Tuesday,
January 4, 2011
Held
in the LeRoy Township/Village Hall
In Attendance: Absent:
*Karen
Cool *Brian
Cool, chair
*Mark
Dean *Brian
Roderick
*Amanda
Sutherland *Betty Strunk,
clerk & treasurer
*Dave
Fisher *Julie
Keefer
Amy Jo Prater Joanne Iler
Dean Enter
*
denotes committee member
**All
references to Brian will be Brian Cool, Brian Roderick
will be designated by Brian R.
Brian
called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Julie
made a motion to approve the agenda with two changes, Dave supported, motion
carried.
Karen
made a motion to approve the October 12th meeting minutes, Brian R
supported, motion carried.
Brian
made mention of a $50.00 donation designated to be used for the lending
library.
Brian
turned in a bill for ink, stamps and mileage, totaling $48.79.
Brian
passed out copies of a Daily Evaluation Sheet he made to be used at each
FM. This will help keep track of various information from each market day.
Mike
Blanchard, village president, informed Brian the village needs an end of year
report from the FM. This responsibility
will go under the MM duties. Brian will
add it to the list of MM duties he is compiling to be presented to the board
for approval.
Discussed the feasibility of emailing a weekly FM update to all who
submit their email address to the FM. Included
would be such items as upcoming events, demonstrations, what would be offered
for sale, etc.
Brian
went over the 2011 budget. Discussion
followed, with changes being made. Brian
will make up a finalized copy for board approval.
Amy
Jo and Joanne displayed numerous quilt designs.
Members voted on their favorites and suggestions were made for minor
changes. This design will be used as the
design for the FM quilt square sign to be used to showcase our being a part of
the Trail of Quilts.
Amy
Jo suggested compiling quilt square designs into a coloring book to be used as
a fundraiser for the FM. Discussion
followed.
Karen
passed out copies of a report she compiled showing amounts earned in prior
years by FM vendors and what, if anything (music, demonstration, etc.), was
going on during each market day.
Discussion
on the possibility of raising the cap on vendor sales to $30.00 or no cap with
7% of all monies raised going to the FM.
After more discussion, Brian R made a motion to remove the $15.00 cap
now on vendor fees with the fee being 7% on all sales. Amanda supported, motion carried. Bylaws will need to be changed.
Brian
R made a motion Amanda Sutherland be contracted to produce and deliver the
newsletter for $40.00 per issue. Julie
supported, motion carried.
Dave
made a motion to drop music, Julie supported, motion failed.
Amanda
made a motion to add Julie Keefer to the list of persons able to sign checks,
Brian R supported, motion carried.
Discussed the possibility of a change being made in the bylaws
regarding vendor visits for the upcoming year. Item tabled.
Brian
will compile a proposal for changes in the MM pay to be brought to the next
meeting for board approval. If approved,
it will be delivered to the village board.
This proposal may require changes in the bylaws.
The
next meetings in 2011 will be March 1st and May 3rd at
6:30 p.m. in the Leroy Township/Village Hall.
Karen
made a motion to adjourn, Julie supported, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:48 p.m.
Submitted
by Betty Strunk, clerk __________________________________________
Minutes
approved ______________________________________