GAZeL Executive Board Meeting – 11:30 AM to Noon, Thursday, August 26, 2010

Alex, Bobbie, Ted, Maggie, Michele, and Michael were on the conference call.

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Alex called the meeting to order at 11:38am. He thanked everyone for being online for today’s meeting.

ATC Discussion on Relationship - Alex reported that Leigh at the Arizona Technology Council (ATC) said the council needs another 6 to 12 months to think through GAZeL’s requests for changes to the conditions of our relationship. Alex responded there were no guarantees that this would move forward but would we want to wait until this was settled?

Bobbie suggested we go ahead with our fund raising efforts as we have limited funds remaining for any future events and expenses. She reminded the board of the fund raising letter that she drafted and Michele and Ted had independently revised. Michele added that the letter just needed to be further revised to eliminate the ATC reference. But she also stressed that without the CRM functioning perfectly, critical follow up would not be possible even if the letters could be merged with existing sponsors lists and sent. Alex preferred we wait until the board had developed its long-term goals to include in the letter.

As a compromise, Maggie asked that the letter be re-sent to Ted, Alex and her for additional review. Maggie will also create a survey prior to the Networking Event next week that would poll the attendees on their opinion of what priorities and goals GAZeL should set. This would be used in addition to the ideas offered at past CEO breakfasts.

Alex adjourned the meeting at 12:15pm to take roll call of the board members coming online for the General Board Meeting.

GAZeL General Board Meeting - Thursday, August 26, 2010, Noon

Alex called the meeting to order at 12:15pm  

Duke, Alisa and Brad were added to the conference call.

Review Minutes from Executive Meeting - Alex summarized the Executive Board Meeting’s discussion of the sponsorship letter and next steps.

Website Update – Brad/Alisa: GAZeL’s new website is up and running on Brad’s server Brad and Alisa will look into the hard-coded sections of the web site that need fixing. Alisa will also create a link where minutes can be posted as this was eliminated during the change to the new web site design.

Networking Events - E-Rate:  Duke reported on the status of the fall E-Rate Event. Bobbie has secured firm dates and times for the multi-day event. We are now looking for sponsors for the lunches. The sponsors cannot be affiliated with E-Rate as this would not be allowed under the restrictions of the guidelines.

Bobbie reported there are currently 16 folks registered for Dee Andrew’s Networking Event next week.

Our next back-to-back Executive and General Board Meetings are scheduled for September 23, 2010 with the Executive meeting starting at 11:30am.

Alex thanked Duke, Alisa and Brad for attending. He thanked Cox Communications for the conference bridge.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:50pm.