Libby Area Technical Assistance Group, Inc.
PO Box 53, Libby, MT 59923
June 16th, 2008 EBoard Meeting Minutes
(Note: bold items within paragraphs are motions made and voted on as well as action items agreed upon.)
Board Member Attendees:
Mike Noble
JoElyn Brus
LeRoy Thom
Cheryl Fox
1) Meeting began at approximately 5:00pm
a) JoElyn Brus made the motion to have the Grant Administrator purchase a six month subscription for the Kootenai Record to assist EPA in documenting LATAG publications. LeRoy Thom second the motion. Motion unanimously passed. (ACTION ITEM).
2) Meeting minutes/documents needing review and approval:
a) Meeting minutes from the May 28th, 2008 EBoard meeting were reviewed.
i) LeRoy Thom made the motion to accept the meeting minutes as written. JoElyn Brus second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.
3) Old Business
a) Discussion followed regarding the lack of reports received by Dr. Gerry Henningsen.
i) Based on the unanimously passed motion at the previous regular LATAG meeting, the Eboard decided to write a letter to Dr. Henningsen regarding the intent to terminate the T.A. contract. The letter will be written and sent to Eboard members for their input and final copy will be sent via Certified Return Receipt, restricted delivery to Dr. Henningsen. It is hoped this letter will be mailed by June 18th, 2008 (ACTION ITEM).
ii) Mike Noble will provide Dr. Henningsen’s current Colorado address (ACTION ITEM).
b) LATAG web site needs:
i) Discussion followed regarding the proposal that Phillip Erquiaga submitted for the web site resolution.
ii) More information is needed from Phillip regarding the clarification between the current web host, web.com and the proposed CityMax web hosting, especially since the yearly price almost doubles.
iii) It was mentioned that Ted Linnert has offered his help with LATAG and the web site. It was asked that the Grant Administrator contact Ted to research the extent of his offered help (ACTION ITEM).
iv) The Grant Administrator mentioned working in the past with iGroups in developing a content web management solution. It was asked to try and contact this group for a possible web solution (ACTION ITEM).
c) Discussion followed regarding two board members that have not been attending meetings.
i) It was decided to write a letter to the two board members regarding their continued interest in LATAG and the problems with their lack of attendance to getting a quorum for LATAG’s votes.
4) New Business
a) JoElyn Brus made the motion to have the Grant Administrator purchase equipment to replace the outdated and unreliable tape recorder. LeRoy Thom second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.
5) Adjourn
a) LeRoy Thom made the motion to adjourn, JoElyn Brus second the motion, motion unanimously passed at 7:00pm.
