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Minutes

Thursday, Nov 13, 2008

National Life, Montpelier, Vermont

 

 

1.  Minutes.  Janis read the minutes from the July 2008 meeting.  A motion was entertained to accept the July 2008 minutes.  The motion was seconded and approved by the attendees.  

 

2.  Treasurer's Report.  For period ending November, the beginning balance was $4,959.23.  Revenue included member dues of $235.00 and Conference Fees of $7700.00.  Expenses were as follow:  Conference Refunds - $510.00, New England Culinary July Meeting $70.50, Lorraine Tolman – Printing $151.50, Keith Sports – Cutters and Memo Clips $496.57, Christine Copeland – Gift Bags $437.60, Capitol Plaza – Conference $,2985.06 and Potential Unlimited – Keynote Speaker- $1,500.00.  The ending balance was $6,743.00.  A motion was made to accept the treasurer’s report.  The motion was seconded and approved. 

 

3. Old Business.   

 

 

NEPC – For 2009 and 2010 the NEPC will be held in Hyannis MA.  The NEPC committee is looking at VT for 2011 and 2012. 

 

4. New Business.   

 

Election of officers. Pearl Vargas was elected Secretary.  Robin Spitzer was elected President.  Christine Copeland resigned as treasurer.  Norma Leach was appointed treasurer to complete Christine’s term.  Laurie Thompson was appointed to Vice President.  Janis Blais was elected Meeting Coordinator. 

 

Raffles and Gifts -  Members in attendance were entered into drawings for gift cards.   Thanks to everyone that brought food items for the VT Foodbank.

 

A motion was made that Norma Leach open a checking account in St. Johnsbury at the Passumpsic Bank.  The motion was approved and seconded.  The old account will be closed. 

 

5. Committee Reports.  (ie: policy, membership, education)

 

Conference committee - 

 

Education committee –   

 

Membership –   . 

 

Policy and Bylaws –    A motion was made and seconded to add several amendments to the bylaws.  After a short discussion the motion was approved by the membership.  See attached for copy of changes.

 

A motion was made and seconded to have written policies and procedures for the GMPA.  After a short discussion the motion was approved by the membership.  See attached for copy of Policies and Procedures.

 

6.  Education/Speaker – The speaker was Kevin Veller.  She spoke on the Health Access issues in VT. 

 

  1. The next meeting will be held on March 19th 2009.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Janis Blais

jblais@nationallife.com

GMPA Secretary