January 19, 2003 Annual Meeting
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- The meeting was called to order at 11:20 A.M..
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- The following were in attendance: Darrell
Meachum, Cathy Meachum, Trish Gilbert, John Lolio, Marlene Mendel, Angela
Cooper, and guest Laurie Lolio.
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- The agenda was reviewed. A policy statement and Training were added. The
agenda was approved as amended.
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- The minutes from the last meeting were mailed to board members and were
approved as written.
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- The next item on the agenda was Review of Incoming Correspondence.
A written report was prepared on correspondence received at the corporate
office. It included thank you letters, and requests for donations. All
correspondence is available for review at the corporate office.
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- Directors for
2003-2004: John Lolio, Darrell Meachum, Eric Owens,
Marlene Mendel, Trish Gilbert, and Leslie Warfield.
- Hearing no announcements, the next item on the agenda was Election of
2003-2004 Officers. The following officers were nominated and elected.
President-Trish Gilbert, 1st Vice President-John Lolio, 2nd Vice
President-Cathy Meachum, Treasurer-Marlene Mendel, and Secretary-Angela
Cooper.
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- The next item on the agenda was Review of News articles,
Publications, Awards & Outgoing Correspondence. NCF was mentioned
several times in Ft Worth area newspapers for contributions to the Cancer
Society. We were given a two-page spread in the book "Against the Wind.
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We were mentioned in the NATCA National Newsletter for our work on
adopt-a-family programs. A verbal report on Outgoing Correspondence was
given by Cathy.
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- The next item on the agenda was Reports from Directors and
Committees:
- A verbal report on Bylaws, Guidelines, and Policy was given by Cathy.
After debate, the following policy was adopted: Any tax receipt provided to
a donor shall be signed by a NCF director or officer.
- A verbal report on Sponsors & Underwriters was given by Darrell.
- A verbal report on "NCF Quarterly News" page was given by Trish. This
was an idea that was brought up last year but due to schedules wasn
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able to be completed. The goal for this year is to print a quarterly
newsletter and Trish volunteered to handle that.
- Report from the Treasurer. Marlene Mendel prepared a written report and
distributed it to board members. The treasurers report detailed income,
costs, allocations, and expenses. The 2002 income by area report and the
2003 budget report were also submitted and reviewed. It was noted that our
2002 operating expense ratio was 3.85%.
- Reports from Area Offices. A verbal report from the Corporate office
was given by Cathy. It detailed the Race Raffle, the NiW event, regional
meetings, the Cleveland Convention, the Huber/Richardson Casino Night, and
the three December events including Adopt-A-Family. Cathy also reviewed the
written reports submitted by the Atlanta and Jacksonville area offices. A
verbal report from the Houston area office was given by Trish. It
included Casino Night, Adopt-a-Family, donation to Star of Hope Homeless
shelter, and the donation to The Audubon Society IMO Betsy Johnson,
- Written reports on Inventory were submitted by all area offices.
- Verbal reports on the fall CFC Drive were given by Marlene, Cathy, and
Trish. Written reports were submitted by the Atlanta and Jacksonville
offices. CFC totals will be available in March.
- A verbal report on Grocery Card Programs was given by Cathy.
- The next item on the agenda was New Business. General discussion
was held on charitable allocations. A motion was made by Darrell, the
motion was seconded, and the following proposal passed unanimously:
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- 2003 Charitable allotments.
- American Cancer Society-Relay for Life $2,000.00
- Children's Home Foundation of Central Florida 500.00
- Association for Retarded Citizens 600.00
- Leukemia Society 1,000.00
- The Bridge Shelter 1,500.00
- Challenge Air 3,000.00
- Cook Children's Hospital, Fort Worth, Ruby Steele Fund 1,000.00
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 2,000.00
- Equine Angels 2,000.00
- Habitat for Humanity (Atlanta and Jacksonville) 4,000.00
- Juvenile Diabetes 500.00
- Crone
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& Colitis Foundation 1,000.00
- Holiday Adopt-A-Family Programs 7,000.00
- Riding Unlimited 2,000.00
- Star of Hope Homeless Shelter 1,500.00
- Texas Children's Hospital Houston 2,000.00
- Tool Time Ministry 750.00
- Schmidt Foundation 1,000.00
- Women's Haven of Tarrant County 1,500.00
- Charity of Choice 1,500.00
- Texas EquuSearch 750.00
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nassau County 1,000.00
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute / Flight for the Cure 2,000.00
- Dreams Come True 500.00
- Girl Scouts Aviation Program 750.00
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) 350.00
- The Nature Conservancy 1,000.00
- Rocky Top Therapy Center 2,000.00
- Neuro Fitness Foundation 1,000.00
- Tulsa Set-a-side 750.00
- Houston Audubon Society (IMO Betsy Johnson) 500.00
- Sire Inc. 1,500.00
- Cook Emergency Services 1,000.00
- Set-a-sides 7,000.00
- Total $56,450.00
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- The next item on the agenda was Facility Communications. A
general discussion was held on ways to increase participation in our
fundraisers and in CFC. Bulletin Boards were discussed as a way to promote
the various works accomplished during the year.
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- The next item on the agenda was 2003 Fund-raising Ideas. NATCA in
Washington, Music City Mayhem, July Auction at Addison, CFC Fall Campaign,
Huber-Richardson Memorial Golf Tournament / Casino Night, and the two
December Auctions were all discussed.
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- The next item on the agenda was Promotional Items & Ideas. Pens,
pencils, plastic cups, lapel pins were discussed as possible items. Cathy
will research costs and options.
- The next item on the agenda was Web Site. Cathy will add a photo
album page as well as adding our bylaws, guidelines, and policy to the site.
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- The next item on the agenda was New NCF Program Ideas. Marlene
reviewed an idea promoting air traffic professions through field trips from
area teen homes. Field trip would include lunch and visits to hanger, tower,
and other aviation related stops. The goal would be to give teens something
to aspire to. Marlene will research subject and report back on findings.
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- The next item on the agenda was Planning for the Future.
Discussion of a silent auction and raffle for the 2004 Convention in St.
Louis was held. NCF recently did a PowerPoint
presentation for the convention planning committee and we hope early input
will help with logistics at the convention event.
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- The next item on the agenda was Training. It was decided to
incorporate annual training for Area Offices, Board members and officers.
Cathy and Trish will research.
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- The meeting adjourned at 4:50 P.M.
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