Agenda — April 1, 2013

CALL TO ORDER

MINUTES OF March 4 meeting

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

  • — Nominations report.
  • — Review email votes in last couple of weeks.
  • — Outreach to Howard University, ideas for reviving student chapter.

PROGRAMS

  • — Region 2 conference in Norfolk April 19-20.
  • — Happy hour suggestions
  • — Planning for program with Sunlight Foundation; an update on program idea on covering the homeless.

TREASURER

  • — Treasurer’s report; copies of most recent bank statements for board review.

OLD BUSINESS

  • — Report by Joel Whitaker on the Dateline Awards
  • — Hall of Fame nominees.
  • — Dateline awards dinner (Andy)
  • — Nominations process/upcoming board election.

NEW BUSINESS

  • — Act on three recommendations for board put forth by the audit committee (they were in the audit report resent to all at end of last week)
  • — Discussion of how to handle voting by email and suggestion to debate topic in email but use SurveyMonkey to tally the votes, so there is a record.
  • — Revamping newsletter. (Maggi Mulvihill, Hannah Winston); new social media efforts.

GOOD OF THE ORDER

ADJOURN