Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Monday, May 11, 1998
The twenty-fifth session of the Board of Directors of the Blue Line Club was convened at 4:06 p.m. by Club President Kent Schwickert. The meeting was held on Monday, May 11, 1998 in the Alumni and Foundation Center conference room on the campus of Mankato State University.
Voting Board Members Present
8 of 9 Seats
- Kent Schwickert, President
- Henry Okleshen, Vice President
- Jim Turk
- Jim Bullard
- Larry Morales
- Brad Reeves
- Larry Ward
- Pat Keogh
Voting Board Members Absent
1 of 9 Seats
- Steve Duea
Ex-officio Nonvoting Board Members Present
5 of 6 Seats
- David Cowan, Club Secretary-Treasurer - Maverick Boosters Club Liaison
- Cheryl Regan - MSU Athletics Promotions
- Don Amiot - MSU Men's Athletics Director
- Margaret Healy - MSU Student Affairs Vice President
- Ron Hybertson - Conference Faculty Rep. (NCC)
Ex-officio Nonvoting Board Members Absent
1 of 6 Seats
- Don Brose (Excused) - MSU Men's Ice Hockey Coach
Approval of Agenda
Club Vice President Henry Okleshen moved and Director Brad Reeves seconded that the meeting agenda for May 11, 1998 be approved. Motion carried.
Minutes of Previous Board Meetings Approved
Club Vice President Henry Okleshen moved and Director Larry Morales seconded that the Board approve the Board's meeting minutes of March 9, 1998. Motion carried. It was noted that the Board April 13th session failed to achieve a quorum (three voting members were present out of a possible nine) therefore no formal business could transpire; however, the Secretary-Treasurer did take "notes" of the general discussion which occurred among those present which included Okleshen, Morales, Ward, Amiot, Regan, Cowan and Hybertson.
Secretary-Treasurer's Report - David Cowan
Club Secretary-Treasurer circulated a budget update which showed both 1997-98 financial activity and a draft of a proposed 1998-98 income and spending plan. It was noted that $24,192.81 had been spent to date against income deposits of $24,613.04. Though a temporary surplus of $420.23, Cowan reminded the Board that there was still one more membership mailing and there was also the matter of a $108.25 of "red ink" which carryforward from the 1996-97 fiscal year. The Secretary-Treasurer urged caution in spending for the two months left of the current fiscal year.
FY'99 Club Budget
Secretary-Treasurer Cowan moved and Director Jim Bullard seconded that the Board approve and recommend to the University the proposed 1998-99 spending and income plan circulated by the Secretary-Treasurer subsequently changed by the Board during discussion.. This plan is to be viewed as "tentative" until such time as the Secretary-Treasurer can retype it and distribute it back to the Board for final endorsement. Motion carried. [It was noted that consistent with the Club's Bylaws, the Secretary-Treasurer, as a "non-voting ex-officio" member of the Board, can make motions but cannot vote on those motions.]
A main change to the budget draft circulated by the Secretary-Treasurer was the inclusion of a $1,000 line item expenditure which would be viewed as a transfer to the Blue Line Club's Memorial Endowment deposited within the MSU Foundation, Inc.
MSU Thanks Blue Line Club for WCHA Membership Success
Mankato State Men's Athletics Director Don Amiot congratulated the Blue Line Club members in general and the Board in particular, for all the help provided in Mankato State quest to become a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference. Both Amiot and Student Affairs Vice President Margaret Healy indicated that the "sustained and solid effort" on the part of community members greatly enhanced Mankato State successful effort to become a formal member of the WCHA. On May 1, 1998, the WCHA voted unanimously to approved Mankato State's membership application on at the Annual WCHA Meeting held at Marco Island in Florida. MSU becomes a full-time Association member commencing with the 1999-2000 hockey season.
Status of MSU Hockey Sales Campaign - Cheryl Regan
Cheryl Regan then provided the Board with an update on Club member sales and season ticket sales.
Standing Committee Reports
Club President Kent Schwickert indicated that only a couple of the Board's recently created five standing committees had met yet. The Student Player Committee, Blue Line Social Committee, and the Membership and Season Ticket Sales Committee needed to convene.
At his request and without objection, President Schwickert took Jim Turk off the Membership and Season Ticket Sales Committee and appointed him to the Blue Line Social Committee.
Reception by MSU President Richard Rush - May 22, 1998 at Rush Residence
Board members were reminded that MSU President Richard R. Rush had invited them to participate in a special May 22, 1998, 5:30 p.m. reception honoring those who had helped with the MSU membership effort to join the WCHA.
Adjourned
The meeting then adjourned at 5:02 PM