AMFA Board of Directors
Meeting MINUTES
February 8, 2006
The AMFA Board of Directors meeting was called to order by President Dave Hogan at 10:40 A.M. at the NRRI facility in Duluth, MN. Present: Rusty Hoglund, Dave Hogan, Gene Betts, Tom Vacca, Gary Werkhoven, Heidi Timm-Bijold (AMFA-ET board member), and Kelly Karwoski (UMD marketing student).
The minutes of the January meeting were reviewed and approved after a short discussion. - Motion: Hoglund; 2nd: Betts
Financial Report
- The financial report was reviewed and approved, pending the note below. - Motion: Betts; 2nd Werkhoven
- Betts to get clarification of -$100.00 un-deposited funds
- Vickie Tuskan must resign from being the treasurer (scheduling conflicts).
- Tuskan will process check signing privileges for President, Secretary and new Treasurer
Membership Issues
- NRRI is going to renew their membership
- Dave Hogan to contact Cirrus Design and P & H MinePro (Delinquent).
- Byron Helland to contact Twin City Plating (Delinquent).
- Betts to ask Sandy to include aging status of delinquent members in her report.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Program Committee – No report
- Discussion of May 10 (Hibbing) meeting to be presentation of marketing plan by UMD marketing students. (Pending approval of committee, and student final exam conflict issues)
Marketing committee
- Committee had meeting this morning with UMD Marketing students in attendance - Kelly Karwoski, Matt Llewellyn, Brianna Johnson
- A motion to have Sandy offer the following advertising incentives was approved - Motion: Betts; 2nd: Hoglund
- - 1/8 page for 1 year (12 consecutive months) for $225.00.
- - ¼ page for 1 year (12 consecutive months) for $400.00.
- - 1/8 page for 6 months (every other month) for $125.00.
- - ¼ page for 6 months (every other month) for $225.00.
- - Sandy to contact existing members 1 month prior to their renewal and offer above packages with a 10% additional discount (payable with renewal dues).- Sandy to contact dropped members and offer new member rate should they rejoin.
- A motion to have Sandy offer the following attendance incentive was approved- Motion: Betts; 2nd: Hoglund At time of renewal, a member can prepay for (7) meeting fees plus membership dues and attend all (9) meetings (2 free meetings).
- General discussion on the following items (no items adopted)
- Students to interview non-renewed members to ascertain reason for discontinuance.
- Tentative date for marketing program presentation to be May meeting.
- Discussion of plaques for “outstanding support” for some member companies.
- Betts & Werkhoven to recommend additional membership on committee, preferably from Range area.
- Werkhoven to re-word guest member announcement in Shoptalk.
- Discussion on mission statement tabled until next month.
Program committee – no report
Membership committee-currently running concurrent with Marketing committee
Government Affairs committee
- Duluth Days will be held March 27 & 28, in St. Paul Armory (same as last year)
- Companies attending:
- - Superior Steel Inc.
- - Arrowhead Product Dev. Inc.
- - Betts & Assoc., Inc.
- - City of Duluth
- AMFA-ET will share one booth with SONTEC and other educational institutions, Timm-Bijold will coordinate display materials for this booth.
- AMFA members will share other booth. Hoglund will coordinate display materials for this booth.
- Hoglund will arrange for space and tables.
AMFA-ET report
- Grant approved for Two Harbors High School for purchase of machine tooling.
- Annual golf outing will be 6/21 at Wendigo
- New board member needed for AMFA-ET board, non-Duluth member preferred.
OLD BUSINESS
- Discussion of Website design by W. A. Fischer Co.
- Tabled for lack of information.
- Hogan to gather and distribute information via email
- Board will vote electronically on this issue, prior to next BOD meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
- Vickie Tuskan resigned as Treasurer, Dave to ask for replacement at this month’s meeting
- Motion to adjourn. Motion: Betts; 2nd Hoglund
Respectfully submitted,
Gary Werkhoven
