Nichole Anglin
UAMCC Staff
UAMCC
Meeting Minutes
January 16, 2013
I. Call to order
Guy Blackmon called to order the regular meeting of theUAMCC at 8:08 PM Eastern on January 16, 2013.
II. Roll call
Guy Blackmon conducted a roll call. The following personswere present: Rob Carey, Chris Apple, Charlie Soden, Doug Rucker, RonMusgraves, and Guy Blackmon. Nichole Anglin was also in attendance.
III. Approval of minutes from last meeting
a) Minutes from 11-28-12and 12-19-12: Motion made by Guy B. Second by: Doug R. Approved: Unanimous
IV. Reports
a) Treasury Report:
Wells Fargo: $9690.87
PayPal: $1506.82
b) Director’s Report
Business Manager Notes
1)Website Updates Done
a)None
2)Communications
a) Thankyou notes to new/renewing members
b) MonthlyNewsletter (Last Friday of Month)
c) UpcomingEvents Email (2x Month)
d) TownHall Meeting (1[SUP]st[/SUP] Thursday Every Month)
e) EducationSurvey
f) EducationVerification
3)Membership Report
a) Renewing- 6
b) New- 2
c) Associate– 3
d) TotalMembership: 81 Donating, 310 Total
e) Total:$2139
4)Certification Status
a) 12certified
b) 16“in progress”
V. Discussions
a) Changing name of “Paid Members” to “DonatingMembers”. Forum Members will be “UAMCC Members. Vendor members are “AssociateMembers”. No free forum membership for Associate Members. Associate Members geta 30 day free trial before they have to pay.
b) Changing hosts for website. Doug Rucker hasspoken with a company that can convert website to WordPress. We can pick awhole new theme. Has recommended we change hosting from BlueHost to HostGator.Can be done without taking old site down while new is being worked on. Can makeour site have the ability to give each member their own “mini” website througha directory database. Will also let the member have more control over theirlisting. Can also have sub-urls for the different areas of the website. MoreSEO driven. Can be funded possibly with additional advertising (bannerprogram). Whole site can grow with us. Total cost estimate: $3000. Company isin the pressure washing industry so he has knowledge of our industry. Can havean online store integrated as well. Forum will be left as is.
c) Webpage Changes: Being built and changed formany pages.
1) Benefitspage: 2 or 3 taken out but new ones were replaced. Going to layout the benefitsaccording to member title: UAMCC Member, Donating Member, and Associate Member.
2) EnvironmentalPage: Similar to BOD page. All regional directors will be on the page. Stateswill be listed out under each region. Each state will have a link to the localauthorities and jurisdictions and the local contractors will listed under thatstate page also. Photos of regional directors will be listed if available.
d) Need to get Nichole’s card ordered. Nicholeneeds to follow up better on things needed and not received.
VI. Adjournment
Guy Blackmon adjourned the meeting at 8:41 PM. Doug R.made motion, Rob C. second.
Meeting Minutes
January 16, 2013
I. Call to order
Guy Blackmon called to order the regular meeting of theUAMCC at 8:08 PM Eastern on January 16, 2013.
II. Roll call
Guy Blackmon conducted a roll call. The following personswere present: Rob Carey, Chris Apple, Charlie Soden, Doug Rucker, RonMusgraves, and Guy Blackmon. Nichole Anglin was also in attendance.
III. Approval of minutes from last meeting
a) Minutes from 11-28-12and 12-19-12: Motion made by Guy B. Second by: Doug R. Approved: Unanimous
IV. Reports
a) Treasury Report:
Wells Fargo: $9690.87
PayPal: $1506.82
b) Director’s Report
Business Manager Notes
1)Website Updates Done
a)None
2)Communications
a) Thankyou notes to new/renewing members
b) MonthlyNewsletter (Last Friday of Month)
c) UpcomingEvents Email (2x Month)
d) TownHall Meeting (1[SUP]st[/SUP] Thursday Every Month)
e) EducationSurvey
f) EducationVerification
3)Membership Report
a) Renewing- 6
b) New- 2
c) Associate– 3
d) TotalMembership: 81 Donating, 310 Total
e) Total:$2139
4)Certification Status
a) 12certified
b) 16“in progress”
V. Discussions
a) Changing name of “Paid Members” to “DonatingMembers”. Forum Members will be “UAMCC Members. Vendor members are “AssociateMembers”. No free forum membership for Associate Members. Associate Members geta 30 day free trial before they have to pay.
b) Changing hosts for website. Doug Rucker hasspoken with a company that can convert website to WordPress. We can pick awhole new theme. Has recommended we change hosting from BlueHost to HostGator.Can be done without taking old site down while new is being worked on. Can makeour site have the ability to give each member their own “mini” website througha directory database. Will also let the member have more control over theirlisting. Can also have sub-urls for the different areas of the website. MoreSEO driven. Can be funded possibly with additional advertising (bannerprogram). Whole site can grow with us. Total cost estimate: $3000. Company isin the pressure washing industry so he has knowledge of our industry. Can havean online store integrated as well. Forum will be left as is.
c) Webpage Changes: Being built and changed formany pages.
1) Benefitspage: 2 or 3 taken out but new ones were replaced. Going to layout the benefitsaccording to member title: UAMCC Member, Donating Member, and Associate Member.
2) EnvironmentalPage: Similar to BOD page. All regional directors will be on the page. Stateswill be listed out under each region. Each state will have a link to the localauthorities and jurisdictions and the local contractors will listed under thatstate page also. Photos of regional directors will be listed if available.
d) Need to get Nichole’s card ordered. Nicholeneeds to follow up better on things needed and not received.
VI. Adjournment
Guy Blackmon adjourned the meeting at 8:41 PM. Doug R.made motion, Rob C. second.