Early Birds: Bob Alexander and Craig Blixrud braved the snow, wind, and cold to arrive early.
Call to Order: Secretary Craig Blixrud called the meeting to order.
Honorary Members: Martin Peyer, Dick Nelson, and Bob Alexander were honorary members in attendance
Guests: None today
Announcements
- Roster update for 2022 are in process led by Dwain Coleman. Please let him know if you will be placing an ad in the roster book.
- We need a President, Vice President, and Board members for the club starting in the January thru June 2022 term. Interested? Contact Past President Jon.
Business Networking: With only 11 in attendance today, we did a round table on business and personal updates.
Business Exchange: None today.
Pot of Gold: Dick Nelson drew one card and it was Martin Peyer’s.
Craft Talk:
Craig Blixrud gave an update on Club Leadership, Club membership, and Club Financials.
Club Leadership: We currently are seeking a President, Vice President, Vice President of Membership, and up to 3 directors. The club can’t operate without a few leaders.
Club Membership: We have 31 active members and 11 Honorary members. Attendance has been in the 15-person range for the last couple months, more if we have a good craft talk planned. We had 43 members pre-Covid and 48 members a year before that.
Club Financials: We have about $17,000 in reserve funds and have been operating on a breakeven basis since dues were reinstated a few months ago. We spend about $2500 per month and revenue is about $2500 per month as well.
We need to figure out how to recruit new members, the value added the club can add to a business, or look at alternatives for the club going forward.
Registration can be to Craig Blixrud @ blixrudhomes@gmail.com or call/text to 612-716-4551.
Looking ahead
January 12 Knollwood Liquor @ECC
January 19 TBD@ECC
January 26 TBD@ECC