October 04, 2024

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Proposed Bylaw Changes – 2025

Dear MACE Members,Over the past decade—and more noticeably in the last five years—MACE hasstruggled with declining participation in both leadership roles and committeeinvolvement. Despite multiple efforts to recruit new volunteers,

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Item 1 on the Agenda:  Meeting called to order- Roll Call

Start of Meeting Time: 02:03 PM

Present: MARTIN EVANS, ADAM FRIESZ, RACHELLE MILLARD, KAREN SPANGLER, MATT PAYNE

Absent:   ERIC MILLSAP, BARRY BLEVINS, NORMAN TEED, ALAN NAPOLI   

Item 2 on the Agenda:  Approval of previous minutes.

Motion: ADAM

Second: MATT

Item 3 on the Agenda: Reports

Presidents Report:  NO REPORT

Treasurers Report: 2024 ABM Revenue Totals

  • Current balance: $7,076.28
    • Conference Revenue: $16,690
    • Conference Expense: $14,010.28
    • Final Total: $2, 679.72
  • Adam would like to see our balance around a consistent $10k balance

Information and membership report: 2024 ABM Certificates

  • Karen and Lara are working on Certificates for our attendees
    • Martin is expecting info from CEOSF regarding CEU’s

Old Business: N/A

New Business:

  • Board of Directors looking into rewriting MACE By-Laws
    • This would remove unfilled/unnecessary positions
      • Responsibilities would be delegated amongst remaining Board Members
  • Adam is looking into new Website Providers to host the MACE Website, looking for cheaper monthly cost, currently $175.00/month for website maintenance
    • Martin would like to launch a Facebook Community Group for MACE along with the new website when completed

Open Discussion:

  • Board discussed feedback from 2024 ABM
    • Responses to the survey from the Conference were very positive. 
    • Martin discussed some of the responses from members regarding what they would like to learn about in the future. 
  • Martin spoke of his conversation with Mindi Allison of “Safer & Simpler Missouri” and her interest in doing a short Q&A with our members. 

Item 4 on the Agenda:  Adjournment


Motion: ADAM

Second: KAREN

End of Meeting Time: 02:59pm

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