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Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance
Minutes November 22, 2004
The meeting was called to order by Linda Mauer.
The opening prayer was given by John Koelemay, South T.B. Civic Assoc.
Linda welcomed members and visitors, John Koelemay, and also Viron Barbay of
Milam.
Changes to the Agenda under New Business: Need someone to act as Secretary
for the January meeting. Betty Griffin will be absent.
Minutes of the October 25, 2004 Meeting were approved as submitted.
Janna Lehman, Treasurer, reported a balance of $2,062.33. There are 20
Organization Members and 20 Associate Members paid for 2004. Janna will be
following up with Laguna Shores and San Augustine Chamber of Commerce.
Janna mentioned she still has hats for $12 each. She will pay the printing
bill as soon as the postcards and posters are mailed out. The Treasurer's
Report was approved as given.
Old Business:
East Texas Region I Planning Committee: Bill Huegel, representative, was
not present.
Documents on Projected Power Distribution Costs: Larry Kelly met in Baton
Rouge with Thomas Townsend and Andy Dreher from Entergy, and they are
supposed to be obtaining information on best and worse case scenarios for
power usage. He plans to see them again at the December 2nd meeting of the
Joint SRA Boards. Larry feels Linda should be able to complete the letters
to Sen. Staples and Representative Hamilton after the December 2nd meeting.
Co-Chairman for Louisiana: Larry will be contacting possible candidates in
the coming weeks, but members of the Lake Association fear problems with
losing their status as a non-profit organization if they continue membership
in TBBSA. Janna and Jerry will work on getting the members to join as
Associate Members.
Data Base Collection Progress: He is getting a goodly number of names and
soon will be able to do a mail-merge and produce letters that can be sent to
the legislators.
New Business:
SRA-TX & LA Joint Board Meeting: December 2nd is the date set for the
meeting to be held at Cypress Bend Resort. Larry is waiting for a phone
call to get a definite time, and he will get that information to Janna so
the cards and posters can be printed and mailed out right away. Stan Verret
asked about the posting of meetings on our website bulletin board. Janna
will post all upcoming meetings, and also will note there will not be a
TBBSA meeting in December.
Posters & Postcards for Joint Board Meeting: Janna has the posters and
postcards all ready to be finalized and mailed out as soon as the time of
the meeting is known. She distributed a few samples of the postcards and
read one to the group for corrections and approval. Cost of the printing
and mailing came to $654.
Letter to Interested Parties Regarding Joint Board Meeting: A letter
drafted by Linda, with input from John Crisp and Larry Kelly, was mailed out
on November 15th to Sen. Staples, Roy Blake, Mike Hamilton, Allan Ritter, 3
county judges, city managers, the Sabine Reporter, the San Augustine paper,
and the Newton News. Linda gave the gist of the letter and mentioned the
newspapers were asked to post it in their Letters to the Editor so the
public is aware they are cordially invited to attend.
Stan Verret reluctantly "volunteered" to take meeting notes for the January
24, 2005 meeting, in absence of the regular secretary. Linda thanked him
for doing that.
Other Comments:
Larry asked about calling all the interested parties regarding the time and
place for the meeting of the Joint SRA Boards, and Linda said she plans to
call all of them and stop in to visit local dignitaries. We need their
support of our efforts.
Larry and Linda commented to our visitor regarding the efforts made and
progress of the TBBSA. Larry also gave an idea of the presentation that
will be given at the Joint Board Meeting of the SRAs on December 2nd.
Approval of New Members: None
Approval of Outstanding Bills: Corporate Dues in the amount of $5.00 was
approved for payment.
Next Meeting Date: Monday, January 24, 2005
No meeting in December. HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!
Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully Submitted,
Betty Griffin, Secretary
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