MACE Minutes
Date/Time: 8/24/2025/4:00PM
Item 1 on the Agenda: Meeting called to order- Roll Call
Start of Meeting Time: 4:00PM
Present: MARTIN EVANS, BARRY BLEVINS, ADAM FRIESZ, RACHELLE MILLARD, NORMAN TEED
Absent: MATT PAYNE, ALAN NAPOLI
Guests: JAMES SISK
Item 2 on the Agenda: Approval of previous minutes.
Motion: BARRY
Second: ADAM
Item 3 on the Agenda: Reports
Presidents Report: Official opening of 2025 MACE Conference
Treasurers Report: NO REPORT
Information and membership report: NO REPORT
Old Business: N/A
New Business: 2025 MACE Conference door prizes? Raffle prizes?
- Possible options include
- Tools?
- Gift Card from resort for 1 night stay
- Free conference 2026
- Nomination of Barry Blevins to Vice President
- Monday- nomination
- Tuesday- vote
- Proposed By-Law changes
- Monday- discuss
- Tuesday- vote
- Membership Fee increase as of January 1, 2026 ($50) – approved by board
- Future Opportunities
- Training
- 2 per year in addition to ABM (March and June)
- Survey post conference for future training ideas
- Member outreach – membership drive
- Competing organizations?
- Incentives? Free membership for the first year to new cities?
- Members at large
- Making calls to districts (east/west)
- Training
Open Discussion:
- Conference questions?
- Conference schedule review
- Motion to remove Alan Napoli as immediate past president: BARRY
- Second: NORMAN
- Approved
- Motion to appoint James Sisk as the immediate past president: ADAM
- Second: BARRY
- Approved
Item 4 on the Agenda: Adjournment
Motion: BARRY
Second: ADAM
End of Meeting Time: 4:59 PM