Monthly Minutes – 2007 Archive
Meeting: 14th of August 2008
Present
- Ron Harrington; President
- Judy Stem; Vice President
- Denise Beaver; Secretary
- Tracy Turner; Administrator
- Tammy Ledley
- Rich Waganer
- Matt Day
- Isabel DeFeo
- Will Ferguson
- Bob Dorr
- Jerry Tabeling
- Tom Canon
- Mike Shelah
- Larry Hecht
- Barb Schmidt
- Kurt Hider
- Judt Bringhurst
- Martin Pukownik
- Josh Kohn
- Larry Wood
- Fran Hanyok
General Announcements
- Introductions
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Members introduced themselves.
Ron talked announced a new TechNote feature - the Member Corner and encouraged members to volunteer to be featured.
CTC members Matt Day, Dee Raley, and Dave Hodgen have been writing articles for the CCTimes column. Any member is permitted to submit educational articles to Tracy for publication.
Upcoming Elections
Ron discussed the importance of the upcoming elections. Four new Board members will be elected in addition to election of President and Treasurer.
Ron encouraged members to consider serving on the Board as a contribution to the ongoing success of the organization. Ron stated benefits of service include meeting community leaders, developing potential business partnerships, providing a community service, and personal satisfaction.
Ron reviewed the expectations for serving on the board:
Attendance at Board meetings - 13 annually; five are specifically for Executive Committee. Attendance at general meetings is optional, but encouraged and certainly a commitment to the mission of the organization and involvement is a key factor. There are no term limits for board members. The current CTC Board of Directors with their term status noted is below.
Ron reviewed the election process: to be eligible to vote you must be a member in good standing (paid dues); if dues are not paid, then you cannot vote. There is one vote per organization. Voting takes place at the November meeting. The Nominating committee will present the slate of officers at the October meeting.
Ron also explained role of individuals of multi-employee organizations: Multi-employee member organizations need to designate an individual to act on behalf of the member in voting matters; additionally, all other employees of a member company are welcome to participate in CTC meetings and events. If the designated representative ceases to be associated with the member organization, that individual's membership in the CTC also ceases; however, this individual is encouraged to join the CTC as an individual member or as the representative of a new organization.
Committee Reports
- Ambassador
- Mike Shelah related the purpose of the committee and asked committee member Will to talk about his new job as a Job Developer with Emerge, a non-profit that works with individuals with disabilities.
- CompuKids
- The July work day was successful and the next CompuKids Donation Day is August 23rd. Twenty families are scheduled to receive computers to date. Contact Bobby Keller to arrange to help.
- Golf
- The 2009 Golf tournament will be scheduled at Challedon again. The date will be announced at the next meeting.
- Education
- Denise announced that the Education committee will meet on August 21st to plan for the fall CTC Professional Development courses. These courses are offered exclusively to CTC members through an economic development grant.
- Technology Advisory Committee
- Ron said that CTC is looking to redirect the activities of TAC now that the municipal seminars have been held. Copies of the TAC presentations are airing on CMC Channel 19. Contact Chairman Douglas Heck for input on the committee's new direction.
- Website
- Fran mentioned that pictures are needed for any outings hosted that can be used on the website. Please send any company updates or events to Fran.
- Westminster FallFest
- Jeff Selby is the Chairperson. Staffing of the booth is going to be critical due to the extended time commitment from Thursday, Sept 25th through Sept 28th Approximately 40,000 attend this annual event.
- Westminster City Advisory
- Tom reported that the city has hired an IT guy who will be starting in August/September.
- 2008 Technically Speaking Dinner and Fundraiser
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The State of the Tech Council and the second largest CTC fundraiser is scheduled for Nov 15th at Best Western Hotel and Conference Center.
Raffle tickets are available to win two tickets to the Technically Speaking dinner - a value of $200. Tickets are $2.00 each; 3 for $5.00 with the drawing to be held at CTC meeting on October 9, 2008 - Boscov's Fundraiser
- Upcoming Friends Helping Friends fundraiser - CTC to sell 25% discount shopping cards for October 7th. CTC gets all the profits from the sale of the cards. See Tracy to get cards to sell.
- Nominating Committee
- Josh Kohn is chairing the Nominating Committee and working on a slate of officers for the November election. If you are interested in running for election, please call Josh at 410-840- 3805.
Upcoming Events
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August 20 - CTC Mini-Golf BBQ at Westminster's Island Green from 4:00pm-7:00pm.
Member price $10 and Guests $20. - November 15 - 2008 Technically Speaking Dinner and Fundraiser
- January 31st - Masquerade Ball
Member Announcements
- Ron announced that MD Dept. of Business & Economic Development is now a CTC major sponsor and an exclusive sponsor of the cookout. Ron introduced Tammi Ledley, Carroll's DBED representative.
- Rich Waganer announced that the South Carroll Business Association business fair will be held on Saturday, Sept 13th from 9 am - 2 pm at Liberty HS and encouraged members to attend.
- Tom Canon said that Westminster FallFest Parade applications are online at www.westminsterfallfest.com Companies and organizations are invited to participate in the parade and vendor spaces are still available.
Next Meeting - September 11th at 8:00 am
Minutes submitted by CTC Secretary Denise Beaver
