Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA)
Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting held at the Wayne McCaughan Community Center
11573 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Note: Action items are recapped at the end of the document.
Present: Ken Kunert, Robert Kinports, John Strawn, Clay Marsh, Daniel Pfau, Michael Beck, Dan Frederickson
Absent: None, Staff: Lorelei Monet, Guests: Amberlyn Storey, Dante Tognazzi
1. Meeting Called To Order: By President Kunert at 6:36 PM
President Kunert welcomed guests and asked for additional agenda items. There were none. Kunert
announced that guests with presentations would be accommodated at the start of the meeting.
2. Issue: Bingo Game Project Proposal: Storey
Amberlyn Storey presented a program of bingo nights she had seen successfully operated in other cities.
Cards would be sold at 10 for $10, snacks sold, raffles held. Take would be 75% prizes, 25% to GALA.
Would be at GALA Center third Friday each month, 7-
Various mailing lists used to start plus an article in N&R and website entry. Start up cost for machine
and balls and initial snacks is $250. Storey would be facilitator, maybe drag queen caller later.
Discussion: General approval as outlined above.
Move: Kinports, second Marsh, grant $250 for startup with Storey in charge, all aye, motion carried.
Action: Storey get equipment, get promotion setup, supervise initial gatherings.
3. Issue: Minutes of June Meeting: Strawn
Discussion: Changes from Yahoo Group noted, Youth Conference speaker first name changed to Racee.
Move: Kinports, second Marsh, approve minutes as amended, all aye, motion carried.
4. Issue: Board Membership: Kunert
Erin Echols has resigned from the board. Board members need to seek additional members, especially
people with financial experience, to fill treasurer position.
Action: All board members be on the lookout for potential board members.
5. Issue: Treasurer’s Report, Kunert
Move: Kinports, second Frederickson, approve as presented, all aye, motion passed.
6. Issue: Collaboration Update: Kunert
No new information on collaborations at this time.
2007 Calendar of Events Update and Action:
7. Issue: Halloween Dance (October 27): Kunert
Discussion: Marcus Menard will be unable to chair this event. Pfau will be available to do advance work
but will be out of town that evening. Storey will confer with Halloween Dance Chairs of previous years
and will likely be willing to Chair this event. Decision at August meeting. Venue must be secured then.
Action: Storey confer with Kinports and Tomasini on past Halloween events.
8. Issue: September Party/Picnic Event (September 22): Beck
Discussion: Event has been firmly set for September 22 at a city park yet to be named.
9. Issue: Pride in the Plaza Events (June28-
Discussion: We have a community centered Pride. Committee work has been harmonious and aggressive.
As of 10 AM this date the Griffin event ticket sales are at 1060. A sellout is predicted. Budget was 80%.
Ticket sales to Drag Show/Dance are slow so far. Beach party for tomorrow, July 4, all set.
Sixty-
Film night, June 28, was resounding success, nice crowd, good snacks and wine, renovated theatre.
Initial advertising out, all the rest finalized, comp tickets to Griffin a very productive idea.
10. Issue: Waiter’s Dinner (October): Kunert
Tabled
11. Issue: Town Hall Meeting (November 15): Beck
Beck will reserve library meeting hall in August, earliest permitted time.
12. Issue: Holiday Party (December 16): Kinports
Discussion: Kinports has reviewed Dairy Creek Course, Embassy Suites, and Madonna Inn. All prices
much higher this year, reflecting costs all along the Central Coast. Due to minor cost differences, past
working relationships and experiences, venue configurations, and available dates, Kinports recommends
Embassy Suites on Sunday, December 16. Tickets $35 to $50 depending on entree, cocktails in atrium
4 to 5 PM, dinner in banquet room following. Will require a $400 deposit now.
Move: Kinports, second Strawn, pay Embassy Suites $400 to reserve facility, all aye, motion passed.
Action: Kinports get check to Embassy Suites
Old Business:
13. Issue: Grants: Kunert, Marsh, Kinports, Monet
Discussion: Tentative Pride Grant has been received from the City of San Luis Obispo. Reliance and
disposition should be postponed until actual grant received. No other grant discussion.
14. Issue: News and Reviews: Kunert
Deadline for next issue is July 25.
15. Issue: Farmer’s Market Outreach and Education: Strawn
Discussion: We are relying on board members to cover this activity for the time being. Roster is posted.
Action: All board members seek non-
16. Issue: New Brochures: Kunert, Monet
New brochures are finished. There are several changes and improvements and a different printer was used.
New Business: None
Around the Table and Around the Room: Board members and Guests
17. Issue: Possible Resignation, Marsh
Marsh noted that his resignation from the board after Pride is still a possibility
18. Issue: North County Youth Group, Beck
Beck noted that the North County Youth Group is a definite go and transportation is being planned.
19. Issue: Attendance at August Meeting, Beck, Pfau
Pfau and Beck noted that they will not be able to attend the August meeting of the board.
20. Issue: Adjournment, Kunert
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 PM
Respectfully submitted,
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John T. Strawn, Secretary
BOARD ACTION ITEMS TO BE READY FOR AUGUST 6 MEETING:
Kinports: Reserve Embassy Suites for Holiday Party on December 16.
Storey: Get equipment for bingo and finalize details for first Bingo Night in August.
Confer with Kinports and Tomasini on past Halloween Dance Events.
All Board Members: Be on the lookout for additional board members.
Seek non-